I am not a fan of the Navigation Pane in Windows Explorer.
Every time I open Windows Explorer I have to go to Organize/Layout and
uncheck Navigation Pane.
Is there a way I can control how Explorer opens so I don't have to do that

I'm a software developer and after a debug crash I cannot access a folder
which my program was using. It simply says "Access denied". I have tried to
restart Vista (Ultimate), but it doesn't work. I have tried from the dos
prompt using rd and rmdir /S and it doesn't work. I am ...

Hi, I've got Vista Home Premium, and in the Documents folder are a
number of folders.  On some folders, when I try to move them to
another folder, it works without any prompt (as I would expect).  On
other folders I get the UAC permission request and after agreeing, it

After downloading a program from the internet the program disappears.   It is
not located in the folder I specified.    These are trusted sites and good
programs.  So I don't know what is happening.   WHen I search my system the
programs are not found anywhere,

I absolutely need desktop search to index the content of pdf files and show
them on the preview panel. Search in XP allowed me even to select text in the
preview panel and work with it, somethnig I am missing badly now. I installed
Adobe Reader 8 for Vista, while I used 7 in XP. ...

I'm unable to select multiple files in explorer.  The clicking methods with
the shift key and ctrl key do not work.  ctrl-a does not work.  
Organize-->Select All is grayed out.
The solutions found on in numerous threads relating to the registry keys for

I can't select multiple files in "my computer (explorer)" using the ctrl and
shift keys.
I can't even multiple select with the mouse.
Any ideas how to fix this?

I am using vista ultimate and I am trying to import my fax files which I was
using in window xp but I don't find import option in vista fax and scan.
please help me....
Thanks & Regards

Just mucking around today, began DOS prompt as admin:  cd\ into root of
c Drive.  Issued dir d*.* command
Expected a list of all documents and folders in the root of C starting
with the letter D, and instead got this:

I have just reinstalled my computer and I think I have a permissions
problem?
I have a feeling that the registry is not allowing programs write to it?
Most of my main programs are working fine, but I have problems with

I am organizing a folder of audio files by properties including genre, artist
and #. If In Explorer when I attempt to set the value for property # to a
value greater than 99, I get the message "An error occurred when writing the
property "#" to the file...".

Is there a way to access teh folder documents and settings under vidta?
When i double click teh folder, it give an unauthorized access, while i am
logged in as administrator.
any hint?

If I set Show Hidden Files on e.g. Program Files, the desktop, which is not
even a subfolder, follows suit...  (I like e.g. to see my desktop.ini files
and am happy with the dimmed presentation of "hidden" files)
Why is this? Anyway to decouple them so that my folder prefs don't ...

Hello.  I'm using Vista Home Premium.
Is there a way to add the Copy to Folder/Move to Folder commands into
an Explorer toolbar or right-click context menu?
Or, perhaps, an F key or keystroke?

I use Vista home premium on a laptop. I find I cannot add tags to some files
in some folders, though I have no problem with other files. The files that
cause problems are video files such as .rm, .ram, .wmv, .avi etc.
Does anyone know how to attach tags to video clip files ?