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How to protect a folder with a password [duplicate]
Does anyone know of a way to simply encrypt a folder with a password, without hiding the folder??
I dont want to have to mount or dismount a volume, or unlock a folder everytime i want to access it. ...
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How to create aliases in windows [duplicate]
In Linux I can do this :
ln -s /tmp/mydocs /home/user/docs/
it will create alias to /home/user/docs/ and I can access to docs with cd /tmp/mydocs/
In windows :
I have this directory ...
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How make a folder hidden and locked in Windows
I am using Windows 7. I have a folder named Progs and there are lot of files and folders in it. If someone tries to access this folder Progs, no folder should be visible to anyone, and if someone ...
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Music folder doesn't fully load?
My music library doesn't fully load, in the sense that when I open it, I see only about 20 files (it should contain over 2000), and no subfolders are shown either.
See the screenshot below (click for ...
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What's wrong with magnet link?
I thought that using magnet links for torrents precluded me from saving torrent files to hard drive.
But it appears there's a folder - C:\Users\homedir\Appdata\Roaming\uTorrent that contains all ...
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Find recently created folders in Windows
In Windows 7, is it possible to obtain a list of recently created folders? I recently created a directory for a program that I installed, but I can't remember where I put it, so I'd like to see a list ...
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In windows looking for a filtered directory
Imagine a large number of files, organized in folders (thousands of folders)...there are multiple types of files in each folder (PDF, ZIP, DOCX, etc.). I'm looking for a tool that can show the ...
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How to sort folders by last characters of folder name in Windows 7?
I have a stack of client folders with names like this:
eastcoal 008
mee 022
orr 047
owaka 032
owen 025
powernet006
redpath 031
Normally this works, but sometimes I'd like to sort by the number. ...
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I deleted downloads folder Windows 7. How do I restore this? [duplicate]
I somehow deleted the downloads folder. Now, when I create the downloads folder, it shows up, then quickly disappears and shows an empty icon without a name behind it.
How can I fix this?
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How to delete “Program Files” folder in Windows 7
OK ... here is the deal ... I replaced my current drive C with a brand new drive and installed Windows 7 on the new drive. I took the old Drive C: and added it to a different SATA port and made it ...
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Volume mounted to NTFS folder (C:\Temp) disappears randomly
I have my temp directory (C:\Temp - system variable) mounted to an NTFS folder on an SSD (via Diskmanagement > Change or Assign Drive Letters > mount to empty NTFS folder).
This mounting behaviour is ...
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Folder titles? - Windows 7 and XP [duplicate]
I would like to keep my folder names short (3-4 characters) but provide other users with more information on what is to be located in said folder. With files you can add a title to the file ...
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Open one of the folders included in Windows Library
When I include folders in Windows Library, it makes them easier to be searched in and it improves my ability to open favorite files.
However, when I want to save a file in Library, or copy it ...
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batch move for different file types to different folder name
I have files containing in
C:\foldername1\Files\soandso1.mkv
C:\foldername2\Files\soandso2.mp4
C:\foldername3\Files\soandso3.avi
I want to move the .mkv, .mp4, and .avi back to it's parent folder, ...
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Preventing explorer to open a folder
I was trying to make a folder inaccessible (Windows 7, 64bit) and I have done the following registry edit:
HKCR\CLSID\{myClsid}
HKCR\CLSID\{myClsid}\shell\open
HKCR\CLSID\{myClsid}\shell\explore
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Nesting Folders in Windows 7 for a Media Center
I have built a DVR comp using 2x 3TB HD's and and want my tuner card to be able to record movies and tv as long as I have space on either one of them, unfortunately Win 7 forced me to partition one of ...
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Is there any way to automatically close a folder in Windows after I open a shortcut?
So, I use this folder taskbar "pinning" app which, when I open the folders icon from the taskbar, will run an instance of Windows Explorer for that specific folder. One of those folders I pinned is ...
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Can't remove three dots folder on my hdd [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Files with illegal filenames
Under Win7, since 2 weeks, somehow a new folder with three dots D:\...\ was created, but i can't access it, delete it, not even rename it, ...
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Entire Desktop Deleted
I have a question, and I am sorry if I don't perfectly articulate it and have any sort of propriety in doing so--I am frantic, right now! In my "downloads" folder, I had a desktop icon that I didn't ...
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Windows 7 - Program wants to create shortcuts in C:\ProgramData when installed
I am trying to install a program in Windows 7, the program wants to install Start Menu shortcuts in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. However, the installation fails and the error ...
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How do I keep my files and folders unlocked in Windows 7?
My IDE is getting a frequent problem of failing to delete temporary or scratch files from the disk it is working on and the reason is the files and folders it is working on are being locked by itself ...
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Access folder right-click from inside the folder in Windows 7
In Windows XP, if you had a folder open in Explorer, you could access the right-click context menu of a folder by right-clicking the folder icon in the titlebar of the Explorer window. In Win7 this ...
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How to change “New Folder” default name for folders in explorer to current date and time?
Every time I create new folder in windows explorer I don't need it to be named New Folder. I need current date and time as folder name. For example 13:41 16.12.2012.
And, lets say, I'm too lazy to ...
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can't delete a folder that ends with dot. windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can’t delete folder in Windows 7
I got 2 folders that their names end with a dot.
both are folders of files I've downloaded through torrent.
