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    I know this is an old thread, but the info may...

    I know this is an old thread, but the info may still be useful to someone.

    There's an old, (and great), set of old DOS commands that are still available online, from Horst Schaffer. I consider...
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    Found the answer in another forum: Works...

    Found the answer in another forum:



    Works like a charm.
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    Padlocks on my MP3 icons!

    Anyone seen this before? Little padlocks on some of my mp3 files. They aren't "read-only". Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for their being there.
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    Then again, it looks like I can get what you...

    Then again, it looks like I can get what you suggested to work fairly well. I just create a folder, such as "audio", for example, create shortcuts to my programs, then create a new toolbar that...
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    Thats close, but not exactly what I'm looking...

    Thats close, but not exactly what I'm looking for. It may not be possible. Here's a couple screen grabs to illustrate what I mean. The 2nd one was "painted" to create the basic affect I'm going for....
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    Folders, or "groups" in Taskbar?

    I'm surprised that nothing showed up in my search. Basically, my taskbar is getting full. I want to group several audio utilities into a "folder". In other words, rather than having seven different...
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    Its funny . . . I still have the disks and books...

    Its funny . . . I still have the disks and books for 3 out those 5: Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Quake. Some things never get old.
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    I've got a generic CDRom driver that I've been...

    I've got a generic CDRom driver that I've been using for DOS for decades. Its never failed. Its called oakcdrom, or somesuch. Give me a day or two to look through my archives and find it. I know I...
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    Whats worse is, "search" worked fine for me in...

    Whats worse is, "search" worked fine for me in XP. They just seemed to break it in Win 7. (I skipped Vista.)

    And yes, this question has become somewhat academic since AR works so well. Still, I'd...
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    I'm going to give that a try. I got that...

    I'm going to give that a try.



    I got that error when invoking the search function from the "Start Bar". If I do a search from Windows Explorer, (which appears to be the same window that opens...
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    No . . . thats the old "fast search index" thing...

    No . . . thats the old "fast search index" thing from Win98. It makes searches "faster", somewhat, at the cost of overall computer speed. It has nothing to do with the search function actually...
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    Lets go a step farther. I created a simple text...

    Lets go a step farther. I created a simple text file in Notepad. I saved it as "test.txt" in the temp directory. So, the full path is: c:\temp\test.txt

    Very simple. Then I did a search using the...
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    Fail! :( ...

    Fail! :(

    https://discussions.virtualdr.com/images/imported/2010/08/9.png

    This was typed into the Start bar search field.

    Edit: Note that the program location is actually "Program Files",...
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    It gets better . . . I type "winamp" into the...

    It gets better . . . I type "winamp" into the start menu search field. I get the popup that asks if I want to allow "uninstwa" to run. (As in, do I want to uninstall Winamp.) It does this three...
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    Hey Jim; If I hit the Win-key +F I get nothing....

    Hey Jim; If I hit the Win-key +F I get nothing. (I mean, I get the search window, but nothing happens.) I don't even get the green progress bar. And, of course, I do type in my search criteria first.
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    Yup. Started; Automatic (Delayed Start) Edit:...

    Yup. Started; Automatic (Delayed Start)

    Edit: I wish I could grab an active screenshot of of what happens when I try a search. I get that green-ish progress bar at the top. It slowly moves to the...
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    Thanks Train. I saw your post about that program...

    Thanks Train. I saw your post about that program in another thread, along with someone else's recommendation for Agent Ransack. I downloaded both, but, by chance, happened to try Ransack first. It...
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    Win 7 "search" broken?

    I take it from other posts here, and my own experience, that Windows 7 search is simply broken. I find a file I want manually, type its name into the search field, and Windows never finds it. Never...
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    Ok, I got it to work. Here's what I did: Part...

    Ok, I got it to work. Here's what I did:

    Part of my problem is that I was trying to do something that was mentioned in another thread, (around here somewhere), that said you extract just the...
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    Not exactly. I just want to install iTunes so...

    Not exactly. I just want to install iTunes so that I can use my iPod as it was intended. Load mp3's and so forth. The iTunes.msi just won't install.
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    Windows 7 (64-bit) +iTunes?

    Does this work for anyone? It won't install on mine. Just calls out some error. No explanation. I made the mistake of trying one of the iTunes "substitutes", (CopyTrans), which just destroyed my...
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  23. Ok, thanks guys. I had it at the lowest setting...

    Ok, thanks guys. I had it at the lowest setting once, but decided to change it back to default for some reason. Can't remember why.
  24. [RESOLVED] Can I give permanent "permission" to Avast?

    Whenever I try to update my virus definitions, Windows, (User Account Control), pops up a window asking me if this program may have permission to modify the computer. Is there some way to give Avast...
  25. Computer shuts off while trying to boot into Windows.

    Another odd one. This is an old 233mhz Win98SE machine. I use it for odd jobs. It worked fine a few days ago. Now, when I try to boot up, it starts to run windows, then shuts off the power. I can't...
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