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Im try to run an older version of Photoshop (I have the license to this one) but explore is locking me out. I have run similar bats for playing older cd based games - this is my first time trying it as an only harddrive based file. I just want explorer to go away when I start the program and...

When I type at the CmdPrompt "set" then two core response lines are: TEMP=D:\temp TMP=D:\temp So from my point of view the path to the official system wide temporary folder is obviously D:\temp I expected that this folder is automatically protected and hidden in Windows Explorer. BUT...

In "Windows Explorer" it used to be that if you right clicked a folder you would get a drop down menu that would include many options including "NEW". That would let you make a subfolder for the folder that you clicked. Recently, when you right click a folder the menu does not include "NEW"...

My girlfriend was trying to delete multiple folders and somehow the folder icon got changed to 3 blue rectangles. Not only that but now you can't see the properties, delete, or even move the folders. Anytime you try to move them it just creates a shortcut. I've never seen this before. Anyone...

Strange behavior from windows here. Normally opening an mp3 file would simply open Winamp, but now it opens another program, Switch Sound Converter. So I go into Winamp and see that all the audio types are associated with Winamp already... but I'll re-set them to just be sure. So now in Windows...

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I have an NAS (Network Attached Storage) but I recently set up. (It replaces the old NAS I left turned off for three years. The drive is unchanged from the old machine, it simply has a new machine around it.) There are a lot of zip files I have stored on it. Every one of them, if I dry to...

hey guys i got this odd file stored in C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache i can't delete it?it say's open in windows explorer... and every time i open my pc it pops up with a donate page..... how can i delete it?.

I am a photographer and generate "raw" and JPG images. At a certain point in my workflow, I need to delete all the JPG images before proceeding. That's easy enough; in Windows Explorer, one can sort by type, then delete all the JPGs, or one could open up a command prompt in the directory and...

I booted up and get the shown below window error messages. Restore points fail, When trying to get to the system protection I was getting Windows explorer stopped and is restarting. But it let up. I also get Windows media player has stopped working when trying to play a video. I run a RAID1...

Ive run into an issue that other have noted via a Google search, that I.E 10 arbitrarily wont see certain folders when doing things like trying to attach a file( .jpg) using gmail or yahoo. the folder are visible using windows explorer, just not when trying to access them with I>E Ive tried...

In the past I setup a network share for a local folder by right-clicking on that folder in WinExp click "Properties" click "Sharing" tab click "Advanced Sharing" activate checkbox "Share this folder" assigning my user account to the list of permissions removing "Everyone" access. This works...

I want to change the default icon in Windows Explorer for all files with the extension *.dat. How can I do this? Related question: Is it required to have a new icon with a certain size at hand? Assume I have an icon file "newicon.ico" with a dimension 256x256 available and assign this...

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When attempting to burn ISO files from Windows Explorer, Windows Disc Image Burner takes an extremely long time to do anything then errors out saying: The disc image didn't burn successfully because an error occurred. (Error code: 0x8007045D) I have attempted to use Imgburn but it will not...

I am pulling out hair by the hand full! I have an external USB HD that I have used in the past and it also works perfectly on a Windows 8 laptop. BUT, it is acting very strange on my Win 7 PC. Here is the story: It shows up in Control Panel > Devices and Printers as: USB mass storage device...

I have been fighting a never ending battle in both 7 and 8 to make all my folders and libraries to view in details view and not any other view. I have set all folders on all my drives set to General Type. I had it do this for all sub folders. At least 2x's a day I will open a folder that I...

I used to map a NAS drive on my Win 7 Pro 32 bit machine. Now the mapping is no longer available. I go to the "Map Network" and the letter is GONE. I can still access the NAS HDD via "network" in the Windows explorer. but I have links constrcuted around that drive letter. HOW DO I DELETE AND...

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