file extensions

I recently was perusing some unsavory websites (I'm sure you can guess) today and all of a sudden I got these messages which I started to ignore. Then it said that my flash player could not be run, or something like that. The main thing was that something has hijacked my computer, preventing me...

Hi guys, I just registered to Windows 7 forums because I have a simple question. One week now a file called "END" with no file extension is located inside my System folder where I have my folders there. I didn't make this file at all, and I don't know how this file is there. :confused: Can I...

Yesterday night I was in my friends house and he seriously needed help. Hope you genius people help him. All his folders, file and shortcuts show as LNK file in Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I tried scanning his PC with avast!, MalwareBytes, Hitman Pro 3.5 and SAS, but the result was the same...

in general I like to always organize icons in folder windows thus: view -> arrange by type.. but when I do this in Windows 7 it does two very odd things: 1) the icons get turned into generic icons that all look the same (they're kidding, right?) 2) the extension of the files disappear (I have...

Press and hold CTRL key while clicking on each of the files that you want to rename. If your files are listed in successive order, simply highlight the first file, hold down the SHIFT key, and the click on the last file in the batch to select all files between them. Once the files are...

What is a .rom file extiension and how do I open it.?

I'm not sure if this is a W-7 problem, but I do not have this problem on my other XP computers. On my W-7 computer (and my others) I use MS Works 4.5. Anyway, when I load a word processing file (extension .wps) in Works and then save it to a DIFFERENT directory, it always appends a .doc to...

OK I somehow choice my power2go program as the default program for all my programs. All my icons turned to power2go icon, I have done this before and in the past I would delete the program causing this (power2go) and the problem would be solved. I did this and nothing happened, the program was...

Hi and happy new year! I found some valuable files of mine (suddenly and luckily) using a linux laptop. I want to restore them on windows. I saved them on an external hard disk and moved them on Windows 7 laptop but I have no idea how to restore them. In Linux they were readable and playable...

I'm trying to get a good Win XP routine to work in my new Win7 Pro 32-bit OS. I need to open a document with an application in a non-conventional way. I'm encountering two problems. In Win XP you could specify one or more applications to open a file type (i.e., a file of certain extension)...

Hi All, OK, so here's the problem. I've installed Office 2010 64-bit, but since I have one important add-in not compatible with Word 2010 64-bit, I've installed my old Word 2007--it was installed fine, but... Both Word 2010 and 2007 are installed in different folders, and I can run them. Both...

Windows 7 File Search Indexing Options The built-in search feature in Windows 7 is significantly better than the horrible search options in Windows XP. Instead of installing a third-party program like Google Desktop to search for files on inside files on your computer, you can now do it with...

I'm trying to copy a series of files from my old XP machine to the new Win 7 machine. I've turned off User access control, I made myself the owner of the machine, etc., the files on the old machine have no permissions preventing the copying. I am the owner of both machines and there is no...

Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post but having looked around seemed best to me. My mothers computer recently failed. She had Vista installed on a striped raid array, unfortunately one of the disks failed, and she never thought to backup any of her data. However on the disk that...

Hello all, I am currently looking for a way to make windows 7 always hide *.sfk, sfl, and .vf.bak files which sony vegas creates everytime you save a video file. When you do a bunch of video editing and audio mixing it puts these files in the same folder as my renders Its very annoying...

Does windows 7 has a tool to read or export command lines supported by .exe files ? I wanted to find the command for a player to load file, and other commands if possible. If such tool done exist in windows 7, where can i get one ? Thanks in advance :) Reason why i ask is because using CMD...

When i want to install java i get error 1719 "error 1719. the windows installer service could not be accessed" IF i try to install adobe flash player i get the error "can not register" When i run registry booster there are 21 errors i can't fix Entry...

Hi all, I notice on my new installed Windows 7 Pro 64 bits that some programs do not save their preferences (options), as when I close and run them again the new preferences are still the old ones instead of the changed. --------------------------- EDIT 20091122: I correct myself, only the...

In Windows operating system such as Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000 or Windows Me, when user right clicks on a file with registered file type in Windows Explorer user can use the “Open Withâ€Â￾ command...

This tutorial will teach you how to display the "Show Desktop" Icon in the Taskbar. This was a feature present in Windows XP and Windows Vista, but has been changed to the Aero Peek/Show Desktop button on the bottom right corner of the screen, near the Notification Area. Here's How:1. Open...