Threads Replies Last Post 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20   Vista File Browser - Not Responding. Well I'm currently running Vista Ultimate on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core with 1gig of RAM, and it seems whenever I open the file browser that you see when you click "Open" or "Save As" in programs, and the view is on details, the whole program stops responding and has to be restarted. This creates a massive problem, as most of the time when I click "Open" or "Save As" it'll go st... 1 01.06.2007 06:07:00 Saving docs as .pdf files Hello, I have a new installation of Vista Home Premium. I also have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed. When I tried to save a web page (receipt) as a pdf file Vista won't let me save to the directory of my choosing. Instead a message comes up and says that I must contact the system adminitrator to do so. What is a simple way to authorize Vista to allow me to do this? It is a frequent... 10 01.06.2007 06:41:29 Can't Select All Files With Ctrl+A I try to select all files in a folder with CTRL+A but it doesn't work, any way to solve this?... 6 01.06.2007 04:49:48 wpm11 misses files in libary Hi, I have vista and wmp11. exampe : i added the video folder. How do I get the subfolders contents to be added to the libray also. Thanks in advance.... 2 01.06.2007 04:03:02 Downloaded files disappearing When ever I download a file whether it be to a Folder or the desktop as soon as it finishes it disapeares..I did search all over the drive etc..but the drive is still showing space takin anyone have any ideas?... 1 31.05.2007 23:03:01 Help with any of the following...? (xposted) DVD burning: (RW disk used) So, I drop some files and say burn... off goes Vista and then the window disappears never to return despite disk activity... And nothing happens. A balloon pops up saying I have files to write "Click here..." and nothing happens when I do. And when I try to eject the disk it says files are in use, but offers to allow me to Continue - which will "close all fil... 9 31.05.2007 22:34:01 Vista and ITunes File Problems I just installed Vista and now iTunes cannot find the music files. Windows did not create a "Music" folder in my user folder when I installed Vista and I cannot gain access to my old music folders because I don't have permission on any of my administrative accounts. Suggestions? Thanks! -- Steve... 3 31.05.2007 21:23:52 Windows cannot find file error Hello, In the Documents folder, whenever I click on the icon for a file, I often get an error message that "Windows cannot find file (path name). Please make sure you typed the name correctly, etc." However, when I start a program and actually navigate to the file and open the file from inside a program, it works. The problem seemed to start around the time I tried to open a zip file... 4 31.05.2007 20:57:54 Search doesn't work in Vista It looks like nothing works in Vista - I try by subject, date - nothing comes up. Dis Microsoft screw up. I never had any problem with XP... 3 31.05.2007 15:15:01 Files not showing up. I'm exasperated, I have tried to set permissions for files and folders setting full control for every category of user. I still cant open PaintShop and save a .bmp that will be visible in another application, Liberty BASIC in this instance. I have a project folder and am trying to save all resources to one location. The file exists and can be retrieved by PaintShop from the resource dire... 3 30.05.2007 23:41:04 Calanders and Clocks... There is a Windows Calander program, the Gadget Calander, then the calander within the clock that is located at the bottom right of the task bar. Why don't all these calanders work together as one program? Basically, the calander can be viewed/accessed under gadgets, then it can be accessed under the clock, and it can be accessed wherever under the start menu. The same concept should ... 8 30.05.2007 18:53:03 Backup to Internal Drive I have Vista Ultimate and would like to backup all files to the second internal drive. Vista's backup program does not recognize drive D as approreat for backup. There are a few files on D some of which I can't delete because system reports too large. I cannot format the drive but can save files to it. How should I configure this drive to be able to use the disk for backup? I have a... 3 30.05.2007 16:13:58 The Value Of Self-Healing I was looking through the new options available with the 'fsutil' command in Vista (as you do), and stumbled across this little chap. fsutil repair eg C:\Windows\system32>fsutil repair query c: Self healing is enabled for volume c: with flags 0x1. flags: 1 - enable general repair 8 - warn about potential data loss Is self-healing an indispensable option to keep enabl... 7 30.05.2007 15:56:50 chkdsk keeps fails and keeps fixing the same error I'm running chkdsk on Vista at boot time. It reports a couple of errors with two files (itprobasic.h1s and comctl32.dll.mui) Chkdsk goes through the motions of fixing the index but each time I run chkdsk I get the same error. Any ideas how to fix this please ? ... 