In many folders on my computer Explorer doesn't see a number of files.  It
will see some of them but not all.  Could it be that the hard drive index is
incomplete?  
What is weird is that other programs (Irfanview for one) can see these files

I am having trouble with my pictures folder and music folder which both look
like normal folders and I would like them to be what they are intended to be
please help.

i have  window vista premium but can not gain access to recover some programs
i live in seattle wa but am away on vacation  
this is the fist computer that i have purchased and  i do not know much but
learning the hard way most of the time

I'm trying to delete a folder that contained a wmv file... I deleted the
file and the folder's empty but when I try to remove the folder I get the
following error:
"Could not find this item... This is no longer located in C:\users....

vista make you dsl connection work like dial up !!!!!
i try turning off the security off in windows explorer and mcafee -- no
progress
what can i do?

I opened one of the many icons at the bottom right of the screen on my new
computer with Windows Vista Home Premium loaded.  This opened a window
listing all the folders on my system, with a title of "Watched Folder
Settings".  It says I can start or stop Folder Watching here, ...

In earlier versions of Windows, it was easy to move the "My Documents" folder
to another location. Right-clicking on the folder on the desktop, and
choosing Properies, there was the coice. And so all programmes wood point to
the new location for saving or opening files.

Thanks,
the sysrestorepoint from dougknox works just great

I have just purchased a new computer which has vista and so far I have not
been able to transfer files from my old computer to my new one and be able to
open them. The files appear in my docs but when  I try to open them I get an
error message saying that the files maybe ...

We were exceptionally pleased to see that Windows Vista included functions
for shrinking and expanding hard disk volumes.  However, aren't these
capabilities seriously crippled by the fact there is no feature for moving
volumes?

Open File Window
1. In Vista when you open programs on the OPEN FILE window there are "Folder
Icons" on the left side..Theres a way to add ICON to the left side....
You can' do it by the usual shortcut to links/favorites folder. You need to

Is it possible, in Windows Explorer Search, to display the actual type,
rather than the description of the type?  eg .mp3  rather than "MPEG
Layer...."

Can anybody help me?
I am unable to create new folders in Explorer. Windows Vista "hangs" when I
create a new folder. It just took me about 1/2 hour to create 10 folders!  
This is the message I always receive(after hitting CNTL+DELETE+ALT and "END

I'm copying files from my old disk to my new Vista disk.  How do I preserve
the Creation Date that was on the original files.
When I did this going from Win98 to WinME, it worked fine, but not from
WinME to Vista, which sets the Creation Date to today's date, which isn't

I got a new Dell computer with Windows vista already on it, and everything
has been fine, until I had a weird issue with a game I tried to install.  I
think the game was not Vista compatable.  
When I installed it, there was an error message during installation, but the