I can't delete those folders ...
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Windows folder has readonly attribute that cannot be removed
I have a zip file containing Eclipse workspace. When I unzip it all the extracted folders have read only attribute set to true. When I uncheck "read only" in properties dialog and click apply the ...
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share folder between desktop and laptop which shares internet
I've a laptop with xp and a desktop with windows 7.
I shared the wireless internet of my laptop to my desktop using a cable. This all works fine.
Now the problem is that if i make a shared folder on ...
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make “sort by” permanent for specific folder
I have a folder where I store all my web icons in .png and .ico format. I set view to large icons and sort by to date modified -> descending.
When I save new icons in this folder from web, I drag ...
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How to add custom application to context menu of all folders in Windows 7 to run with folder's path as parameter?
I made an application that zips and puts any folder dropped onto it into backup folder on my disk. I'd like to be able to launch it with a parameter of a folder's full path via context menu.
How do I ...
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Which folder lock application will meet this requirement?
I want any third party(either commercial or Open source) folder lock application that protects file with password without hiding the files.
The locked folder should be displayed to user as password ...
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Script/scheduled task to clean up Dowloads folder (Windows 7)?
My downloads folder is my primary connection to the internet (and thus the world), and has rapidly become a virtual junk drawer. I imagine I'm not alone here.
What I'd like to do is have some sort ...
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Remove unwanted folders from User folder
I have several folders in my user profile directory that I don't think belong there. For most of the unwanted folders, the folder name begins with a dot.
It seems like these belong in the AppData ...
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Can't hide certain folders in Windows 7
I am trying to hide the following folders: Searches, My Videos, Favorites, and Desktop within my User Folder (Tamara).
The problem is that I am not able to make them hide within that left pane that ...
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Rename “Documents” folder in Windows 7
I use a different name for "Documents" folder.
Previously I had to rename it after every windows update, because updates kept changing it back.
Now I am unable to rename it to the same old name ...
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Folder refuses to be moved to Recycle Bin under Windows 7
I have a folder with files for the project I work with. I move it from my desktop to laptop and back, almost every day, depending on which machine I use it on at the time. The process of the move is ...
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Whatdoes the $ sign mean when part of a file or folder name?
I have folders that start with a $, like $Recycle.Bin, and folders that end with $, like C$. Are these network shares?
Then again often I see files that otherwise look like dupes of files in the ...
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Windows 7 Offline Folders - Folder Access when Offline
In Windows XP, offline folders allowed you access to a folder even if it was offline. This meant you could merrily save your files in the offline location .. and when you were online again, the file ...
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How to list directories and their sizes in command prompt?
I would like to see sizes of subfolders in a folder, similar to linux du -sh command. How can I do that?
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Tool to help merge 50 folders with somewhat overlapping folders and files
I'm on windows 7, and with all the diff and folder merge tools I've seen, I don't think there's any tool that can do this: merge 50 folders that contain somewhat overlapping sub-folders and files, ...
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Find folders with only one file
I need to find and delete all folders within C:\parent which contain only one file. The folder structure is flat (no subfolders):
C:\parent\folder1\file1
C:\parent\folder1\file2
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Make a read only “view” of a network folder
I feel like this should be easy and I'm missing something simple.
We have a network folder A that must be full access to a user to support a legacy application. However, we also need the user to be ...
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Why wont my folder instantly show me my newly updated files?
Suddenly over the last two days (perhaps after I messed around with the Library links) when I create a new Folder of File it doesn't show me it unless I reload the Folder? Very annoying!
Any ...
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Directory diff with text file output
It appears I was unable to save the scripts I used for converting some Subversion repos to Mercurial ones, more specifically the filemaps.
How can I get diffs between two directories (added/removed ...
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How do translated folders work ? How to create one?
I was wondering about one new feature in windows, which is the folder name translation.
For instance, as i'm french the folder C:\Program Files will appear as C:\Programmes for me
So my question : ...
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Browse for folder dialogs only showing user directory
I've recently noticed several applications where any "Browser for folder" dialogs they generate only show "Desktop" and my user directory. They don't even show the folders on my desktop, just the ...
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Recover directories just deleted in Nautilus
In Nautilus, I accidentally delete several directories on a partition (unfortunately, I deleted them in a way such that they don't remain in Trash). I haven't write any new data to that partition yet. ...
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Concatenating many files into one
I currently have this command:
copy /b *.txt newfile.txt
But I want to include all files with folders as well.
How can I do this? Is it possible to add this to Apache Ant as well?
I also ...
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Windows 7 Forces Detail View of all folders
About a week ago I started to have an issue, every folder on any drive is in detail view, if I change to any other view like icons, then I press back and the folder again it just reverts back to ...
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Folder is not accessable, owner is not changeable. What should I do?
I'm facing currently a problem with a folder in windows 7, that is not accessable. Such a problem I had treated often in the last years on several pc's. But today the problem seems harder than the ...
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How can I undo an “RD /S /Q <path>” command prompt command?
I accidentally deleted an important folder I had on my Windows 7 desktop using the administrative command prompt command listed as:
"RD /S /Q "C:\Users\Robby\Desktop\Pictures&Things"
I ...
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Password protection without encryption
There are several ways of password protecting a file/folder on Windows, but all those methods encrypt the file, so a large amount of time is spent encrypting (like password protecting in WinRAR).
Is ...
