In Windows Vista Explorer there's a box towards the top left hand corner called Favorites, above the folders section. I consider this a complete waste of space and an eyesore. Is there any way to get rid of it so that the left column only contains folders? (like the earlier windows versions). Thanks for any help.

How can I enter any text in a folder so that it will be displayed as a folder tip when moving the cursor over the foldername?

I want to relocate the "public folders" to another hard drive. I like to keep my data folders (user and shares) separate from the OS and programs. How do I relocate the public folders? The location tab does not include the move button. What is the default share for Public folders? I deleted the existing share so I could move the folder and "restore" did not restore the share.

'tags' field embedded in metadata When I first got vista I could not wait to tag my files, it's the best feature of the OS in my opinion. However it was important that the data entered stayed latched in the file, as it mostly does, but I had a horrible feelng that all my hard work might be missplaced as the all important 'tag' field was not present in the visible fields of any file under XP....

I'm using Vista Home Premium. After a crash of windows explorer the context menu after a right click doesn't appear in any application (also start-menu). Please give me some advice what to do. Thanks a lot.

I have Vista pre-installed on a new desktop that I have just purchased. I have had lots of problems but since disabling the UAC most of them have cleared up. However, I have folders in Documents installed from a zipped backup from a Windows XP machine and I cannot delete or rename these folders.

OK, so I downloaded the "Windows NT Backup - Restore Utility" (see my January 23, 2007 11:12 AM thread). But it won't pull the catalog from my backup files on my file server. I right click the root node on the left and choose Catalog File... After I pick a backup file, I get about 1 or 2 seconds of the spinning green circle, but no catalog. I tried an XP computer on the network that had...

Hi, I am using Windows Vista RC1 64-bit edition. I am trying to move my personal files to where they are stored on a non-boot hard drive (I know that this can be done in XP) somewhere allong the line I really goofed up and so I decided to get things back the way they were. I have everything back now exept that the "Desktop" folder is reapeated (there are two of the same folder) and when I...

Dear All, we have SBS 2003 server, with my documents redirected to \\server\users\user. We' ve been using this with XP withot any problems. With Vista, the new "documents" folder is redirected to the server, the option "Always available offline" is checked and greyed out for all subfolders and files - so everything seems to be ok. However, after synchronisation, the files are not...

Hello, I am trying to set permissions on a folder. I go into the properties of the folder and select the security tab, then I click on edit. I get an error "Cannot open access control editor. Invalid value for registry." Any help would be appreciated, I am a developer and would not like to re-install Vista to resolve this issue. BTW OS is Vista x64 Ultimate

Any news as to when the driver will be updated? I connect to the printer using BlueTooth/Wireless and it finds and installs the HP 7410 driver. However, when printing duplex, the reverse side is printed upside down (head to foot instead of head to head). It worked correctly back when I was using WindowsXP.

I recently got a new computer and when i signed in under my screen name my document files from the other puter never transferred over.I have changed computers before and all my documents came up when i signed into my screen name..what happened..where are "my documents" from the other puter?/

Usually Vista will display thumbnails on its folder icons, of images in that directory or subdirectories. On the whole this seems to work fine. However, there are a few folders where Vista will not insert them thumbnail images onto the folder icon. I have noticed that this tends to occur with the larger folders (i.e. those of around 26GB or larger). Has anyone else noticed this, and are there...

Hi! I have a question // problem, and wanted to get some awnser. Is it possible to open a folder in windows explorer which contains "folders" and "links to folders" and the items get sorted alphabetically and not sorted by type and then alphabetically. Thanks && greets, m2k

I know there are list of formats that XMP in Vista cannot tag but I didn't expect PDF's to be one of them. Especially as XMP is Adobe's own. Basically I want to tag my file, those being PDF (and PSD) with the built in tag with Vista, but it does not let me. I know PDF is going through a standardization process at the moment, I don't know if things will change. aybe I'm wrong. Can anyone...

Hi. I needed to reinstal Vista Home Premium. Because of the prior install I'm faced with a selection to boot to the older install or the current. How do I remove the dual boot? Thanks, James

Hi, I've moved all of my user folders (documents, music etc) to a network location using both the right click and drag and drop method. Everything seems to be OK, except instead of the new blue/green icons, the folders now have the normal yellow icons... This wouldn't be much of a problem, but the Links pane in explorer shows these icons (the desktop folder shows up with a BIN con). Any...

Reading around, and from my own experience, there seem to be a lot of problems with Vista Explorer remember view settings (detail view, icons, etc). Whats the latest on this? Is there a bug fix, or a way to get Explorer to remember the settings? Its annoying to have to change them each time I go back into a folder.

With Vista Explorer, when using the view "extra large icons", the folders can display a thumbnail of a picture inside the folder. I use this method to browse music albums, being able to see album covers. When initially selecting this view, Explorer takes some moments to create the thumbnails for each folder. On subsequent viewings, it is much fasterm suggesting Explorer has catalogued these...

I like the sidebar notes, but how do you back them up or find where they are stored on your computer?