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Hello! I recently recieved a hand-me-down laptop from my Uncle after it was restored to factory settings. Basically I have a 270gb main HDD, and a 400gb HDD. The second HDD is (presumably) used for restoration, and I'd like to use it for games and movies. This is what is currently on the drive...

My daughter sends lots of JPEG pictures from her iPhone via email. These pictures are in zip folders. Problem is that all pictures have the same file name, usually "image". These same names make normal extraction on my Win 8 laptop impossible except as a laborious, manual process. Is there...

Microsoft recently lost a lawsuit brought against them by Sky, a Robert Maxwell company based in the UK. So Skydrive has been renamed to Onedrive. If you already have a Skydrive account it will just automatically change over and you don't need to do anything. The new website can be found here...

Hi, as of a few days I get this phenomenon where a folder or file that I have placed on the desktop - say an installation file as in the example - cannot be deleted when I'm done with it, but rather I get 'Could not find this item...' as can be seen below: Link Removed the file just happens...

When I open (under 64bit Win7) the Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center then I have currently 3 Networks listed: Network 3 Network 2 Unidentified Network How excatly can I rename these network names e.g. to "myNetwork123"? Is it possible at all? Peter

Hi. I created a subfolder I can't get rid of. I can't delete it, I can't move it, I can't rename it. I keep getting a message saying 'Item Not Found' and telling me the folder I can plainly see is no longer 'located' where I see it is. It says I should verify location and try again and I can't...

I somehow managed to rename the libraries as well as the 'Favorites' about half a year ago. I don't recall how, but remember that it took a lot of trial and error. It worked perfectly and consistently in the start menu and the window manager. Now, with the latest update (13 important) it all...

[SOLVED] Installed applications no longer accepts files by Drag and Drop This weird little issue started happening yesterday. I can no longer drag and drop files into programs that I have installed. For example: - I can no longer drop .mkv files into MKVMerge - I can no longer drop .mp4 files...

Script to remove "- shortcut" from all shortcuts on computer Hi, I finally got around to turning off the "- shortcut" that is appended to the shortcut name by editing the registry on a friends computer. He has way to many shortcuts in my opinion. Does anyone have a script, or would someone...

My problem is that when I copied over fonts to the windows fonts and told it to replace the current font it didn't do what I wanted. For example I copied over a font with the name HS.ttf, and when I now look at the corresponding font it is called HS_1.ttf. I have a certain program that looks...

I had this crazy problem whenever I renamed a folder, no matter what drive, I would get and error like in the picture but when I clicked "Try Again", it would rename the folder with no problem. Link Removed Here is a registry fix that after you run it, all is good again. No need to restart...

Hi all, I just got a brand new computer. It was a gift from my parents. Since my parents know pretty much next to nothing about computers, they got my brother to order it for me. It seems that when the computer arrived he took it out of the box and named the computer and the user file after...

Fixes an issue in which you can't rename an application in a shared folder in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs if the application is being used by one or more users. More...

Fixes an issue in which you cannot rename an application in a shared folder in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs if the application is being run by one or more users. More...

I found this cool little program that renames your start bottom, Unfortunately it only works on xp and I happen to have win 7, If anyone knows how to remane the start bottom in win 7, i'd really love to be able to do this, just for fun :). Thanks in advance, Frantheman7

An update released today (25-10-2011) may cause issues after being installed when you try to rename or move files/folders. There was another update in April 2010(?), KB980408, that caused the same issues for many people running Windows 7 64bit. So if you find yourself in this position, you...

Since 2 days, in a certain folder, I cant rename, move or delete folders or files. Now, it has spread to my desktop as well. If I rename a folder, even a new folder, the name changes ''magically'' within seconds to restore to its previous name. If I move the folder or file, it comes back and...

Fixes an issue that occurs when you rename a folder that has lots of files on an NTFS volume in Windows Server 2008 SP2, in Windows Vista SP2, in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

I created a restore point but fatfingered the description and it's bugging me. I want to rename it (the text in the "description" column of the restore point). I know restore points are in the System Volume folder and I deprotected the one for the C:\ volume to the extent I could and tried to...

I have change the name on one of my computer, but the I look under "NetWork" I still can se the old machinename. Link Removed See attached picture: Link Removed