Print to File

Folks:I do not know where else to ask this question. I have Goggled it every way I could think of. I have a laptop with...

"Cannot open this file - outside your intranet or untrusted

New Vista Home Premium SP1 user, new Vista machine...I tried to open an MS-Access database on a local network mapped net...

Need file sync app

Hi! I need some file sync app (it would be nice that it was a good app:)). What take how d'you think? I know only file S...

File sharing in vista

Hi,I am trying to create remote file sharing among my colleagues. We want to use a desktop (with no wireless connection...

Re: Batch file help

"Dave-UK" wrote in message "frankzappa77" wrote in message I want to add the following registry ...

Regedit.exe file size has changed

Hi everyoneI have encoutered a strange problem with the Regedit.exe copy under c:\windows file size, it has changed whe...

Attached File Not Found

When I try to open a file (Word, Excel, pdf) directly from Windows Mail without saving the file, the associated program...

How can I fix my compressed file properties? HELP!

Hmmm - I did something stupid. anyways. My friend sent me a zip compressed file comprising videos. So when I clicked ...

File Transfer Manager

I'm using vista business 32 bit and IE 7.I'm using the microsoft file transfer manager to download an ISO from technet ...

Picture From MPG File

How can I get a picture image (JPG) from an existing MPG file?Thanks -- jimp...

.contact file will not open in Windows Mail

I am using windows mail, if I open the contacts folder - all of the contacts have a ".contact" at the end of ...

hard drive space and duplicate program file folders

I just bought a new computer with Windows Vista (which is completely new to me). I've been loading and setting up all ...

cannot restore backup file..

I had formatted my computer and made a back up file in a hardisk... in my hardisk there is a *-Backup Set.....-* file......

Vista Ultimate File Names disappeared Help!!

My 500GB HDD is partitioned into 4 "Drives". I try not to put anything on the "C" drive where the O...

File clutter - what can I delete?

I'm working on a friend's laptop which seems to have an awful lot of space taken up with files whose value I don't reco...

find text in file how

how do you find text in a file in Command prompt preferably using the IF command and what is a string.for example if i h...

Re: Change File Default Icon

Thanks for your note. I ran into another issue on my laptop and had to go back to a restore point. Once I did the sys...

Cannot send attached file

Vista Home Premium When sending an email with Windows Mail with an attached file, I go through much the same procedure ...

File synchronization

I have my laptop connecting to a server under AD control. My laptop is not joined to AD by design. I set up some file...

Corrupt File, please run Chkdsk Utility popup

Hey guys ,So I have Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit on my laptop. Just recently the "Corrupt file" pop up st...

Group File

How do I go about seeing who I have listed in my Group file?...

Windows hosts file and Norton (NIS 2008)

Today I noticed that when I run NIS 2008 security inspector (when going on stage to check IP adresses) it just remove al...

VISTA automatically disable "file and printer sharing for MS

We have a 2003 AD environment. some clients are XPPro, some are VistaBusiness. I recently found, I can't access some Vi...

opening pst file

I had to reinstall Vista on my computer. Previously I used Outlook. I can't find the activation code so I want to try...

Lost file association with exe files

The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the file association of exe files being lost and henc...

file preview

Running Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit When Windows Explorer is open there are 3 panels On the left is a list - App d...

Why UAC pop up for certain file operation?

When deleting a file, sometimes UAC pops up requesting confirmation, sometimes it doesn't.When running a .exe file, som...

File Associations

Where do I set file association. I want 'Word2007' to open WordPerfectfiles I receive as attachments. OldManEd...

.zip file goof up

Hey: I've accidently associated zip files to be "opened with" adobe reader and I can't figure out how to rest...

file sharing between XP home(sp3) and Vista home premium(sp1

I am having trouble to access files from vista to xp(NTFS). There is no problem for XP to get in vista but not vice ver...

Vista File Sharing failure

I just had to reinstall Vista from scratch. I tried to set up my folders to share files so I could see them over my ho...

could not be able to find by using file contains one word

could not be able to find by using file contains one word like WinXp, could define the search criteria by choose a file...

very slow file copy disk to disk

-- vista32bit ultimate.2x750gb sata hdd. 4gb ddr3 ram.intelquad core q9550 2.83ghz cpu 1330fsb asus mobo ..and OC...I h...

