..... Thanks to Slartybark and Brink, I have discovered the source of the strange looking folders.
..... Thank you so much for the help and for your patience.
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I recently added a HDD to my PC. I'm using that HDD only to store my personal stuff.
On that HDD, Windows Vista had been formerly installed (with another computer) and I did not feel any need to delete those old OS files before moving to my new computer. They could not hurt.
So I have a...
Something changed. Under Documents/My Documents I have always been able to edit with no problems. But now My Documents folder has "Read Only" under properties. It is a shaded check box.
When I open a document I previously created I get a message box that asks - open read only, or open copy. ...
While working on some Microsoft Word Documents, with MS Word Starter (free version), all file icons and extensions everywhere in the computer changed.
Icons in some Word documents with .docx extensions changed to a plain orange (attachment 1), while retaining the same extension. When double...
Hi,
I have the OS on an ssd drive and placed the 'my documents' folder on another drive.
I recently made a clean install of windows on the ssd, and now i cant find the pictures from the previous installation (stupid not to think of this in advance, i know :rolleyes:) on the D: drive.
Is...
I installed Avast AV when Norton expired. In order to activate the internet security stuff, I had to install the upgraded library file, blah, blah, blah. To do this, I had to show hidden folders. Having only recently begun my foray into Windows 7 (coming from XP), I was flying a bit blind. ...