If there is a Windows 7 newsgroup, I cannot find it. In one of my directories is a file that cannot be deleted. It is zero bytes big, and when I try to delete it, Windows 7 (Home Premium x64) tells me that it cannot because it's not found. The error dialog is titled "Item not found" and the error message is: Could not find this item This is no longer located in {name of directory}. Verify...

Disk Keeper is no longer support with RC1........He is Disk Keepers response to my email to there Tech Support about this..... Diskeeper currently only provides support for the Windows Vista CTP builds 5381 and 5384 with a free public beta, which can be download from our website. The regular purchase versions of Diskeeper cannot be run on Vista,

Hello! Why does Windows Vista x64 search so long, especially when the progress in the bar is at the end and the ring is rolling (a replacement for the sand glass)? When a search is not "nearly instantaneous" it takes nearly forever. That is, when you ask for an Advanced Search of Computer, the bar first goes half-way across fairly quickly. Then it goes more slowly to about 3/4 of the way,...

Please keep using the "My..." nomenclature for My Documents, My Videos, My Picuters, etc. It took me awhile to like that, and one I accepted it, started naming subfolders like My Finances, My Scripts, My Work Projects, etc. As I developer, I even got coworkers to have our ISV application's output work files go into My Documents\My EQuIS Work\ folder by default (where EQuIS is the name...

One thing I'm having a lot of problem getting use to is how the location of where the file to be saved is displayed. I guess the whole path thing is the issue in all the folder boxes. When you're browsing it's fine. But when IE pops up a save file dialog it seems a little confusing at first. Perhaps this is just a learning curve now that you don't need to pop up a treeview for the...

***just installed latest updates, then clicking on IE7 it asked to download "navcancl from ieframe.dll" then demands it be opened, then Repeats the performance but IE7 wont open at all now. Anyone else had this ? i did a full virus scan - nothing

Hi, I have a couple of questions about the new index-based full-text search of Windows Vista. 1) Is it powerful enough to handle huge amounts of data consisting of PDF documents, Word, Excel and Powerpoint files (around 20 GB)? Or would a third-party solution like dtSearch be the better choice? If this is the better choice, can the indexing by Windows Vista be disabled?

Hi. Why are these not same? I have my custom folders in C:\Users\Me\ and they are not listed in the Me folder rooted at the desktop (the same as in the Start menu). In this one they are not only listed but I can't even create new ones. I have Beta2, is it corrected now? Jan

so the other day I accidentally messed up something with the properties of all of my folders.... In the attributes I must have clicked on something, not sure what, but now I'm missing a great deal of information.... I tried doing a system restore, but it has only brought back a few things but not everything.... HELP! -- markaaro

I have some important files in a folder on my notebook machine and I want to prevent some dork (like me) from accidentally deleting it both on my hard drive and on my backup USB external hard drive. What's the best way to do this? I'm not looking to encrypt the folder or to hide it. I want to still add things to the folder and browse it easily; it's just that I don't want it to be deleted by...

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...

Is there any way to show the total file size of all files in a specific folder? I am not talking about right click - Properties. In XP the status bar always showed the size of the all files in that folders when NO file was selected... I really miss that behaviour...

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.

I've found that I can't search for a string inside a file using quotes and get an accurate result. The search will find all words, even though MS documentation indicates that searching in quotes will give exact phrase. anyone find this and fix it?

My darling sister has deleted all of my musc files (over a thousand). Instead of choosing to send them to the Recycle Bin, which I could fix, she chose to delete them. Please tell me I can recover my files!?

Dear Vista team, Looking at the Search window in Vista RC1, I have one suggestion about the caption for the 'Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files (might slow down)' checkbox. From a usability perspective, the last part of the caption can be more confusing than useful. Providing the user with the fact that checking it 'might' slow down the search does not help him/her at all. Simply...

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How do I change the drive view to show "all items" not the view associated with music. The feature only seems to be associated with folders under customise. Regards. Martin

I'm running vista home premium and i am having trouble when trying to rename a folder, i right click on the folder and the rename option does not appear in the menu, i try with the file options in the explorer but when i click the rename options nothing happens, i'm also having problems with another folder every time open it the explorer crashes and says it has to shutdown, what can i do...

Has anyone had success saving and restoring a Vista Home Premium drive image (C:) onto an external hard drive with Acronis, ver 11? If so, which external hard drive did you use? Thanks. EW