What file types does Windows Mail look for when importing fr

I've seen mention of .dbx files, and then there are .pab files, .ost and ..pst (although the last two might be for just...

Shortcut finding moved file

I want to do the opposite of what bonv was asking in "Shortcut broken after moving file". We have a list o...

deleted file problem!

Hi, I have deleted a file from my docs, then emptied the recycling bin, then deleted loads more stuff and again emptied...

Vista File Backup - How do set a maximum age for backups?

This is for Vista Enterprise 32bit.I have seen MANY old, closed threads that have asked this question, yet NO ONE answer...

Movie Maker not importing avi file

For the past year I've taken videos with my Kodak digital camera, coverted the MOV files to AVI using RAD video tools, a...

Rogue file?

My wife recently bought a laptop and is having trouble using hotmail. When she clicks on 'new' to compose an e-mail the...

Paging file location change causes problems

Hi,I have 3 hard drives with assigned characters c, d, f (e drive is cd rom) each drive has only 1 partition. On c th...

Reduce mp4 video to smaller file?

I have an 8 minute mp4 video, which is 130 MB, that I want to make smaller, and I don't care if the video image is smal...

file open/views/details -set detail for office 2003 under VI

I am having an annoying problem (upon file open or save /view ... I CAN'T GET TO SEE the precious "date modified&q...

Is my method of File Sharing good...?

Hi,I am keeping all my files on non-OS drives. I am making these drives into network drives so that people i know can a...

7z file - uncompress

Hi,How do I uncompess .7z file in Vista?ThanksOS is Windows Vista Home premium, 32 bit...

Vista reads CD/DVDs and USB Flash sticks as RAW file system

HiI have a fairly new install of Vista Ultimate on my laptop (~1 month old). A few days ago the CD/DVD drive stopped r...

Converting wps (large) file to Word or PDF.

I have only just got Office 2007 with WORD. And until now have been using WORKS. Most of my old wps files will easily c...

vista and xp file sharing wired and wireless

im having trouble getting vista (laptop) and xp (desktop) to share files.. XP is wired to a billion 7402NX wireless rout...

NTUSER.DAT file gets modified everyday

Hello,I have this weird problem. I have 10 accounts setup on my computer, one of them is my own personal account. Eve...

Re: Broken File Associations

Hello WJB,This may help your friend.http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/165/1/Restore-the-exe-file-association-in-Wind...

WMP "Cannot Access The File"

Hello:Brand new (10 days old) machine; running Vista Home Premium (32b).When I try to play wmv file I get error:"Wi...

Zip file icon changed !

Hi all i'm a noob to these forums so don't know if this is the right place to post this Q, don't know if it is desktop v...

Vista File Backup - Help

Hi,I'm running Windows vista 64 bit and I have a 600Gb hard drive, I've also brought a 1tb external drive to use for bac...

Downloaded file disappears...

Hi,I use Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit). Whether I use IE7 or Firefox, when I download a file, everything looks go...

win vista file and folder and backup

hi, my restore point always shows a folder called backup on my c drive and it wont let me select another drive, even th...

Changing File Position

When working with files within a folder and I use back-arrow to return to the previous folder, the file that i had previ...

Unseting an file association

i need help with undoing a file extension in my vista home premium 64bit laptop. i accidentally picked a sav game file (...

XP - Vista File Sharing

I know there have been many posts on this issue, and I've tried the troubleshooting tips on many of these, to no avail,...

Default Programs/File Associations

Try as I may I cannot get .doc files to open from Windows Explorer but I can from within Word 2003 itself. I've tried ...

How to add a new file extension in vista

XP has the ability to add a new file extension in control panel/file options/file types/new(button). I have not found th...

I'm constantly getting the error File: \Boot\BCD Status: 0xc

Hi I'm running Vista x64 Home Premium and since installing the updates on Tuesday 11th Nov. I've been getting the erro...

Corrupted file in Recycle Bin?

Windows Vista Home Premium I receive a message when attempting to delete any file or any action regading the Recycle Bi...

File system: UDF

i have dowloaded the photo from digital camera and burn to a CD. I realised it is in "UDF" file system. The C...

