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    Windows 10 Windows explorer glitch

    Every 60 seconds or so, I am seeing a flickering in File Manager, and it freezes momentaraly. I suspect it is a video driver problem and am running the latest driver for my nVidia GTX 460 Is anyone else experiencing this ?
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    Windows 10 Parasitic DLL extension removal

    I know, installing a windows 8.1 Explorer extension on windows 10 probably wasn't a good idea. Still, after installing "StartIsBack+", my windows Explorer does not function without it. Upon installing, the extension creates a DLL and some resource files. When I delete the DLL, my windows...
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    Windows XP Very unusual problem.

    Hello everyone, I'm having a very strange problem (atleast it looks like one for me): when I bootup my computer, only the wallpaper shows. No taskbar, no icons. But the strangest part of this is that when I open up the Task Manager, I can clearly see that there's explorer.exe proccess. If I...
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    Windows 8 windows 8 on ssd user dir

    If you want to move the c:\Users\user dir to the SSD (D:) can you use the location tab in the properties of the explorer and click the move button or must you use the technique described in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/87555-user-profile-change-default-location.html The first method is...
  5. Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows Explorer problems?

    I'm Not going to pretend to know what I did Because I have searched Google, Yahoo and ask for an answer to the error I have created. I will Now Explain the Problems I have experienced with this phenomenon. Game Save files missing two different versions of windows explorer[WE] Saved files of...
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    Windows 7 Deleting Windows Folder

    Hi there, I need to delete a Windows folder (which is not in use and not on the C-drive) but every time I try to do this I am informed that I do not have permission to do so. I have tried changing the owner of the folder to Administrators/my user name in explorer, but then when I try to delete...
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    Windows 7 symbolic link to a folder not working

    I attempted to create a soft symbolic link to a folder, but the link is not working. In Explorer, the "keybrd_lib" link does not look like a folder (screen shot below). When the link is double clicked, an "Open with" dialog opens. Here is how I made the symlink from the command line, run as...
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    Windows 8 windows explorer won't search

    hello everyone , for some reason windows explorer's search tool stopped working. here's a folder before I attempted to search and here's what happens after I try to search for something literally , NOTHING HAPPENS It won't search =,( please help =,(
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    Windows 8 Explorer incredibly slow on 8.1

    Some change or update to Windows 8.1 Professional has caused Explorer to become incredibly slow. Right clicking a folder leads to a circular rotation cursor and a wait from 10-20 seconds before the right-click pop-up menu appears. Clicking on the arrow to the left of a folder leads to another...
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    Windows 8 Not saving user settings

    Hi Guys Hope u r fine am facing differnt problem regarding saving user setting.. e.g when I open explorer, its not maximised, i maximise it and close and reopen, again not maximised... 2nd if i change folder view, close explorer, reopen explorer, folder view is not saved what i selected at each...
  11. Windows 10 Windows 10 build 9879:Issues with KB3020114?

    It would appear that some Win 10 users are having issues with update KB3020114. Microsoft have posted an official solution on the Windows Insider Hub: ref: Insider Hub found on Windows 10 Tech Preview
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    Windows 7 Adding Xdelete to context menu of windows explorer

    Hi, I use windows 7 64bit. I want to add "xdelete" to context menu of windows explorer. What is xdelete? Its function is exactly the same as preexisting delete menu, So that if I select some files or folders and click them with right mouse button and press X, it will say "are you sure you want...
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    Windows 7 Files not showing on external drive

    Hi, I've got a Seagate 2TB external drive for backup. When I backup files and click on the drive it just says 'this folder is empty'. However, if i search for a file or directory it appears. I did read something to the effect that Windows 7 fails to show the files if a drive is very large but I...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Crashes when I right click at a specific area.

    Greetings everyone. Recently I've noticed that I'm having an issue that explorer.exe crashes when I right click inside "My PC" to be specific here:
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    Windows 7 Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: rundll32.exe

    Anyone know what this is about? I get this Error message then my Win Explorer stops working. then eventually BSOD. Afterwards windows wont boot. A friend mentioned to re-install disks, however I didn't get them with this computer. anyone? Thanks ZkingD Problem signature: Problem Event Name...
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    Windows 8 File Explorer issues. Keeps booting me out :(

    Hi Guys, I have heard good things about this forum so I thought I would join. Unfortunately I have been having a few issues over the last day or so. Basically evertime I open a folder in my internal back-up drivers it seems to intermittently boot me out and closes the window so I end back...
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    Windows 7 windows explorer thumbnail bug? HELP!

    So for the past couple days I have been having problem with windows 7 and explorer, Images are icons and not thumbnails. I have the folder options checked to NOT show icons just thumbnails. Now I have NO thumbnail cache.db files, I deleted them with glary utilities since disk cleanup does not...
  18. Windows 7 remove Recent folder from Windows Explorer

    I never use the Recent folder that appears in Windows Explorer. I've removed other system folders, but how to remove the Recent folder seems to be a mystery. Please note: I'm not asking how to remove items from Recent folder. Rather, I want to delete the folder so it doesn't appear at all...
  19. Windows 8 Who is user?

    the hierarchy in widows explorer this pc -> c > users -> user -> <my files> BUT I can access my files with start -> guy -> <my files> My question: who is this USER whose workspace is same as mine? Why is it named USER? (and not, for example, guy) Thanks for your time
  20. VIDEO Dora the Explorer Movie Trailer (with Ariel Winter)

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