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Hi, we are testing now computer running on Windows 7 with roaming profiles. I have problem which I couldn't find anywhere (possible bad keywords). It's not only one computer - at least 5 new installed computers have this issue. Problem is that whenever I want pin some shortcut from start menu...

The following are Environment Variables in Windows 7 which can allow you to get to system locations more efficiently. What are Environment Variables in Windows? Well, if we understand that "variables" are things that can be changed, and if we also understand that the environment that variables...

Hi, this is my first post. I just a new user of windows 7, and I was really happy with the search engine of it, until today. Here the history: first i copied my files from the old pc and pass to this new pc (windows 7), after copy the files to a folder I organize all the files on others...

OK so here's my issue, i'm getting the following error when attempting to access my DVD-ROM to play a movie. This is a recent development, i haven't installed any new software on my system. Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have appropriate permissions...

I am looking for a way to figure out if a driver is digitally signed. I use the api SetupVerifyInfFile for this, but this always fails with the error "Parameter is incorrect". Following are the parameters that I pass to this function, InfName - The Path of the Inf file with the file name. (say...

I've been trying to modify the "folder picture" for a large number of folders, and to that end am going to write a script to modify the desktop.ini in each folder. The thing is, changing the desktop.ini doesn't seem to have any visible effect. If I manually change the picture (folder...

So far I know... %PROGRAMDATA% %TEMP% can I get a list of more shortcuts/commands, please?

Hi all, I solved my own problem but I thought that I would post the solution here. I did not see anything on the net for the issue I was having but I am sure it comes up from time to time. I accidentally created a shortcut inside a folder to itself. I was clicking on the file path at the top...

When I go to a web page in FireFox and try to open a PDF I get this: I even tried reinstalling FireFox,, but still get the same message help!

As I'm clicking "Play To - Xbox Media Center Extender" on my Windows 7 Laptop, I'm getting an error message of my Xbox 360/TV screen that says... "Windows Media Center cannot find the specified file. Be sure the path is typed correctly. If it is, the file does not exist at the specified...

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...

When I installed Win7, I picked ABC as my username. Is it possible to change it to say XYZ? I went to Control Panel, User Accounts and changed the name. On the screen it now shows XYZ, but in the hard drive, everything is still under ABC. For example...

Here is my problem, I am getting locks appearing on my folders. Before you say its a sharing issue, please read carefully. I'm using an animation program (Newtek's Lightwave). When I go to save a file I like to create folders to save them in for better organization purposes. So, I click...

In the upper part of the tree of folders in explorers left pane is my user name (Stan Hilliard) followed by my user folders. Lower in the pane is the folder Computer followed by OS(C:). Below C: is a folder called Users.A folder under Users contains my sub folders and files, but this this...

I had a setup of Lineage 2 Interlude on this path C:\Users\ExTaCy1337\Desktop\Folder\FORMAT\Format\ExTaCy1337\Lineage II Installers\LineageII_interlude_client\ And I was running the setup and nothing was happening... when I movied LineageII_interlude_client to C:\... like...

how are you to load the WOW gaming program on to a system with Win 7? i have been at it for 8 hours now. if i use my 9 discs this is the error i receive during the 2nd disc load using Burning Crusade. The file "Files\unconditional\user\Data\enUS\Interface\Cinematics\WOW_Intro_BC_1024.avi" in...

Where are My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos etc... Hello; I've changed the default My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos and My Musics paths to D:\somewhere not in C:\. Please check the screenshot at bottom, My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos and My Musics have been disappeared at my User...

Hello, I have recently installed windows 7 64-bit on my computer. The installation has completed smoothly with no problems, however my folder oath drop-down list is empty. I can only add shortcuts to the list manually through the registry. Link Removed due to 404 Error Thanks in advance!

We have started testing Windows 7. We have discovered a quirk in the storage of temporary internet files that may have some security concerns. The official literature of Windows 7 says the storage point for the Content.IE5 folder has been relocated to...