Help with a Batch file script (FTP)

Well, I'm sitting here and can't this to work right. Here's what I want to do: - Login to a ftp server - Download qcons...

Eraser and file metadata

I have been using Eraser software which overwrites the file with random data several times to make it unrecoverable. Re...

Error Deleting File or Folder

I've got the application from www.pathtoolong.com and it's removed the problem folder. Post Originated from http://www.V...

How do I make VIsta show all file types?

On any WIndows machine, about the the first thing I do is make file explorer show file types. I can't find that in Vist...

File folder has missing address bar

This is a weird bug. But I have 5 open file folders, if I log off and log back in. One of the file folders will have ...

File copying sometimes does not work

I'm running Vista Ultimate SP1 with UAC enabled. There is a program that I use, for which I frequently need to download...

Cable to transfer WAV file to computer? (WSRToolkit)

The cable from my Olympus DS-5000 digital recorder?I may want to transfer a WAV speech file from my recorder to my compu...

How to install INF-file in vista

could you please help me ? windows continuously asked me to locate and install the software of my modem prepheral devi...

restoring file sharing defaults in Vista

In trying to establish networking between my shiny new Vista desktop and the rusty old XP laptop, I tried a lot of thin...

The "File Types" tab disappears from my Folder Options windo

The only tabs left in the Folder Options windows are "General", "View" and "Search" What'...

User file collapse

Whenever I look for a file using Vista explore, as soon as the file tree opens, the "user" file is always open...

Sent email appears as a txt file on attachment line

I was checking a message that I emailed in my "sent" folder and the body of the message was not displayed. I...

Vista can't find a user file

Hi all, After typing c:\ in the search box, various dead user files appear, but when i press "Enter" it says t...

file assoiation.

lately when I try to open a file in windows mail movie, picture, PowerPoint or any attachment. I get a message there is...

Changing file type

How can I change a video track to an audio wma file type. I've used Movie Maker to edit the track but now I want to use...

How to recover a file

I have a situation where I need to identify all files on my computer that have .ftw suffix. Is there a recommended way ...

Problem with Vista file sharing?

I'd be grateful if someone could give me some pointers as to what I might be doing wrong. I have a home network with a...

How do I transfer .csv email messages file to Windows Mail

Hi, My old computer crashed and I recently purchased a Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit computer with Windows Mail. I w...

File searching and Virtual Store

I found some files in the VirtualStore directory that had been put there by my app that previously put them in its inst...

Can't delete info in backup GlobalCatalog file

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1My backup drive D: is too full to accept another nightly backup of...

Documenting how screwed up Vista REALLY is with file transfe

Visit Google and you seen countless references to how poorly Vista sometimes moves/copies files using Windows Explorer. ...

Running a batch file

Please, please can some one help me...I am trying to run a batch file in vista as an administrator. I know I can use t...

Explorer.exe won't start..file association?

After installing vista 32bit sp1 my win+e key combo gives this error of "This file does not have a program associat...

include gif file in reply

How do I make Windows Mail include a .gif file when I reply and do an Insert/Text from file, and the file is an html fi...

Deleting a downloaded update file

One of the programs that I have downloaded an update file for itself, however when it tries to install I get an error m...

File Sharing between 32 bit and 64 bit o/s

Just posted this in the wrong thread and founf this one more appropriate (sorry)I have a laptop running vista premium 3...

About icon file views...

[image: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/2618368271_3529f8798f_o.jpg] can i noe why my icon files suddenly got those ...

I can't open a file

I have a subfolder with several pictures and videos I downloaded from my camera, but when I try to open them I get this...

A fresh look? Deleting a file

I'm interested in if this issue has been solved? That is, why is it happening to begin with?Here is what I notice on my...

Does Vista Generate a file during the update process?

Dear All,I've noticed that when Windows Update appears, I get a file appear in the C drive, that tries to access the in...

"Warning: The signature file specified is not a valid text-f

Dear Windows Mail users, I am trying to insert a new electronic signature in my email but i keep receiving the message ...

accidently replaced file

I inadvertantly clicked on 'yes' to a prompt to replace a file with one I was working on. Is there any way to retrieve...

System Paging File/Virtual Memory

Should there be a limit as to how much memory I should use for this? I am using 10,000 MB, but not sure if that is too ...

