If you move a file that requires Admin rights to move, and move it from one
volume to another, it seems to move it twice.
In my case, moving a 2gb file:
1. Cut the file from C: and paste to D:

When I upgraded my computer to Vista it marked all of my files in "My
Documents" as "Read Only".  I can access and save documents in these files
from my computer as though they are not "Read Only", however when I attempt
to access thes files from another computer (Running Windows ...

is there anything resembling classic search for explorer in vista beta2
(5384). i'm pulling what's left of my hair out trying to perform the simplest
search operations :mad:
yours frustatedly....

How'd you do it?
Sorry but I know how to do it in XP but I'm stumped in Vista.
Also, I'm annoyed by how the search seems to work.  When I right-click on a
drive or directory, the search starts immediately with every damn file in the

Well you've done it again, not only is IE7 full of junk you don't need and
slows your comp down at every turn but you've made it tons harder to get to
our files. I don't want to goto "My Documents" or "User Name" I want the dang
thing to open to C:\ showing my tree and everything ...

Hi. Can't get the point of the new move/paste tool of this version of
Windows. Computer says that he move files, and even make my patience work a
lot for it, but I couldn't get any little file moved in the end. Are they
coming back in the drive? Are they afraid of my computer?

i download and install it.
vista startup and stop and go in to options safemode.
the error is " windows can't startup because of device or hardware it can't
comm-

I have a "Documents and folders" folder from a previous Win XP installation
on my computer.
I want to access this folder, but I am not allowed.
I guess this is because I don't have Special permissions.

Anyone knows how to stop Windows (explorer.exe) from treating .zip-files
different from normal files? I can see the idea of treating .zip-files
like folders if you use Windows' built-in zip-handling but I've already
got a compression-application that I'm very happy with and use ...

Does anyone know how to add to the list of options when you right-click on a
file and select "Send To" ? I installed "Vista" on it's own drive and kept
"XP" on C: Now I want to send files between the two by using the send to
option. You can add to the XP list but I can't find a ...

As much as I'm enjoying most of Vista one big failure for me so far is in the
file system. In particular when dealing with a directory of video files.
I'll get hangs / freezes of explorer resulting in either a restart of
explorer or sometimes of the PC itself.

I would like to put my downloads in a folder called "download." But every
time the "save as" box comes up, Windows wants to put the file in its
suggested folder. Can I change the default folder without having to navigate
to my download folder?

These have been deleted. Is there a way to get them back?

I am working on to package an application for Windows Vista using Wise
Package Studio 5.5.
However I am unable to make the "Search for File" ScriptAction work
properly when searching for files in the cookies folder:

After doing a clean install of windows vista, to OS created a file called
windows.old.
it takes a few gigs of memory on my HD and I would like to know if it safe
to delete it .