Folder Shortcut Key Not Working Properly
Jun 30, 2008I assigned a shortcut key to a shortcut, but it always stop working after I restart the computer. I have to keep changing the key in order for it to work again.
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Webcam Voice Installed Properly But Shortcut Not Found
Nov 11, 2008Iv'e just installed my webcam voice it's definately installed properly on my pc, but I can't find any shortcut to it, & I don't know how to make one,Iv'e got the same problem with my scanner also, I can use it by going to picture gallery & importing photo etc but neither of them have shortcuts or are on the start menu under programs.
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Dec 13, 2009I just acquired what seems to be a really old PCIe ATI card that I can't seem to install correctly. I went to the ATI support site and the drivers for the card just don't seem to work. Is there a specific order to follow when installing a GPU -- sorry, its been a while. It doesn't go into a PCI slot but its the bigger one, looks like a big ole' AGP card but it has a sticker right on the card that says PCIe. I can only find the drivers for a Radeon HD2600XT and I'm not sure if those are the correct drivers or not. When I first installed it everything went well and it installed correctly but the XP hardware wizard wasn't satisfied. So it doesn't fully install -- note, I do not have the original discs -- but just need the most up to date drivers.
View 9 Replies View RelatedUser Folder Shortcut Name Change
Jan 4, 2008I accidentally changed my user folder shortcut name in Windows Explorer under Desktop.
It was changed when I tried to save a file to the desktop and accidentally create new folder while highlight the user folder shortcut. It might be a bug in the system, since I can’t duplicate the change again.
I have tried to rename it but nothing happens.
I deleted it but it came back after refresh (F5).
There is no property available since this is a special folder or shortcut like network shortcut in Windows Explorer.
I briefly went through the registry and search for ‘shell’ related value but find none to resolve the issue. Did the search on Google and this forum, I have found nothing related to this problem. Maybe I use the wrong word for the search. Does anybody know how to reverse the change or edit in the registry?
Desktop Vs Public Folder Shortcut
Jun 18, 2008When I want to share a folder, but also want to get it accessible right from my desktop, should the folder be located in the "public folders" , and have a shortcut on my desktop ?
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Jul 30, 2008I am trying to edit my "All Users" Start Menu. I can create a folder so that when I click the Start Menu, it shows. But the folder will not open to show the shortcuts in it. If I right-click, explore, the shortcut is there, but I am unable to access it the conventional way. Is there sometihing I am missing?
View 3 Replies View RelatedCreate A Shortcut Of The Music Folder By Dragging It
May 4, 2008I've just tried to create a shortcut of the Music folder by dragging it to the desktop, but instead vista places a duplicate (not a copy or a shortcut) of the folder to the desktop. It gets better, i then decided to delete what i thought was the music folder shortcut located on the desktop and hastily clicked the yes
button to trash it. I'm assuming the file names were too big for the bin, and lost over 1300 songs! I'm just after some answers as to why vista does this? Just FYI, the right way to get it off your desktop is to drag it back to it's default folder.
After Removing The Shortcut Icons Games Not Run From Folder
Apr 2, 2008So I recently (using one of the walkthroughs on this site) was able to manually remove the shortcut arrow, it worked great, but I think I may have screwed something up along the way. I use the Games folder to get to my games quickly, but after messing with removing the shortcut icons, games will no longer run from in the folder. I receive the following error when I try to load a game from the folder: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
Create an association in the Set Associations control panel. The only problem, these are shortcuts, there is no program associated with shortcuts, is there? Anyway can anyone tell me how to make the folder work right. All other shortcuts outside of that folder work fine, and all the shortcuts go to the right place, and if I load the shortcut from the AppData GameExplorer folder it works fine.
Remove The Arrow In Shortcut Icons WITHOUT Screwing Over The Favorite Links Folder?
Feb 21, 2008Is there anyway to remove the arrow in shortcut icons WITHOUT screwing over the favorite links folder?
View 9 Replies View RelatedRight Click New Shortcut Is Not Working Anymore
Feb 5, 2008If I try to right click and do "new->shortcut" on either desktop or in explorer, nothing happens at all and I do not know why.
Posts on other forums suggest there is something wrong with how vista works with .lnk attribute but I cant make any sense of it. And I will not try out the registry hack that is suggested as I do not know what it does.
My only hope atm is if any of you are familiar with the very same issue and know a way to correct this behaviour.
