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Thumbnail support for .HTM, .HTML, .MHT and .URL files has been removed in Windows Vista. [5] The Explorer thumbnail handler and metadata property handler for .AVI and .WAV files (Shmedia.dll) has been removed. Ctrl+Enter on the selected folder no longer opens it in a new Explorer window. Tiles view only shows the name, type and the size of items.
However, when browsing network shares with write permission, Windows Vista and Windows 7 store a Thumbs.db file in the remote directory instead of using the (local) central thumbnail cache. This can cause issues when deleting remote shares, as the directory will become locked for a period of time when selected as Windows Explorer automatically ...
Multiple files can be renamed consecutively by pressing F2 to rename one file then Tab ↹ to rename a subsequent file; pressing ⇧ Shift with Tab ↹ will change focus to a preceding file. In previous versions of Windows users had to press F2 then ↵ Enter then → to rename a subsequent file (or ← to rename a preceding file) each time to ...
In DOS systems, file directory entries include a Hidden file attribute which is manipulated using the attrib command. Using the command line command dir /ah displays the files with the Hidden attribute. In addition, there is a System file attribute that can be set on a file, which also causes the file to be hidden in directory listings.
A more secure fashion to edit the file is to use the bootcfg command from a console. bootcfg will also relock the file (setting the file back to system, hidden, and read-only). Additionally, the file can be edited within Windows using a text editor if the folder view option "Show hidden files and folders" is selected, the folder view option ...
Figure 1: Windows Explorer's folder view in Windows XP uses virtual folders as the root.. Windows uses the concept of special folders to present the contents of the storage devices connected to the computer in a fairly consistent way that frees the user from having to deal with absolute file paths, which can (and often do) change between operating system versions, and even individual ...
Searching for files containing a given text string became problematic with Vista unless the files had been indexed. An alternative is to use the findstr command-line function. [34] After right-clicking on a folder one can open a command-line prompt in that folder. Windows Explorer also contains modifications in the visualization of files on a ...
Windows Vista contains a range of new technologies and features that are intended to help network administrators and power users better manage their systems. Notable changes include a complete replacement of both the Windows Setup and the Windows startup processes, completely rewritten deployment mechanisms, new diagnostic and health monitoring tools such as random access memory diagnostic ...