I just installed Vista ultimate and (as I did with XP) I kept my 'my documents'filder on a separate drive. When I assigned the 'documents'folder of Vista to that folder (in my case E:\_my Documents_) all files in that folder were gone, just the subfolders remain.. Now I put the 'documents'assignement back to its original place, but the old folder is still gone and still called 'documents'. I...

Whenever I try to do a cut and paste, windows explorer crashes. It doesn't matter if I am doing it between 2 windows or copy, then navigate to the new location, and paste. This is Vista Ultimate...AthalonXP 2200+, 2 gig ddr ram, 300gig hd Eric

All folders on my computer containing music will not open without me manually clicking "explore". If I try a simple double-click, a pop-up appears informing me that there is no program "associated" with this file type, and directing me to the Set Associations control panel. Obviously, since folders are neither applications nor file types, they didn't appear in the list. I've rummaged...

Every time I try to search the message says SEARCH DID NOT INITIALIZE. What does this mean and how can I fix it?

Anyone know how to get Explorer to not select the entire row in Detail View? I just want to select the Name column. Thanks!

If you delete a shortcut of a program into the Recycle Bin, it always give an annoying confirmation saying that deleting the shortcut is not the same as uninstalling the program. But I already know this! This was such an annoyance in XP and it's still here in Vista. Is there a tweak or registry edit that will remove this confirmation and let me send program shortcuts into the Recycle Bin...

I am running the final release version of Vista as a regular user (not admin). In Explorer I see a folder with the path c:\Users\Me\Documents where I have stored all of my documents. However, when I open a command prompt and cd c:\Users\Me\Documents the folder cannot be found. What gives? In C:\Users\Me dir /A:H produces the following line: 02/18/2007 06:41 PM My Documents Thanks.

I upgraded my XP Pro machine to Windows Vista beta 2. It ran well for about 1 week and I attempted to install Symantec Antivirus 10.2 for Vista. It installed fine and initially ran fine but when I rebooted all I got was blue screens. I performed a System Restore and the system booted fine but then I found that all of my documents in the "My Documents" folder and on my desktop were gone. The...

Where did that ability go. Or files by size. what is ms doing? this is a horrible search engine compared to xp and 2003 svr. -- help

Hi there, I just got my new lap top with windows vista. I don't know much about vista, so where do I get the microsoft word, excel and publisher for vista? Do I need to purchase ?

When I download files, I download them to a folder. But when I look in that folder, it's empty. I'm sure I did it right. What can I do?

Hi, I am using Windos Vista Ultimate and a laptop Pentium M 1.8GHz, 2 GB RAM and 60GB HDD. After installing Windos Vista, I needed to restore the files (backup) using copy/paste or drag-and-drog facility. However, whenever I do it, after few minutes, the message - not enough memory to complete this operation - appears and the process is aborted. I dont know if Vista changed the way to...

Vista appears to be copying all my files with a number added ie "filename" is copied as "filename(1)". Sometimes there are several copies, in one case going as far as filename (13). Whta's going on? These don't appear to be shadow copies and they're cluttering up my disc. Thanks

I was cleaning up my hard drice and somehow lost the C:/windows/system32/config/systemprofile/Desktop file. I still have everything hidden in my drive, but my desktop is pretty much cleared up, except for the recycle bin and computer icons. How do I fix this problem? Thanks in advance!

I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank page icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double click does nothing). Here is a...

I am using Windows Vista on a SBS 2003 domain. I have set the folder redirection via group policy and also set "User ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesSystemFolder Redirection'Do not automatically make redirected folders availaible offline'" to enabled. However windows vista still insists on making these folders avaliable offline and will not allow me to change it. How can i resolve...

i think navigation panel may have a bug. one of the programs i was using wrote the data to a comma delimited generic word and spreedsheet file in the that specfic program file. when i used the navigation panel to find them they were not there. when i used microsoftword or spreedsheet program they were there when i changed the name in the search panel of the word program by right clicking and...

Hi. I've encountered some very strange behavior while troubleshooting an app, and would like some help. I did a complete uninstall of the program. The uninstall removed the programs directory structure - as it should have. It deleted the C:\Program Files\My Company\My App Name folder. I then manually re-created the directory structure, C:\Program Files\My

I am unable to import Outlook messages in Windows Mail. I get the message: "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client. An error has occurred." How do I import these messages?

In Windows 2000 I could enter extra text in a desktop.ini-file as Infotip=Example, which was displayed as Infotip when moving the cursor over the folder. Does anyone know how to do this in Vista?