Personal Folder Not Closing Properly
Feb 28, 2009I'm running Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition under Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. Recently I've been getting the following message when opening Outlook: "The data file 'Personal Folders' was not closed properly. This file is being checked for problems" I then have to wait several minutes while the file is checked before I can start using Outlook. It doesn't happen everytime I start Outlook, but often enough to be irritating. I have tried closing Outlook using the "Exit" option on the "File" menu and also the "X" option, but it doesn't seem to matter which method I use. The "not closed properly" message seems to appear at random. I'm using MS Office Outlook 2003 SP3 and running Windows Vista Home Premium.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWinkey-D Shortcut-combination Stopped Working
May 13, 2009I just noticed an hour ago or so that Winkey-D shortcut-combination stopped working. I tried to do restart without luck. Also, it can't be related to keyboard failure as the keys Winkey and D separately are working. Every other comibination like Winkey-M, Winkey-E etc is working. Is there a way to check if everything's OK? Some registry tweak, messing with gpedit.msc?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMouse Scroller Ain't Working, Cannot Find Recycle Bin Shortcut On Desktop
Feb 20, 2007I have 2 problems though my mouse scroller ain't working. Another problem is that I cannot find my recycle bin shortcut on my desktop. All I did was tried emptying some stuff I wasn't using but once I hit "empty recycle bin" my shortcut disappeared and I cannot find the program to remake the shortcut. EDIT:Well my scroller for my mouse is working, but I still cannot find my Recycle Bin to make a new shortcut yet..
View 4 Replies View RelatedDVD-ROM Can't Working Properly
Feb 6, 2009Que tal foro, perdon por el [OT] pero me han solicitado una unidad DVD-ROM con esa caracteristica y segun busco con varios fabricantes, pues a 20x escriben pero lo mas que leen es a 16x, alguien sabe algo al respecto?
View 4 Replies View RelatedAge Of Empires 3 Not Working Properly
Jul 6, 2009I've recently installed AoE3 on my computer and it works fine, I can start it and all that. Though then I ran into some trouble. I can't make home cities! When I click the "create-button" it freezes for a while and then I come to the menu which is supposed to let you handle your cards and all that. Though there is no city chosen, and when I try to choose one the only option I can click is create new home city. I simply don't get it. One would assume that it's something wrong with the game, and yeah. Of course there is, but I tried reinstalling it and that didn't resolve the issue..! Then I installed AoE: Asian Dynasties thinking that a later update might have a fix, but nope. Problem remains. This is really starting to get to me... I'm at a LAN and I'm the only Vista user you see, though I've had it installed on this computer before so...
View 9 Replies View RelatedMouse Not Working Properly.
Dec 4, 2008Ive got vista ultimate 64. With a standard computer. My problem is that I cant configure my mouse buttons. After I install the latest 64bit mouse driver, and click on the mouse icon to configure the mouse buttons, an error pops up that says - 'Some mouse settings might not work until you connect a Microsoft mouse to a USB port on your computer or set up a Microsoft mouse that uses Bluetooth technology'.
The problem is that I have a microsoft mouse that is connected to a USB port. The mouse works fine on my spare XP computer so its not the mouse that's faulty. I tried separate microsoft mice - wheel mouse optical and the intellimouse optical, both by microsoft and both have same issue.
I tried different usb ports and same happens. I tried the ps2 port and same happens.
I uninstallled all mouse drivers and reinstalled but no help. Basic left and right click works but cant configure the wheel button. It was working a week ago, but I went for a holiday and when I came back it was faulty. All vista updates are installed, security is the windows firewall, AVG free antivirus, and windows defender, but none of these have been a problem before
Keyboard Can't Working Properly
Jul 29, 2009I recently spilled something on my Microsoft intellitype pro natural ergonomic 4000 keyboard and, after letting it dry and all that stuff, it started to mess up the keyboard keys. Now, "f" types both "f" and "space" and vice versa, "o" brings up the "My favorites key assignment screen, "5" or "." brings up both a "5" and "." together and finally, maybe the worst, "comma" brings me to the last page I visited. (luckily, as I was typing this, I also found that the page is always exactly as I left it, so all the words I struggled to type so far are still there when I go forward in my browser history.) Now I play a lot of FPS games on this computer and this is very very irritating to me. Is there any way to fix this without buying a new keyboard all together? And here's what typing looks like for me without any editing: F or fgoodnessf sakes,f If thinkf myf keyboardf isf broken5.5.5. andf rememberf everyf "O"f goesf tof thef f avoritef f keyf listf andf everyf commaf goesf tof thef lastf pagef If wasf on5.
