folder issues

when i try to search for something in a library folder, windows explorer does nothing. If I go to the actual folder search works fine. Libraries My Documents <-- WE will not run a search here, I type in search box and nothing happens Users myprofile My Documents <-- search works fine...

So I was working with moving my My Documents folder from syncing with Dropbox to Box and I messed up a bit. Well, at least I've found it and have access to it. Now I'm working on restoring a previous version. Problem A: It's hidden and I can't figure out how to undo that because: Problem B: It's...

Ok, hopefully this will make sense to you guys, so here it goes. My husband and I just got a new desktop, I originally planned on sharing a user account but since we're both in school I figured it would be helpful to have our own user accounts just to keep our files more separated and...

I have installed Windows 8 for my HP laptop 1 month ago. It worked fine for 2 weeks and then windows explorer is crashing everytime I try to open a folder. I ran a virus scan- there were no viruses identified by windows defender. Please suggest on what to do. Thanks, Karthik

I have my games stored on a different SSD Drive & for whatever reason multiple empty MSIc.tmp folders are continuously being created there (lost count how many times & folders I've deleted) all the folders are also continuously locked (even after unlocking) even the ones that aren't MSIc.tmp...

Hi, Start/Pictures does not open "My Pictures" folder. Start/Music does open "My Music" folder. Please advise. Thanks, Joe

Yesterday i copied a large folder 51gb into my external hardisk and I used windows 7. One file name was too long and I was prompted. I selected skip file. I remember seeing the folder in my hardisk after copy. But no longer there today. the space still occupied tried using programs like pci...

Delete operation on a folder may fail on Windows 7 systems, if the folder contains a singed EXE file. Link Removed

Alright, I have a couple of issues that all came up the day after I ran a scan on my computer with Advanced System Care Pro. I've been using the product for a few months now without any issues. Now it seems like the computer is not recognizing my user settings. Here are my problems. When I...

An update released today (25-10-2011) may cause issues after being installed when you try to rename or move files/folders. There was another update in April 2010(?), KB980408, that caused the same issues for many people running Windows 7 64bit. So if you find yourself in this position, you...

Since 2 days, in a certain folder, I cant rename, move or delete folders or files. Now, it has spread to my desktop as well. If I rename a folder, even a new folder, the name changes ''magically'' within seconds to restore to its previous name. If I move the folder or file, it comes back and...

Fixes an issue in which you cannot find the excluded default folders in the user profile if you use user credentials to log on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer in a domain environment. These folders are excluded from the... More...

Troubleshoot problems accessing or working with files and folders in Windows. More...

Hi, I have been on the edge of chucking my computer out the window for hours, and the only support I get from colleagues in my masters program is "Get a mac!" Anyway, yesterday I was working on something in CodeBlocks and when I went to build my project, I got stuck in a loop of "this project...

So the other day I logged on to my computer to find all my downloads gone and not reach able and the folder has a huge error something like File osociated cant be found. I have system restored to the previous today and it didnt work What do I do? thanks for the help

WHEN I AM IN MY PICTURES IN EXPLORER (WINDOWS 7) IN ADDITION TO EACH PICTURE IN A FOLDER THERE IS A SUB-FOLDER WITH TWO COMPRESSED VERSIONS OF THE PICTURE. HOW DO I GET RID OF THESE? IF i TRY DELETING THEM THEY COME BACK NEXT TIME I OPER THE FOLDER.

Good people! I've stumbled upon a problem. I was quick-editing pictures with the help of Picture viewer (essentially just rotating the pictures and then jumping on to the next picture). I then noticed that the pictures disappeared from their parent folder. This happened to about 10 pictures...

Building a sample problem from CUDA but I believe the problem originates in VS2008. Output: Compiling with CUDA Build Rule... "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v4.0\\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_10,code=\"sm_10,compute_10\"...

Maybe I'm not wording it properly when searching the forum, but I'm having a few Windows 7 issues lately. For the past couple months my folders ALL open to "large icon" view I'll switch to details view but the next time I open the folder it's back to large icon. Strangely enough, the only...

When ever i try to open Fonts Folder either from Control Panel or C:/Windows/Fonts It never opens up, just the green line on the top keeps moving and even once it reaches the end it doesn't open up. Please help. Using Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit