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| | Watched folder settings & smart views 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, and that the service watches for changes to the selected folders and keeps Smart Views up-to-date. There is no "help" for this, and if I search support.microsoft.com for "watched folders", "folder watching", or "smart views", I get no results. Can someone tell me the purpose of this, or is it just a resource-hogging feature that is not needed? Thanks for any help! |
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| | Re: Watched folder settings & smart views Dorothy This does not sound like any Microsoft Vista product? It probably was installed by the computer maker. Check with them. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Dorothy" <Dorothy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6CE35E78-5A06-45D4-8C1D-AAF8D9BDC96D@microsoft.com... >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, and that the > service watches for changes to the selected folders and keeps Smart Views > up-to-date. There is no "help" for this, and if I search > support.microsoft.com for "watched folders", "folder watching", or "smart > views", I get no results. > > Can someone tell me the purpose of this, or is it just a resource-hogging > feature that is not needed? > > Thanks for any help! |
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| | Re: Watched folder settings & smart views Thanks - once you pointed that out, I looked further in a Google search, and found it is related to Roxio media manager. Dorothy "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: > Dorothy > > This does not sound like any Microsoft Vista product? It probably was > installed by the computer maker. Check with them. > > -- > > Ronnie Vernon > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > > "Dorothy" <Dorothy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6CE35E78-5A06-45D4-8C1D-AAF8D9BDC96D@microsoft.com... > >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, and that the > > service watches for changes to the selected folders and keeps Smart Views > > up-to-date. There is no "help" for this, and if I search > > support.microsoft.com for "watched folders", "folder watching", or "smart > > views", I get no results. > > > > Can someone tell me the purpose of this, or is it just a resource-hogging > > feature that is not needed? > > > > Thanks for any help! > |
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| | Re: Watched folder settings & smart views Dorothy Glad this helped you sort the problem. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Dorothy" <Dorothy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3E36CC84-AE65-47ED-9980-21A150DFB81B@microsoft.com... > Thanks - once you pointed that out, I looked further in a Google search, > and > found it is related to Roxio media manager. > > Dorothy > > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: > >> Dorothy >> >> This does not sound like any Microsoft Vista product? It probably was >> installed by the computer maker. Check with them. >> >> -- >> >> Ronnie Vernon >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows Shell/User >> >> >> "Dorothy" <Dorothy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:6CE35E78-5A06-45D4-8C1D-AAF8D9BDC96D@microsoft.com... >> >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, and that >> > the >> > service watches for changes to the selected folders and keeps Smart >> > Views >> > up-to-date. There is no "help" for this, and if I search >> > support.microsoft.com for "watched folders", "folder watching", or >> > "smart >> > views", I get no results. >> > >> > Can someone tell me the purpose of this, or is it just a >> > resource-hogging >> > feature that is not needed? >> > >> > Thanks for any help! >> |
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| | Re: Watched folder settings & smart views Ronnie: Don't know if you get this message but Thank You times a million!!! "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: Quote: > Dorothy > > Glad this helped you sort the problem. > > -- > > Ronnie Vernon > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > > "Dorothy" <Dorothy@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:3E36CC84-AE65-47ED-9980-21A150DFB81B@xxxxxx Quote: > > Thanks - once you pointed that out, I looked further in a Google search, > > and > > found it is related to Roxio media manager. > > > > Dorothy > > > > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: > > Quote: > >> Dorothy > >> > >> This does not sound like any Microsoft Vista product? It probably was > >> installed by the computer maker. Check with them. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Ronnie Vernon > >> Microsoft MVP > >> Windows Shell/User > >> > >> > >> "Dorothy" <Dorothy@xxxxxx> wrote in message > >> news:6CE35E78-5A06-45D4-8C1D-AAF8D9BDC96D@xxxxxx > >> >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, and that > >> > the > >> > service watches for changes to the selected folders and keeps Smart > >> > Views > >> > up-to-date. There is no "help" for this, and if I search > >> > support.microsoft.com for "watched folders", "folder watching", or > >> > "smart > >> > views", I get no results. > >> > > >> > Can someone tell me the purpose of this, or is it just a > >> > resource-hogging > >> > feature that is not needed? > >> > > >> > Thanks for any help! > >> |
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