View 4 Replies View RelatedExplorer Can't Not Working Properly
Mar 10, 2009Every time I try to shut down my computer I get an error message saying something like the application 0x______(different every time) referenced memory at 0x0000000 that could not be read. I have done disk clean up, it did not fix it. What would cause this and what can I do??
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Oct 12, 2008why [question mark] because they are not workin, when i push the left one it does this kLJFS; but puts it way back at the beginning of whatever i was typing and turns on my caps and when i push the right one it does this ][iOURW! and if i had words in front of that [i had to do that in another program to make it nt erase all this] it gives me this W! and erases a bunch of stuff infront of it. this is really driving me nuts and i cant figure this out, i cannot unplug the keyboard because this is a laptop. i just bought this laptop like 3 days ago and it has been working wonderfully up until now.
View 8 Replies View RelatedThe Search Bar Is Not Working Properly
May 31, 2008I am having a problem with Google Search. it has been this way ever since I got this new computer back in April. It does not do this on any "Search" but Google. I have Google as my home page. When ever I type something into the "Search" bar and click on search, it goes as it is suppose to, to the search results. If i go back to Google search and remove the former Search item and replace it with a NEW search term and hit search, it goes nowhere. it will not move. i have to X out of the Browser and then open up a new browser and then type in the term and it will go. This is strange as it does it on Google only. the Google toolbar will do the same thing. It really is annoying to have to x out of the browser and open another one for a different search term. I have never had a problem like this before.
View 7 Replies View RelatedDowngrade To XP Can't Properly Working
Mar 23, 2008I'm not a computer guru but I know enough to get myself in trouble. I bought a new Dell laptop about 6 months ago and they talked me into going with Vista Home Premium. I really like what Vista is supposed to do but I'm getting way too frustrated with all the little things that go wrong all the time.
1. Internet Explorer locks up then fades and says it's "Not Responding". Then I go to Task Manager and kill the program then start up IE again and all is well, for a little bit anyway.
2. A couple of programs will all of a sudden freeze the entire laptop and the only way I can fix it is to hold down the power button until it powers down............
52" LCD Not Working Properly
Jan 5, 2008I'm having a massive problem hooking up my laptop to my 52" Sharp Aquos 1080P LCD. I can see the laptop screen on my TV but the image is all bluish and way distorted. I have gone through the gfx card control panel the displays control panel and I can't get the picture to look right. I'm using HDMI - HDMI, even tried two different HDMI cables to see if that was the issue. What am I doing wrong? I hooked my laptop up to my 32" 720P LCD tv and it looked just fine (however the color was a bit off)
View 8 Replies View RelatedDevices Not Working Properly 64 Bit?
Jun 4, 2008I am interested in a Gateway C-142XL convertible tablet PC. I like the specs on this computer. I also like the idea of being able to use tablet mode, without going to a a 12" screen. It comes with Vista 32 bit. I am going to be running > models, so I want to take advantage of the 64 bit system. My understanding is I can get Vista 64 bit compile for a nominal fee. However, I am concerned that I will not be able to get all of the devices to work properly. Are drivers for new computer hardware generally available?Anyone tried this machine with 64 bit? I am having a hard time finding out what drivers are needed for this machine to check for 64 bit compiles. Processor and memory should be fine. I found a driver for the video card. Any advice on what else to check out? Any advice on going to 64 bit on new machines (or tablets set up with 32 bit operating system in general)?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMonitors Not Working Properly
Jun 1, 2009I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it don't put them in power saving mode. I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the morning and see that the damn things have been on all night!
View 5 Replies View RelatedPrinter Can Not Working Properly
Feb 17, 2010Here is a new one for you all. Up until 2 days ago I was running a Epson CX9400Fax all-in-one with Vista Home Premium on a Dimension E520. I had a paper jam and after clearing it the system seemed to be out of sync with the takeup roll. The paper, on a simple print job, would would roll halfway through and then show a paper jam. I assumed the jam had thrown the timing out. Since it's cheaper to buy a new printer than attempt to have it repaired. I had a new Epson NX415 delivered this morning, set it up and lo and behold it's doing the same thing as the printer I replaced. This shouldn't be a problem with the two different printers. On the other hand, is there anything in the O/S that could be causing this? I'm picking up a replacement printer tomorrow and if the issue still persists, it can only be something in the O/S. Have any problems cropped up after the last updates? I'll keep you posted after I try out another printer.
