I have a problem finding Word 2007 files from the Search field in Windows Explorer. Example: I have a file named "test.docx" in "My Documents", and I can see that file right in the Windows Explorer window. However, if I type, say ".docx", or "test", in the Search field in the top right-hand corner of Explorer, the search comes up empty. I can, however, get the search function to find the...

Does anyone know what's required to automate the installation of the legacy indexing service (CISVC) in Vista? In XP/2000 I was able to accomplish this by simply setting some registry entries, but it appears that this isn't the case in Vista. After specifying the appropriate registry entries, it seems cisvc.exe must somehow be extracted because the executable is nowhere to be found unless I...

I have a bunch of music which already contains all the necessary information, but it is listed under "Various Artists". Is there a way to put these songs under the correct catergories?

1. Where is all the clever syntax for Search described ("from:", "about:", etc.) 2. What does "Null Filter" mean on a filetype filter mean? What does the File Properties Filter mean in the context of radio buttons for File Properties Only/with contents? Example: two extensions: .bin & .nk1 - default radio for both "Index Properties Only" - but filter for .bin is Null and for ..bk1 is File...

Microsoft wants $59 to answer this question. I guess this forum is to keep them from having to pay tech support. My question, if anyone would be kind enough to answer, is how to fix the favorites button. When I hit that button in IE it points to a file that doesn't exist, which is in my iTunes folder for some reason. I can save favorites, but I can't use them. HELP PLEASE!

OK, I must be missing something obvious... How do I do an XP style search? You remember, right-click a folder, click "Search", and have Vista search the selected folder? I've been unable to find this primitive operation. I'm willing to give up search control to Vista for local drives, but indexing our entire network, and each and every USB stick/USB Hard drive seems, well, silly for the once...

Ok I've got this problem: The User folders, containing documents, pictures, music, video's and stuff normally normally have nice specific icons for each folder, like most folders in the pictu Now, the normal music folder used to be 'music' (red). But I changed it to 'muziek' (blue), because I created 'muziek' in C:\program files\muziek, which I was used to. But the new muziek folder...

Hi, All of a sudden some programs start and go away, some others won't even start. As an example: I start "Gspot v2.70a", it starts and the progress bar starts moving to the end; and then Gspot closes. Some others programs will not even start, I've uninstalled them all and reinstalled them. I click on the shortcut that the install-program put on the desktop, nothing! I click on the *.exe...

045dI'm having problems that have only started occurring within the last few hours Setup Vista ultimate C:\ 160Gb Sata F:\ 750Gb Sata G:\500Gb IDE Copying files larger than 200 MB from 'G:\' to 'C:\' any location on the

After SP1 pushed to 64 bit ultimate, I got an error message when my weekly backup ran. After much trial and error, I found that the DVD recording capabilities are gone. CD still works. As a temporary workaround, I connected an external hard drive until I figure this out. Suggestions are welcome. Thank you.

Hi I can't see thumbnails of documents in explorer in my windows vista home prermium despite that the "always show icons" box is unchecked. How can I enable this feature?

Hi, I want to know how I can reset to the default programs for opening a file.. For example, I've got an .sav file from my Halo game folder, and one day I was just fiddling around with the folders and I accidently clicked it and chose Adobe Reader as the program.. then I tried WordPad, etc.. - don't know why I did that. And I don't like it how all my .sav files have the little WordPad logo on...

When I open a folder with a list of files for all View Options, the files are not listed in proper ascending sequence. I indexed the files to make sure that indexing may not be the factor in the Sort By Name not working properly. After the files were indexed, clicked the Sort By Name item in the View menu item, and the files are stilled not sorted porperly. Has anyone encountered this...

Riddle me this, why does Vista think this folder is of type "Pictures and Videos"? Whoever implemented this feature needs to be made aware of the annoyance they are causing a lot of people. Where is the button for that "we share your pain electric shock buzzer" cause I want to press it (a lot). Come'on how hard can this be? How about this as an idea. Don't mess with the view of any of...

How do i change an attachment code from xls to PDF

up until this week when i downloaded files were large, windows automatically compressed them, placing them in a folder with a zipper on it. all of a sudden it does not do that anymore. that part of vista is not working. my computer is a month old. i understand that this automatic compression is intrinsic to the vista system and may not have a file extension. how can i repair vista to get...

Hi: I have installed Windows 2008 and I am connecting to it with WinXP and Windows Vista. When I navigate to a folder with SQLServer 2005 data/log files using WinXP I can see the mdf and ldf files, but when connecting with Vista I can't see these files. How can I make these files visible under Vista?

I believe I've found a bug in Windows Explorer that I can reproduce reliably. If anyone can get this to a QA engineer in the Vista group at Microsoft, I'd appreciate it. Here's how to reproduce: 1. Open the Windows explorer browser (not Internet Explorer). Set it up so that you that you can see folders in the left-hand tree view panel and files in the right-hand list panel. 2. Create a...

Is it possible to stop Vista wasting time on this stupidity every time I use Explorer to copy anything. For example, I just copied a 4.3Gb DVD ISO between two drives. It took Vista about 20 seconds to tell me that the copy was going to take 15 minutes: it actually took about 6 minutes for the copy to complete. And if I copy a large directory structure, it wastes even more time giving me a...

ALL of my documents have disappeared and I cannot find them in the recycle bin or by searching Explorer. Even the documents icon is gone. Any ideas on how to find them? -- Deane