In Windows Vista the desktop icon My Documents in XP is replaced with a
personal icon that are pointing to the user profile ( C:\users\userid), is
there a way to change the behavior of this icon so it point to the documents
folder instead ( C:\users\userid\documents)?

I'm having trouble porting something to Vista because my C# assembly (in the
global assembly cache) needs to have a location where it can
read/write/modify a file.
With Administrator accounts, it works fine, but with a limited account it

I have 3 drives in my system and one is my general data drive where I keep
all my personal files.
Now soem programs in Vista allow me access to save files there but others
won't for example Wordpad and Notepad whereas Movie Maker allows it.

I go to a lotus notes web site for my work email.  When I wen there the first
time after recieving my new laptop with windows vista home premium, the
activeX file did not install properly and is damaged.  I am told that I need
to delete a file from c:\windows\Downloaded ...

..and I can't use System restore as I dual boot = no restore available.
File associations for some files have changed to either neromix or
intervideo files and they should be whatever their default is.
For instance: in both XP and Vista same thing.  1st two items in Pinball

When you double click on win explorer in vista ultimate by default it opens
in an expanded My Documents folder.I know you can right click and collapse
the folder but would prefer if My Documents does not open in expanded
view.Any suuestions how to do this ?Thank You , Thomas

Can anyone advise how to import messages from an OE DBX file into Outlook
2007?  OL 2007 only gets me as far as selecting the folder where the .DBX
file is located but then it says it hasn't found any messages to import.
Help please, there is information in these .DBX files that ...

Anyone knows, what registry key must I change to get folders at left
pane in explorer auto-expand, when I click on them?
Thanks.

Is there any way to rename a folder in the left folder pane without
having to right-click it?
Previous versions of Windows came with a Windows Explorer where you
could just click the folder name twice (with a short pause between the

When I go to change desktop theme, there is a drop down list to select file
location.  when I browse and choose a file, the file location is added to the
drop down list.  What can I do to remove/edit this drop down list?  I'd like
to do the same for Slide Show on sidebar.

I have  a problem when saving files,and needing to go to the folder above
for example,as there is no link to it in the Address Bar and there is no
"up" buttom.What is the solution to this?
Is there a way of opening a saved mht file (saved web pages) from the

How do I stop Vista (Ultimate, 32 bit) from adding "desktop.ini" files
to CDs without breaking its ability to burn single files?
I tried deleting the "desktop.ini" file from the temporary CD files but
then Vista wouldn't let me burn a single file to the CD. When I used

The only SendTo folder I can find on my C drive is in my "Windows.old"
directory.  I would think there is one in my Vista installation somewhere,
correct?
A secondary question is What is windows.old and how do I get rid of it?

When restoring a system drive with TrueImage, all symbolic links, hard links
and directory junctions seem to turn into normal folders!
Isn't this a major problem??  How come nobody has mentioned this before??
ss.

Is it possible to run the Contig / PageDefrag tools in Vista?
Are they needed? Or does Vista defragment the files / pagefile in
background?