I frequently find myself sorting the contents of a folder by modified date or size. What I'd like, though, is for these criteria to apply equally to subfolders and files. Currently, if I sort by modified date, I'll get a list where all the folders are at the top (sorted by date) then all the files are at the bottom (sorted by date). I'd like to see a single list where the folders and files are...

I was installing a new HD in my laptop and used the Seagate Acronis software to clone the HD to a Maxtor external USB drive. I later figured out that was the wrong thing to do, I should have (and did) make a drive image on the external drive and restore it. That worked fine but now my 320GB external HD is down to 275GB and I can find no way to delete the clone files that I copied there...

I have Windows XP and last night after hours of work, Word crashed and now I can't locate my file. Is there a temporary file, or recovery file that Word files documents when it crashes? mary

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When I go to save a document in Office specificially it auto saves in DocumentsDocuments. A double folder that is empty but show up under my Main profile. Even if I delete this folder, as it is empty...it still recreates itself when I go to save a document. How do I make it stop?

I try to delete four downloaded files from my desktop. Vista (HP) says another program or process (depending on whether you use Explorer or DOS prompt to try to delete them) is using them. The tool Unlocker 1.8.6 reports "Drive Access denied". Any ideas? Andreas

Many Picture It! fans are left high and dry after installing Vista. Has anyone been successful with a reformat from .mix to any other file type? url:http://www.ureader.com/gp/1684-1.aspx

I have set all of my folders to "All Items" type, but can only see thumbnails now in a particular folder if I switch it back to folder type Pictures and Videos. Is it impossible to see thumbnails in the "All Items" folder type? If so, that is a shame.

Hi! I'm migrating to a new computer with Vista Home Premium and have somehow managed to make both my admin account folder and my Document folder to become hidden in the Explorer window. However, I can access the Document folder by clicking on the link to it but not through regular file browsing. This is how it happened: I used ntbackup to save data on my old XP 2002 machine, then downloaded...

I've had XP for years and found it easy to use. I've only had Vista for a couple of weeks and it has been problematic. Some things I can live with, but this document view is about to drive me insane. If I click on documents from the menu, I have no problems finding what I need, but when I am writing an email and click attach, when it opens my documents they are not organized the same way. When...

My Internet Explorer does not 'find' the Favorites. My Favorites fie folder has not moved and contains files but the I.E. does not 'look' in the correct location. How do I tell IE where the folder is. (The error message says it is trying to open a non-existent folder)

Dear All: I performed a Clean Install of Windows Vista Ultimate, on a new computer. I loaded all of my software in preparation of switching my production system from WXP to Vista. I then noticed something about the disk space. I have 232 GB drive and C Properties indicated I was using 69 GB. Looking at the drive with Windows Explorer (Folder options are set to show all files), I tag all...

To improve file searching, I have added some directories in Windows Vista Business Index (Control Panel -- Indexing Options). However, I recently noticed that these directories don't exist any more in the Included Locations section. The only directories left are the default ones (Offline Files // Users folder // Start Menu). Thus, I have to rebuild my Index from scratch... :-( Does anybody...

It just doesn't work. I have a simple text file with a certain word in it. I try to find this text file, but vista won't find it. Windows 2000 finds it within a second. I have tried all available options. "include non-indexed" "always search file names and contents" "find partial matches" "include subfolders" etc

I have a folder containing 17 files: 01 Track.mp3 02 Track.mp3 up to 17 Track.mp3

I really need to change a system file called 'hosts'. I've changed it many times before, but today I'm not allowed. I access the file, make a very small change, then try to save it just by leaving the path as is. Then I get a message that says "Cannot save file, check path.." But I haven't changed the path! Even if I do try to re-type the path, that doesn't help. Any suggestions???

I was moving the "pictures" item on the start menu to a folder on my second disk D. When I closed the folder I found icons for all my picture folders arranged on the desktop. They are actual folders, not shortcuts. In Windows Explorer I can see the folders in their actual location on disk D, and also at the bottom of the left pane. If I delete one from the bottom left pane, the one in the...

Hi I am using Windows Vista SP1 (32 bit) and have Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection (including Arcobat Professional 8.1.2 and Reader). I believe this includes the ifilter for searching PDFs. However, the contents of PDF files are not indexed, only the file name is indexed I have tried rebuilding the index but this did not fix the problem. Indexing service is on for the disk being...

I am hoping to find an automated method for deleting the Vista Search Folders. I tried command line scripts to remove the folder (RMDIR or DELTREE), but I'm not having any luck with the search folders. I am able to delete other folders with a script (like this one): Del C:\Myfolder\*.*.* RMDir C:\Myfolder But I cannot delete a Vista Search Folders like this folder;...

Occasionally Vista and its permission handling really drives me nuts: I needed to replace a certain .exe file in a subdirectory of "C:\Program Files" but for some, to me unexplainable, reason Vista at first did not let me delete the old version. The file was owned by "Administrators" of which I am a member. When I checked "Effective Permissions" of that file for my user-id I had ALL...