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Windows 7: Help Me Locate A Program
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09 Jan 2011
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Help Me Locate A Program
I have a program pinned to the taskbar and I need to locate where on my computer the program files reside. However, in the past when I have unpinned a program the icon vanishes. Right-cliking on it does not give me the usual 'open file location' dialogue and inputting the name into the Start > search field gives no results. However, the program does work so I know it's 'somewhere'.
thnx,
| My System Specs |
| OS Win7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Pentium Dual-Core
Memory 6 GB
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09 Jan 2011
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Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2) Los Angeles, California + Milwaukee, Wis |
First look to see if it's in your C:\Programs folders, both for 32 bit and 64 bit, depending on what's running on your system?
Last edited by Imperfect1; 09 Jan 2011 at 11:48 PM..
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv5t (generation 1)
OS Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz
Memory 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Graphics Card 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescre
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard Built-in HP
Mouse Built in - Synaptics TouchPad V6.5 on PS/2 Port
Hard Drives 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Internet Speed Max
Other Info ~ Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card w/Bluetooth ~ Blu-Ray ROM DVD+/-R/RW ~ Integ. HDTV Hybrid Tuner ~ 12 Cell Battery ~ MS Office (Home Premium) 2007 ~
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09 Jan 2011
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you should be able to just right click on the program and then click properties . then click shortcut..
scrooge | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number home build
OS win 7 ( 64 bit)
CPU Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95
Motherboard ASUS P7P55 LX LGA 1156
Memory G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD6800 Series
Sound Card hdmi
Monitor(s) Displays 42" lg 3d tv
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard logtech
Mouse logitect
PSU Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Pl
Case CoolMaster 922
Cooling CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU
Hard Drives 1 ssd pci-e revodrive
4 seagate 1.5 tb
Internet Speed 5 mbit
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09 Jan 2011
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#4 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
There should be a shortcut in All Programs on which you can right click to find the location. If it is a system program, it might also be in the system32 folder. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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09 Jan 2011
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did I mention I did a right-clik AND a search?  | | My System Specs | | OS Win7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Pentium Dual-Core
Memory 6 GB
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09 Jan 2011
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Quote: Originally Posted by MourningStar  did I mention I did a right-clik AND a search? What is that supposed to mean? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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09 Jan 2011
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
How is that? Can you explain how you do that. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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10 Jan 2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by whs
Quote: Originally Posted by MourningStar did I mention I did a right-clik AND a search? What is that supposed to mean? It means I had already performed the actions suggested and said as much in the initial post. | | My System Specs | | OS Win7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Pentium Dual-Core
Memory 6 GB
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10 Jan 2011
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Picture 1 - If you can find the program folder in Start > All Programs, click on the program folder. That will show the program on which you right click and click on Properties.
Picture 2 - shows where you see the program location (in the picture is the example of the Deskpins program) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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10 Jan 2011
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Osceola, WI |
All you have to do is hold the shift key while right-clicking the pinned shortcut.
Be sure the program is not running at the time.
This will bring up the full context menu. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number OEM - Me
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1600T
Motherboard GigaByte GZ-990FXA-UD3
Memory 16GB PC3-10700 (1342MHz)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 5770 HD (x2) CrossFire
Sound Card On-board RealTek chipset
Monitor(s) Displays 3x Hanns-G 1920x1080 Monitors
Screen Resolution 3x Hanns-G 1920x1080 Monitors
Keyboard HP USB
Mouse LogiTech USB
PSU OCZ Stealth X Stream 750W
Case Cheap (unknown)
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives Intel 25-V SSD 40GB: 218 MB/s AT: 0.1ms
Intel X-25M SSD 80GB: 230MB/s AT: 0.1ms
Seagate 750GB: 133 MB/s AT: 13ms (perpendicular storage)
Buffalo HD-PCTU3 1TB External drive
Internet Speed 1.5 Mbps - Slow - At the tail-end of a rural network
Other Info Printer: Epson Stylus C-84
Scanner: HP 3500C Flatbed
DVD-RW: Plextor
DVD-ROM: Unknown
WEI: 7.4
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