properties

hi people! my download post simply disappeared. It was one of the favorites shown on windows explorer. I was working normally on it when i tried to access it and I got an error message. It's properties now show a link file without an address and the folder on C:\users\me\downloads also...

Whenever I right click on a file, the start bar, anything and then click properties, the window appears for less than a second then vanishes. Same thing happens when I try to change an extension. The popup that asks me if I want to make the change appears for a split second and then disappears.

I am using the Simplified Chinese version of Windows 7. I wanted to save a file I downloaded under a category "Worship Music" but I could not find that folder at all! I was very sure this folder is available, so I did a search for it - and found the files. I could play the mp3 files within the...

Lately when my windows 7 starts up my icons are missing on desktop and i have to go to properties and click View-->Show desktop icons. again this has only happened recently, but is everytime i start my computer. I dont know if this is caused by an update or what, is there a way to correct this...

Hello, We have wireless internet. On the Windows 7 notebook computer, I entered the SSID (not broadcasted) and the password. Internet works fine on the notebook. But this is what I would like: I would like that a person using the notebook be prevented from seeing what the password is (by...

I have upgraded from Vista now my internet connection will not work. On network connections it says that my ADSL Easy Dial-up is disconnected. Under properties it says that ISDN channel Removed. I am not connected to a network just trying to connect to the internet directly. Have used system...

The programs do still work but the icons are changing on their own to the WIN7 Default Icon. I go into the properties of the Shortcut and change the Icon back to what it is supposed to be but after a reboot it changes again to the Default Icon. ALso, I have MS Office 2007 installed and the...

I'm trying to encrypt a folder on my desktop, right clicking the folder & click Props + advance isn't letting me do so..

I can't seem to open my folders or even Windows Explorer. It is pinned to my taskbar but the problem is when I select the window to be opened as its preview-window pops up, when I select the window I want to open, the window does not open on the desktop. When I tried resizing it, through the...

Hello, First of all, hello all. I'm new to this forum. I really hope you can help me with this annoying problem. Whenerver I do RIGHTBUTTON > PROPERTIES on an mp3 file it automatically starts playing that file from an instance of windows media player that is embeded in the very properties pane...

Need some help with this problem and after much Googling (an awful verb) i cannot find an answer. I'm trying to stop users from changing the Properties of Network Connections - in particular the IP Address. Using Group Policy editor i can set the relevant policies to 'Enable' and in Win XP this...

I have three machines on a wireless network. Two Lenovo laptops and one Dell Optiplex 960. The Dell desktop has an HP 8500 printer attached which I wanted/want to share. I was running XP on all machines and there were no issues. I decided to install Windows 7 on all machines once it was...

Where do I go in Windows 7 to find out what graphic card I have and if it needs to be updated. I remember on Windows xp you use to could just right click your desktop and go to properties. Thanks!

One of the things you may discover is that not all of your older programs/games/drivers will work under 7, and their 7 compliant versions may not be availabe. In this case, you can try install and run them in Vista (or XP) compatible mode. To run a file in compatibility mode: 1. Right click...

I can recieve but not send E-mail using windows live mail. I Found a web page from windows help that said to open live mail from START ..All programs .. windowlive mail .. click on TOOLS ..Account .. mail .. Properies.. server, but i do not find the tool tab. the problem is with SMPT not...

Well, I'm slowly getting through the really big problems, and now looking for ways to solve smaller stuff... 1. WHERE is my free space on Windows Explorer status bar? I've seen a bunch of complaints that it's gone, but none telling me how to get it back....... It's REALLY annoying to have...

I keep getting an error saying this and that about not being activated. I have the key but when I right click the Computer and then properties there is nothing in the Windows activation part that will let me type in my key. Any ideas? Link Removed due to 404 Error

Icons not appearing for some apps (solved) This just happened today. Icons for three applications are all of a sudden not appearing in the task bar. The only thing that shows is a generic icon that doesn't represent the application. I have gone into the program folders for each of these...

the toolbar that have the "organize" and view" and "system properties" is missing from my windows explorer how i can bring him back? Link Removed - Invalid URL

Hello I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and i noticed that the taskbar still looks like what you would see on Vista. I was wondering how i could change it. I already went to taskbar properties but there was but there was no options to change the taskbar. This is what it looks like...