windows help

so i'm trying to change the icon of a particular file type. ie, pdf icon is gone for some reason so i want to put one there. all i can find on the net is 'open up file types manager' BUT how on earth is that done? am using win7 x64 home premium. thanks :)

I feel somewhat ashamed to say that somehow I have locked myself out of access to ALL files on of my user accounts on my computer. I can log in but can't even see the original desktop! Is there help for me? Bob...

I just got my new laptop with Windows 7 yesterday. My name is Janet but my personal folder says Jamet Is there an easy way to change this? Or just live with it. I don't know what the personal folder is there for anyway I seems to me it is just another My Documents. Thank You. And yes I feel silly.

can any body help with this jist installed a mobile broad band dongel and in device manager the device ends with #2 the device was ok at first but when switched off computer the diver seemed to re-install leaving #2

So I've seen a couple threads about this already, but no solutions have worked for me or the person who started the thread had a slightly different problem. Basically, for a while now, maybe 3-5 months, every 5-10 hours, my internet fully shuts off, and I get the exclamation mark sign over my...

I have lost the IE icon from the drop down task bar on my Sony Vaio laptop. I have tried the other suggestions on this site but nothing seems to work. All I get when I try to right click and open on Explorer is library information. Any ideas anyone?

My gadgets wont work I have no idea why please help my clock gadget shows up as a black square with red hands whick are alwas at 12 oclock

I got a new laptop at work, and the IT group performed the initial setup. Of course, they entered my name incorrectly. I am the "administrator" on this computer, and I made the correction. However, on the C: drive, under the C:\Users folder, my mis-spelled name persists. I select then...

When I select Control Panel it comes up blank (White) with a message on the left side (Adjust your computer Settings) Right side(View By:) top bar has (control Panel with direction arrows) then All control Panel Items. When I select the right arrow is says (Computing Items( With the time circle...

Hi:), I have two computers networked with a router - Thanks to wonderful Randy's help :). I have set up a homegroup between the two and I can accesss the main computers library files from the second computer but I can not access the library files on the second computer from the main computer...

Hi there i have somehow encrypted some files in a folder and cant open them, they are (where.avi) and now thet have turned into some weird format like (going out..wmvfgeffgef) what have i done and is there anyway to convert them back, i know that i checked some boxes in properties and clicked...

OK I somehow choice my power2go program as the default program for all my programs. All my icons turned to power2go icon, I have done this before and in the past I would delete the program causing this (power2go) and the problem would be solved. I did this and nothing happened, the program was...

I am trying to use the windows search function to find files with the .xm extension. When I type ext:.xm or fileext:.xm it returns .xml files of which there are thousands on my computer. How do I get the search to only return .xm files? Thanks in advance for the help.

hey, im having a problem with system crashing and then the inability to reboot with a manual reset. if i hold the power key to power off the system then i can boot back into windows. here is some info. on the symptoms of the crash. i have set my computer to never sleep before the crashes...

A friend asked me to help him with his new computer that randomly gets bsod from time to time. He custom build it. can anyone help analyse it?

Is my problem a setting in my email or how Windows 7 work? It is driving me crazy!:mad: Say I want to attach 3 files in a Yahoo email... all from the same folder. They are located like this.... Photos> MarysPhotos > Fall > Kids > Halloween> Pic1,Pic2, Pic3 Before with Vista and Yahoo Mail...

after working on a video project in Windows DVD maker,,,,after saving,,,,the file is saved as a PROJECT with the (.MSDVD) extention ! Meaning,,i can't watch it anywhere else except on the Win DVD Maker ! However, i am already done with it and want it to have a regular file extention for use...

My Drive E just lost from my computer! I don't know how did it happen. I try to search through google but I can't find a solution. Can any guru in here help me???? Thanks in advance! This is what I see in the device manager.

I have somehow managed to delete the \users\ directory from my admin profile in windows 7. Forexample previously I had C:\Users\John\Start Menu\Programs.... now I only have C:\John\.... This means I lost all my shortcuts my "roaming directory" etc. The system is still running but many...

I have a .mkv video file which I cannot rename, move, or delete. Every time I do so this message shows: "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in windows explorer. Close the file and try again." If I try to delete the folder, a similar message pops up saying that a file is in...