folder options

I have tried every conceivable way to get Explorer to let me view my empty drives under Computer. They show when there's a disk in them. They show in the reading pane, they just won't show up as empty drives in the Nav pane. I have tried deleting the upper and lower filters in the registry...

Touch pad on laptop Hoovering over an item opens it. What happened to double click. I have restored defaults in folder options, mouse properties and ease of accsess center. External mouse via usb port works perfect? Driving me crazy:cry_smile:

File size is 0 bytes. When i try to remove it an error message appears, saying "Could not find file". Here is the list of things i've tried to do with the file: *reboot *reset folder options *cleaned the register with CCleaner *tried removing it with the del command *replacing it with a...

I'm running windows 7 65 bit Ultimate. When I open up a folder and go to "details" view the size is always displayed in kb, even if the file is like 2gb. How Can I change this? Link Removed Here's a ss of my problem.

Link Removed every time when i go to any folder, weather its external usb or hard drive or phone or just folder in partition, when i want to see the files by "date modified" i never have it in the right click - "sort by" term. how can i apply it to all folders and have it all the time im...

Hi All, I am just trying to get my head around W7 with my daughters new laptop. I am a pretty experienced WXP user and am trying to locate some apparent missing features….. For example when I right click a folder, where is the search option??? Many thanks.

Having problems with and docx files opening within the browser. In XP you would just check the browse in same window option in folder options, file types. However this option no longer exists after XP. Is there a registry setting that controls this? I have seen this issue a couple of times and I...

Hello, I've spent the last couple of days trying desperately to resolve this issue. I have looked everywhere but cannot find an answer... PROBLEM: I have thousands of PDFs in hundreds of folders. When I go to a particular folder, I use the slider to change the Explorer views from "Content"...

I have already setup a network between Windows 7 x64 Ultimate machines. However, I am adding more computers to the network and would like to select as to which computers can see a particular folder. The problem is that when I am trying to set the permissions and go to "Locations," the only...

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...

I'm hoping someone from Redmond sees this message and will open a defect ticket. This needs to be addressed promptly. Brand new HP 600q TouchSmart system running Windows 7 64-bit. Everything works normally until Windows Media Center is started, especially when it is started in maximized...

Hi there , In windows 7 in windows explorer we can search and control our files and folders. When I click on a folder or file I get a nice light blue selection. I am really sick of this color. I do not wish to change the Windows 7 Theme per se , I was just wanting to change the color of...

In the organize tab I cannot select all or change folder settings. Using the ctrl key does not work either? I am using win 7 home premium?

I enabled in WinExplorer menu Tools->Folder options->View->Hide empty drives in the computer folder. However (even after restart) empty dirves (like my DVD drive (=no media inside)) are shown in WinExplorer as drives. Why? How can I disable otherwise empty drives in WinExplorer? Peter

When I fill a folder with files, Windows Explorer looks at the extensions and makes a guess as to what information I want to see when listing the files. The most common problem I have is when I place mp3 files into a folder and Explorer decides that I want to see Number, Title, Contributing...

Hi I Can't get my wife's Dell Studio Laptop to show images in Windows 7, Windows Explorer. I know I used to be able to select how Windows treated files in a folder, i.e. best for photos, etc. But I've looked everyplace, in Properties, Folder Options, View etc. and I can't find where to...

Hi, I have had this problem for months now and have searched for a solution many times' I have no thumbnails in video files, photos (jpg and bmp OK) I have not selected do not show thumbnails in folder options! In my research I was told that dllhost.exe was responsible for showing...

Just bought a 1TB external hard drive for use to back up files and system. Now, i understand Windows 7 backup will not back up Program Files and System files even if they are selected, instead that i done by creating a system image. Am i correct in saying that when i go to 'Let me choose' in the...

Hi! I have Windows 7 x64 ultimate instaleld on my system and I want to move Details pane in folders from bottom to top. I found articles how to do that in Windows 7 x86 and Windows Vista but that doesn't work on Windows 7 x64. When I edit shell32.dll from windir\system32 folder i can't log...

I have spent days trying to solve this problem - so any suggestions will be most gratefully received! I run a group of Windows XP Professional (SP3, 32 bit) machines in a workgroup, all using the same id and password, the id being in the administrators group on each machine. One of the...