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Windows 8 Creating Custom Directory Shortcuts in Windows Explorer Using Registry Edits
Hi, I'd like to know if there is any way to create extra shortcuts for Win Explorer. I'll explain a little because it's hard to put it in the right context. By shortcuts I mean using the double '%' sign so that I don't have to use the whole directory path. For example, shortcuts like %AppData%...- GTXPlayer
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- appdata customization explorer file management file path registry shortcuts system variables tech support windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Refresh User Pinned Folder
I've been looking around and can't seem to get a straight answer for this... I wrote a VB script that creates a shortcut in %\AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu and the shortcut works just fine from the folder in Explorer. However, it never gets pinned to...- dagbyte
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- explorer frustration internet explorer quick launch refresh shortcuts user pinned vbscript windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 send to missing from context menu
Hi, Sendto does not exixt in usualplace C:\Users\X\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo, In fact Apdada & the rest do not appear in Users at all ?? but, typing in Run "shell:sendto" the above are shown in the win Explorer top line & the send to items are listed in the right pane. Any...- nichos
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- asus p5k customization desktop settings explorer feedback file management hardware intel quad core right click send to settings software issues storage task management troubleshooting windows 8.1
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Windows 7 Most applications are opening in Vim
Starting this morning, my Windows 7 is opening most applications in Vim (Vim is my editor of choice). The following is an itemized list of this bizarre behavior. From Start menu, most applications display the Vim icon (screen shot below). From Start menu, most applications open in Vim...- wolfv
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- alt printscreen application chrome cmd control panel environment variables executable explorer file association icons internet explorer notepad photo viewer software behavior strange behavior system issues troubleshooting vim windows 7
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 HELP!! - DVD/Blu-ray no drive letter in explorer
Help please. this is driving me nuts. I am running windows 8.1 (64bit) Suddenly the DVD/Blu-Ray drive is missing from Explorer I have checked in device manager and the drive says it is working fine. BUT why can I not see it in file explorer? Many thanks for anyone that can offer some support...- markemark
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- 64-bit blu-ray device manager dvd drive explorer file explorer issues missing drive storage devices support troubleshooting windows 8.1
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Change Folder Icon
Hi all, Using Windows 7 Home Premium. I mapped a drive for OneDrive, now I am trying to change the icon in Windows Explorer. I saved the OneDrive.ico file from Temporary Internet Files. I right-clicked on the folder icon and selected Properties I clicked on the Customize Tab I clicked on the...- goss
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- apply changes customization explorer file management home premium icon change icons mapped drives network drive onedrive properties system settings tech support temporary files user guide user interface windows 7
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Windows 7 Windows magic - I have no idea what else call this
I am logged in as Bill (an admin user). I tried to create a new txt doc in an install folder far down under Program Files (x86). My only rt clk option is new folder. I opened another txt file in that folder with Ultraedit (my default editor) and saved it as NOTES.txt in that folder. Now I can...- ruggb
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- admin account explorer file explorer file issues file management file ownership file recovery file visibility hidden files program files software bugs system behavior text document troubleshooting trustedinstaller ultraedit user account windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Making new folders lock-up Windows
Hello everyone, New member here. I bought a new computer at Fry's, when I make a new folder on the C drive I get the blue-circle-of-death and Windows Explorer locks up. Is this a know bug in 8.1? I went to the MS website and downloaded all the updates for Windows, then rebooted the machine...- Uncle
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- blue circle bug report computer issues display model explorer factory settings favorites folder creation fry's electronics internet explorer lockup new computer performance issues reboot system update troubleshooting user help windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 'Expolrer' entry in Firewall. Not a spelling error.
Looking at my Windows Firewall allowed programs I found 2 entries called Windows Expolrer - note the spelling of explorer. One of them is ticked for Home/Work, the other for Public. Why are there two instances of this 'file' and more importantly, why can't I delete them? I've searched the...- Syex
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- explorer firewall help home issues public registry security settings windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 problem
Today i turned on my pc and the explorer.exe error appeared, i refreshed the screen and the icons appeared , but the start button didn't work , i tried to make troubleshoot but nothing... the worst part is that i can't acces the internet. Is there a way to star windows recovery\reset without the...- Solix99
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- computer issues error explorer internet access recovery reset troubleshooting user support windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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 ?- TamPepper
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- explorer file management flickering freezing glitch graphics driver gtx 460 nvidia troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- IWC
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- autorun dll explorer extensions infection performance regsvr32 removal resource files software conflict startisback system issues troubleshooting user experience windows 10 windows 8.1 windows update
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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...- b3nz
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- boot desktop explorer icons process startup tech support troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- Scharminkel
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- default location explorer file management location tab ssd tutorial user folder windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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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...- Andrew Stearns
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- disk writing error explorer file explorer file management file recovery files saved games storage windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- BA1385
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- access rights administrator delete explorer file system folders ownership safe mode windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- wolfv
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- ardunio command line directory error explorer file system folders invalid directory keyboard keybrd link issues mklink path project development soft link symbolic links troubleshooting user issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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 =,(- lama
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- error explorer folders help issues not working search tools troubleshooting windows
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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...- eldiener
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- explorer performance issues professional edition right click system delay unresponsive update issues windows 8.1
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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...- itzAtlaf
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- default client explorer folder view guidance help magnet links maximize shutdown issues technical preview user settings utorrent windows 8.1
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Windows Help and Support