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Hey everyone, Something strange has happened recently. I right clicked on my desktop to create a new folder, and got the following message: This is followed by a message stating that Windows Explorer has stopped working, Windows Explorer restarting, and a seeming return to normalcy. I was...

I am seeking to get rid of unwanted material on my system prior to backing it up. I have been surprised to learn from programs such as Glary Utilities Disk Space Analyzer that I have on my external hard drive F a huge System Volume Information folder--16.32 GB. Windows Explorer tells me when I...

Windows 7 Home x32 Using Windows Explorer, I can't burn any of MY videos to DVD so that they will run on a regular DVD player. The DO run on the computer but not on any player. I have found software, Wondershare, that works just fine in the free trial period. Before I make the purchase I am...

I am unable to create a new folder in Windows Explorer. So far, I have been clearing out old folder and renaming them, but I am near a point where I must create a new folder. The New Folder option just does not work. I have already tried a Repair Installation to no avail. No changes. I...

Hi, I have Win 7 Pro. This has never happened to me before. I have an external USB drive of backups from an XP SP3 box. I want to copy them over to an external USB on my Win 7 box. I open 2 explorers. one in each box and 'copy'. It shows as Preparing to Copy and Calculating but then...

I wasn't sure where to post this but, I need help. I'm working on a project to rebuild the beta OS Windows Longhorn. I have installed Build 4039 on a Toshiba netbook, but there are numerous issues. Really what I'm asking for is someone who can help me over e-mail to resolve issues as they...

OK, here's my problem: Whenever I right-click on a picture file, Windows Explorer will freeze, saying Not Responding in the window title bar and in Task Manager. After ending the process and restarting Windows Explorer, I get an error that says "The remote procedure call failed and did not...

I had used windows blinds to put a theme on my computer. it was a safe program and I never heard anything about it. when I uninstalled it, it removed my current theme and the default one. Now, the images of programs have no icons and I can't open anything. Only spotify is working, and I tried...

My Task Manager reports 84 processes running, though only a small number are shown in the processes pane. see attached snip. Why do I have so many, is it affecting performance and should I terminate them? They just come up again when I restart. I remember having just a few in the past. I'm...

Premium 64-bit Link Removed Different "Date" on Sim Card than on Hard Drive I am trying to copyLink Removed some photos (jpg's) from my hard drive to a sim card for display in digital frame. In the past (before Win 7), the date shown in Explorer for a photo on the hard drive was the same...

I setup successfully a remote cloud storage as WebDav network drive. In WinExplorer it appears WITHOUT a drive letter !!!) as webdav.mediencenter.t-online.de I can read and write from that drive. Now I want to disconnect/remove that drive from WinExplorer. The "usual" method is to go to...

I have an account on OneDrive for Business. After synching, I see a OneDrive header in Windows explorer. I didn't like the name Windows gave it so I changed it to something else. I did this by opening the "OneDrive" tree, selecting the library and changed the name. But after re-boot, I find...

Hi I had a strange problem today and I just got it fixed. When I would right click on anything in the Left Windows Explorer column, Windows Explorer would close. I could right click on anything in the right side of the screen OK but that meant that I could right click on anything but the...

I usually open my files for Word and Excel from Windows Explorer or by clicking on the file in the Recent Activity screen within the software itself. My Excel files won't open from within Windows Explorer now because I have three links to Microsoft Excel in the Open with dialogue box, one for...

Hi I've never seen this before and I don't know how to fix it. For some reason, when I click on something that opens a new window, the new window is opening behind the current window. I was just trying to copy a file, and paste it into a folder I have open in Windows Explorer. I tried it 3...

Hi I am having an issue I use Windows 7 and I use WMP to listen to my music. Recently I noticed that sometimes when I download music in a Zip Drive or just a straight File Download that the Album, Artist, Year, All Meta-Data appears to be missing. If I add it to my library in WMP, I can edit...

I just performed a Windows update which took over half an hour. When my laptop restarted, all my desktop files and folders were gone, all the contents of the Library (My Docs, My Music, My Videos and My Photos) had been deleted, the desktop and Windows Explorer had changed completely. I...

Two problems which I found recently that are new (things were fine before). They may be connected or they may be separate problems: 1) I have hyperlinks to web pages in a number of my Excel files, and also in Word files. All of a sudden, the links don't call up the web pages. Instead, I get an...

In windows 8 I am not able to change video file's Rating (starts), I right click a file, the go to properties>Details I see the starts but I can not change them, I tried to allow all permissions. What should I do? I have tried rating in the Windows media player library, but when I rate a...

I use WinRar. In Options > Settings > Integration > User defined archive extensions, I've associated XPI and JA files with the program. I would like to add the following entries to Windows Explorer's context menu: 1) Add to archive "FileName.xpi" 2) Add to archive "FileName.ja" I'd like...