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  1. DeMajrea

    Windows 7 Need review of .bat for running old software on Win7 (64)

    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...
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    Windows 7 How to really (!) set the Win 7 temporary system folder path?

    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...
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    Windows 7 NEW doesn't show up in some menus anymore (Windows Explorer)

    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"...
  4. C

    Windows 7 Windows Explorer Folders Gone Wonky

    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...
  5. blksith0

    Windows 7 Default File Open Action Changed

    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...
  6. News

    A file copy operation fails when files or folders have long paths in Windows Explorer

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  7. Nomad of Norad

    Windows 7 Error opening zip file on a networked drive, but works fine when local

    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...
  8. techker

    Windows 8 How to Delete Stubborn File in INetCache Causing Popup Issues

    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?.
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    Windows 7 Utility to conditionally delete files with same name

    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...
  10. therock

    Windows 7 Having Crash Type Issue / Stuff Stopped Working / Help?

    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...
  11. B

    Windows 7 I.E 10 not seeing some folders

    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...
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    Windows 7 How to really remove network share of a local folder?

    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...
  13. P

    Windows 7 How to change in WinExplorer the default icon for all *.dat files?

    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...
  14. News

    "0xc0000005" error message and Windows Explorer stops responding on a computer that is running...

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  15. NWoods

    Windows 8 Windows 8 unable to burn DVD

    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...
  16. H

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Won't Recognize USB HD

    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...
  17. sparker366

    Windows 8 Windows Explorer Views

    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...
  18. C

    Windows 7 Cannot get mapped drive letter back - win 7 Pro 32 bit

    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...
  19. News

    Error when you open a SharePoint Document Library in Windows Explorer or map a network drive to the

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  20. News

    Not all results are returned by file content search from Windows Explorer in Windows 7 SP1 and Windo

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