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Personal User Folder - Restore Missing Folder
23 Attachment(s) Feature Personal User Folder - Restore Missing Folder
How to Restore a Missing Personal User Folder in Vista

This tutorial will show you how to restore a personal user folder if it has been deleted, in the wrong location, or is missing from your C:\Users\(user name) or Start menu location.
Comments: 116 Views: 78,659 Last Activity 1 Week Ago by Brink Go to last post
 
Default File Type Associations - Restore
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Restore Default Vista File Extension Type Associations

This will allow you to restore the default registry entries and program associations for the Vista file extension type of your choice.
Comments: 60 Views: 13,604 Last Activity 2 Weeks Ago by GordonHS Go to last post
 
Personal User Shell Folders
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How to Fix a Personal User Shell Folder Displayed as a Standard Yellow Folder Icon in Vista

If you open your personal user folder in the Start menu and the folder is displayed with a standard yellow folder icon instead of the special green folder icon, then this will show you how to fix it.
Comments: 141 Views: 60,467 Last Activity 2 Weeks Ago by Brink Go to last post
 
Index - Windows Search Service
11 Attachment(s) Index - Windows Search Service
How to Fix the Start Error For Windows Search Service to Enable the Index in Vista

If the Indexing Options are grayed out and you cannot get the Windows Search service to start, then this will show you how fix the problem to get the search Index running again.
Comments: 105 Views: 58,871 Last Activity 3 Weeks Ago by Brink Go to last post
 
Cannot Rename or Move a File or Folder in Vista Fix
7 Attachment(s) Cannot Rename or Move a File or Folder in Vista Fix

If you recieve the error - The File or Folder does not exist - when you cannot move or rename a file or folder, then this will show you how to fix this problem in Vista.
Comments: 244 Views: 82,172 Last Activity 3 Weeks Ago by Brink Go to last post
 
ZIP File Support - Restore
6 Attachment(s) ZIP File Support - Restore
How to Restore the Built-in ZIP File Support in Vista

This will show you how to restore the built-in support of ZIP files in Vista by restoring the ZIP file association.
Comments: 130 Views: 53,681 Last Activity 4 Weeks Ago by Brink Go to last post
 
Index - Enable or Disable
9 Attachment(s) Index - Enable or Disable
How to Enable or Disable Search Index in Vista

This will show you how to Enable or Disable the Search Index. You may want to disable it to get more accurate search results, or to stop your hard drive from running so much.
Comments: 69 Views: 170,550 Last Activity 12-19-2009 by Brink Go to last post
 
Thumbnails in Windows Explorer
15 Attachment(s) Thumbnails in Windows Explorer
How to Turn Preview Thumbnails On or Off in Windows Explorer in Vista

This will show you how to turn file and folder preview thumbnails on or off in all Windows Explorer windows.
Comments: 27 Views: 64,465 Last Activity 12-02-2009 by Brink Go to last post
 
New Folder
10 Attachment(s) New Folder
How to Fix the New Folder Context Menu Item in Vista

If when you right click on the desktop or in a User folder and click on New and Folder it does not work, then this will show you how to fix the Folder menu item so it will create a new folder again.
Comments: 127 Views: 85,655 Last Activity 11-06-2009 by tonyj Go to last post
 
File Extension Type Icon - Change
17 Attachment(s) File Extension Type Icon - Change
How to Change a File Extension Type Icon in Vista

This will show you how to change the default icon for a file extension type of your choice to whatever icon you want it to be displayed as in Windows Explorer instead.
Comments: 84 Views: 47,719 Last Activity 11-01-2009 by Brink Go to last post
 
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