Hi there, the flienames are no longer being displayed when I view the contents of C: drive as icons. I am aware of how to hide/show filenames for any folder other than system ones using the ctrl key and 'View' menu, however this does not work with C: drive. Any ideas how I can get the filenames back with the icon views for this folder?
View 5 RepliesI seem to recall this issue being covered in another post, but for the life of me I can't find it. But why does this happen sometimes in Explorer: How can I stop it from happening, or at the very least, if it does, but can I do to get the filenames back in the current view. I know I can change the view style to details or tiles, but I'd really rather prefer to keep the Thumbnail view which I find to be better suited for file management. It should be noted that this seems to happen mostly with Search, since I installed Windows Search 4.0...
View 4 Replies View RelatedI use Vista x64 and I browse my explorer windows in the 'List' view. Just recently (well, today actually) my main music folder has decided it will not shorten the file names (limit the amount of characters shown) and is showing the full length, which means I am only seeing one column until I scroll along to the right as some names are LONG. This is very annoying. It doesn't do it in any other view mode and it doesn't do it if I open a different folder (they're shorted with the '...' at the end), and yet directly or indirectly as soon as I open the music folder they are full again. As I wrote earlier I've tried the different 'view' modes and putting it back does nothing, so I'm perplexed why it's happened and how I can fix it.
ETA: Oh, I have to say it now seems like every folder's doing the same thing, and if I right click the 'Name' tag, go to 'More' and select the width for columns it does not save when I exit the folder and re-enter. This is how it looks now: and this is how it used to look, and how it temporarily looks if I switch the view to medium/large/extra large icons and then back (although as soon as I refresh the window, close, etc it reverts back): I did once use a registry edit to stop Vista changing the folder view due to folder content (I think this was it here, not sure), but I don't think that has any impact on this.
Can anyone explain this: 3219. The screenshot shows the folder view (in Windows Explorer), and a directory listing (in a Command Line window). Why is the Explorer window showing different filenames than the command line window? It's not so much of an issue, as I'm currently completing a scheduled backup of this drive using Nero Burning ROM, and will be formatting it soon.
View 5 Replies View Relatedi am using vista home edition and i lost my cd but i have cd key behind my laptop as everyone have that one. So i dont know in this situation how do i re-setup my vista or repair. Now the problems that i am facing.I am using the hidden adminstator account.It was good but i guess i was effected by some virus. I was using bit deffender antivirus with all the latest updates. Also i use to update my windows regularly.But now i cant update my vista or run any programs properly.At first problem that i faced which is when i click any program it comes with the choose promt i mean when a program does not have the extention like for example .exe like .zip etc dont have then a choose promt come so same thing happen in everything even songs videos programs that i need to choose from the promt again the same file even i go though the program files i need to choose. Also i lost my admin rights i dont know why that thing happen.
Then i clear my pc with advanced system care 3 pro and fixed 2424 registry problems. But the problem didnt stop yet.Now when i click any programs or anything a message comes with: this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations control panel. But this when i click right mouse button and run as start it works Like open run as adminstator then start button and this is happening to every program No program is running in the time of start up. even not antivirus or any program i need to click start to run any program
I have a Sony VAIO laptop with Windows Vista Home premium and I have a problem with my sound.
When I unplug my computer from the back to move to another room I lose my sound and I have to restart my computer to get it back. Can anybody help me to stop this from happening or how to fix without restarting my computer.
On my desktop, i recently found that there was an entry in my ALL PROGRAMS, that was "Programs". I thought i would not need it so shift deleted the "Programs" and now i cannot find anything under ALL PROGRAMS. :cry: There used to be alot of items like Windows Defender, Windows Updates, Fax and Scan, Mozilla Firefox, Yahoo Messenger, etc... Now its just blank. I tried system restore and recuva but nothing changed
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1. 48.3 GB used space on Local Disk (C When I Click Local Disk C then Properties, Blue Red Pie (51,940,466,688 bytes)
2. 28.1 GB Size on Disk When I Open C & Select All, Then Click Properties (30,206,545,173 bytes)
3. That's a Difference of 20.2 GB & I Checked Show hidden files and folders & Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide protected operating system files.
4. 33.2 GB is the size of my Compressed Backup on my Acronis TrueImage11 C Drive Backup to an External HD, so I think the 48.3 GB is true. Where could the 20.2 GB be hiding?
