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  1. Windows 7 Desktop Icons Disappeared!

    All my desktop icons are missing on x64 RC, if i go to Computer/Desktop I can see that there should be several on there but when I return to desktop none of them are displayed. I have gone to Personalization/Change Desktop Icons and turned on Recycle Bin etc but still nothing. Anyone any ideas?
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    Windows 7 Status bar does not show total folder size

    Hey people. A really irritating problem. I can't see the folder total size in windows explorer. When you stand in any folder and select all, the status bar only shows you the number of files. You can see the in the details pane the actual size of each file, but you cannot see the...
  3. Windows 7 Add Recycle Bin and More to My Computer

    The Tweaking with Vishal web site writes up a quick registry hack that adds Recycle Bin, Network Connections, Admin Tools, or even Search to your My Computer window. The process works by adding a single key to the registry for each icon you want to add to the My Computer window. To add the...
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    Windows 7 Mislinked Desktop Icons

    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...
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    Windows 7 Display total size of items in recycle bin.

    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?
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    Windows 7 Recycle Bin display problem

    I was doing some hard drive clean up since some of my older saved apps won't run on 7. After deleting around 4gb worth of data, I looked in the recycling bin and...it only showed about 8 things in it. When i went to empty it, i told it to show more detail and it was cleaning out everything I had...
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    Windows 7 Cannot see desktop?

    well, when i started my computer today, my desktop was not there... odd? yeah, i tried dragging some things to it and they moved from the previous folder, but didnt show up on the desktop, i even created a new text document, with no problems. but i cannot see my desktop my recycle bin or...
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer Favorites do not Expand

    Basically, I must have done something to mess up Windows Explorer. On the left I show Favorites with a Star on its left and in the right pane it shows the folders that are Favorites. It used to show those folders Under Favorites in the left pane. The next item is Desktop and it contains...
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    Windows 7 problems with icons

    ive been trying to make some themes have all the walls in folders ready and icons for "my computer" and "recycle bin" have chosen a different sound scheme for each theme and i thought i was ready to go but ive come across a problem with the recycle bin icons even though ive replaced the full and...
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    Windows Vista Entire Documents Folder In Recycle Bin

    Don't know how this happened but I deleted a coulple of files from my Documents Folder (Documents, Music, Pictures, Recently changed, etc.), and the whole Folder ended up in the Recycle Bin. I now have an exact duplication of my whole folder in the Recycle Bin. If I delete a file from the copy...
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    Windows 7 Removing The Recycle Bin From The Desktop(SOLVED)

    Right click your desktop > Personalize > Change Desktop Icons. Simply check off what you want removed from you're desktop. No need to install hacks or mess with that lame registry.
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    Windows 7 Start menu problem

    I accidentally dragged my recycle bin and a libraries folder to my start menu and there is no option to delete or un pin it. How do I get them off my start menu?
  13. Windows 7 I want to hide the recycle bin on the desktop

    actually I want to hide everything on the desktop. BUT using ">right click on desktop>View>Show Desktop Icons (deselect)" to do that is tedious. So if someone can point me in the way to creating a macro or tweak my registry for these two similar but kinda different tasks I would be very...
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    Windows 7 This may not be a feature but, it should be

    I see Microsoft finally got rid of the delete the trashcan in the right click of the Recycle Bin. Thank you Microsoft for this, it was not a good thing to have that there in the first place.
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    Windows Vista Disappearing Files

    I am running Vista Home Ultimate. I have had a number of files, mostly jpegs disappear. They are not in the Recycle bin and I did not deliberately delete them. The only thing I have done that is unusual is to clear out the "Recent Items" list. Could that have deleted the files?
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    Windows Vista Recycle Bin

    Hello, I am new to windows vista and i just got a new laptop which came with vista home edition installed, now i set the laptop up the way i want it, then i deleted a few file's i no longer required but when i went to empty the recycle bin i...
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    Windows Vista Window size/position

    Is there some voodoo I need to make the windows in vista stay the same size and be in the same position? My computer seems to stick ok, but control panel, recycle bin, etc, always seems to go back to a small little window.
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    Windows Vista Recyce Bin Deleted

    I was deleting some things and when i went to empty the recycle bin i deleted it on accident. How can i get it back??
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    Windows Vista lost recycle bin / nvidia display drivers

    sorry for not registering but i thought id help a few beta testers out being one my self and using a nvidia gforce 6800ultra you can use the older 77,xx drivers available here , please note that using these drivers disables the glass effect, they are better than the alpha drivers from the...