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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...

I've Googled and searched ....... but ain't never see'd anything on this one ! I've got 2 folders at the top of my C drive, each containing a long string of numbers. But then , the names end with several "Z"s . AND, opening the folder in Explorer, you'll see a string of sub-folders , all...

I am using WAMP server 2.0 on Windows 7. Due to Windows being case insenstive in regards to file names, MySQL is forced to treat the table names 'mytable' and 'MyTable' as being the same, which they are not (personal opinion). MySQL is unable due to Windows file naming system to rename tables...

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?

Discovered this neat tool that allows the user to copy a file name to the clipboard with a right click menu item. Clicking shift at the same time will also copy the full path. Great if you need to enter the full path to a file in a form etc. Copy filenames to the Windows clipboard with...

Hi - I'm trying to save a theme for sharing (create a themepack). However, once save the file and then try to double click on it, nothing happens (I'm trying to name it "C - Blue Christmas.themepack). The thing is if I name the file differently it works (if I leave out the spaces before...

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...

Much to my surprise Win7 told me ina popup that a filename with approx. 30 chars is too long for the destination folder when I try to move the file to another directory. From my point of view the concatenated path+filename is long but not too long. At least there would be no error under good...

Greetings! I just upgraded from WinXP to Windows 7. I have a folder with a lot of files that have either plus or minus/dashes ("-") in the file name, sometimes more than one. For example, some filenames might be: Matterhorn +++.wmv Space Mountain ++-.avi Star Tours +.mp3 Star Tours (second...

Greetings! I just upgraded from WinXP to Windows 7. I have a folder with a lot of files that have either plus or minus/dashes ("-") in the file name, sometimes more than one. For example, some filenames might be: Matterhorn +++.wmv Space Mountain ++-.avi Star Tours +.mp3 Star Tours (second...

I have to do a lot of copying/pasting of filenames at work for use in creation in URLs. With Win7, when I highlight the a file's name (say, document_v1.pdf) Windows only selects the name (document_v1) and not the extension (.pdf). Is there ANY way of changing this behavior so that...

When attaching several files (1,2,3,4), they are shown in reverse order (4,3,2,1). In what sequence are they sent? I've tried selecting them in reverse order, but they still appear in same wrong sequence. The filenames are numbered, so it's easy to see the sequence.

Hi all, I'm new to windows 7, and I've been experiencing some search problem: I have a folder full of file on which I used to do filename search. 1. In windows 7, I have only "date" and "size" filter option in the search bar, when I open that folder (NTFS under Documents of my HOME): Link...

Hi I have MicroNicheFinder installed on my desktop (Vista) but it won't start as it throws an error message (Program Invalid path or filename). The problem seems to be with Microsoft VisualFoxPro & this is the error log: Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005 @ 04/27/10 05:42:22 PM. Error log...

Hi, How would one go about searching for filenames starting with the '-' character? e.g. -something.ext i can search for image files created on a wednesday by left handed, pleasant smelling, polish plumbers whos fathers were members of the communist party and whos names were Mary..... but...

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...

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...

I was surfing the web and found a cool picture for my desktop background, so I right clicked, set as background, no problem... But now I want to find the picture on my computer so I can save it, but don't know which name it's saved under or where it's at on my computer? Thanks..