File Save Dialogs Coming Up Maximized

Hi,Recently some of the file Save dialogs are coming up maximized. IE7 and Visual Studio 8 are affected mostly. In on...

Cannot delete file even in safe mode

I have an AVI file on my desktop that I simply cannot delete. Upon trying to delete it the message reports "Recycl...

Last Modified file dates

How do I turn on the "last modified date" in Vista. My defrag says it isn't available to do an optimal defra...

can ping - but Offline Files doesn't 'see the file server'

Hi, I am using Vista x64 SP1 (servA) as a file server and using Vista x64 SP1 also on the client side.I earlier on was ...

How to install x86 .inf file over Windows 7 64 bit?

I had USB scanner UMAX Astra 4500. Hardware info: USB\VID_0638&PID_0A10&REV_0000 USB\VID_0638&PID_0A10 There...

Error file Office 2007 association (docx)

Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 Microsoft Office 2007 SP1I experienced issues with associating winword.exe with .docx doc...

file's metadata in Windows Vista: "The embedded ICC profile

I've just got a great new laptop...The only problem is that it works with Windows Vista. I've never had any problems whe...

Vista File backup failing with 0x80004005

This one has Microsoft scratching various portions of thier anatomy. Vista file backup to an external drive has been wo...

Word Pad (RTF) file in Conext Menu New

How do I add an additional item into the Context Menu New list I want to add one for RTF files that will invoke Word Pad...

Sharing a file among users on my Vista box

I am attempting to share a file among users on my system. The system is a dual core intel Vista box with 3.3Gig RAM and...

Solution: Opening 15+ files, or multiple file types, simulta

The system shell for Windows Vista has been purposely built by Microsoft such that ... - 1. When files of various type...

File Sharing

How do I turn off file and printer sharing please in Vista.Thanks.Steve...

Corrupted file attachments

I am receiving emails with attachments that say they are a "winmail.dat". I am unable to open them as they sh...

MTS file said to be corrupt in Win7 DVD maker

I have a new (JVC) video camera with which I have shot some *.mts sequences. I am now trying to burn at least one for s...

Big file

I am getting an enormous file coming in and I don't know how to stop it and my email keeps timing out. I need to start ...

Cannot stop file sharing on a directory

My documents folder appears to have become shared with another user on my computer. I want to turn this off. Alternati...

Phantom file??

I'm not sure which newsgroup to use, I'm starting here.Situation: When I double click on a file in c:\program files\my a...

Vista corrupted file on usb drive

I opened a .doc file on my Memorex 128 mb usb drive and got a message that there was a problem. Vista Scandisk came up ...

loosely coupling manifest file in VC6

Hi all, We have started porting our application to accommodate vista security changes. We have a unique case. A particu...

How to burn recovery discs from downloaded file of SP1

Hi, please help me for my below question.I have HP DV9000 series which came with Vista Home Premium. Now system has aut...

clipboard to file app

As far as I know Vista (home premium 64), (nor any other version of windows) doesn't have a built-in way to save the cl...

File open dialog default to details

How can I get the windows file open dialog to default to details view every time?...

RunDLL missing file

Hi, whenever I log into my laptop I get this message: RunDLL C:\PROGRA-1\MYWEBS-1\bar\1.bin\M3PLUGIN.DLL The specified m...

Documents is not accessible - the file or directory is corru

I would really appreciate someones help here! I turned on my computer yesterday, tried to open my Documents folder and ...

Save game file error

I posted this on Vista.games, but I thought maybe I should ask in this group too.This started a couple days ago. My co...

Question about file ODBCJT32.DLL & MDAC

I wrote a program in Visual Basic. It uses the odbcjt32.dll version 4.0.6304.0. If I try to install this program in Vist...

Adding a password to desktop XP account blocks file, printer

Desktop has XP Home and a Canon printer - Norton IS 2009 Laptop has Vista Home Premium and is connected via WiFi to a Si...

File sharing/firewall cannot both be off?

I'm trying to turn both file sharing and Windows firewall both off for a short period of time as required for remote ins...

Folder was incorrectly converted to file

Please can someone assist me i am using vista home basic , i accidently converted a folder to a file i do not know how ...

