folder issues

every SINGLE TIME i try to move a folder around, i get "this action can not be done because the file is open in another program". BUT IT ISN'T!!! i've shut down EVERY PROGRAM AND SERVICE except explorer and STILL get the same thing! this is my biggest beef with Win7 and would do anything to...

[SOLVED] Strange problem with Ansys 12.1 on Windows 7! Dears, I have a Windows 7 Enterprise joined to the domain in a LAB. I have installed Ansys (simulator software for Engineering) using my administrator credentials. All is fine. However when normal users login the Ansys folder dissapears...

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...

Hello, I have two Windows 7 HP questions. 1. I have a folder with a bunch of subfolders inside that are full of pictures that I had ported over, sitting in my documents. I want to use the slideshow feature in the taskbar (like in "Pictures') in these folders, but it doesn't show up. Is there...

hi,:o Recently i installed adobe photoshop cs5. After installing now when i try to open any folder by double clicking on it, it opens in adobe bridge.:confused::confused::confused::frown: I have to right click on the folder and then OPEN, then only it opens in explorer.:(:(:( I tried the Default...

hi when im trying to open folders even "my computer" i got this error Link Removed - Invalid URL i cant open any folders. but if i use browser or something and going to the downloads section and clicking one of the files "open folder" suddenly i got access to all computer. and also if im doing...

Ok so I just notice a lot of my backed up files have all of a sudden gone missing from my NTFS non-system partition folder D:\Downloads\ . The folder itself was not entirely emptied however. If I go to the folder either in Windows 7 or Ubuntu from the same PC, the folder appears to be missing...

After copy a lot copying file from my old computer to new Windows7 computer. I must have messed up because I now have in my c: drive: c:\Program Files 6/20/2010 4:27 PM c:\Program Files 6/20/2010 3:01 PM c:\Program Files(x86) 6/20/2010 1:50 AM This should be easy to...

hello yesterday when i opened my folder a small screen appears saying windows explorer stopped working another screen comes saying windows explorer is restarting then it closes the folder any help please , it is my personal folder i've also scanned it for any viruses it is totally clean...

Okay, firstly, I hate the look and feel of Windows 7 more than I ever thought was possible. In my quest to get it to look nicer, I ran into numerous issues with folders. For one, right inside the default Library thing, there were folders for Music and Video which I didn't even want there. So, I...

Hi all; I have a divx reader with hard disk connected by a wireless network to my PC: while I was renaming some folders the network went down and the folders become files, so now are unreadable. Now, when I connect the network drive, in the left column I have 8 folders (instead of the 10 that I...

When I click on my personal folder icon on right side of start menu, I see a listing of all that is located in my C:/Users/Personal folder, PLUS 4 additional My Documents folders. I have my HD partitioned so my documents are on D: One of the 'My Doc' folders refers to the empty folder on my...

Hello Fellow 7 users, I have just switched OS to Windows 7, and i am impressed so far. I want to backup my data on an external harddrive. I would like to use the function ROBOCOPY in the command windows because then i don't have to third party program running all the time. But the copying...

Hello, yesterday after rebooting, all my view setting got crazy! here are the list of changes that made: *no wallpaper on desktop, only icons and taskbar on black wallpaper. *cannot add or change wallpaper, even default win7. without any error massege *clear type got uncheked in view...

Hello, I searched everywhere but couldn't find any hints to how to solve this problem so I decided to register here and ask for help. I have windows 7 ult. 32 bit, I have all updates and no other issues except when I try to rename any folder it gives me that message(please see the attached file)...

Dear, My Windows Explorer when i click into any folder on the right pane window it always open a new windows regarding any folders i open...... I didnt install any new program except 11/11/2009 i did windows update..... How can i fix this problem? Thanks

Installed win 7 64 bit. Everything is working fine and dandy, but when I download a file and try and run it, it says cannot find file in specified location, it also isn't showing up in the folder I D/L it to? What's that all about then? It is there, because if I try and download it again, when...

I have noticed a lot that I cant delete folders, usually on my desktop. I have found a workaround, because it appears its mcafee that is "locking" the file, by going to the services and stopping all 3 mcafee services, then deleting the folders, then turning the services back on. Does anyone...

This is going to be rather complicated to explain but here goes my best attempt... I have the OS installed on the C drive. I have all of the documents mapped to a seperate but still internal E drive. I have done this with both XP and Vista and there have been no problems. Windows 7 linked it...

I was installing some hardware and trying to get 7 to recognize it. I opened my Devices and Printers folder, about 2 minutes after closing it, and the page was blank. The progress bar was moving across the address bar, it moved all the way to the right, and just sat there. I left the page open...