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For some unknown reason, my image file associations in Windows Explorer keep getting undone, such that they show up in Explorer without an associated application (or occasionally with a wrong association). For example, when I examine the properties of any .jpg file, the "Open With:" property...

I have a question about running "executable" programs in Windows without having to type the extension. I've recently learned that, in addition to the command prompt and run box, you can also run executable files (.exe, .bat, .lnk, .vbs) from the Windows Explorer address bar. The only problem...

Hi This is a weird one, I'm pretty sure it wasn't doing in the morning. If I right click on the root of any drive it minimizes Windows Explorer. It doesn't crash, just minimizes to the task bar. That stops me from looking at properties etc. I can right click on any other folder or file just...

Hey, guys! Here is a simple way to backup and restore your Start screen. 1) Extract the .zip to your desktop. 2) Open START. 3) Right-click on BACKUP START and replace my username (ALEX) with yours. Repeat this step for RESTORE START. I wanted to add a variable so that you didn't have to do...

I have a YouTube channel and I recorded some videos on my iPhone 5c and I imported them to my computer and they crash on everything apart from Quicktime Player. When I click on the video itself it crashed Windows Explorer, when I open with Media Player that crashes. Sony vegas = crashes...

I have a problem with WinExplorer under 64bit Win 7: I inserted a BlueRay or DVD media and want to see the content (approx 12 big zip files) in Windows Explorer. But WinExp does not show them (on the right side in details list). If I click on the drive in WinExplorer nothing happens. Only the...

What is the way to add a custom property for folders? This is what I want to do: I have moved all my DVD's to my media pc. I would like to have a custom field for each movie folder where I can add tags like "Young kids" "Older kids" "Family" "Parents" etc so that I can sort the folders by those...

I'm Not going to pretend to know what I did Because I have searched Google, Yahoo and ask for an answer to the error I have created. I will Now Explain the Problems I have experienced with this phenomenon. Game Save files missing two different versions of windows explorer[WE] Saved files of...

I'm having a problem with both of my drives (one solid state, one HDD) where when I try to browse files within any kind of program other than windows explorer they appear to be completely empty except for files under the "My Documents" directory. An example of this situation would be trying to...

I recently downloaded VSDC Media Editor from Softnic and then I started getting a crap ton of ads and popups. i started looking through my task manager and found KynuminitrianHelper and Kynuminitrian. It is in my program files (x86) and it doesn't show up in Windows Explorer. yet i can access it...

I need to have two copies of Windows Explorer open, so I can move stuff around efficiently. This has always worked for me. Today, I can't open a second copy. When I right-click the start button and select "Open Windows Explorer" (after opening one copy of Explorer), it just changes the shading...

I have an external Hard Drive (WD My Book). I've been storing music on it and other data. Last week my computer which is running Windows 7 stopped recognizing it. I received a bunch of weird errors from asking if I wanted to format the drive to the drive just disconnecting from the computer...

when I try to open a folder on a phone connected to pc. the folder on phone show up, but when I click on any folder, windows file explorer when close, the screen flash for 1 second then come back. I tried both windows phone, and android phone, also different user accounts, all doing the same...

A couple of months ago I had an issue with Windows Explorer crashing when I tried to open the Videos folder. After much research and help from other forums it turned out to be a dodgy windows update, KB297519. Once this was manually removed I was able to access my videos folder again and the...

Hi, for some reason today I signed in as usual & it boots in a black empty screen with a small window saying " Win explorer is not responding". in CTRL-ALT DEL I choose change user to "Administrator" & it boots OK. On this user I do not have all my usual progs & dada. Any way to recover this...

I'm running Windows 8.1. When I save a document in Word 2013 and I begin to enter a tag I use often ("Public Speaking"), Word suggests a short list of tags as I type. That list contains the tag "public speaking anxiety" (with four spaces between "public" and "speaking"). I'd like to...

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Can anyone help? After discovering that KB2975719 on Windows 8.1 crashes certain *.mov files, yet again, Microsoft released another update on November 11 which took 30 minutes or so to go through my computer. Yet again, KB2975719 returned to my computer which of course caused the .mov files to...

On my 64bit Win 7 system there is a big file C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\windows.edb As far as I have read its the index file for the built-in windows indexing service. Hmm, where can I disable this service in "Services"? There is no such service On the other...

I like to use the detailed directory view in Windows Explorer. But something maddening happens in my home directory in Explorer under Desktop\<username>: no matter how much I try to set it to 'Details', any time I return to the folder, it reverts back to 'Medium Icons'. If I access the folder...