Recovering Messages from a corupt Ms outlook 2007 pst file

URGENT HELP NEEDEDLooking for a tool that can extract messages from outlook files, have tried repair but failed...

Change Location of Hibernation File

Hello All, somebody knows how I can change location of my hibernfil.sys to a secondary hard disk where I don't have sto...

Windows Mail file location

I am new to Vista and Windows Mail. I need to know where Win Mail keeps my newsgroup addresses i.e. "msnew.micros...

Cannot access the cbs.log file after running sfc/scannow

When trying to access the cbs.log file after running the sfc/scannow command in command prompt, I am not able to access...

can someone help me understand this MiniDump file?

Hello,I was curious if someone could help understand these minidump files. I debugged them but I don't understand what t...

searching for file contents with Vista is a nightmare

I understand Vista search is more powerful, but with XP I used to navigate through windows explorer, find a folder name,...

call of duty 4, finding the cfg. file

hii have a vista computer now, i hate it, i like xp better.any i am trying to modifie the cfg file to make my server run...

Help with file sharing on Windows Vista (right click leads t

So when I right click on SOME folders and click share, I get the file Sharing screen, which is what I want @ http://te...

can share one file but not another

i have a desktop running xp pro sp3 and a laptop running vista, i have two user accounts on both machines. i can see an...

file search fails

Vista Home Premium x64 SP1, HP Pavilion desktop,file search by partial name fails when filename contains numbers, searc...

Missing zip-file icon

Recently installed and un-installed a 3rd Party file compression programme 7z457. Then found that I could not right cli...

Error writing temporary file

Hi, everyone.My laptop running Vista Ultimate x64 crashed the other day and refused to reboot, telling me that winload.e...

Can't Open .MPF File

Not sure where to post this but....I'm trying to download clip art form the ms office web site. But so far when I try I...

By-pass Vista file restrictions.

Vista Business ProfessionalI want to by-pass all restrictions to file access. No more "access denied" when lo...

Can't move some files and my htm stationery file not showing

I make my own e-mail stationery from scripts. When I save one of my .htm files to the stationery folder in Windows Mail...

Burn an iso file to DVD

Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit.I want to burn a iso file to a DVD, do I need a 3rd party burner program, or can I do it ...

File won't 'Unblock'.

I downloaded a plugin for Paint.net into the 'effects' folder and I click on 'properties' and then click 'unblock' and ...

File "Open With" Association. Need to Revert or Fix

I tried to associate my VOB chapter files with WinDVD 7 on Vista 64 bit. I used to drag them into the WinDVD player wind...

.dbx File Transfer

I've got a large.dbx file of a OE6 folder from another computer sitting on my desktop. How do I get Windows Mail to ac...

Saved file no longer opens after publishing movie

Hello All,I've created a movie in the Windows Movie Maker, that I first saved as, then proceeded to publish to prepare ...

Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with Micros

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3785Enjoy! I know I did!...

Compress WAV file

My question seems very simple, but I can't seem to find an answer.I want to compress a 10MB WAV file to under 300KB. I t...

location of addressbook file

Can someone tell me where the addressbook file is located in Vista machine?sn...

vista file blocking

I realize this isn't the first post on this, but I have been sent a zip file containing a .exe file from a trusted sour...

File Type Manager Solution to lack of one in Vista

The removal of the file Type Manager in Vista has been driving me crazy. The "Default Programs" doesn't work ...

Limewire file sharing

I have limewire and I cannot get through the vista firewall, I truely believe it is vista that is causing my problems a...

Scheduled task (run .bat file) fails every time with 0x80070

I have a .bat file on a local hard drive that I'd like to run every night. I set up a scheduled task to do it. It work...

How can I play a Wav file from batch/cmd script?

Apologize if this has been covered elsewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. :oI'm using Vista32HP. In Win98 &...

unable to delete 2 shortcuts and a install exe. file

I am trying to uninstall all remnants of a program I downloaded from the internet. I want to then reinstall the progra...

corrupt file in sfc

I ran sfc and it has corrupt files,i cant seem to get up the log though,so can you tell me what exactly i have to type t...

Remove ALL file types from index

Is there a way I can quickly remove ALL of the file types from the index, so I can set it to only index applications (.e...

restore one single file?

I have Vista Home Premium. I have been using Microsoft Backup & Restore for a few weeks. I am backing up to an exter...

