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teenee60
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Help..
i have had this problem before,anything i download,even email attachments,they cant be found.the solution then was in folder options,tick show hidden files and folders.that is ticked.
i tell it to go to desktop,and its nowhere.
i'm on vista.
i do a search of the pc,and all i can find is a shortcut in;AppData>Roaming>windows>recent.
Any ideas????
i have had this problem before,anything i download,even email attachments,they cant be found.the solution then was in folder options,tick show hidden files and folders.that is ticked.
i tell it to go to desktop,and its nowhere.
i'm on vista.
i do a search of the pc,and all i can find is a shortcut in;AppData>Roaming>windows>recent.
Any ideas????
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Where do the shortcuts point to when you open them?:idea:0
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When you download do you not choose where to save to?"She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
Moss0 -
Help..
i have had this problem before,anything i download,even email attachments,they cant be found.the solution then was in folder options,tick show hidden files and folders.that is ticked.
i tell it to go to desktop,and its nowhere.
i'm on vista.
i do a search of the pc,and all i can find is a shortcut in;AppData>Roaming>windows>recent.
Any ideas????
from which browser you are downloading the files?0 -
browser,ie8
i choose to save to desktop
click on to the shortcut,and it searches,but doesnt find.
gggrrrr0 -
Just do a search on the filename and it should take you to where they are being saved.No free lunch, and no free laptop
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When you try to click on the shortcut if it says not able to find then it might be because the original file has been deleted or it is not properly downloaded. Try downloading the file again and verify.0
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Hi, I have had this with my desktop pc, which runs on vista, but it doesn't happen on my laptop, or my wife's, which are also on vista. The desktop is a hewlett-packard, if it makes any difference.
To find my stuff on the desktop, I go to users- user name- appdata- local- virtual store and search the folders in there. Hope this helps, but I don't know why the files are sent there.0 -
or else go to my documents and from there check the folder downloads.0
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I have now found that everything in AppData>roaming>microsoft>windows>recent are shortcuts
I look at Appdata properties and attributes the hidden was ticked,i have unticked it.
totaly confused now.0
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