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?

In XP (and previous versions of Windows) I was able to perform a wild-card search of a drive, directory, folder while looking for a specific word. I can not find how to do that in VISTA. How do I search a drive for files with the words "Class I" in a powerpoint file? Thanks

I think I need to tweek something on my PC (Vista home premium). When trying to open folders/ files from a cd (from a magazine for example) all i get is a load of computer jargon, not an ilustration or what ever it should be. Any ideas please? Thanks MCC

I'm afraid I concluded that for me the Vista search tool is not for me. Is there a free XP style search tool I can download? The XP search tool was is so much easier to use. Mickey

I keep getting a pop up message saying that a numbered line has a syntax error. The line numbers are different each time. How can I fix this?

I get the error message when double clicing on misc documents within my folders that says "windows cannot find the specified file, please make sure that you have typed the name correctly and please try again." I can open up any document from within the application itself by going to file/open finding the file and opening it that way. It is extremely random though. It only happens on some...

I installed a game it placed shotcut icon on desktop. Game didnt install properly so uninstalled. Now it want let me delete the shortcut as it says that it cant find the program. How do I delete this pesky shortcut? There is no security info under that tab under properties it seems there is no way to delete this shotcut file, this is rediculas!!

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Hi, Occasionally I get the following message when trying to do something....like change a driver or update a file, etc. The current logged on user does not have ownership privileges on the file (or folder) "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\". It is on my desktop machine at home...running Vista Ultimate.

Using XP machine, I create a text file containing HTML code and save with extension of .html. Then can double click and the file opens in IE. I can then change the file using notepad, save file, refresh the IE page and see the changes. Doing the same thing on Vista machine, when trying to save changes, error message that something is wrong with file name or path. I need help, thanks.

Very brief background, questions below: My Acer computer has some Acer apps located in a "C:\Acer" folder which really should be in the "C:\Programs" folder. Before I reformatted and restored my (Vista) hard drive the "Indexing" box was checked. (Computer Right click C drive properties General Tab near bottom.) I like the Indexing feature in Vista. After the reformat and restore of...

I have vista home premium, 200gb hard drive. i had not been paying attention until I received a warning that I was running out of space. Being sort of a dummy, I took computer to Best Buy. They ran diagnostics. They found no problems. Then they cleaned it up and optimized it. When I got it home the C drive showed 177gb capacity with 135gb free space. Within 3 days my free space was reduced by...

Ok I've read that some people have had the same problem but its seem to be different then mine When ever i try to open my personal file (the one that contains my pictures and Videos and stuff) it crashes restarts and i get this: TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM WITH CYBERLINK DEMULTIPLEXER CyberLink Demultiplexer has stopped working properly. CyberLink Demultiplexer is a codec. The file name of this...

I have a dual boot system: Windows 7 & Vista I create lots of Word documents using Vista. But I can’t seem to find them when I boot up on Windows 7. How can I access the Word documents from Windows 7 ??

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 As suggested here is a new post from the original post at: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-file-management/126576-vista-won-t-let-me-delete-files-folders-3.html OK didn't know it was such a big hassle to delete a file in Vista. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium, on a Dell inspiron - 32 bit - Intel Core2 duo CPU - Memory Ram 2046 MB I had downloaded a video file on my desktop, but...

I have a DVD in drive f: with these 2 files on it: f:\p.exe f:\data.txt when I start the process p.exe it attempts to open the file data.txt. Is there Anyway (any command or tool or whatever) that I redirect file open action to another file on another drive without the process being noticed? I tried mklink command line tool that comes with windows vista and 7 but it cant make a junction or...