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hi. windows 8 pro x64. i have used the lastest cccleaner registry cleaner trying to solve a problem i had accessing a certain folder via explorer, i did a backup of the registry. now when i use a certain app(automatic subtitles downloader - a zip archive, no installation) that uses .NET...

Hello, anyone know if it is possible to get a text only Win7 taskbar? I just want to remove the small icons next to the window title text. Example: http://i.imgur.com/9toaf.png So Chrome and Explorer should look like Steam.

Ran Windows Update on wife's computer today (Biostar A75-MH mobo, AMD A8-3850, 8Gb DDR3-1600, 64Gb Samsung 830 SSD boot drive, Win7 x64) and upon restart it froze at 35% installing the updates. After it did nothing for 30 min I rebooted. It boots to the desktop but with an error box saying...

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I have just re-built my windows 7 machine after a harddisk failure. All seems to be working fine except for my external USB drive which locks up explorer and windows in general, only way out is the magic reset (even Task manager locks up). Any suggestions most appreciated.+o(

Hi all, I have experienced a problem, which I can't relate to the installation of any new software and after a thorough online search I still haven't found a solution. My problem is that when I download files, the download proceeds normally, but the file is never saved on the specified...

Every time I try to create, rename, or move a folder I get ITEM NOT FOUND. Tried registry edit suggested by Fazil M on July 13 but I cannot navigate to "Folder Descriptions" in the registry key--list stops at Explorer. There is no "folder descriptions." Running Win7 Pro 64 bit. Don't have time...

There are MANY Threads around the Internet, how to change Icons: Change shortcut icons, change folder icons, change windows icons (for a specific file like jpg). But what I want to change, is a icon of a .exe. Strange, that I can't find anything about that. Everyone is explaining about...

Whenever I go to the "Programs and Features" module in Win 7 I get the trusty old, "Explorer has stopped working and is restarting" my taskbar goes for a split second and P&F closes. I have gone to Event viewer to look for a reason and 9 out of 10 crashes acording to the faulting module is...

Hey everyone, I was wondering is there any plugin for Windows 7 that allows you to expand a folder without actually clicking into the folder? Basically the functionality that is in the navigation pane but not for the main explorer window... OS X and Ubuntu both have this feature, anyone...

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My Windows Taskbar and Explorer froze upon reboot after "critical" update... Went to Microsoft site, did a Windows Verification Check, tried to download the same update from the Microsoft site and it said it wasn't a valid update for my computer??? How does that happen? Never happened...

Toshiba Laptop Will Not Boot I have a year old Toshiba laptop that just stopped booting up this week. Worked fine Sunday, then Monday it would not start. Black screen with the option to repair or start normally. Repair goes through the motions and then states it was unsuccessful. Starting...

I assume I have a trojan which replaced a certain windows core DLL by a modified version. When I list all files in a directory (e.g. C:\widnows\system32\) in Windows Explorer then certain files are not visible. Yes, I checked unhide hidden files on unprotect system files in WinExp options...

Originally, I noticed my Word and Excel icons were not displaying properly (look at the "paper.docx" icon). So I "rebuilt" the icon cache database using the steps below: Rebuilding the Icon Cache Database 1. Close all folder windows that are currently open. 2. Launch Task Manager using the...

something happened, it was just a regular day, i was playing some games, went to the internet, and then everything started lagging, chrome hanged, explorer hanged, i started security options to start task manager, and then everything went downright to hell. preparing security...

I'm trying to select multiple files in a long row of files, to do this I drag a selection box to select all of the files I want. The problem is that I can't scroll with the mouse wheel while either of the mouse buttons is held down, or at least not outside of the library. The 'library'...

Hi i'm new here, and im in need of help. For a few weeks now explorer.exe has been misbehaving. It does not do it after bootup but it always starts using 10-15% of my i7-2600 devided over several threads/cores after i have played a game of league of legends. I have tried the folowing: -...

so the other day, i got to messing around.... i tried in vain to sort my music folder by bitrate so i could convert some things. finally gave up as it's too stupid and sorted all my music in WMP by bitrate and did it from there. but now it's all kinds of messed up! 1. there's a "bitrate"...

Recently I have been experiencing this one issue over and over again, my internet would stop working in the middle of me using it. I would try to click on the wireless icon in the notifications bar and nothing would happen so I would then try and go to the Network and Sharing Center through the...