file properties

Hi Guys, I have a file that I can not delete. It is an .avi file that will not run in Media Player Classic or VLC so I figure that it is no good BUT I can't delete it. I went into dos and deleted it there or so I thought but all it did was get dos flashing a prompt dash. I had deleted a couple...

I have a couple of video files downloaded from YouTube, which have personal names appear after the video title on screen in VLC when the video begins to play ( I assume the names are those of the people who uploaded them). I have checked on both the General and Details tabs of the properties of...

When I open a video folder and click on “More Options” and then “Details”, in the Details view, one sees 4 columns: Name, Date, Type, and Size for an flv file. But I can create many more columns for an mp4 file than for an flv file. Let me explain. For an mp4 file one may see Length. In...

I'm going to post this in efforts to help prevent individuals from getting a possible Virus. I've known this for a while now, and the fact is, Digital Signatures may not all be legit. Therefore, not all are to be trusted. It is possible to modify a file and append junk data to EOF of a file...

Hi all! I recently installed Windows 8. I noticed that at some point the media tags stopped displaying in Windows Explorer for media files such as mp3 and m4b. I am talking about such tags as "title" , "bitrate" and "length" for audio files, for example. Previously this data always displayed...

I go to delete a file and Microsoft says 'preparing to delete'. No preparation was needed, its a 10kb file. So its very simple, delete the file win7, ive already closed the program that was using it (and confirmed in task manager). If its another program, then tell me what it is. MS shenanigans...

Hi all, I recently installed 7 when my vista seemed to poop out (long story)....everything is working fairly good except for this one problem. I can see all my documents that win7 moved over from vista in a file called windows.old. I also had them in a backup on an external hard drive...I...

A Word document suddenly changes into a 'read only' file which cannot be saved or deleted. I have 'saved' under different file names as instructed, but as a result I now have 10 versions of the document, 9 of which I don't want! The 'Help' file says go to 'Properties' and untick the 'read only'...

I recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows 7, and when I try to edit any files in the subdirectories off any on the directories in the C:\Program Files directory, I get 'protected' errors. I found that I could not create files or edit files anywhere below these directories...

Hello. I know basically how to create custom folder icons by right clicking on a folder to "properties" and "customize" "change icon" by using ico formated icons in Windows 7 64bit; but how do you keep the custom folder icons from disappearing when you move them to another computer? I did find a...

adding and editing tags/keywords in video files like .AVI, .FLV etc. hi in windows explorer when I right click a .wmv or .mp4 files and go to "Properties" -> "Details" I can add and edit tags/keywords. .flv, .avi and other video files DON'T have this options under the "Details" section. (I...

I've noticed several threads discussing some of the annoying "protections" put in place by Microsoft in Win7. On the one hand, at this moment, I share the sentiment that it's my computer, therefore, I ought to be able to access whatever I want. On the other hand, I'm all too aware that rogue...

Hello, i was the Auslogics Disk Defrag Tool to defrag my Partition, and then i went to check a backup folder, i was trying to change the icon of the folder, i dont know what went wrong The Folder just disappeared !! while it was still showing at the defrag app its working on that folder. i...

If click on a picture it gives me the ability to add tags, but if I click on a video I am missing that ability. The same can be said when I view the "details" tab after I go into the properties window. Whats going on? I got over 100 000 pictures, there no way id ever tag them... Id have to quit...

I recently reformatted my PC and have noticed that areas which properly supported Unicode beforehand no longer do. For example, although Unicode text shows correctly in the majority of Windows Explorer, when I right click on files to view the properties the text field that shows the file name...

Hi, OK so I booted up my PC today and was met with a malware program called 'Windows Recovery' stating that I had lots of faults with various aspects of my PC. I could not view any files in my programs folder on the C: drive or in the 'My Documents' folder. The program was also bringing up...

Hi there i have somehow encrypted some files in a folder and cant open them, they are (where.avi) and now thet have turned into some weird format like (going out..wmvfgeffgef) what have i done and is there anyway to convert them back, i know that i checked some boxes in properties and clicked...

Hi people First I am a bit of a novice on a P.C so be gentle with me. I know the basics and I'm learning. I can't seem to change some ( but not all) music file details even when I have the ownership. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I have done all the usual stuff I can find on forums...

I am trying to modify the attributes of a file (in this case the album title for a group of MP3 files in 1 folder). All I want to do is change one character. W7 (home premium 32bit) blanks out the whole box, and I have to type the all of the text again. Very annoying! XP it lets you...

In old windows, when you renamed a photo, it stayed in the same place in relation to all the other photos in the folder until you closed and then reopened the folder. Now in 7 and vista, as soon as you rename it, it gets reordered in the folder by name. It jumps away from its current position...