I keep getting a pop up message saying that a numbered line has a syntax error. The line numbers are different each time. How can I fix this?

I get the error message when double clicing on misc documents within my folders that says "windows cannot find the specified file, please make sure that you have typed the name correctly and please try again." I can open up any document from within the application itself by going to file/open finding the file and opening it that way. It is extremely random though. It only happens on some...

I installed a game it placed shotcut icon on desktop. Game didnt install properly so uninstalled. Now it want let me delete the shortcut as it says that it cant find the program. How do I delete this pesky shortcut? There is no security info under that tab under properties it seems there is no way to delete this shotcut file, this is rediculas!!

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Hi, Occasionally I get the following message when trying to do something....like change a driver or update a file, etc. The current logged on user does not have ownership privileges on the file (or folder) "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\". It is on my desktop machine at home...running Vista Ultimate.

Using XP machine, I create a text file containing HTML code and save with extension of .html. Then can double click and the file opens in IE. I can then change the file using notepad, save file, refresh the IE page and see the changes. Doing the same thing on Vista machine, when trying to save changes, error message that something is wrong with file name or path. I need help, thanks.

Very brief background, questions below: My Acer computer has some Acer apps located in a "C:\Acer" folder which really should be in the "C:\Programs" folder. Before I reformatted and restored my (Vista) hard drive the "Indexing" box was checked. (Computer Right click C drive properties General Tab near bottom.) I like the Indexing feature in Vista. After the reformat and restore of...

Very brief background, questions below: My Acer computer has some Acer apps located in a "C:\Acer" folder which really should be in the "C:\Programs" folder. Before I reformatted and restored my (Vista) hard drive the "Indexing" box was checked. (Computer Right click C drive properties General Tab near bottom.) I like the Indexing feature in Vista. After the reformat and restore of...

I have vista home premium, 200gb hard drive. i had not been paying attention until I received a warning that I was running out of space. Being sort of a dummy, I took computer to Best Buy. They ran diagnostics. They found no problems. Then they cleaned it up and optimized it. When I got it home the C drive showed 177gb capacity with 135gb free space. Within 3 days my free space was reduced by...

I have vista home premium, 200gb hard drive. i had not been paying attention until I received a warning that I was running out of space. Being sort of a dummy, I took computer to Best Buy. They ran diagnostics. They found no problems. Then they cleaned it up and optimized it. When I got it home the C drive showed 177gb capacity with 135gb free space. Within 3 days my free space was reduced by...

I am having problems with Windows Search Indexing using excessive amounts of CPU and slowing down my system and want to decrease the number of locations and/or file extensions being indexed to see if this helps the problem. However, when I try to modify the indexed locations (Control Panel | Indexing Options | Modify), the Change Selected Locations pane is empty (i.e., there are no check boxes...

Ok I've read that some people have had the same problem but its seem to be different then mine When ever i try to open my personal file (the one that contains my pictures and Videos and stuff) it crashes restarts and i get this: TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM WITH CYBERLINK DEMULTIPLEXER CyberLink Demultiplexer has stopped working properly. CyberLink Demultiplexer is a codec. The file name of this...

Ok I've read that some people have had the same problem but its seem to be different then mine When ever i try to open my personal file (the one that contains my pictures and Videos and stuff) it crashes restarts and i get this: TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM WITH CYBERLINK DEMULTIPLEXER CyberLink Demultiplexer has stopped working properly. CyberLink Demultiplexer is a codec. The file name of this...

I have a dual boot system: Windows 7 & Vista I create lots of Word documents using Vista. But I can’t seem to find them when I boot up on Windows 7. How can I access the Word documents from Windows 7 ??

I have a dual boot system: Windows 7 & Vista I create lots of Word documents using Vista. But I can’t seem to find them when I boot up on Windows 7. How can I access the Word documents from Windows 7 ??

I have a problem with Vista startup and all attempts with bootrec and bootsect failed. Startup repair detects C: drive and detects Vista Ultimate. Repair says it did not find any problem. When starting up machine I get black screen without any error message. Issue seems to be similar to cloning hard drive as I found on the net. If I rename bootmgr I don't get any error message so it looks...

Hello everybody? I just want to know if anybody have ever use a duplicate file finder to manage files? Thanks in advantage. Best wishes. Richerd Wang

Hi As suggested here is a new post from the original post at: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-file-management/126576-vista-won-t-let-me-delete-files-folders-3.html OK didn't know it was such a big hassle to delete a file in Vista. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium, on a Dell inspiron - 32 bit - Intel Core2 duo CPU - Memory Ram 2046 MB I had downloaded a video file on my desktop, but...

I have a DVD in drive f: with these 2 files on it: f:\p.exe f:\data.txt when I start the process p.exe it attempts to open the file data.txt. Is there Anyway (any command or tool or whatever) that I redirect file open action to another file on another drive without the process being noticed? I tried mklink command line tool that comes with windows vista and 7 but it cant make a junction or...

I have a DVD in drive f: with these 2 files on it: f:\p.exe f:\data.txt when I start the process p.exe it attempts to open the file data.txt. Is there Anyway (any command or tool or whatever) that I redirect file open action to another file on another drive without the process being noticed? I tried mklink command line tool that comes with windows vista and 7 but it cant make a junction or...