I can't believe it, but my computer just started doing this silly thing as well. If anyone has any idea why this is occurring or how can we stop this from happening, please let us know. Thanks. "John" wrote: I'm having the same problem, and not just in that folder. Every folder except the base user folder (and the desktop oddly) seems to allow only a single file to be selected. ...

Hi, What's the location of the folder;that when you run the install ;it installs from? is it just temp; like if I type in %temp% in the start bar; is it that it? Cuz I can't seem to find an install execute i stopped; and now want to run it again? noob city prolly;I know-but hey!!

I upgraded from XP Pro to Vista RC2. I was looking on my drive and noticed that the windows folder is 9GB. Are there any files or subfolders that can be safely removed in order to reduce the size of this? One of the subfolders called winsxs is 3GB with 4984 subfolders and from what I understand we aren't supposed to remove anything from there. That leaves 6GB still. The windows temp file is...

In XP I could change the icon for each file type, for example, apply the photo/jpg icon to PNG files. Apparently this cant be done in Vista? Xp also allowed you to edit and add options in the right-click menu for each file type. For PNG files, i could use "open" to view in the picture viewer, "edit" to open in paint, and add "___", an arbitrary command to open or process it with another...

Did Mirosoft ever or finally include the ability to mount additional drives? I'm NOT a fan of Linux or anything else, however, in those systems you could create a folder and mount the folder to a complete different hardware (drive) source. What a NICE feature. So far what I've seen from Vista is just Windows XP with new background images on the screens.... LOL

I am having problems with the windows search service, it keeps on stopping while doing a general search. If I do a search via the start menu everything is alright. I do not know if this is due to adding a location, my USB external hard drive or maybe it is my anti virus that is causing this, Norton anti virus cooperate 10.2.0.224 which is causing it but I would like to remove the USB drive...

I just loaded a new hard drive with Build 5728, and am having problems with Photo Gallery. I've tried different photos from various sources, and while I can see the "thumbnails", double-clicking on ANY of them gives me the forever-spinning Vista wait-wheel. SOMETIMES, I'll get a message stating, "This picture can't be displayed. You might not have enough memory available. Close some programs or,...

When running a dual boot configuration with XP and Vista RC1 i tried to access the XP "Local settings" folder in my XP account. (after some searching before realising that Vista swapped the c: and d: drives!!!!!). The reply was that "You do not have permission to access this folder" and that you must change the security settings in order to do so. I have not yet tried to change these...

In an earlier thread: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management&tid=6e1622f6-a86b-42e7-90ac-9df6f47dea60&cat=en_US_80EED63A-9034-4C95-A805-316A51ED0C31&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1 it was discussed the impact of drive letter swapping when using a dual boot configuration. I tried the following With RC1: 1) In...

When listing files on the XP installation partition (in a dual boot configuration) the dates indicated can be several hours ahead in time. The maximum I have seen is about 11 hours. I run with the same time setting (CET) for both OSes but obviously XP and Vista interprets the time information from the NTFS formatted partitions in a different way.

I upgraded from XP Pro to Vista RC2. I was looking on my drive and noticed that the windows folder is 9GB. Are there any files or subfolders that can be safely removed in order to reduce the size of this? One of the subfolders called winsxs is 3GB with 4984 subfolders and from what I understand we aren't supposed to remove anything from there. That leaves 6GB still. The windows temp file is empty.

What do you open sidebar gadgets with under the open with option? i selected notepad by acident once so now I dont know what the default program GADGET programs open with. since i dont know what to open those files with i cant install them.

RC2 build 5744. There doesn't seem to be any way to backup selected folders. The lowest level of granularity seems to be an entire drive. So instead of just backing up my data files I have to backup everything, increasing the backup size about 700%. Microsoft really do seem to be aiming this operating system at the terminally stupid...

How does one go about releasing internet explorer 7 in vista build 5384. I am suppose to getting the update, which I understand from Microsoft will take up to four weeks. In the meantime, my system keeps on crashing and making a dump, which I have not been able to find yet. Any ideas?

This builld is really very stable. I would like to suggest,for a way to move or copy a file/folder using drag and drop.. Vista has a new more functional address bar on all explorer windows..using which one can go to any folder up or down the current folder view by clicking the small triangle in the path shown in the address bar. What I would like to suggest is that when dragging a file/folder...

For some reason, my .zip files are not recognized as such. I tried regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\zipfldr.dll but I get the error: "The module "c:\windows\system32\zipfldr.dll" was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found. Make sure that "..." is a valid DLL or OCX file and then try again."

I have 3 full rows of programs on my "All Programs" menu. I want to add my own folders so I can drag same type programs there (all IM & email stuff in a floder- video programs, photo edit, comp tools all have their own folder). Here is how I do it "some times" if I remove a program, and the empty folder is still on the menu, I right click, & change the name, then drag the floders I want in...

I installed Vista RC1 last week on an old PC and, for the most part, the experience has been great. I'm getting the full "Ultimate" version, including Aero. And the performance is actually better than XP. However, I do have one puzzling issue that I'm hoping someone can help me out with. So that I wouldn't wreck the installation of XP on my existing IDE hard drive, I popped in an old 13.6...

Jimmy, Maybe you can help me...I'm trying to install HP Printer driver and software. I'm logged in as Administrator and running RC2. The install fails with an error of "Can't use 'run as administrator' to install this software". It gives the same error if I actually use the "run as administrator" switch to run it. Any ideas?

How can I delete all previous versions of all files and folders on my hard drive, so that only the current versions remain?