View 5 Replies View RelatedDesktop Can Not Working Properly
Mar 7, 2009I know that this has been covered in quite a few other threads, but I've yet to find a solution to my issue and am hoping someone may be able to assist me. I recently had to replace my desktop, which was using XP, with a new system that is running Vista. I know my way around a system fairly well, but I'm having trouble finding out how to make my on-screen volume meter return to me. I know it's a small issue, but it's driving me nuts! From what I've found on the net it seems fairly common in some models, but I've yet to see it addressed in mine. I'm using a Gatway, model DX4710-09. I SWEAR it was working when I first got it, but it disappeared. It bothered me so much that I actually did a clean install of Vista, to no avail. All of my drivers are current and I've uninstalled and reinstalled my keyboard as well. I'm having a hard enough time getting used to Vista and it's quirks, and this is really a thorn in my side.
View 7 Replies View RelatedDisplay Can Not Working Properly
Oct 18, 2007I have the problem is I get this graphic corruption, partically when trying to play any full screen game. It also happens when I try a high resolution, like the native resolution on my Viewsonic 2235wm LCD, of 1680x1050. Its just a display corruption as the sound will work in a game, and you can even control the game as well, with the corrupt display happening. Here is a picture. Does anyone have a clue? I have all the latest drivers installed, Nvidia, Creative, the lot.
View 7 Replies View RelatedCd/dvd Drives Not Working Properly
Aug 6, 2008i have just made my self a new pc with a asus crosshair mobo , amd 6400 X2 (black edition) 2 gig of crucial ram and a 800x pci gfx card and vista ultimate 64bit. the install went well after building , the cd/dvd drives were working well on xp and just before they stopped working i burnt about 10 cd with them , now they wont work at all, i try ed looking for fixes and have flashed the firmware and deleted the reg as it seems to work for some . but not me!
i removed one of the drives and changed the ide lead , this did not fix it. it seems to be able to see dvd films , but will not read cd or data dvd,s. and when i try burning a cd with nero 8 i put a blank disc in and try burning , it spits the disc out and tells me i need a empty cd although its says its a blank cd in the drive! the drive is visible in device manager and when i do put a disc in the drive spins up and trys to run the disc , some times locking up the pc at boot if its left in
Graphics Can Not Working Properly
May 20, 2008The colors of the windows in Vista have changed to bizarre shades of pink and neon green. (The choices of colors available under "Appearance Settings" are limited to various shades of mostly pink, green, and other unusual colors). This is beyond changing the windows colors or themes, as the Vista or Windows Classic themes also are corrupted. Any videos I play also are distorted by weird colors.
To my knowledge I made no changes to my computers settings, installed no new software, etc. Virus and spyware scans come back negative. I also reinstalled my video drivers, but it had no effect. Unfortunately, System Restore isn't working- I only get error messages when I try it.try to restore my graphics to normal My system info: Windows Home Premium, Intel duo core 6600 @2.4GH, 2GB RAM, Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB
Wireless Can Not Working Properly
Apr 26, 2009One computer upstairs with modium and router right next to computer getting full bars and great signal. My computer, downstairs aprx 8 mtrs away, brick house getting only 3 bars. When the upstairs computer is turned on I get no bars hence no signal. If i turn upstairs computer off I than get signal. The range says indoors up to 46mtrs, 100 mtrs outdoors. Why would having the upstairs computer on effect my signal downstairs? Do I need a better router of better modium. What can I do?
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Aug 22, 2009Vista Home Premium, SP2. Starting a week or two, I've encountered some problems that I've been unable to resolve.
1. Background: Computer goes to sleep after two hours of non-use, and this has worked correctly for well over a year.
2. Computer is set to wake up at 0200 for daily backup, as a Task; this, too, has worked well.
3. Recently, I started finding that, around 0400/0500, when I would get up, and I would press a mouse key to reawaken the computer, both the computer and the monitor would wake up, but the machine would be locked up. I found that I could hold down the power key for about eight seconds, turn it back on, and when I would get the normal black & white screen about choices, if I chose "start normally," all was well.
3a. A thread here about a clock updating site not working led me to change from that site to NIST, and the problem went away for a few days.
4. Then, I started finding that pressing the mouse key would wake up the computer and the monitor, but I would then get the cursor and the "busy circle" on the screen, with the computer locked up. if I repeated the power-key/start-normally process, all was well. I filed a support ticket with Logitech, and got a reply. I updated the ticket two days ago, have not heard from them as to further suggestions.
5. I have also found that if, instead of using a mouse key, I would press on the Enter key, computer and monitor would start and all was okay....