I have copied all my internet favourites folders in from Windows XP (IE7). I
didn't use a password in XP and still don't in Vista.
Now, I can't organise or add-to any of the folders in Vista. It says they
are read-only.

I just reinstalled Vista 64.  Prior, I had specific folders chosen for the
index.  These folders are related to my work and I even chose specific
folders within Outlook 2003 instead of indexing the entire 1.3GB Outlook
file.  As such, it showed about 47,000 files indexed and I ...

I installed a clean version of vista. during installiation it took my old
files and stored them in a file named windows old. is there a way to
reinstall my old settings and files?

Hello, I've been searching and I can't find what I'm looking for:
When I open Windows Explorer it defaults to a view of some deeply buried
folder (actually, it's the startup folder) that I have NO interest in at all.
I would really like to be able to change that, but I sure can't ...

It just doesn't work....I try to encrypt a file in Vista Home and when I
click the advance attributes box, in Compress or encrypt datas, the little
box for Compress I can put the check mark, bur in Encrypt I can't click on
it. Somebody out there to help ????   Thanks

It would be handy to be able to add a few different kinds of buttons to the
tool bar.  For example, an "Add to playlist" button beside the "Play all"
button in the music folders would be very nice.  Also the ability to change
the order of the buttons, or remove the buttons.

Vista Ultimate - fully up to date.
I uninstalled a program through the Control Panel -> Programs and Features.
This seemed to remove all signs of the application from the C:\Program Files
folder, but I was left with the application with sub folders on the Start

I put the shortcut icon of a programme on my desktop. When the time came to
eliminate the file, I removed it in the usual way.
However, I did not remove the icon and the removal process did not remove
the icon.

When i try to download files from, for example my hotmail, i always target it
for my desktop, to be sure that i can find it again.That just dont work
anymore. The files disapears. I have searched for them everywhere, and i can
find the shortcuts, but they are just dead ends. A ...

I have enabled viewing hidden files and folders. Still, some folders and
files are hidden from me! Here is an example: I navigate to eMule folder,
which should contain Incoming folder, but does not. I start up eMule, go to
Tools and select Go To Incoming Folder and the folder ...

Almost trivial but annoying! [Vista HP, Office 2002]
I have a folder containing Excel .XLS files and CSV files associated with
Excel...
Unfortunately, when I "Group by Type" CSV files appear under "Microsoft

My first time using a USB flash drive on my Vista PC.  After I copy say 9
files from my PC Hard Drive (C:) to a Flash Drive (L:) the Explorer window
shows the 9 files and they all seem to open just fine in whatever application
they use.

On my Hard Drive (c:) I have quite a few folders that are labeled with the
name of a particular project, like say Project ABC.  In those folders, I have
all kinds of files about the project .... Word docs, Excel docs, PDF's,
Pictures, Drawings, even Videos in some cases.

My index is turned off. Every time I conduct a search, I am told to activate
index.
In Options For Index,  the buttons are grey. I can't press them, so I can't
change anything.

I have some stuff on a DVD I recorded using a cyberhome DVD recorder and
I've tried to download the files to make movie project's but the programs
supplied on vista won't recognise the file's? Then I managed to save them as
an iso file but that only saved the first chapter thats ...