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    Windows 7 Sort order in Games folder

    In all previous Windows I have been able to move the games icons around to put the most frequently played games first. I haven't found a way to do this in Windows 7. You are obliged to sort in some logical order such as file name, date, size etc. Have I missed something?
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer - cannot set a view

    The Library sector is new to me, only having been with Windows 7 for a couple of weeks. For the most part I access things through Windows Explorer. The desktop shortcuts I use for such areas of work as Pictures were set up from Windows Explorer. Hope that helps you to help me :-)
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer - cannot set a view

    > Do you have a Music folder? Try opening that and see if the view has changed. Yes, the view changes to whatever I set for something else. > In Folder Options, did you click the button to Apply to All Folders. Not consciously, but the only options available are "Apply to folders"...
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer - cannot set a view

    There does not appear to be a way of fixing a particular view for a particular folder. Every time I change the view in any folder it sets the same view for EVERY folder. I have followed the help files, and forked out for Steve Johnson's "brilliant Windows 7", in full colour, but nothing in...
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    Windows 7 Copy to c:\ doesn't work with batch file

    ".... the reason ONLY the Contacts files are copied is because it's the only correct path." "..... the REAL folder name is just Pictures, Documents and Music so... your xcopy path is INCORRECT for them." Many thanks for this advice, and information. What an utter embuggerance that...
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    Windows 7 Copy to c:\ doesn't work with batch file

    Bat to exe converter will not download on my Windows 7. It says the zip file is invalid. I have the same problem with XCOPY described in this thread. I have used XCOPY in similar .BAT files on all my PCs from DOS through every Windows to Vista. It refuses to work on 7. The code in the...
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