I had a 12Gb file that had been copied to my Vista x64 machine across the network. UAC was off yet I was still unable to delete or move it, or even view its properties! Eventually I had to boot into safe mode with command prompt and use CACLS.exe to give myself permission to delete my own file from my own PC. Is this "working as intended"? Its a real PITA!

I was closing programs and didn't save my 2 page excel spreadsheet. I know it is saved automatically somewhere. Where and how can I find it? Thanks for your help.

Is it possible to put tags into avi and .mp4 files? I don't think it is, Adobe bridge won't let me attach keywords to these filetypes. Also, if you cant add metadata to some file types, is there an option in vista to use an external file (like picasa uses) for one folder..? Thanks

Hi, This has been asked and answered many times, but none of the answers semms to work here. I started installing Vista from the XP, but for some reaosn interupted and installed from the DVD boot. Unfortunately, the old installation files were renamed "windows.old" and I can't get rid of them! Tried from both OS'es (XP and Vista); tried taking ownership; tried running a command prompt as...

Dear Group, i had installed Nero on Vista and it did not install it saying it has compatibility issues. i am fine with it but the software i apprearing to have gotten installed in the Control Panel as program but vista is giving exception errors when i try to un install it

Hi, Is it just me, or didn't the folder tree in regedit expand just by clicking on a folder, before RTM? It was like it autoscrolled; now you have to use the bottom scrollbar when you expand the folder tree? I swear it did it "automatic"-like; before RTM, but now you have to use the bottom scrollbar. Same goes with any folder tree using explorer. Any confirmation that this little convenience...

No matter what options I select, I can't seem to get vista to search within non-indexed files. I have "always search file names and contents" checked and I am searching "Everywhere". But vista will not show me files that contain my keyword unless the file has been indexed.

Is possible to change the location of this folder i.e. c:\windows\$recycle.bin? Thanks Gigi

Dear colleagues, I wonder how to create a compressed zip-file with a password in Windows Vista without any 3rd party software. In Win-XP we had a menu item in the file menu inside the explorer window but I miss this menu command in Vista's explorer. I do not see such a command in the organize menu. Any help? Thank you. Microsoft Windows , German, Ultimate, MSDN

Using Windows Desktop Search on XP allowed me to index all my email accounts from our corporate Exchange (2003) server and (it then stored the index localy). Using Vista Search, this does not seem to be the case. Using 'Indexing Options' -- Modify -- Microsoft Office Outlook, I only see my primary email address (i don't see any of my other accounts) and it is grayed out. When I hover with...

Hi there. Now that Vista and Office 2007 have been RTM'd, I have installed Windows Vista and then opened Windows Mail to check a separate issue on a Vista Newsgroup. I then installed Office 2007 and connected to our company Exchange Server. Unfortunately I now find that Vista Search only finds indexed Windows Mail items and not any Office 2007 Outlook items.

Both my Pictures and my Documents menu link seems to points to Pictures and I cant get them to change. any ideas on how I do this?

Hi! When I open a dicrectory in a LAN-drive the pics inside are not shown in the explorer window. I have to double-click to preview it. Isn't it possible to preview it automatically without double-clicking? -- Greetings Udo

Just like IanG wrote in his post (see http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=185614&SiteID=1 ), the same thing happened to me, but in final Vista version. When trying to set some properties (tags) on a JPG picture (located at my Pictures folder on V: partition), the following error dialog appeared: The dialog title is "Apply Properties File". The error text is "An unexpected...

I like the idea of the integrated Preview Pane. It's great for text files, so that you don't need to open Notepad to read every file in a directory. I would like to "register" many other file types with the same preview handler. For instance, *.sql, *.cs, *.aspx .... however, I can't for the life of me figure out how I can associate extensions with preview handlers in Vista. Anyone know how?

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Well, hello, and sorry for my English :( I have Windows Vista x64 installed. After few weeks after installation the problem had came: in some folder I can select multiple files, in some - not. It doesn't metter wich way to select I use: simply with mouse with left button pressed or with shift-button or ctrl-button or with ctrl+a. Also in Windows Explorer orginize menu "Select all" item...

Can I install the window xp pro with vista license? I can't find the information in microsoft website.

Hello I'm using the Save As Dialog in my .NET application running on Vista. When i use this dialog to create a new folder and save my file to it, the application knows where this file is. However, if I use the Window's Explorer window to then try and view this new folder, it doesn't show up! Why is this? This seems like a bug in Vista....

What's the command-line command to recursively delete all files and directories with names beginning with "foo"? "del /s foo*" doesn't work. Doing it using the GUI, with Start/Search and searching for "name:foo" and then selecting all and choosing "delete", doesn't work, because I have hundreds of such directories, and for each one Vista will grind away on my disk for a couple minutes and...