2 30.05.2007 14:11:38 Restore Files I made a complete backup of my system which was ultimate x86 It is over 14 gigs in size as it had all my old xp stuff on it incl many documents etc. The backup was confirmed as complete. I installed ultimate 64 bit version but as drivers for my Hauppauge card and other stuff was not readily available I decided to reinstall the x86 version. I also tried to restore from here but no go. From t... 3 29.05.2007 22:15:09 Deleted "music" folder, can't take ownership of replacement. Hi, When I redirected my Users/Music folder to an external hard drive in Vista, a second item named "Music" showed up. One was the old one, paralleled in Users/MYNAME, the other is the link I set up. Stupidly, I tried to delete the old one which I didn't need instead of simply setting it to hidden. Windows immediately replaced it with a folder (also called "Music") which I have absolu... 2 29.05.2007 20:11:31 RE My Document Folder Help... I have a frustrating problem. I like the My Document folder to display small icons grouped by type. The problem is after I have set the folder uip how I like, it does not remember the settings the next time I open the folder. I have been into "Tools - Folder settings" and ticked the "Remember each folder settings" box, but it still completly ignoses this and returns to large icon... 3 29.05.2007 10:32:42 Viewing Information About Files I have some PDF files that were organized according to title. After installing Windows Vista, I have lost all the files' titles, i.e. the title column appears empty, even when I try to enter the titles again using the document properties feature. However, when I open the same folder in Windows XP, I find that the old titles exist. Can anyone help me? Thanks ... 1 28.05.2007 09:56:01 Group files/folders by individual name not A-H I-P ect. With XP I can group by name and sort by name, which grouped files/folders into individual groups beginning with A..B..C etc, since moving to Vista it is now grouping A-H I-P and Q-Z. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD IT DO THIS BY DEFAULT? I've got over 2000 files and folders in a folder and half of them are all grouped together. Is there a way to change this to group by individual letters rathe... 3 27.05.2007 17:47:00 Cannot access Users/user/Local Settings In XP I was able to go to "DocSet/user/LocalSettings and recover temp files, like movie clips, that had been downloaded by my browser. In Vista Home Prem I cannot get access to that folder. I am on as Admin and know that Users/user/Local Settings is the new location but I am refused access and in the security tab it shows all the boxes checked so that I should have full access, althoug... 2 27.05.2007 15:44:02 Creating multiple folders at the same time Is there a way to create multiple folders at the same time? For instance, we have almost 2000 public water systems. We want to start keeping our files electronically, and need to create a folder for each of the systems. They are not strictly in numerical order. Is there a way to create folders, with the folder names in Excel maybe? Thanks, Robin... 3 27.05.2007 13:31:33 Document properties in pdf files I have some PDF files that were organized by their titles. After installing Windows Vista, I have lost all the files' titles, i.e. the title column appears empty, even when I try to enter the titles again through the document properties feature. When I open the same folder in Windows XP, I find that the titles exist. Can anyone help me? Thanks... 1 27.05.2007 13:03:01 File association problem I have Works 8.5 installed which needs a fix available from Microsoft. The fix is KB*******.msp. This file extension has associated itself to a Serif Program installed. I have tried to change the program to open file but no suitable program is available in recommended list. I think I need Windows Installer which is somewhere in Vista so how do I find it? -- dajos ----------------... 3 27.05.2007 08:49:21 Transfering Vista and contents to a new drive I have a dell laptop that I am upgrading the hard drive on. I also ordered a external enclosure to put my existing drive in. Does Vista have a program or can someone recommend a program for Vista where I can transfer my entire contents from the old drive over to the new drive. I will temporarly put the new drive in the enclosure and connect it to the laptop via usb. Once I'm done I will ... 2 27.05.2007 01:10:16 Re: Files lost after shutdown On May 25, 9:19 am, Tirthas2007 <Tirthas2...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am a Vista premium user(32 bit). I had few folders on my desktop that > contained video, audio , photos, docs etc. Once after shutting down my laptop > and restarting later, I found to my shock that all those folders were gone. > > I browsed and found that most of them were... 1 26.05.2007 21:34:43 20 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20