I'm not sure who should be taken out to the woodshed - the architect that decided the following is a good idea, or the coder who did such a horrible job. It will cause all sorts of grief, IMHO. What's worse now I can't reproduce the problem even though it has happened several times! Essentially what has happened is that I try to rename a folder that I some how had open with another window....

My solution seems permanent, haven't had a problem since I deleted those regs. Yes, Microsoft software is buggy by design as most consumer-grade things that is not military grade. Shame. Official answer from Microsoft: "..our software is stable bla bla.." only lies.

I have noticed that with build 5600 if you hit F2, to rename a folder, when you hit the paste command, nothing happens and you basically have to retype the entire name manually, no matter how long or how short it may be. And more often than not, the folder sctructure does not refresh to show the new folder sctructu better yet, it will show the new folder name, BUT the old folder name...

I ran disk cleanup on c: for all users, and under "Files discarded by Windows upgrade", with description "Files from a previous Windows installation. As a precaution, Windows upgrade keeps a copy of any files that were not moved to the new version of Windows and were not identified as Windows system files...", it shows 4.54GB. The only upgrade I've done is from RC1 to RC2. Where are these...

I have my basic documents on a network drive and would like to index them for faster searching. How can I do this? It only looks like it will let me index files on the local hard drive. -- Bob

Anyone else having problems with the indexing options. I am unable to change indexing options. All buttons on the indexing options window are disabled and it says the index is turned off.

Hey all...i was reading through some of these posts and i think i have a similar problem. Basically i was trying to move my data off of the main partition (a common request). So i was moving/changing the Location (in properties from the start menu) and now the start menu folders are totally broken. Pictures and Music icons in the start menu now dont work at all. How can i just point those...

Hello, I use the german version of vista ultimate and I wonder if there are any benefits of displaying the folder "Users" as "Benutzer" (= german transl. of Users) in the explorer. On commandline i can see "users". Explorer shows "Benutzer". Such differences in the "view of things" could lead to unwanted results. So is there any reason to translate this folder name? Cheers.

I just installed the final version of Vista and Office2007. When I do a search for the outlook PST files it doesn't show anything. Outtlokk shows all my items so it's there somewhere. What do I need to set to show them in search? You'll have to activate "Include non-indexed, hidden and system files (might be slow)" in the advanced search. You'll find the files are in...

Hello, Or you could go to control panel Choose Indexing options Advanced Button. Then choose file types Check the box for PST so as to index the pst files Thanks, Darrell Gorter This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

I just installed the final version of Vista and Office2007. When I do a search for the outlook PST files it doesn't show anything. Outtlokk shows all my items so it's there somewhere. What do I need to set to show them in search?

How do I backup a folder of my choice? The only choices I see are a full backup or a generic backup of images, movies... So if I want to backup only my own image folder, how would I go about doing that? Another silly thing is that with the standard images backup feature, it backs up standard windows gif files and stuff like that, why would I want a

If you don't like the securities of Vista, why not just stick with XP? Some of us don't really mind the prompts (except in VNC, where it bumps you :P). Microsoft developed the UAC feature for Windows Vista to help prevent malicious programs silent installation and computer-wide infection (which in theory is a good idea). Although it's not really a good idea (and one I wouldn't suggest),...

Once I have set hidden and system files and folders to be displayed in Folder Options I can see some familiar folders like SendTo, Cookies Application Data, etc. But for some reason the icons have shortcut overlays on them and I can't get into them - Access Denied. This happens even with UAC turned off and running as administrator. My account seems to have full permissions for these...

Hi there, Short question: How can I resolve the real path of a destination including sympoic links? Scenario: 1.) I install an application under C:\Prgogramma\myapp where c:\Programma is not a physical path. The shortcut created on the desktop also contains this *pseudo* path.

Ok, this one is pretty annoying. It pops-up even when the operation should be instantaneous (like deleting a single file from your hard drive), which seems to make the operation significantly slower than it should be. I goes from annoying to worthless, though, by not telling you anything even when it would be handy: I just copied a large file to a server, and it didn't say anything other...

System: Stand-alone Vista Drive 0: 4 Partitions (C=MBR, D=Data, R=ASR, S=Software) Drive 1: 4 (Do Not Use) Partitions that are Sync'd with each Drive 0 Partition Concern: How to Redirect the default location for Documents within a Vista Stand-alone system. The system is implemented as a stand-alone within an environment that has the C:\ assigned as the MBR. ASR images resides within R:\. ...

Hi, I want to change a custon association I did for a specific file extension but if I go under "Folder Options" I cannot find any more the File Type tab. Where are now stored those infos ? How can I change them ? Have a nice day. --

How can I escape parenthesis so the literal is searched instead of the logic kicking in?

Im sure many of you have been doing this for years. Organizing the miriad of icons on the desktop into groups. Like Games, Audio, etc. When Ive done it in the past (98 & XP) I could set these folders, with the icons in them, with no navigation pane. A view like in the Control Panel with icons or something. Now that I think of it, maybe I just slid the nav pane all the way left. Either way...