Temporary Internet file

I look at pictures that someone sent to me by email and when I click to the next picture I get an Temporary Internet fil...

Zip File is Folder?

Why does Windows Ultimate call a .zip file a folder? When I go to delete a .zip it asks if I want to delete a folder. Th...

Running an Install from a .bat file with admin privileges?

Is there any way to run an application installation with elevated privileges from a bat file residing on a CD?We have an...

File Recovery Question

Hello, I am completely at my wits end with a file recovery issue that I have been dealing with as of late, and I wanted ...

file association

In windows vista, how can I remove a file association from a particular extension. I don't want to change it, I just w...

Can't delete file in hidden folder even after changing owner

I restored my vista OS using a system image utility provided by Alienware. It created a backup folder on the c drive w...

Mysterious file which can not be deleted or renamed

Recently a file appeared on my desktop. I tried many ways to delete it, including deleting from Windows Explorer, runni...

Help with Shadow Copy File

Hi guys,Ive noticed that a shadow copy file of a program I am using called Reget Deluxe is always on desktop. I keep del...

Re: Why is Vista 30 times slower than XP in File Transfering

Poutnik;933038 Wrote: In article , guest@xxxxxx-email.com says... Troodon > > Vista, or your Vista ? Copying / mo...

Vista file association table does not have ".wmv" !

Running Vista Home Premium SP2.How can I add ".wmv" to the list?...

Help please - Public folder file sharing

Hi, Hope you can help.Two machines on my network, Mine is Vista 64 and my wifes is Vista 32. My wife machine has Network...

Cannot delete a file saved to my desktop

A file was saved to my Vista desktop. It is a small drawing file (.dwg). About 102 KB in size. I can open it. Howeve...

Save file from xp to vista

I don't understand what the problem is here. When I attempt to save a file from an xp machine to a vista I get "y...

kraleigh: Use The Ubuntu WUBI.EXE File 2 Set Up A Duel Boot

I Am Having Trouble With My Reply 2 News Group Feature In Mozilla Sea Monkey So I Will Post This As A New Message Inste...

Can I access the Volume Shadow Copy of a file directly so I

Dear Group,Can I access the Volume Shadow Copy of Quickbooks data file directly so I can include the file as part of th...

Changing file association

I inadvertantly changed a .bat file association to open with Notepad and didn't uncheck the box for it to just run once...

Can't print tiff file with Vista

I work with text documents in tiff file format all day long. When I click on a tiff file, it opens in Windows Photo Gall...

file names missing under icons in Explorer

A friend's desktop machine (running under Vista) has suddenly started omitting the file names under the icons in Window...

Copying file to another folder in Vista

How do you copy a file to another folder in Vista? I don't mean by right-clicking or by dragging and dropping.Instead, ...

Broken File Associations

Hi,A friend of mine has a weird problem, possibly caused by a virus. None of his executables will run, not even Windows...

Why folder/file icon sizes, arrangements keep reseting?

Greetings! I would like all icons (in a folders and perhaps its subfolders) to be of midum size and in a particular orde...

Mastered File System not available in Vista Ultimate

I have Vista Ultimate and recently needed to burn a CD with the Mastered file System. I have two Vista Ultimate compute...

odbcint.dll file not working anymore

Hi,After succesfully installing the .NET framework SP1 & other updates, my computer was having problems to start (K...

cannot open file with .doc....says file might be corrupt..

hi...can anyone help me...i downloaded a file that will let me open .doc attachments...but when i click to open...it sa...

Dll file open with notepad

How to configure dll file open with default program because i have accidentally change it to notepad.Now all my dll file...

Cannot backup a pst file over a home network

New Dell PC Running Vista, Office 2007 & Nornton Internet Security ....................... Am trying to backup Outlo...

downloading file causes unending flashing screen

When I go to open a zip file that has just been downloaded, I sometimes run into a flashing screen. It seems to contin...

The file name you specified is not valid or too long.

I was editing some files in Linux and am now trying to view them in Windows Vista but am having some difficulty. In par...

Easy File Trnasfer

Using Easy file Transfer, how can I transfer just my e-mail settings from OE6 to Windows Mail?Everything else I "n...

