file location

I want to remove a picture selection from the 'Choose a new picture for your account' window which is not a 'default picture' but was added from a user. I cannot find where the added picture is located so I can remove it. It is not in the user account pictures/default pictures directory, nor...

The list: Computer Task Database and Spyware Directory.

Can someone explain why there are three start menus?? 1. All Users 2. Profile 3. under ProgramData I understand the reason for one under All Users and each profile - What I don't understand is why some entries are duplicated in each. I don't understand the ProgramData Start Menu and why...

I performed a successful clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I installed the OS to a 100gb volume with the intention of using that only for the OS. I, without thinking, allowed the setup to name that drive C. Further, without noticing I allowed the Programs folder and the...

How can i do this in windows 7? Link Removed I found it hard to explain so luckely i found this HowTo to show you.. But the howto is for XP :/ Thanks in advance

Since I have never been able to get the windows backup to work, I have been copying directories to an external drive manually. I would like to know if there is a folder that holds all the xp mode stuff that I can include in my backup process?

This is probably a really easy-to-solve problem, but to me a very annoying one. Win 7 has done something with its files that makes it more difficult to find them in certain occations. Say for ex that I have done an ordinary search via Start on the whole computer to find an old document that I...

Can someone tell me where I can find the file(s) for the TV recording I made in WMC? I checked the libraries but cant find it. It shows when I want to play it in media center but I would like to use other programs to view it.

Okay, firstly, I hate the look and feel of Windows 7 more than I ever thought was possible. In my quest to get it to look nicer, I ran into numerous issues with folders. For one, right inside the default Library thing, there were folders for Music and Video which I didn't even want there. So, I...

Hi all. In vista you could open a files location from the start menu by right clicking it.But in windows 7 i cant.Is there a way to enable it.Or does anyone know the string for regedit so i can add it?.. As you can see the screen-shot below. Link Removed Thanks

When system crash, i get a bsod like this: After it crash, windows saves the log in C as prefix crash.dmp Where can i get to that log file?

I have three accounts set up on my windows 7 machine: Sys_admin, Bil, and Myra. Sysadmin has sysadmin privileges, Bill and Myra do not. While i'm logged in as Bill, win7 seems to put some documents in sys_admin's documents library and some in my Bill documents library. Should I just remove...

under windows XP, one could find all the temporary files under the Windows directory noted with %temp% and in blue. where are these temp files under Windows 7? Thanks

I'm having some serious issues right now. I just download some music with Frostwire and with bittorents and I can't find them. The ones with FW are showing when I look at them WITH FW but if I go to the destination (Program files (x86)\Music) they are not showing up. Same thing for the...

Hi There, Ive got a Dell Studio 1745 laptop running Windows 7 home premium 64 bit. 4gb ram, t4300 processor. Recently Ive been having an issue where I will download a file and save it to the desktop, but when I go to the desktop to open up the file, its not there. I can find the file then by...

Hi, I don't remember when this started, but whenever I boot my laptop it asks for my permission to run update.exe just after the start-up. When i click on Yes to allow it, it shows the following error message: "Run-time error 339: Component 'MSWINSCK.OCX' or one of its dependencies not...

How can I change the "offline files" location in windows 7? I've tried a few methods for windows vista but they don't seem to work... Any ideas? Tks

I cannot find the hosts file and need to check that it has not been changed. Looked in: %systemroot%\system32\drivers Can anyone help?

In Windows XP I used to customize Places bar locations in a Common Dialog (Open/Save As) boxes to my choice of folders. Can this be done in Win 7? The way I did it in WIN XP is Using Group Policy editor in Windows XP Professional , I would Type GPEDIT.MSC in the Start, Run Navigate to this...

Hello, I have a new laptop and wish to transfer autocomplete list for Outlook from my old PC. Microsoft support pages only have help for XP & Vista! Anyway, I (think I!) found the Outlook application data folder (where I suspect NK2 *should* be!) and found that there isn't an NK2 folder...