hi everyone. I'm trying to add a user in a specific folder using ICACLS command. the user or rather group that i'm trying to add is the "*Everyone*" group, so anyone can access that folder. But the problem is i cannot set the permissions by *Full Access *unless I manually configure it. my command goes on like this: ICACLS C:\MYFOLDER\ /grant Everyone:F /T and it doesn't work. Can anyone help me...

Using Acronis Disc Director my hard drive seems to be partitioned with two I know about (C:\ drive and D:\ drive) but also two I don't. These two are shown as "unallocated" with a capacity of 126 kB and "FAT16" flagged as a primary drive at 55Mb with 47 free. Additionally I can't seem to allocate the "unallocated" to any other partition. Any thoughts?

Why is it that I have to subst drives in both a normal cmd prompt and also an elevated cmd prompt? You'd think that a single subst in either type of cmd prompt would become visible to the other (just as if both prompts were running at the same privilege level)? -- Keith

How to change type of file for a desktop shortcut? I accidentally let windows open shortcuts with windows media player and can't change it back, undo doesn't work, can't use shortcuts! Please Help Thank You

I am new to vista can cant seem to figure this out.. I made a new file folder extracted a program into it but when i try to delete it at start a new file with the same same all the old stuff seems to come back.. I have tried to empty recyleing bin, rebooting and it always seems to come back. any ideas its driving me crazy

I have some files that will only show if the compatibility files button is turned on. I need to send some of htese files as attachments using a webmail client such as yahoo. When I try to attach these files, I browse to the folder they are stored in but they do not show up and there is no way to turn on compatibility files from the browse window. Is there a way to send these files as...

Whilst deleting photos to Recycle Bin, not only did they go into Bin but they were duplicated in My Documents; now I have 160 files! instead of only 40! Can someone please help? -- beejays

Vista Home Premium. Another milestone in Briefcase dysfunctionality. Anyone else had such dire "out of memory" issues - especially in conjunction with the Briefcase - as described below? Yesterday, while attempting a regular update, a Briefcase it complained that despite having 57% of the installed 2GB RAM free there was "not enough memory to view the Update dialog box".

Hey, mmm, I have a lap, and i moved all my music and pics here, but still want to have it on my other pc at same time (actually its a xternal hard drive). This is easy, just copy and that's all. The thing is that i will make changes on both computers at same time and i want it to stay synced easily. This include deleting, modifying o r adding new files. But i'm worried if somebody delete one...

Hi - I got an Acer desktop with Vista preinstalled. From day one I have problems trying to back up files on a CD-RW using the Explorer burn option. Ised to be able to right click and send to the E (I have a D partition) drive, but when I go to burn them I get a "format disk" message. I've ruined several disks after choosing either of the format options. Explorer hangs in the "calculating...

Please try this yourself: rename a DLL to a different extension (such as ..asdf). Watch the Version tab disappear under the file's Properties. If you switch the extension back, suddenly Vista recognizes the version specification. Why is Vista ignoring file versions for custom file extensions?? We deal extensively with clients using older version of our files, so we need to be able to easily...

Ok Maybe I'm duh, but I can't find the sub folders I have in my main folder for pics. They show when im in a chat program when I need to change them but to go and view them on comp the folders wont even show within the main folder ...helppppppp

I think the new Vista "Stack By" feature would be very handy and useful, but the problem is it's practically no use to me, as it seems to show up "old" files. For example if I have some .avi files in a folder, then delete them, the next time I use Stack By type on that folder, the 3 old files show up, even though I deleted them. It's also a pain since I like to Stack By "type", but "type"...

I'm having all kinds of problems with the folder types and column headings in Vista. I imported a huge tree of folders from my old computer, and Vista assigned them all different folder types, seemingly at random. I've gone through and customized the folder type along with the column headings I want for a bunch of the folders, but it is a long and tedious job. Is there any way I can...

I have a search problem in Vista that is driving me crazy. I have files stored on an XP Home computer. I have a Vista Premium laptop. I cannot figure out how to search for a specific file by contents of a specific word in the file. Please help. Thanks in advance. -- Dave

I have a folder that contains all my JPG files. When I select to view the JPGs by Thumbnail, majority of the pictures display do not match the file names?!! I have switched to different way to view and still not able to correct this. Unable to find any assistance in Help nor on the internet. Can someone help?!!

The files in question are actually DLLs, with different extensions. In XP, Windows interpreted the file version fine, but Vista doesn't want to. Do we need to write a DLL that knows how to open that filetype and read the properties? Can you give me any useful links explaining this? Thanks. "zachd " wrote:

I am running Vista Business edition on a dual core Thnkpad X60 with 3Gb RAM. Loaded a CD with a program that I want to install. Tried to right click on the setup.exe file but nothing happens. Tried double clicking on the file to get it to run - still nothing. Attempted to drag and drop to the desktop and received the message "Files on this CD-ROM are read-only. You cannot remove or...

Hi, I have a user who searches for files frequently within Windows Explorer. Sometimes he only wants to search by filename, other times he'd like to search within contents of files. The files can be stored in various folders on various drives. My question is this: is there an easier way to switch between searching for contents vs. filenames other than changing his search options within the...

Can someone tell me how to delete a blocked file from the startup tab in sys config? -- THANK YOU