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    Windows 7 Removing Auto-Created Compressed Subfolders in Windows 7 Photo Folders

    WHEN I AM IN MY PICTURES IN EXPLORER (WINDOWS 7) IN ADDITION TO EACH PICTURE IN A FOLDER THERE IS A SUB-FOLDER WITH TWO COMPRESSED VERSIONS OF THE PICTURE. HOW DO I GET RID OF THESE? IF i TRY DELETING THEM THEY COME BACK NEXT TIME I OPER THE FOLDER.
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    Windows 7 Folder images persist after the folder has been moved

    I installed new folders, then decided I wanted to move them to become subfolders of another folder. Drag & drop (left-click) moved the folders to become subfolders, but left the folder icons in the old location as well. When I try to delete them, I get an error message saying the folder...
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    Windows 7 Can't change "Arrange by:___" to "Arrange by: Folders" in "My Pictures"_ URGENT HELP!

    I've been looking for ways to solve this for a couple of months now and it's driving me crazy. In "My Pictures" (only), the "New Folder" option on top is gone and no matter how much I try to arrange the pictures to view my "Subfolders" instead of viewing the pictures arranged by "Day" I can't...
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    Windows 7 ZZZZ Folders ???

    I've Googled and searched ....... but ain't never see'd anything on this one ! I've got 2 folders at the top of my C drive, each containing a long string of numbers. But then , the names end with several "Z"s . AND, opening the folder in Explorer, you'll see a string of sub-folders , all...
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    Windows 7 Odd behaviour with Windows Explorer?

    I have a folder which contains about 100 files. In order to sort them for easy reference, I created a number of subfolders. I moved the files to their respective folders. However the original files stayed where they wer in the main folder and they also appeared in the subfolders. If I deleted...
  6. Windows 7 This is new! Folder shows in Widows Explorer, but not in Open Dialog?

    Hi I've been talking with Veegertx about changing the Windows load screen in another post and that brought me to a strange issue. I created a folder with a sub folder in Windows Explorer and placed an image in it by copying and pasting it. Later when I wanted to edit the image I tried...
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    Windows 7 SOS: Drive space shows 156GB used but drive contents empty

    I'm in a panic mode. My files are supposed to be inside a subfolder within the drive. Now all the subfolders are visible but there is no contents inside. That is My Computer - DRIVE F - Subfolder A (visible) - Subfolder A1 (visible) - contents in Subfolder A1 (EMPTY). Now when I check DRIVE F...
  8. Windows 7 Attributes of New Folders on Desktop

    I've only noticed this one recently but I've set my Desktop folder attributes (and all others apart from the obvious) to "General" with which I have the large icon view. I always apply the settings to sub-folders as well. However, when I create a new folder on the Desktop and drop something in...
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    Windows 7 User Data Saving Issue: Files Stored in Unexpected Windows 7 Subfolder

    hello I have an application with the user data in a set subfolder. After entering and saving the data file, windows 7 writes it to some sub sub sub ....folder that has nothing to with the one where my files are stored and the original files are not modified. When searching, this files are...
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    Windows 7 Windows Slideshow Problems/Questions

    Hello, I have two Windows 7 HP questions. 1. I have a folder with a bunch of subfolders inside that are full of pictures that I had ported over, sitting in my documents. I want to use the slideshow feature in the taskbar (like in "Pictures') in these folders, but it doesn't show up. Is there...
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    Windows 7 User folder sub folders

    Hello there , I have a question : In my user folder I see the following sub folders , My Documents , My Pictures , Desktop , My music , My Contacts , Favorites , Download etc. I wish to permanently remove a few of these folders , although I deleted , Desktop, My music , my contact etc...
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    Windows 7 Access Denied on Windows folder and subfolders and files!!!

    Well I log in at my pc as an Admin and I wanted to edit host file.. but this is impossible since I cant in anyway give to my self the rights to do that. I've read a lot of articles, and some of them says to run wordpad as an admin (from the properties option) but wordpad is only under windows...
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    Windows 7 windows explorer question

    Not paying much attention - I just noticed the top line in the right pane as "UNSPECIFIED (xx)" in MOST but not ALL folders. What is this referring to????????????? ALSO, when I rt clk on a folder and do properties I get the "Read Only" box filled. I believe that means that some...
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    Windows 7 Administrator gets access denied on folder access, must take ownership??:

    I am an experienced system administrator (mostly on Unix, but also on Win XP). I've recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. The data disk, where all of the user project folders are stored is separate from the system disk, and untouched by the upgrade. I am the owner and...
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    Windows 7 How can I get many folders to point to one location?

    I'll try and explain what I mean. I have one folder which has 300 sub folders. In about half of those, there are also sub-folders, all called post-pro. So, there are about 150 folders called post-pro with files in. What I'd like to do is have files in each of the sub-folders called post-pro...
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    Windows 7 How to stop Explorer from moving the Folder list?

    This has been a pet peeve of mine on Win7 ever since I upgraded months ago. I'm real big on using Windows Explorer to navigate around my drives, looking at files, photos, movies, whatever. There are two things that the folder list, on the left side of the screen, does differently from it's XP...
  17. Windows 7 in explorer +/- instead of those crazy fading black/white triangles

    in the win7 explorer, those fading black and white triangle drive me nuts. You have to hover over them to see which folder has any subfolders. Typical case of let designers do a user-interface-experts job. +/- has been used by milions of people worldwide for decaded and is the interface standard...
  18. Windows 7 Delete subfolder in "New..."

    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
  19. Windows 7 Problem with sharing a folder to XP

    Hi. I have a little problem that is driving me insane. I have looked and looked on the net and through these forums with no luck. First, let me tell you my network setup. 1x Laptop with XP pro (using wireless) 1x Desktop with Win7 Ultimate (using wire) 1x DSL/WiFi router/modem combo (ISP is...
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    Windows 7 Issue with Pinning Server Drives

    I have windows explorer pinned to my task bar. Within WE I have several folders pinned to it. I am noticing that the server drives do not remained pinned as I have defined them. For example, I have one drive mapped to L: which is pinned. However, if I navigate to a sub-folder withing L: the...