A folder is a named collection of related files or other folders that can be retrieved, moved, and otherwise manipulated as one entity. The folder term is chosen to be consistent with the metaphor that the user interface is a desktop. In some OS operating systems, the term directory is used rather ...
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Search for exe file within a condition
I want to search for all .exe files greater than 200 kB or smaller than 120 kB in the current folder and its subfolders. Then I want to move them to another folder called "folder" and execute in this ...
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Why I Don't See Contents Of Folder When Tabbing?
Usually if I remember correctly, when I browsed between multiple folders and was pointing mouse cursor on folder, I could see its contents, but not anymore:
All I see are icons; one with earth ...
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How to give full access to a folder for everyone?
How to give full access to a folder for everyone?
Is there any way to do it programmatically, using a .bat file or a script?
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Copying to a network shared folder extremely slow
Have three computers both with windows 7 connected to each other with a TRENDnet gigabit switch, have a folder on computer A that is set as shared folder under the advanced sharing settings for the ...
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Permissions, Rights & Privileges
I only have the privileges of a normal user on a Windows environment (XP). I would like to ask the following questions.
(1) Are any/all attempts to access a log file(text) logged somewhere ?
(2) Are ...
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User has write access but getting “permission denied” error
A user has been added to a group and the group has been given ownership on an directory.
Now the user is not able to write the files in to the directory using WinSCP, but I have added another user ...
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free ftp client application with sync option
i use currently filezilla for ftp client . but when upload a folder that same exists on remote server. all files sent.
What software could I schedule it to sync my local folder to a folder on my FTP ...
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Shared folder with access control and logging
At work we are 20 people who access a folder thats shared on a computer running Windows 2003 Server Enterprise.
We've been facing issues with people playing pranks by deleting some files every now ...
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Rename folder broke Mediamonkey files
I renamed one of my folder which broke all links to my music collection stored in media monkey. I would like to know how I can associate all songs in my media monkey playlist to the newly changed ...
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Windows 7 Music folder: Access is denied
I store my music on a network share and was annoyed that music programs default to using the hidden %userprofile%\Music directory, which is the default location for the magic "My Music" folder.
So I ...
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Windows 7 context menu right click in folder
I know how to add a context menu for when you click on an actual folder:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\commandNameHere]
but what about clicking on nothing in a folder?
like I make a new ...
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Sync folder outside SkyDrive on OS X
After the recent 25 GB update, I wanted to sync my pictures with SkyDrive as I finally have enough space (My almost 10 GB Dropbox is full with other data and I need more than 10 GB for my pictures ...
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Is there a way to lock folder and all files inside for specific time?
Is there a way / tool to lock folder and all files inside for specific time to prevent any other program on PC to perform any actions? Something like anti-Unlocker tool for Windows.
I use Windows ...
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Delete and replace folder within %username% structure
I'm trying to clean up our Office Templates directory as it's gotten a bit overcrowded and needs a bit of a trim. I've initially written a batch file to copy the Templates directory and its contents ...
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Check for spelling mistakes in folder names
Many programs are available to check for spelling mistakes or wrong grammar.
Is it possible to use spell checking on folder names?
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Remove Permissions
On one of my a partitions, Windows 7 is installed. I would like to delete this partition, but to backup before the following folder "E:\Users\Daniel". Just copying the folder doesn't work ...
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Sent Items folder switches to display the From: instead of To: column every other time it is accessed
When a user accesses the sent folder the view stays on sent but the columns displayed include the from column instead of the to column. If the user clicks on the inbox and clicks on the sent folder ...
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How to hide system folders in windows
My question is simple, I have a box with freshly installed windows. I have only one drive and i.e. C so I would like to hide all other System folders like Program Files,Windows,Documents and Settings ...
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Is it possible to see all shared folder list in windows?
We have LAN connected different OS installed systems. If I want to see all shared folder list in windows 7 and its access level whether read or read and write, how and where can I see? Is there any ...
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win 7: copy all files from a complex folder structure to one folder
I'd have a complex folder structure like:
h:\folder1\folder2\folder3
h:\folder1\folder2\a
h:\folder1\b
h:\folder1\folder3
h:\folder1\folder4\d
Only with probably 100's of folders and a depth of ...
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chdir warning when opening .tar file on OS X
I need to unarchive a file to the /Developer folder.
Install Qt for iOS SDK
The Qt for iOS SDK has been configured to be
installed in the default Xcode installation location /Developer. It ...
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Giving access to a folder to a specific user in Windows 7
I have at my parents' house a Windows 7 machine, with 2 users - "admin" which only I have the password to, and "HomeUser" which doesn't have a password, and which my parents use to log into Windows.
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Folder to be found using %folder-name%
As we can go to the temp folder by typing %temp% in the run Window.Is there any way to make this command work for our folders as well
eg-If we have a folder say SUPER then i want this folder to open ...
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Is there a way to easily set the icon a folder uses?
I want to have certain folders show a picture I made my own instead of having to use the properties and specifying an *.ico file. Is there a way to use a *.jpg or *.png or *.gif or something like that ...
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Trying to hide a folder and unhide it in the same batch file with the attrib command
I am trying to hide a folder with a batch file, using the attrib command and I also want to unhide the file with the same batch file. can i do this as a single batch file? or do i have to call another ...
