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Hi all, I solved my own problem but I thought that I would post the solution here. I did not see anything on the net for the issue I was having but I am sure it comes up from time to time. I accidentally created a shortcut inside a folder to itself. I was clicking on the file path at the top...

I have three different OSs on my network: W7, XP, and 98SE. My email program, Pegasus, is installed on the 98SE. I can run it on the XP computer with a shortcut that targets the address: "\\Tower\D\Program Files\PMAIL\winpm-32.exe" The same address run from W7 generates the following error...

Can't seem to get the libraries shortcut back in the navigation pane, anyone knows how? i tried the registry fix too Link Removed

Hello I have noticed that the CTRL A keyboard shortcut has stopped working in all programs. I checked in word and it still has CTRL A listed as the shortcut for 'Select All". Any suggestions to help me fix this? Thank you :p

Why would a program shortcut not work, yet clicking on an .exe file does? I tried deleting the desktop icon and creating a new icon, based directly on exe and yet any such shortcut I make does not work. I can see that the program is loading, but after a couple of seconds it quits. I was able to...

Hi, My application previously works well in XP. When I run it in Windows 7, I am facing some issue with taskbar icon. Please let me elaborate further. Let say the application executable is A.exe. A.exe can run on its own. It can accept some arguments e.g. "A.exe /B" and "A.exe /C". During the...

Hopefully this isn't as hard to explain or understand as what I've made it out to be in my own head. Anyway... I am trying to create a shortcut to put my pc (W7 x64) into sleep. Every single how-to that I can find on the internet, however, puts the PC into sleep at BIOS level. It isn't the same...

Hi all, I use wordpad 10+ times a day and what really bugs me (and I bet I'm not alone) is having to everytime click twice the line spacing menu to get things 'as they should be'. So, there is the trick to make an .rtf file with, say, one space, save it somewhere with all the formattings the...

Hello there! For some reason after upgraing my W7 RC to W7 Trial (i understand i'm not supposed to do that but the problem is interesting nevertheless) i got strange error: I can't elevate shortcuts. At all. If i right-click on a shortcut and select 'run as administrator' - nothing happens. If...

In the right-click menu, I have only one item in "new..." (acceso directo = shortcut), so I dont need the subfolder. How can I move "shortcut" to the left side of the menu? Link Removed - Invalid URL

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium as my Host and had installed Windows XP PRO as my Guest OS I was trying to get one of my legacy programs installed on Win XP PRO and had editting the Desktop Shortcut to this program but apparently made some error or other in this editting process and then I...

Have you ever wondered what else lies under the hood of that new Windows 7 laptop you got recently? The clever folks at CNET have found a simple hack that will grant access to all of those options in one easy-to-set-up shortcut. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Hi guys! I have searched for a guide to make shortcuts to gadgets e.x "C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe" /showcalender Have´nt find anything. Do anyone of you know how I can do this? I got an active desktop gadget that I want to start every boot time even if anyone has closed it...

Hello everyone. Currently, from what I can tell, the only option to hide the gadgets and desktop icons is to right click, go to view, etc. Does anyone know a shortcut for this or how I can hotkey it? Thanks so much, Austin

When you activate "Administrative Tools" to show up in Menu Start, you get this nice list of tools. I am trying to create the same kind of shortcut there right under it, but looks like the area is blocked, you can't drop anything in this area of start menu, unless there is a trick to do it. I...

After my upgrade to windows 7, I have lost the ability to send link by email and send page by email. I am using Outlook 2007 as my primary email client with IE 8. I can send link by email using FF, which pops up MS Outlook w/llink embedded in email. It just doesn't work anymore since the...

Hi I just bought a laptop with windows 7. it has two versions of IE: 32 and 64 bit what i did was this: on the start menu i could see the two original internet explorer icons, so i took the 64 bit icon and dragged it to the desktop to create a shortcut and the icon disappeared from the start...

Probably simple but being a rookie; Bought a new computer with Win7 - on old XP computer, when I opened an IE shortcut to go to a specific website, the window opened maximized automatically. Now it opens in a small window. I can't figure out how to make it open maximized. I created a shortcut...

In Windows XP, I can access my start menu through C:\Documents and Settings\...\Start Menu Where is the Start Menu for user and All Users in Windows 7? I tried opening that folder by right clicking on the Win7 start menu and clicking "Open Windows Explorer," but I can't find the resulting...

I just upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista and do not have a Windows Contact icon in my Start Up. I have yet to figure out how to open Contact or add a short cut to my desktop. Any help would be appreciated.