I am unable to delete any files on my computer. I can delete folders, but not files by themselves. I try to right click on the file I am wanting to delete and it just freezes up on me. Then it tells me that the program is not responding. I can't click on the file and just hit the delete button either!!! Someone please HELP this is driving me crazy!!! =(

I've turned off the Windows Search service, since I rarely do big searches and don't need to index file content. But when it's turned off, every time I do a search a message appears telling me that "Your searches might be slow because the index is not running". After seeing it a few dozen times, I get the message! Is there any way to disable this annoying feature, short of making it happy...

like many people, i didn't like the auto arrange by "list view" in vista explorer but fortunately i can turn it off by "FFlags" with "00080000" value (thanks to Keith Miller) but i can't make it defaults for newly created folders, i tried the "apply to folders" but with no luck also i tried the "AllFolders" under "bags" with FFlags set to 00080000

Hi, I designed my own directory structure in windows xp and used it as a template for software and file management on vista. (seems to have been a big mistake) Currently i have all my games installed just on a Games folder, created by me in the Program-Files folder. Steam needs to write its own config file for any edits i make, However

I managed to delete my Links folder in my user profile. After some googling I recreated it by typing "shell:links" in the run command. But now when I drag a file into the Favorite Links area of the Navigation pane, it's copying the files instead of creating a shortcut! I can force it to create a shortcut by holding down the Alt key - but this is painful. Is there anyway to get it back to how...

I bought a new computer a couple of weeks ago with Windows Vista. A problem that's occured quite a few times is that I am unable to associate a file type to an application that doesn't show up in the dialog. For instance: 1 - I right click on the file and choose "open with" / "choose default program" 2 - The program I want to use does not show in the "Recommended programs", so I hit the +...

Is there a way to modify the vista start menu to open "All Programs" like the XP and 2003 menu's did, and not the way vista acts like default? IE: clicking All Programs in XP/Vista creates a submenu with folders on top of file links. I don't personally care for vista's over-clustered menu with folders at the bottom.. Any ideas?

I recently upgraded from Windows Vista Home Basic to Windows Vista Ultimate. While running the Disk Cleanup utility, listed under "files to delete:" was an unchecked box "Files discarded by Windows upgrade 1.34GB". The description box below states: "Files from a previous Windows installation. As a precaution, Windows upgrade keeps a copy of any files that were not moved to the new...

SaveAs dialog typically opens with the file-name box filled in with the name of the file being saved. E.g. download an internet file by using the context menu "Save As" choice. The file-name to be downloaded is automatically inserted into the "SaveAs" dialog. Very handy! Now, if you happen to click on a file in the display pane of the "SaveAs" dialog - say by accident or intentionally to delete...

Why can tags be added to pictures but not pdfs? I have lots and being able to tag them would make so much sense? Is this feature likely to be added at some point soon?

Can anyone tell me if there is an easy way to locate all of the shortcuts associated with one document/file? Maybe some sort of "family tree" kind of thing? I have forms that change often stored in a file with several shortcuts placed throughout the system for ease of access. I need to be able to quickly find the shortcuts for each document/form.

Hi, (Vista SP1 x86) Over the last few months I've been seeing an issue where one of my hard drives becomes unresponsive, then it returns to normal. At first I thought it was a faulty hard drive, either remapping bad blocks or failing internal cache, but extensive block-level and SMART testing indicated the drive was OK.

I need to change the display filename colors in Vista Windows Explorer similar to the MAC O/S Feature. This question does NOT deal with Encrypted Files or Compressed Files. I simply want to change the display names of the files to colors such as BLUE, GREY, etc., just like I can do on the MAC O/S for the past 5 years. I do NOT want to use any third party software file managers. There must be...

Hi people, with windows XP I used a lot the A.D.S for "input" some comment, keywords for a lot a files of my so it was really easy to find them with a 3thparty software (or even the build in serach of XP) But Vista do not more support this !!! Anyway to enable this ? Thx a lot...

hello world, ::I’m trying to get some offline things working, Sync thinks that everything is fine; however I get some really ‘fun’ errors.:: ::1, Excel 2003 files won’t open, Excel launches, but the spreadsheet itself never shows up. Explorer.exe then runs up to 80-90% usage and just sits there. (after 15 min I give up) – this then causes #2.:: ::2, I get new randomly (usually Chinese) named...

I have a microsoft works spreadsheet that I've used for a long time but seems to have been corrupted. When I try to open it I get a message "cannot find the document ......xlr check the drive and directory" When I then do a search in the C drive I can find the document but when I try to open it I get a message "windows is searching for ....xlr. To locate it yourself click browse" this...

Could somebody help me. I am using Vista Ultimate Lite. Just now I want to cut one of the folder from drive C:, but when I paste to other drive (drive G in my case) nothing was happened. The folder still in drive C and does not move into the other drive. Please :( -- arcadiza

Every time I try to save a file as a .pdf, I get the message that "for my security, Vista is going to save the file to the Temporary Internet folder, do I wish to open this folder now?" I have NO OPTION to NOT do what Vista wants. It's incredibly frustrating. I say "yes" and the file is just gone. I can't find it anywhere - I used Advanced Search and put in "Everywhere" and searched for...

As a very new Vista user (about 5 hours!) I want to move my Documents folder to another partition. In XP I just right-clicked on My Documents and in the Properties window there was a "move" option. Can't see anything like that in Vista Home Premium. Is there? Thanks

I tried to download a trial copy of Adobe Premier Pro video editing software. The file seemed to download, but Vista will not let me look at it. Adobe suggested I follow this path to the file; C:\users\Gerry\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\virtualized folder The problem is I cannot get any farther than ...\microsoft\windows... There does not seem to be a temporary...