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Windows explorer right click crash
Whenever i try to right click anywhere on windows explorer it stops responding.
OS - Windows vista
Thanks for any help!
EDIT - Only crashes when i right click on a file, not empty space.
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Windows Vista: image thumbnails do not appear or are suppressed
I am having an annoying problem with image thumbnails in Windows Explorer: they are no longer visible! On occasion, when I switch to a new directory, I'll see some thumbnail images appear/flash ...
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Where is Windows explorer
Wasn't there a thing called "explorer" on the desktop, for getting around on the computer?
Not Internet explorer, but the local tool. Just on the local machine.
Somehow it's gone...
Where is in in ...
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How to get the Sort By option on Desktop in Vista?
I don't have the Sort By option when I right-click on the Desktop in Windows Vista.
However, I do have this option if I right-click on an empty area in Windows Explorer while viewing Desktop folder (...
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Windows Explorer Default Open Location in Vista when using Start->RightClick
I'm running Vista. I normally right-click on the bottom left-hand Start button and select "Explore" from the pop-up context menu to start Windows File Explorer. Currently the initial location ...
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Can I run 32-bit version of Explorer on 64-bit Windows?
For compatibility and testing, I would like to run a 32-bit version of Windows Explorer on 64-bit Windows Vista. Is this even possible? And if so, how do I do that?
I looked into the System32 folder ...
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How to open files (music, videos) from FTP directly from Explorer ( Windows Vista)
I have two computers. On the first I have Debian and on the second I have Windows Vista.
I've set up vsftpd in Debian and connected to it from Vista. I'm browsing the FTP directory from Windows ...
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Windows Explorer doesn't work after try to create GodMode
I saw this: God Mode for Windows 7 and tried if this works on Windows Vista too. I created an Folder on my Desktop and named it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}.
After this, I not even ...
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Windows 7 desktop: forcing new icons (e.g. after starting a download) to appear last? [duplicate]
Before I begin, this issue is a duplicate of this question and I am aware of that. But because two years has gone by and nobody else has asked since then, I figured there may have been developments.
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How can I use a mask to find files with the same names in Explorer?
What I would like to do is to use Explorer to locate all the files with the same names in a given folder and all of its sub-folders.
Example...
C:\Photos\20070113\20070113065.jpg
C:\Photos\20070110\...
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Sort music files by disc number in Vista
I'm working under Vista and the problem is—I can see disc number of track in Winamp or other multimedia player, but I cannot sort files by disc number in Windows Explorer.
I've scanned through the ...
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iPhone doesn't appear under 'Computer' in windows explorer
I'm running a PC with Vista. My iPhone 4 when connected to the computer with a USB socket appears under 'Computer' in Windows Explorer.
I have another iPhone of the same model which doesn't appear ...
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How can I add a program to the context menu of all files?
Similar to the way Notepad++ adds "Edit with Notepad++" to the context menu of all files, or how most Antivirus products will add a global "Scan this file" option, I would like to add a particular ...
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"Access is denied" warning message when trying to view C:\Users\All Users\Desktop
When I try to access C:\Users\All Users\Desktop, it gives me "Access is denied", even though I'm using an administrator account.
So what I did was I right click the folder >> Properties >> Security.
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Gedit on Windows - Locating a File
I am using the text editor gedit on Windows Vista. I did not realize it at the time, but the default is the gedit saves a file to "C:\Windows\system32". I am looking for a file that I saved to this ...
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