How do I search for files who's name contains a parenthesis? Entering (2) gives me all files containing 2 (which are a couple of houndred, while there should only be two or three with (2) in the name) since the parentheses have a special meaning when searching. Ive tried to use \ to escape them but no luck. -- Erik Wikström

Hi, I'm trying to delete a folder that I "cut and pasted" from a my docs folder (redirected) to another location. I proceeded to get a sync error and when I try to delete this folder I get Error 0x800710FE: This file is currently not available for use on this computer. The file is causing problems with another application. I need to delete it

The "Computer" window used to display as Extended Tiles. It still does, but the tiles are no longer "extended" -- they don't show the size of my hard disks or the remaining capacity, etcetera. My wife's account still displays Extended Tiles correctly, but mine does not. I love this view! Halp!

Hello everybody? I just want to know if anybody have ever use a duplicate file finder to manage files? Thanks in advantage. Best wishes. Richerd Wang

Hi I am having an IBM notebook which came with vista home basic pre-installed. Using VIsta disk management, I made partition on my HDD. After running for almost 6 months. my windows got some problem due to which I had to run recovery disk. After running recovery disk, although OS has been restored to original but my D: is missing. Its showing only c: to me now. I have checked in BIOS also. I am...

Hi does anyone know where I can get some partition software that isn't a trial that lets me actually partition my hard drive? luke

My new notebook cam with two partitions (systempartition and a logical drive for data). Now I want to shrink the systempartition and expand the datadrive. With the drive utility of vista home premium I can only shrink the partitions. The command for expanding the partitions is on both partitions inactive. The actual situation is: c (system) 64.1 GB 28.4 free; d (data) 42.7 GB 12.6 free. I...

Can anyone suggest a good file shredder that works in Vista? Pay or free is ok. Many thanks, Mike

Hello, Is there a way I can transfer Android SMS to PC for backup using usb? I need to set my Galaxy S2 back to factory settings and don't want to lose my messages. Any help is great. Thank you. I have a windows vista.

I just have some new thoughts about the handling of file deletion and undeletion in the 2010s. The key points a (1) ALMOST NEVER DELETE DATA PHYSICALLY. Today's new computers usually come with 500GB+ disk space, so deleting files to save space is less and less a necessity. So a new Recycle Bin concept could always preserve deleted files physically until there is really a space shortage or the...

im working on vista home premium 32bit. i downloaded a flv file which seems to be corrupt. now a cannot delete the file.. i tried deleteing it from the command prompt, tried using the software 'eraser'. i cant even move the file, or rename it or view the file properties. wat shud i do in order to delete it.. any suggestion is welcome. Pls help me ppl !! Thanks.

Windows Vista-32 I'm logged in with my admin account and trying to change some rights on a folder and a file but it keeps telling me I need to provide "admin permission" Why is it doing this - I AM the admin its a single user laptop there IS only me and I have an admin account. It isnt even allowing me to GIVE permission or telling me how to do

I have an mpeg file on my local hard drive that I cannot delete. My account is an administrator account, running under vista ultimate. When I look at the file properties I see that the ownership is unassigned (unable to display current owner), but when I attempt to take ownership, windows security reports "Unable to set new owner on . Access is denied." Can anyone recommend steps to delete...

Hello, Windows Vista has denied write permission on the "Program Files" directory to Eclipse IDE preventing it to create subdirectories and copying java .class and.war files on it. I did install Eclipse using my administrator account but the problem persist. Do you know what to do ? Many thanks.

How to select files in a directory by typing the first letter of the name like in XP Something has changed on my copy of Vista 64-bit Home Premium, and now when I try to type the first letter of a filename to jump to it, instead Vista puts it in the search box in the upper right hand corner of the window instead of jumping to the filename like in all previous versions of Windows. This...

How can you make Windows remember the folders setting PERMENANTLY Every time that I reboot it lost the size and type of every single folder, and also the top bar is empty except for the NAME option so I have to redo every single folder which take something like 2 hours so that I could be functional again BTW it even lose the view settings for MY COMPUTER window --

How can you make Windows remember the folders setting PERMENANTLY Every time that I reboot it lost the size and type of every single folder, and also the top bar is empty except for the NAME option so I have to redo every single folder which take something like 2 hours so that I could be functional again BTW it even lose the view settings for MY COMPUTER window --

I've not been able to complete any file backups successfully for about two months. Some of the error messages suggest that I need to tell my antivirus program to stop interfering with accesses to wherever the list of previous backups is stored - but so far I've had no success finding out just where that is. I have found that a program C:\Windows\System32\sdclt.exe seems to be responsible for...

i created a folder with no name by renaming a folder to(alt + 0160) but after that i m not able to delete , move or rename that folder...... plzz. suggest how can i delete it????????? i can open the folder and also others items can be moved or copied into that folder....

I can't right click on either the desktop or within Windows Explorer. Either way Windows Explorer hangs, stops working and restarts without me ever seeing the right click menu. Any ideas what's going on?