file names

Is there a workaround for the inability to use: " * / : < > ? \ | in file/folder names..? Thanks.

Hello This is my first post but I have been reading the forums for a while already. I am puzzled by how to search for special characters in W7. I have some files that start with the Greek letter µ but I don't seem to find a way to make WS recognize characters like these for searches. When I...

Dear guys WinRar often extracts files, especially MP3 with foreign Unicode names i.e.: 01 Дорожка 1.mp3 This obviously comes from a Russian OS. This Russian name displays perfectly in Explorer. No software, not even windows explorer can open. read or rename or even delete it. When...

I clicked on My Computer and noticed that my Local Disk C: had been renamed and it now appeared as: TI105860W0F C: Additionally, when I clicked on it, it shows containing two files with unrecognizable names. (See attachment) Does anyone have any idea what happened here and how to fix it...

Unlike Windows XP I can't find a way to display the file name of the jpg being displayed when using Photos as my screen saver. Can any one let me know how its done?

Hi, I have a computer with Windows 7 professional. (it is the only OS installed) Today Morning when i logged in, my D drive was missing. Even in device manager, i couldnt find the drive. space was being shown as free space. What could have happened? the support guy came, created a...

Dear all I do hope somebody is out there which can help me with my nasty problem...on my computer. I have a zip-file with 2096 Files which are all mp3s (for a language course) and they are named Number_ChineseCharacters.mp3. I use Windows 7 Professional (the MUI is not downloadable, but also...

Hi everyone, I have a small problem. I have tried linux and I don't know how but it created some files with names like "00:01:36,889". I decided to stay on windows so I deleted linux but now I don't see a way how to delete this files with windows. I tried to delete them with explorer even in...

Hi I have a huge number (several thousand) Fonts files from my old WindowsXP PC. I only want to install certain specific fonts. But the font files all have very short, unhelpful file names How can I see what their actual font names will be when I install them in Windows7 ? Cheers Ship...

Hello, I just upgraded (I hope it is an upgrade) to Windows 7 from Windows XP. Yesterday I tried to copy files from one of my old hard disks but in the ende received the message that 64 of the files could not be transferred because their file names are too long. Instead of going back...

Is there any hack to display folders inline with the file names as opposed to displaying folders first?

Radeon All-in-Wonder 7200 Family Drivers I am reposting this as I put it in the wrong place before. I was part of the Vista Beta program using Vista Ultimate and used the program for two months with no driver problems, i.e. no messages at startup that said the system...