Yesterday, I opened a document (Office Student 2007) from my e-mail account on the web (not Outlook)
I clicked "Save" repeatedly throughout the day and was never prompted to select "Save As" and when I X'd out, it did not say "Are you sure you want to close without saving?" so, I assumed all was well. However,when I went back to open it, it wasn't there. I searched all the folders, hidden folders, temp internet files, etc. but cannot find it!
I was clicking "Save" so it has to be saved somewhere, right?
Previously was dual booting vista x86 and windows7 x64 off same hard drive.
I decided to replace vista x86 with vista x64, On boot up i have no longer got my bootloader as it just boots straight to vista x64.
If i use win7 disc and do bootrec /fixmbr will this retore bootloader or just default boot to win7?
my windows mail has suddenly lost my folders & messages, it doesn't matter what I try I can't seem to get anything apart from a message popping up saying low memory or not enough disk space, & I only brought the laptop 3 days ago & only registered my email today I had 2 folders & 3 messages in my inbox.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI posted this question a while ago, but didnt get any response. here it is again ( I am kinda desperate now), before I take my copmuter to service, Id like to know if someone had a similar problem. Or a solution. Recently I installed Logitech caemra on my computer.After connecting it I lost audio. No sound in my speakers, not even in headphones. I uninstalled my camera, but it didnt help at all, there is no way I could get the sound back. There didn't seem to be any error with an installation. I dont think my audio driver was corrupted. Is it just a coincidence or did installation caused this problem. How can I get my sound back?
View 8 Replies View RelatedThis is probably a waste of everyone's time - but is there any way to recover your documents from your hard drive if you installed (not upgraded) from XP to Vista? I've lost everything and I'm dying over here!
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm running vista ultimate 32 bit. last dayas i a dealing with a very strange issue... i turn on pc, everything works fine. Suddenly my dvd drive(nec)is lost from my computer icon and also, i cannot see it in device manager!!!making a restart is not solving the problem. The only way to see again the drive is to turn pc off, change sata port on drive and when i turn on again the pc it starts to install it again. Foe some hour dvd drive works and is recognized perfectly. but suddenly(without nothing to do!!!)just waiting and looking the pc, dvd drive is lost again and tha hard disk led stays continiously on! any other functions works fine...
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View 5 Replies View RelatedEven though my account is Admin status I have lost Sidebar and jut get I need an Administrtaor to reinstall. Setting up a bogus account doesn't help either. And yes i have used the control panel icon to attempt reload nothing! Short of going to System Restore does anybody have a solution?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a retail version of Vista Home Premium Upgrade which I used to upgrade XP home edition OEM around 6 months ago. Tomorrow I`m upgrading my Processor and Motherboard and would like to do a fresh install of Vista if I can. The problem is I have lost my XP serial key (was stuck to the case as a sticker and was peeled off and chewed up by my 2 year some months ago). What options do I have to do a fresh install? Am i better off reinstalling Vista over the top of my old version? I would though really like to do a Format C: though and get a nice fresh install for my nice new system.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedHow to recovering files (favorites, .pst, photos, My Docs) from an HDD array. Here is the background:- For some time, I have successfully operated a home-built system consisting of an Intel C2D E6600, Asus P5b Deluxe Mobo, and two WD 250 GB Caviars configured in RAID1 (amongst other components).- I recently installed two new WD 300 GB Velociraptors in RAID 0 configuration.I experienced no difficulties in setting up this second array - I attempted to ghost the old array to the new Raptor array using Norton Ghost.In doing this, I was unable to reassign the new drive to C using the Vista Disk Management utility, as one of the two arrays always was the boot drive.I tried to boot off an optical drive, but was also unsuccessful.So, I abandoned the ghosting strategy, and decided to make a clean install on the new raptor array.
I have been successful in completing the clean install in the new Raptor array.- However, I have been unsuccessful in locating my old files (favorites,.pst, photos, My Documents) on the old array.Could this be due to the loss of the indexing on the old drive, when I did the clean OS install on the new drive? What procedures can you recommend to recover the files on my old drive? If needed, is there a recovery software that you can recommend?
I stupidly did not save my documents, emails and contacts prior to installing Vista OS. Instead of Upgrading, I installed the entire system!! Have I lost everything?! Is there any way any of my documents could be on the hard drive? I have tried doing that windows.old thing but when I type it into the "search", I get nothing.
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