folder options

Hi all. I did a download upgrade to Win 7 on my Vista machine. It went extremely smoothly, and I love Win 7 so far. Except: I had been using a program called Magic Folders with Vista. This is an app that hides folders of your choice, even encrypts the files therein if you want. When I...

Just migrated from XP to 7 and the first huge disappointment is the missing 'Remeber each folder's view settings' option. 7 just doesn't remember any window view/size/position settings appart from the last one used. One example... I like to have a folder with shortcuts on my desktop where I...

This tutorial will teach you how to display the "Show Desktop" Icon in the Taskbar. This was a feature present in Windows XP and Windows Vista, but has been changed to the Aero Peek/Show Desktop button on the bottom right corner of the screen, near the Notification Area. Here's How:1. Open...

i wonder while i was changing folder option where does it save ? i want to write a program with some optional changes with presets and other windows 7 tweaks but am not sure where all changes are reflected. registry ? files ? Can u guys point me to the right direction ? For example if folder is...

In XP with a single click on a folder's name expands the folder and shows it's sontent in the right pane. How to make this work in 7? 1. "Single-click" option in "Folder Options" just works for right pane but not for left. 2. "Automatically expand to current folder" doesn't work, there's no...

Can anyone help....? I have tried moving the default locations of the Vista special folders now a few times by using the move location route. All seems to go well until at some point, something goes wrong or I do something wrong and I find a whole host of files being copied over when I know...

Hey guys got a quick question. In xp, when i opened the recycle bin, it would display the totaly size of all the items in there, who can i enble this in windows 7?

Hi all, I installed Windows 7 x64 Build 7201 and after setting the folder options I could reboot the PC but I couldn't get Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer to work. If I click on the icons for either program the desktop will remain the same. If I continue to click on either program the...

I love 7, (except for the library nonsense), anyway even though I am almost totally happy with 7, there are times I would prefer to use the XP explorer, or make the 7 explorer function like XP. The big thing is I want the "common task" task pane on the left side of the screen. I also want to...

Hello, How do i enable the following in Windows 7: -Classic Start Menu as in Vista -Classic Folder Options layout -Classic Control Panel Thanks.

Just go to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT ,there are 6 hidden themes there. You can double-click the .themes file under sub-directory Theme to install the theme Note:You need to change your folder options to show hidden and system protected files. I am sorry if most of you already know this or...

SOLVED Thunbnails Suddenly I have no thumbnail previews at all. I've looked at my settings in folder options and have found no issues.Funny thing is,I had them yesterday. Any suggestions?:confused:

I have a new installation Windows 7 on my Acer 5610. I have a 5 in 1 card reader but don't work. I have put a lot of card but nothing happen! I also tried this: Control Panel>Folder Option>View and uncheck "Hide Empty Drives in Computer folder" but nothing. :( Somebody help me!!!

After the latest update of Vista from Microsoft, When I am browsing folders every time I click on the folder it opens up a new window even though I have "Open each folder in the same window" selected in the Folder Options. How do I get Vista to use the same window for browsing folders? Thanks...

I'd like to see the full path in the title bar, so I checked the appropriate box in Folder Options: Display full path in title bar (Classic folders only), but it appears that there is no Classic Folder View option anyway! What gives? :confused:

In Windows 7 (each build I tried, 6xxx, 6956, 7000) when I right click a file/folder my right click menu is really expanded. OS up-to-date on a Dell Inspiron 1501 w/ AMD Sempron 3500+ 1.8GHz, ATI X1150 256MB, 1.5GB RAM:

I am not sure if this is a bug or if I have to "turn something on" or what. I was moving some files from one drive to another. Identical files. What I discovered is Windows 7 defaults to making a copy (adding -copy at the end of the file name) instead of asking you whether you want to "copy...

I found it really useful to put any library in the send to context menu for folders that have alot of mixed content so you can right click to add to a library. This can be accomplished by going to folder options and showing hidden files. The send to folder can then be located...

Has anyone had luck with this? In "folder options" I have selected "remember positions", but each time I open windows explorer, it uses the default position and setup. I have tried the ctrl-Close, no good.