hidden files

under windows XP, one could find all the temporary files under the Windows directory noted with %temp% and in blue. where are these temp files under Windows 7? Thanks

Hello. I'm very new to Win7, and this is my first time here at this forum. I just upgraded from XP about a week ago. I was wondering if Win7 has a Documents and Settings folder similar to XP. I go to Windows Explorer>C:\>Users. When I double click on Users, I see three folders, one is...

There are picture files in my folders that I cannot see. I know they are in there because they show up in the OPEN windows of photo editing programs. The thumbnails in those OPEN windows have a little yellow "padlock" icon in the lower left corners. The files were created by me opening a...

Hi I've lost some work by opening an attachment from an e-mail, forgetting to save it locally, and then saving the document and closing. I think it's saved the updated file to a Temporary Internet File somewhere, but I can't find it. I've tracked backwards by re-opening the original file from...

Here is my problem, I am getting locks appearing on my folders. Before you say its a sharing issue, please read carefully. I'm using an animation program (Newtek's Lightwave). When I go to save a file I like to create folders to save them in for better organization purposes. So, I click...

I am having a problem accessing files. I was running vista til my had to do a fresh install of windows 7. I had been backing up with nt backup and still have those files. They were under an administrator account. When I attempt to restore them I see the files transfered but am unable to see them...

Hi, Could someone help me please, I am using two computers at home, both Windows 7. One is pc, Other is laptop. Problem is, some file that I downloaded off the net to my laptop, had a 'lock' symbol on its icons.. Link Removed And those files with a lock symbol on it, prevented my pc to 'see'...

I am using a program called GDIDB which is not W7 approved, but installs and runs fine. The program requires projects to be created. When i create a project, the program creates a folder in the following location: c:\program files\GDIDB Pro\projects\my new project. The problem I have is that...

Hello all, I am currently looking for a way to make windows 7 always hide *.sfk, sfl, and .vf.bak files which sony vegas creates everytime you save a video file. When you do a bunch of video editing and audio mixing it puts these files in the same folder as my renders Its very annoying...

Hey guys, I accidentally stopped a user permission change task mid way and now my system is all messed up, programs won't load correctly after reboot, etc.. . I can't change the permissions back because it tells me that I do not have access to certain folders. When I try to find these folders...

Hi, I've only just got onto windows 7 and I'm trying to get two machines setup. Both are running Windows 7 Home Premium. My problem is this... On one of the machines, I've got Sage Accounts installed. When I open the Sage software and then go to the Backup option it shows me a Sage Dialog box...

I have a very bizarre problem with a hidden folder. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Here's what happened: In my web browser, I saved a jpg, and in the save file dialog box I created a new folder C:\windows\Backgrounds and saved the jpg there. When I went to look for the folder in explorer it...

Hi, I have a bunch of files and folders that i want hidden from the other users on my computer. I have one of two admin accounts, the rest are limited. I have set the correct permissions settings (Changing from Allow to Deny ) in C:\Users Now, when a user makes a search from within the START...

My friends Windows XP SP2 Laptop (1.4Ghz, 384MB Ram) (I know its bad) has been screwing up.:mad: His DVD drive picks what it wants to read (cant install Win7). All except one of his user accounts log in for 10 seconds then blue screen. One of the remainding 2 works fine but when you acces C...

Hi guys, I'm having some trouble with the Windows 7 RC. I can't seem to delete/move any folders that have a file in them from my user folder. This is especially annoying in the music folder, where there is the hidden album art files. It prevents me from deleting them saying the file is in use...

Hi, Not quite sure how to explain the problem, but I will give it a go. I've upgraded my laptop (HP 2510p) from Vista to 7 and everything is working just fine. The only problem is that I have a part of my HDD which is called HP_RECOVERY. I would like to create a backup of my new system, but...

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...

I recently installed Windows 7, I copied my GC bookmarks and such onto the windows 7 side, but where do I put them. It may be in users, local settings, like on XP, but there is nothing like that in my user folder. Maybe it's hidden?

:confused: So a little background on how I got to my current situation then to the problem. I have 2 WD Hard drives, (C:\)1 for speed (H:\)1 for space... The fast one had windows XP on it which i ended up erasing and replacing with Win7. The one for space I ended up transferring my...

Hey Guys I recently just bought an SSD and installed a fresh copy of Win 7. Upon completion everything worked fine until a recent restart the boot mgr couldn't be found. I did a startup repair and everything worked fine EXCEPT my secondary drive which had the old version of windows 7 on...