Hi I can't find a way to remove file type association. I set the wrong application for rar files, by mistake, and there it appears in the "open with" menu. I see no way to remove applications from there. Does anyone have a clue to that? Thanks! amo

How can you change the folder icon to the flat xp style so you can read what is in the folder easier? the pictures show up much better, 4 to the front of the folder.

Is there a way to do this without disabling UAC?

I have these requirements of WDS for a project: 1) I need to be able to add a new location to the user scope rules for WDS so that it indexes an application specific folder. This folder, at the moment, contains only text files. 2) This folder *should not* be included in any of Vista's searches from the shell. For example, if a user does Windows+F, the shell will not search my app specific...

"Jimmy Brush" wrote: Hello, I've noticed that a lot of the questions in these newsgroups are either directly or indirectly related to UAC (User Account Control). In this post, I will go over what UAC does, how it works, the reasoning behind it, how to use your computer with UAC on, why you shouldn't turn UAC off, and answer some common questions and respond to common...

Hello, how can I exclude the AppData folder from indexing, it contains thousands of files I never need to search for, and I have to hear the hard disk spinning for an hour after installing any program to index its new files in Local and Roaming folders. I tried removing the checkmark besides the folder in the indexing options but somehow it's not active, I can exclude all other folder...

Well, as usual, when you're in a hurry you mess up and I screwed up. I was opening a file and wanted to change the program/association to open it. I'm not sure exactly what I clicked on, but it was the *WRONG *thing. Now all my applications that were linked to application under "Target Type" in properties, are associated w/ exe. Needless to say when I click on the desktop shortcuts, programs in...

My compuer has the OS installed on the C drive, and room for other data on the D drive. When I created a user, all of the user documents folders were created on the C drive. I created duplicate folders on the D drive, and modified each shortcut (using the location tab) to point to the folders on the D drive. Question 1: When I create another user, all the user documents folders are created...

this might sound dumb to some people . but i got a new comp and was farting around with it and ended up deleting my recycling bin ... Yeah I know... SO how do i get that back?????

Why the heck does Vista think this folder is a Music folder? Does SP1 fix any of the folder customization brain damage? -- Keith

why is it that vista doesnt open the microsoft word program when i press CTRL+ALT+W (i have put 'W' ) as shortcut while it opens fine for Microsoft Excel as 'CTRL+ALT+X'? other shortcuts also doesnt work for other programs.

This Vista constantly trying to protect me from myself is driving me nuts! In XP it was a snap to add a new Folder to the StartMenu. Not so in Vista! Where *IS* this stupid folder? And why can I not navigate certain Junctions? There is a "StartMenu"-junction in my C:\Users\me folder, but when I double-click it to open that folder I get an "Access Denied". It's me and I own this darn box...

Strange bug? Some reason when I open up a folder, and I organize that folder by reverse-alpha name, then close the window, and open it up again, it remembers that. Normal? Now if I open up another location shortcut to a seperate folder, it uses that same organization. So I go to Options / View and check the "Remember window..." thingy. Doesn't make a difference. Whenever I open a file...

::I am still coming to terms with the loss of the windows explorer UP button for navigation, but I do see how the breadcrumb trail helps navigate up several levels at a time and has other information if you click on the little arrows between the terms.:: ::One thing I don’t understand is why there is no path in the breadcrumb trail when you click on a file or object on the desktop (see attached...

Hi, Recently I have been unable to see or access a folder with some videos in it on one of my drives. When I go to where the folder should be it is no where to be found but when I use normal windows search the folder comes up but it says it is 0 bytes and I can't access it. I don't rember doing anything to the folder to cause this. I am using windows vista. Any help is appreciated

A few days ago i had a clean up of my folders, i moved and deleted a few files that i didnt need..basically organised everything. today i went to open my folders and theyre all gone! so i searched and they all seemed to be there but wouldnt open, i just got a pop up saying the files couldnt be found. i didnt delete them but i checked the recycle bin anyway and restored everything but still...

I have a cd that I need to read the doc files from. My adobe acrobat says it cannot read it from the cd. My last computer had XP and I had no problems. This computer has Vista. Do I need to download a program, so I can read and edit these files on this cd that I have? -- Heath

is there a way to tranfer my files and setting from my old harddrive to my new computer. I have the hard drive installed on the new computer as the old one quit working all the file are in tack an the hard drive seem ok. The old operating system was xp pro new is vista home premium I have try several things the program sugest without any luck. I would sure like some help if you have any ....

My cat likes to take naps on my laptop while it's on and he managed somehow to change the name of my "my computer" to "n#@". Now where ever it should say "my computer" it says n#@. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change it back.

I need to know how disable the Syncronization activity. I can't remove the syncronization icon in my notify area and also i have a Syncronization relationship shown in Syncronization center for a folder in one of the PC in local network,and i would like delete it, but there are no options to do that.I don't need anymore that sync relation for file but vista give no possibility to delete it or...