I am trying to right click on a file and change the extension...it will not
even let me rename the file at all. Right click on file does not give me the
option to change it...any ideas?

where can I edit this menu/window?
I had a file type working with a program before,
then I moved it and it wouldn't work,
messing around set it to another program

We moved the Desktopshortcut to start MS-Word... and now we can't find the
actual MS-Word Application!?  When we "search" for Word, Vista just shows us
"shortcuts"  The thing is... the shortcut does not start the program anymore.
So my question is.... where do you suppose the ...

I copied some files to a directory yesterday, modified them, then today I hit
ctrl+z and it turns out the last action I did it could undo was copying the
files. So it removed them and they don't exist anymore. Is there any way to
get them back because all the "undo delete" type ...

I deleted my bin, I found it in my files and made ashort cut on my desktop,
Will this work? If not what do I have to do to restore  it.

book_new.doc file was created by doing a save as in WordPerfect because
the person I wanted to share it with didn't have WP. After being told
that he got the file via email, I tried to delete it but got the never
popular 'file in use by another program' message. For some ...

I went from Win31 though Win95, Win ME, and Win XP (by far the best of
all). They did not give me any serious problems (just to say that I am
not an absolute Newbie).
Now I had to buy a new PC with Windows Vista pre-installed and, after

Can anyone recommend a good duplicate file finder compatible with Vista?
There are a million out there, and I've checked out a few, but haven't found
one I feel good about. I'm not asking for freeware (unless it's well written
and thought out). I just need something that does its ...

I have a file open in notepad and when I try to save it, for example, file ,
then save in the same place I get an error message saying file cannot be
saved. check location and make sure path name is correct. I never changed
paths. this is confusing me.

I just bought a this new computer and have windows vista premium on it. for a
month or so I have not had any problems, until recently. I keep loosing
files, and am then unable to find them again. these are random word and excel
files. it seems like once I open them and modify ...

I did a system restore to a restore point 2 days ago before I installed some
drivers that screwed up my ability to eject a sata drive.
Then I noticed that all my csharp .cs files were missing in my VS2008 folder
from my project files under mydocuments. The other files were there ...

Flip 3D is a neat little tool, and useful, but I find that it's often too
hard to get to because what it's designed for is super fast entry into a
different window. I realize there's a quick launch icon for it on the
desktop, but I often don't want to visually break away from ...

I have hidden files and show System files ticked / unticked in folder
options. I can see all files. When I go into c:\documents and settings I get
access denied. This is a shortcut /junction. I am in the administrator group.
Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks. Mick

I used the Windows Easy Transfer with the belkin cable from a windows xp to a
windows vista laptop.  It went through all the steps and at the end gave me a
list of all the successful transfers and they were all there.  But I never
saw anything about choosing where to have the ...

Is there any way to set the maximum size of Vista Home Premium allotted
restore point space?  If so, I can't find it.  I see no use for restore
points from several months ago, if the system is running well, and there are
recent points to rely on.