Organising your Start Screen
This short tutorial is designed to show the beginner or someone new to the Windows 8 family GUI how to effectively organise their Start screen.
The new look.
When the Start screen is first opened it will generally look like this:
Most initial Start screens look...
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Problem: Drag and Drop doesn't work in WIndows 7 Explorer. Whenever I try to drag an icon, the circle with a line through it always shows.
I've read scores and scores of posts describing how to fix this issue, and I've found the following set of things to try. But I've tried every one of...
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I don't know why it does this all the time, I used to be able to drag things from folder to folder with no problems,
In Windows 8 I constantly have the folders in Windows Explorer move to a new position just as I release the mouse button to place the files in the new location.
The files...
I don't understand this at all. Why did they take away this VERY important function? You can no longer drag and drop pictures to and from dropbox to a folder on your computer! This is so aggravating that I feel like throwing my computer in the trash. I cannot use skydrive. It won't link to it...
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I have big problems with 8.1, software for DVD and Blu-ray discs will not work because my Blu-ray optical drive "disappears" from the operating system. When checking the listed devices at boot-up hopefully the drive is shown there. But when I launch a program (that used to work with XP and...
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I have a samsung series 5 chronos windows 8 but somethings wrong with my computer first of all the cmd would close every time i try to open the window and i tried running it with "cmd /k ipconfig /all"on the run window and i tried going into the system32 folder but the windows explorer closes...
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How did they expect people to drag and drop a new folder without adding it to an existing one? No one can tell me they weren't going out of their way to make this as bad as possible. "List" is the only view that doesn't have these god damn rectangles, but then it's just one big...
Fixes an issue in which you cannot disable the drag-and-drop operation on the Start menu. This issue occurs after you configure a registry key on a computer that is running Windows 7 SP1 or a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
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Fixes an issue in which you receive a 0x80070091 error message when you try to replace a folder in a WebDAV shared folder in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs after you map a network drive to the shared folder.
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[SOLVED] Installed applications no longer accepts files by Drag and Drop
This weird little issue started happening yesterday. I can no longer drag and drop files into programs that I have installed.
For example:
- I can no longer drop .mkv files into MKVMerge
- I can no longer drop .mp4 files...
Hello community people.How are you guys been doing?Well it's been a while since i'm not logged in cuz i've been busy with my daily routine.Ok let me just get the problem that annoying me.For a past three days ago my lappy running on windows 7 ultimate with intel core duo/1.66ghz 2gb ram with 32...
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I am having issues with opening files by draging and dropping them on there programs on the taskbar. I know that if i hold the shift key, it is supposed to work, but it doesn't. I get the message "open with <program name>" when i hold the shift key, but when i release the mouse, nothing...
Let's say W7 & W8. Let's say there's a Sys drive & a Data drive & maybe others, too. When > Computer in the W7, see all the drives. AND... when in W8 > Computer AND still see & can access ALL the same drives... nice bonus to dual-boot, can get @ & use everything you already have from BOTH...
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My Flip video cam creates MP4 files.
I had Roxio Easy CD and DVD Easy Burning ver 10.3(starter kit) preloaded on my Dell XPS 8300.
After I reformatted and reinstalled the o.s., I lost the application.
I have a disc for the Roxio above but it would not install saying it...
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Uploaded some photos to a dedicated file on my pc from my camera. I used to be able sort them into their dedicated files, but today I tried and I couldn't do it. The same happens with my emails if I want to save them to their dedicated folder, ie:friends info etc. Read on another forum that...
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I installed new folders, then decided I wanted to move them to become subfolders of another folder. Drag & drop (left-click) moved the folders to become subfolders, but left the folder icons in the old location as well. When I try to delete them, I get an error message saying the folder...
Sharon Newman, Program Manager for Internet Explorer, looks at how developers can add drag and drop functionality to their websites using HTML5 drag and drop and the File API. The sample used in the video and the second IE10 Platform Preview are available on the Link Removed.
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