I set the window size (of windows explorer) and the views I want (tiles / large icons, etc') and close the window. it seems to work fine, but after a few minutes or after i change these settings on a few other folders it seems to forget my settings. I tried to press shift or ctrl while closeing the window. doesnt work. Is it a bug or a known issue with windows vista?

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Hi, I have a new laptop with Vista home premium on it. I can not delete files like I could in XP. Every time I delete a file, a box comes up with a bunch of choices in it. One is "as Administrator" or something like that. Clicking on that a few times deletes the file. I have been unable find out how to make it work like XP. Can anyone tell me how to do this? It would save me a lot of time and...

Hi, I have a new laptop with Vista home premium on it. I can not delete files like I could in XP. Every time I delete a file, a box comes up with a bunch of choices in it. One is "as Administrator" or something like that. Clicking on that a few times deletes the file. I have been unable find out how to make it work like XP. Can anyone tell me how to do this? It would save me a lot of time and...

I have a 320 GB drive in a USB external converter (the big plastic shell that turns any IDE drive into a USB 2.0 drive). I did something I shouldn't have done, I just pulled the plug instead of doing the nice "safely remove hardware" I guess they really mean it. Here's the sequence: 1. Vista doesn't remount the drive, it's found in Disk management as 800GB

I tried to set-up all my subfolder directories all with the same layout in Vista Ultimate, by selecting: Tools, Folder Options, and View. Or: Organize, Folder & Search, and View. However selecting “Apply to Folders� will not set the width and location of the directory’s fields nor set the size of the window. Perhaps there's another way, or this feature doesn't work, although it...

I have deleted some files and directories. When I run an application that I use for music notation as "administrator" and go to its "OPEN FILE" window, files and directories appear as expected. When I run it without the "administrator" ticked, I can see files and directories that I know I have deleted. Anyone have any idea what is going on? I think this may have adversely affected a recent...

I recently purchased a new PC (Gateway w/Phenom Quad Core Processor). I am having some issues with software and network, so at Gateway's recommendation, I had to reinstall the system from factory recovery. Before I did the reinstall, I backed up my music, documents, photos, etc. After the reinstall, it will not locate the back up files, even when I direct it to the drive on which they...

Hi I have discovered that my c:\windows directory, and all child folders, has taken on the appearence of a 'Music' folder. As the properties window does not support a 'Customize' tab I am wondering if anyone can instruct me as to how I can reset this to a 'normal' files folder? Thanks

Hello, Sorry for my bad English, I'm Flemish, but I could'nt find the right answer for my problem in the Dutch group .... I use the Dutch version of Vista Home Basic This is what happens: When I right click on a file and choose 'sendto' I get a drop downlist showing my personal 'user' folders, but they are shown TWICE, the same name and both can be used normally. I mean you see this...

I recently installed Vista onto an 80 GB hard drive, intending to just check it out, but I now intend to use it as my main OS, and I'd like to move it over to a newer, more reliable 120 GB hard drive, which I've never done before. Could anyone tell me the easiest, most painless way to accomplish this? I'd rather not have to reinstall vista, but I can if need be.

I used to use microsoft xp and recently bought a new computer and installed firefox. I can download files, however, unlike before, i cannot open them as a "grey icon" comes up and when i look in the directory i have downloaded to, there is NO file. I've tried this a billion times and it takes 10 minutes to download something on my computer, it'll never ever appear. I can download files perfectly...

Hi, I was running windows XP with active sync, before upgrading to vista, i untinstalled active sync, and after upgrade, i am unable to synchronize my PDA imate. When i double click on WMDC, nothing happens, when i connect the PDA, i can see it in teh device manage. Any hint. Thanks

Hi, Is there a way to access teh folder documents and settings under vidta? When i double click teh folder, it give an unauthorized access, while i am logged in as administrator. any hint?

I unchecked a file type "stn" to remove it from indexing and when I went back into that list it was checked again. I did a test with tif and jpeg files. It rechecked the tif file extension but left the jpeg extension unchecked. Any solution to this?

If I copy files from a CD to a folder and then copy that folder to another hard drive Windows Explorer hangs and doesn't copy the files, or just a few of them. If I reboot and then copy the folder it works fine. My hard drives are all SATA. The CD's contain photo files, aprox. 600 megs on average, up to 25 files or so. Any ideas how to fix this?

I made some changes to my personal folder as I store my files on a separate hard drive. My Navigation Pane now indicates that it is (empty). Would like to drag some folders from my separate hard drive to the Navigation Pane and a little red circle with a bar across it appears and I'm now unable to move anything at all to the Navigation Pane. When in the Navigation Pane have tried right...

....files from the internet. I download them, and then...nothing? They dissappear, I have tried changing the download location, to another file or folder, but I just get this error message? What do I doooo???

On opening my explorer or saving a file I am automatically taken to my documents on drive C. I have all my data on drive d. How do I change the default opening saving to my desired loaction?

Hello, I've read all of the threads on reassociating .zip files with zipfixvista.reg. My problem is that I've accidentally associated my zip files with a music program that I'm currently using. I used the reg key fixer but the icons are still that of my music program. I uninstalled the program and re-merged the reg key but the icons are still the same. Does anyone know if it's possible to...