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Drag n drop organising..suggestion by
ashjas
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...
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November 2nd 06 06:04 PM
by ashjas
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releasing internet explorer by
cbdeans
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?
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November 2nd 06 08:46 PM
by Dave B.
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Backup in Vista seems particularly brain damaged by
Nick Payne
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...
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Sidebar Gadgets by
Keeep Out
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.
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November 3rd 06 06:22 PM
by webdood
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reducing windows size by
Tom McDonald
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.
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When listing XP files the "Date modified" could be in the future by
th
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.
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November 4th 06 10:20 AM
by th
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Using links in a dual boot config where drive letters change by
th
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...
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November 4th 06 01:36 PM
by th
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How to access Windows XP files by
th
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...
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November 4th 06 01:57 PM
by th
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Photo Gallery Error by
jwardl
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,...
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November 5th 06 09:17 PM
by jwardl
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search locations by
nicholas
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...
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mounting drives by
Doug Durrett
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
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file icons and menu commands by
nicktodd
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...
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reducing windows size by
Tom McDonald
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...
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temp folder? by
Jeff
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!!
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November 8th 06 01:13 AM
by Jeff
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Can't select multiple files in the default Download folder by
Karim
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. ...
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November 8th 06 03:58 AM
by Karim
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VirtualStore??????? by
SpeedKing
Have been installing programs that were never meant for Vista and one is
News File Grabber.
It always has the folder with sub folders inside for each newsgroup and the
main folder is always inside the program folder in programs(XP).
When I went looking for it in Vista the folder is not there but it is in one
in compatibility under virtualstore...............
time to play hunt the...
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November 8th 06 09:06 PM
by paltry
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HD Partitioned into 2 drives,now i want to combine but vista wont allow by
XD
Howdy all
I have a 160gb drive,its split into two partitions,first 95gb and second is
57gb.First is drive e and second is drive f,i have vista installed into
drive f which shows as primary/boot/active,the blank 97gb is drive e which
just lists as primary partition. I am using computer management to try and
extend drive f to take drive e's space but i just get a disk out of space
message.Is...
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Arf Files and saving from interenet by
Kteal
Hi i wonder if anyone can help. I have 2 questions. I have windows vista
evaluation copy on my machine.
1. What is an arf. file as all my files have been duplicated in this fomat
and i dont know if it should be happening and if i need to keep them.
2. When i download files from the internet it always says "for the security
of your pc this has been saved in a temporary file is there a way i...
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Vista RC1 hangs when opening a folder containing many AVI/MPG file by
dvanhorn
100% repeatable, if I open any folder that has more than 10-20 avi or mpg
files, vista hangs with the hard drive light on.
I suspect it's STUPIDLY trying to open each file to display a cute little
picture.
This makes working with it essentially impossible.
Almost a terabyte of video here, and if I try to touch it with vista's
explorer, it hangs.
Lovely.
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November 14th 06 08:03 PM
by jd
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