Please help - Vista has completely blocked file access from

Please help - Vista has blocked access to all of my files, and it's not because I did anything from a non-administrator ...

Question on ProgramData File

In my OS (C) file the ProgramData file does not appear. Should it appear? and what should I do to get it to appear?.Than...

Reset WMP 11 File Types

Hi,I noticed that in WMP11 for win XP you can reset/set the file types from Tools menu -> Options -> file Types. ...

File size of Attachments

What is it that limits the size of attachments I can send. Is the software, Windows Mail for Vista, is a my security pr...

File name -Importing from Outlook

When I go to import it asks what the file name is. What would the file name be?...

Cannot copy or save file onto a network hard drive

Hey Y'All,My home network consists of a desktop (XP Home SP3) and a laptop (Vista Home Premium SP2 ). The desktop is w...

Add new file type icons displayed in Windows Explorer?

We get nice icons as visual feedback for a type of file such as a word document or an xml file for example but not for ...

Maintenance: Local File Clean Up

My friend was helping me attempt to fix a problem I have been having, and what he thought was going to help Windows Mai...

can OL2003 PST file be opened or imported?

Greetings.....Can Windows Mail open or import a PST file created by OL2003? I don't have OL running on vista, but I wou...

Importing a dbx file into Vista

From an old computer which used XE, I imported all the dbx files from the various folders in OE6 (Inbox, Sent, etc.) E...

Set File Pointers e.g. My Documents -> C:\users

I noticed that Windows seems to finally have logical file pointers as used to point My Documents to C:\Users. A couple o...

Can't Delete a file

Windows Vista Ultimate 64. I right click and hit delete on a file and I get Item not found This is no longer located in ...

Search Displays Deleted File Names (in deleted folder)

Much of the stuff I download from the net goes into one particular folder, and a search immediately shows it is present...

Adding an excel worksheet(not file) to a vista mail message

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How to run a .vbs file in administrator mode by default

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Trying to delete file/folder labled 'fireworks', won't let m

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How to open an html file with data in it?

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Problem while deleting 3gp file

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cannot change music file track details

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Vista to XP large file transfers over wireless fail consiste

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Massive Shadow Copy File

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Windows offline files --> only specific file types

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Valid definitions file

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MAPI error when importing exhange .dbx file

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One more try at file sharing between Vista machines

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No Shared file in Network computers

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Outgoing email + corrupted video file

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failure to determine file ownership

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File Permissions Restting on Power Down.

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slow-file transfer

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Can't Delete Infected File

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Where in Registry to change DefaultIcon for File Types?

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File Association Problems........

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Deleted File

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Disable open file security warning for specific files

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Is there a way to restrict the Desktop Wallpaper file size?

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File -> Open view - Preserving the "view" Tip!

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Vista Ultimate doesn't install a cab file

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File Sharing with a PS3 and Windows Vista Home Premium

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can't delete file

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File Sharing Turned Off By Itself

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Gif file association problem

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file search by file name

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File info and properties when you right ckick on a file

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reading .msmessagestore file

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Highlighting a file in Vista

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can not send email from a saved/scanned file in my documents

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email won't allow me to send an attached zip file

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File Icons Missing and Un-Openable

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File Transfer Manager Won't

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File->Run Missing in Task Manager

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Ad aware and suspicious DLL file

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SAVING AN OPENED FILE ATTACHMENT

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Lost connection with central server and no file sharing

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File Types & Folder Templates

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Files not extracting from zip file

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Saving a download file

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access denied to host pc for file sharing

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File Transfer Manager and UAC... what am I missing?

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Multi-Language INF File Issue on Vista

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Cannot copy 40GB file

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Bacth File for Installing Vista Optional Features

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unable to forward .wav file

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winload.exe file went missing

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clean up file system

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What are the dictionary file used by Windows Mail?

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Actions for file associations?

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Lost my file, edit, view, tools, message, help, bar.

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Accessing UserDictionary.lex File in VISTA

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is any software can repair and restore corrupt and miss file

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Sharing Vista File With XP Machine

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Import media center recorded tv file into movie maker

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Edit the .Exe file and .Mui file

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Associate unzip file attribute in Vista

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How to bypass hibernate file during boot?

