| Subject: Windows Explorer can't find folder... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/2/2008 4:55:00 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?bWNjZGFkZHk=?= [Email Address Protection] |
I installed Diamond's One-Touch Video Capture software to convert some of my old VHS video to digital. When I capture video the program saves it to: C:\Program Files\One Touch Video Capture\MyVideos. Using the One-Touch interface I can go to Open, C:\Program Files\One Touch Video Capture\MyVideos and access my recorded .MPGs. However, strangely, I cannot get to that folder via Windows Explorer. The One Touch Video Capture folder under C:\Program Files shows no sub-folder. In Tools/Folder Options, I checked "Show hidden files and folders". When I do a search for "MyVideos" folder or for ".MPG" I get "No items match your search". The same happens if I search for one of the files by name. This is the weirdest behavior I've ever seen in Windows Explorer. I'm using Vista Home Premium. Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? Thanks. |
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| Subject: Re: Windows Explorer can't find folder... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/2/2008 5:49:46 PM |
| From: "leap frog vista" [Email Address Protection] |
so now you discovered that vista search is unreliable? lol its about time! And to think that the MS idiots have made a version of windows search for XP! XP users should NEVER install that crap! Advice: there are many other free search tools available that DO NOT INDEX files.. rather the search the old fashion way that is reliable. All you need then is to categorize your data in a more logical manner and searches become actually faster than windows search could ever be. That way you only search for what you want in a subfolder.... also it would help to learn how to use asterisks to define search parameters. If you don’t believe me that vista search is totally unreliable do some research on Google and see what the world has to say. "mccdaddy" <mccdaddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:539FCD39-4DE5-46C3-8EFE-A71FDFF6499C@microsoft.com... > I installed Diamond's One-Touch Video Capture software to convert some of > my > old VHS video to digital. When I capture video the program saves it to: > C:\Program Files\One Touch Video Capture\MyVideos. Using the One-Touch > interface I can go to Open, C:\Program Files\One Touch Video > Capture\MyVideos > and access my recorded .MPGs. However, strangely, I cannot get to that > folder > via Windows Explorer. The One Touch Video Capture folder under C:\Program > Files shows no sub-folder. > > In Tools/Folder Options, I checked "Show hidden files and folders". When I > do a search for "MyVideos" folder or for ".MPG" I get "No items match your > search". The same happens if I search for one of the files by name. > > This is the weirdest behavior I've ever seen in Windows Explorer. I'm > using > Vista Home Premium. > > Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? > > Thanks. |
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| Subject: Re: Windows Explorer can't find folder... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/2/2008 6:03:59 PM |
| From: "Apic" [Email Address Protection] |
I also dont like the search function in vista, because in xp, i used to search for a result, and then click another folder to do further search or task. But in vista, once i click somewhere else, the previous search results will go off!! More over, i encountered this before --- Vista cant search file in subfolder in a CD or DVD which is not a hidden file at all ! So i copied the entire folder into harddisk, and managed to search the file. Thats really strange. Besides, is the wildcard character like * still works in vista? "leap frog vista" <leapfrog@vizztal.com> wrote in message news:48bddf68$1@newsgate.x-privat.org... > so now you discovered that vista search is unreliable? lol > its about time! > > And to think that the MS idiots have made a version of windows search for > XP! > > XP users should NEVER install that crap! > > Advice: there are many other free search tools available that DO NOT INDEX > files.. rather the search the old fashion way > that is reliable. > > All you need then is to categorize your data in a more logical manner and > searches become actually faster than windows search could ever be. > > That way you only search for what you want in a subfolder.... > > also it would help to learn how to use asterisks to define search > parameters. > > If you don’t believe me that vista search is totally unreliable do some > research on Google and see what the world has to say. > > > > "mccdaddy" <mccdaddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:539FCD39-4DE5-46C3-8EFE-A71FDFF6499C@microsoft.com... >> I installed Diamond's One-Touch Video Capture software to convert some of >> my >> old VHS video to digital. When I capture video the program saves it to: >> C:\Program Files\One Touch Video Capture\MyVideos. Using the One-Touch >> interface I can go to Open, C:\Program Files\One Touch Video >> Capture\MyVideos >> and access my recorded .MPGs. However, strangely, I cannot get to that >> folder >> via Windows Explorer. The One Touch Video Capture folder under C:\Program >> Files shows no sub-folder. >> >> In Tools/Folder Options, I checked "Show hidden files and folders". When >> I >> do a search for "MyVideos" folder or for ".MPG" I get "No items match >> your >> search". The same happens if I search for one of the files by name. >> >> This is the weirdest behavior I've ever seen in Windows Explorer. I'm >> using >> Vista Home Premium. >> >> Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? >> >> Thanks. > |
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| Subject: Re: Windows Explorer can't find folder... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/2/2008 7:10:07 PM |
| From: Ringmaster [Email Address Protection] |
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:55:00 -0700, mccdaddy <mccdaddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I installed Diamond's One-Touch Video Capture software to convert some of my >old VHS video to digital. When I capture video the program saves it to: >C:\Program Files\One Touch Video Capture\MyVideos. Using the One-Touch >interface I can go to Open, C:\Program Files\One Touch Video Capture\MyVideos >and access my recorded .MPGs. However, strangely, I cannot get to that folder >via Windows Explorer. The One Touch Video Capture folder under C:\Program >Files shows no sub-folder. > >In Tools/Folder Options, I checked "Show hidden files and folders". When I >do a search for "MyVideos" folder or for ".MPG" I get "No items match your >search". The same happens if I search for one of the files by name. > >This is the weirdest behavior I've ever seen in Windows Explorer. I'm using >Vista Home Premium. > >Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? > >Thanks. It is part of Microsoft's ill thought out and moronic so-called "security" system. It is really smoke and mirrors. Surprise, while you and One-Touch think it is writing to some location like in XP it really is spoofing it and the reference is what's now called a junction point. I know... crazy, it's nothing new either. What's really going on is called a Symbolic link, old news and commonly used under the UNIX operating system. Think of junction points as pointers. You can learn more here: http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/joshs_blog/archive/2006/09/28/Windows-Vista-Junction-Points.aspx |
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| Subject: Re: Windows Explorer can't find folder... |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 9/3/2008 12:08:35 AM |
| From: "st" [Email Address Protection] |
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