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If folder is hidden (attrib +h) call _.bat [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Trying to hide a folder and unhide it in the same batch file with the attrib command
I am trying to hide a folder with a batch file, using the attrib command and I also ...
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Can't create new folder in my video folder or find the files
I can't create a folder in the video folder or see the files I saved on a system running Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit. I can see the files in the root location of the folder by going to the folder from My ...
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How do I recursively delete all files or folders whose names match a pattern in Windows?
For the file example, I would like to delete all files matching .+?[a-f0-9]{4}.html (i.e. any html file ending in a four digit hexadecimal). So paged47c.html would be deleted, but page.html would ...
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Organizing automatically Windows Files and Folders [closed]
For Windows only, Organizing the eleventy-billion files you've got stuffed into folders on your hard drive is very "hard".
For example, I have one folder on my computer that I save all web ...
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Hide or Delete the User Home Folder in Windows Explorer Navigation Pane
I am using Windows 7. I don't like the User Home Folder in the Windows Explorer navigation pane. In fact, I don't like the folder itself. I never use it, per se, and it comes up sometimes as an ...
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Are 'C:\ProgramData' and 'C:\Users\All Users' the same? Do I need both?
I have these two directories on my hard drive, which seem to be identical, and each take up 2.4GB
C:\Users\All Users
C:\ProgramData
Why do both exist? Can I get rid of one of them?
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share a folder with group, without admin rights
I work with my colleagues with ubuntu on a nas. We are part of the same group. We want to share a folder. So I added write groups of the folder chmod g+wX folderpath.
Unfortunately, when one of us ...
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Restore Home Folders
I accidently deleted my home folders. Those are:
C:\Users\myname\Downloads
C:\Users\myname\Dokumente
C:\Users\myname\Bilder
C:\Users\myname\Videos
C:\Users\myname\Musik
How can I restore them? I ...
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Display Folder Size in Windows 7 Explorer
Is it possible to display the folder size in Windows 7 explorer like this:
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Watch folder and upload to an FTP server
I'm searching for some software that watches a folder and when you change a file it automatically uploads it. I don't like programs that mount a remote dir as a local folder, since they are really ...
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Is there any way to keep Windows Explorer from making redundant windows in Windows 7?
Is there a way to tell Windows to only have one instance of Explorer per folder path?
For example, sometimes I don't realize that I have a folder open but minimized, so I open another instance (by ...
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My Downloads folder disappeared
In Windows 7, my Downloads folder in my user directory disappeared. How can I recreate it? I just created as a new folder, but it does not have the special folder icon that it used to have. That means ...
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Save File & Directory Hierarchy
I have a folder like:
Folder
--Sub Folder 1
--Sub Sub Folder
--subfile.htm
--subfile1.txt
--subfile2.xlx
--subfile3.doc
--subfile4.ppt
--Sub Folder 2
--file1.xlsx
--file2.xlsx
I want ...
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I cannot delete blank folder which I created
Disclaimer: I don't have english version of W7, I'll try to guess the right captions, but they may not be always accurate. Sorry for that.
I have a blank folder which I previously created and I want ...
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Recovering a bookmark folder
I cannot find an important folder from the chrome bookmarks. I did not make a backup.
I already re-installed windows and chrome.
I went from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8
Is it possible for me ...
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Limit size of shared folder in Windows Server 2003 SP2
I have a machine with Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, SP2. The hard-drive is in NTFS format. I am sharing a folder from this machine.
I would like to know if a limit exists for:
the size of a ...
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Why do I have some “encrypted” files on my Win7 Pro drive
For reasons I can't fathom I appear to have a lot of files on my drive that are considered as encrypted (I just tried to xcopy /s /c /y /d a_dropbox_folder\*.* \\somewhere_on_my_nas_drive\ and got ...
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What is the extension of a folder in Windows?
Windows recognizes files using extensions. Does same applies to folders ? Is there a special extension that mark a file as a folder ?
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Why does the folder name change its color to blue? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What does a blue filename in Windows Explorer mean?
I have an external hard disk. When I plug it in a system running Windows XP.. all the folder names and even the file ...
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How to copy the contents of a folder to another folder when a change is noticed? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to sync OS X desktop to Dropbox?
I want to sync my desktop to dropbox.
for that I want to copy my desktop folder to a desktop_copy folder in my dropbox folder.
...
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3answers
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Cannot delete a folder in Windows 7
I have a few folders that I can't delete:
I right-click > properties > security to try and give myself permission, but no joy:
So I try to take ownership of the folder in advanced > owner...
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Unable to open any folder on my pendrive in Windows
I have 8 GB pendrive of HP. Maybe I've deleted one file from this pendrive. But now, when I try to open any folder from my pendrive, I get:
Windows cannot find 'F:\RECYCLER\117f31f.exe'. Make ...
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wget - download all files but not preceding folders
I'm using wget to download all files from within a folder using the -r and -np options. However this also downloads the preceding folders, which I don't want.
For example:
wget -r -np ...
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max folders I can store inside a folder in a linux server
Is there a logical limit as to how many folders I can store inside a single folder in a hosting server (linux)? I`m talking about tens of thousands of folders.
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How to prevent a folder from being cut, copied or opened from others?
I have a folder which is with in the www folder (/wamp/root/www). I need to prevent this folder from being cut, copied and opened from others.
Is there is any way to do this?