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Windows Vista File Management

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Files lost using Live File System

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Corruptions When Saving EML as a TXT file

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need help adding host file

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Unable to find file that we previously used just two weeks a

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Wont play file on website after an update

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Vista Networking/File Sharing

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"Extracting file failed" problem

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deleted file back to inbox

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Programming language of SetupComplete.cmd file

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Vista File / Folder Sharing

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x64 SATA HDD to HDD file copy slowdown

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Attempting to build an answer file for vista...

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Copy and replace most recent file

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Deleted file reappears on desktop

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dumping the Vista language/locale settings into a file

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XML file problem eula is not shown.

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Opening pdf file

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Altered Hosts File

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I am unable to access file servers by name

From my Vista machines I am unable to access file servers on our LAN using the computers name i.e. \\name. However I c...

Mac to PC File Transfer

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Repost: Open file error

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lost file

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windows explorer has stopped working loop (found a file I th

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I cannot open a .eml file in Windows Mail

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File missing on startup.

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Search File Contents

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Feature That Provides File Info on Mouse-Over?

There is a feature in Vista that causes key file info to pop up in a small window as you mouse over a file. It was worki...

Windows Mail does not "see" dbx file to import from Outook E

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Windows Mail changes my file type

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Can you restore a file that is listed in "Recent items" when

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Re: How do I fix a corrupt pst file in Vista Outlook 2007?

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In the XP operating system when I wanted to find the storage locatioon of a file I could right click on the file-click ...

Overview of Vista File Management vs. XP

Hello, I am new to this forum and I am pleased there is such a forum to answer Vista questions. I have owned Vista Ultim...

2nd attachment file won't open

My problem has to do with Microsoft Mail e-mail messages that have more than 1 image file attached (i.e. JPG, GIF, etc....

What file is this image stored in?

[image: http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/4314/sdfsdfsdffo4.jpg]What file/DLL is that one at? I'm dyin to just edit the c...

Importing an Outllok pst file into Windows Mail

Dear all, I've been trying to import my outlook pst file into my Windows Mail, but I haven't been succeeded. Whenever I...

Vista 32 bit SP1 - file/properties/details tab - missing inf

Sorry if I'm breaking any rules by posting to another group but posted to general a couple of days ago and not a single ...

Problem with File Searches

Seen this problem in previous posts but none of the fixes that work for some are working for me...such as indexing, fil...

file associations take too long to launch in terminal servic

Hello, Im running terminal services on windows server 2003, the problem is that when I open a file (say a *.doc for wor...

Recovering Vista file

One of the drawbacks with new computers is that they no longer provide you with CD/DVD with the Operating System. They ...

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Hi,I hope this is not the wrong place to post this.I have been tryin to open a .psa file that was recieved from a suppli...

How to always run a given exe file in elevated mode

Hi,Is there any way to configure vista to always run a given exe file in elevated mode? I am trying to avoid the loved ...

Newbie - File Transfer Question

I plan to transfer my life from a WinXP Home computer to a Vista Ultimate 64 bit computer. I've already reinstalled se...

Converting file

How do I transfer from one computer (XP)'s Thunderbird addresses and messages (and folders) to a new computer(VISTA) wi...

turning off file indexing

Is it possible to turn it off? if so how?...

Help Printing PDF file

I'm trying to print my tax forms. I'm choosing the PDF print within the form itself and the preview shows it just at it...

File association and comand line info

HiI'm new to Vista and I'm struggling with a problem.In XP I used to be able to edit how an application opened when you ...

empty the in box to delete file everytime I turn computer of

I have been using wiondows mail and it has been working fine yesterday it started to empty the in file to the delete au...

No file names in search

When I perform a search in the Search Results window, showing any kind of icon view (instead of list, details, or tiles...

Import Outllook pst file to Windows Live Mail

I can“t find any way to import my old Outlook .pst file (maps and mail) to Windows Live Mail. Have anyone solved this ...

this file is no longer located in [location]

When trying to extract a trainer for resident evil 4 I kept getting a message from UAC, then I solved that problem. But ...

File does not appear in Recent Items in Vista Home Premium

I have an xlsx file that WILL not appear in Recent Items, no matter how I open it. Also I have the ASAP Excel Utilities...

How do you change a file type icon?

I want to change the icon associated with the mp3 file type. There are others I want