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How do I store a symbol, from the symbol PULL down menu, elsewhere for easy access while typing a document?
useing word 2007.
Thanks
eddie460Put it in a clipboard.
You can have many clipboards.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221190
Of course, that may seem to be an overkill. But if you are no using the clipboards for anything else, don't  worry.Open Word
CLICK on the Insert tab then in the Symbols group click Symbol, then More Symbols.
Choose the Font that the symbol is from (like Symbol or Wingdings).
Locate the symbol you WANT to use and single click to select it.
At the BOTTOM of the Symbol box there is a Shortcut key button here you will see if there is already a shortcut for that particular symbol you selected.4
If not, key in a shortcut and click on Assign.
Close down the windows and test your shortcut.Another option might be to create a simple macro that inserts the symbol.

Hi all!  Sure hope you can help me.  I downloaded a free UTILITY program to manage 'hybernation' at a 1:30 am.  It is called WinMend or also AutoShutDown.  This program is a serious headache!  It shuts my computer down instead of hybernating and I lose any open info I hadn't saved.

In a nutshell - its terrible!  I went to the normal control panel uninstall and it comes back saying "an instance of this program is running on your computer". 

I have "Revo Uninstaller" I only use in emergencies or troubles.  Revo Unistaller doesn't list it as a program to uninstall.

I went to the 'program files', found it and was able to delete only some of the files.  This turned out to be a wrong thing to do.  It just kept shutting off my computer and there was NO mention of WinMend on my computer at all then.  SO, I went back and downloaded the entire program again.  I went again to Control Panel - Uninstall.  This time it uninstalled. 

But, WHOA tonight I'm up late and the *censored* thing is still lurking and trying to shut off my computer.  I want rid of this darn thing!

I have a brand new Dell Inspiron One19 with with Windows 7 Home Premium.

Can someone tell me how to force this off my computer? 

I've tried today again to delete the application file, but still get a "cannot delete file" type message.

Thanks to all of you who do such a FABULOUS job!  Pennie77 Quote

I have a brand new Dell Inspiron One19 with with Windows 7 Home Premium.

hi,
I am new in this forum. I have INSTALLED a emoticon SOFTWARE, and soon I uninstalled  it and DELETED it from my system. But STILL at START up I saw it image for a glance. What exactly it is ? I software bug or something else ?
any reply in this regards would be appreciated


Thanks and regardsWelcome to the forum

What do you mean you "saw it image for a glance"?

Hi
I have a bat file that runs at night VIA task schedular that syncronizes things on 2 computers.
I wrote in the batch file that if an error occured the batch file would pause and the next morning
I could see what the problem was. Well obviously that doesn't work. APPARENTLY everything runs
silently and I never see anything.
Is there something I can do in the batch file that would flag me the next day if there is a problem?
Right now I have to go through the log files and I didn't want to do that unless I knew there was
a problem.

thanks
azswiftI had a ton of automated processes to keep track of at my last job, and what i did was add that if on error to execute another process that sent me an e-mail with subject line of the problem. Every day i checked my e-mail and know right then and there if there were any that error'ed out. If this is something you are INTERESTED in, i can see if I STILL have the e-mail from command prompt program to share with you, that might be burried on my ONE external drive. Hoping I brought a copy of this home with me and didnt leave it at the prior employer when I left.Hi

Actually I have tried that but I keep getting a MAPI error 2. I have Windows live Mail on my
computer. I can send email from the GUI but when I try to have another program do it I
get the MAPI error. Some info I have read on Live Mail says it is not fully MAPI compliant.

azswift

This is my first time on a forum so hopefully I am doing this correctly . . . (or even in the RIGHT place?)

I am running a Power PC G4 with Mac OS X 10.5.8.

I have an Excel file with 350 names (rows) in Column A. Column B has a corresponding number that GOES with each name. I have both sides of a letter size sheet but need the top 1/3 of the front page for a large HEADER (graphic). I would like to have four (4) COLUMNs (A+B=1 COLUMN) on each page in alpha order by name.

I'm stumped . . . I'm a graphic artist and have spent very little time with Excel except to make lists . . . never anything this complicated. Of course, I'm trying to help a friend with his Eagle SCOUT project and have already created the header graphic (the easy part for me).

I no longer have a book so I went through the menus like I would a new or unfamiliar graphics program but was unable to fine anything that would give me that kind of control.

Any SUGGESTIONS as to where I could get some assistance?

jrl

Hello friends, I was just wondering if anyone had the same problem as I had with Superantispyware Pro. My story.....I purchased a copy of Superantispyware pro a few yrs back and it worked great, However when I upgraded my Computer to 64 bit windows 7 and installed the software It took about (no lie) 5 minutes to load. I googled the problem and ended up downloading the free version just to see if it worked better , And behold! end of problem. Was this caused by the real time protection enabled on the pro edition? Thanks....Have you contacted the author (HTTP://www.superantispyware.com/contact.html)?Ah, excellant idea......thank you, will do.Also read somewhere that superantispyware dos not work well with 64- bit Windows 7. Something about the DRIVERS..... Quote

read somewhere that superantispyware dos not work well with 64- bit Windows 7

What operating systems is SUPERAntiSpyware.com software compatible with?    Click here to return to the FAQ page!
 
SUPERAntiSpyware.com software is compatible with 2000, XP Home/Professional, 2003, Server 2008, Vista and Windows 7.

SUPERAntiSpyware is provided as a native 32-bit application and a native 64-bit application. The installer will install the proper version for your operating system.

We offer an older version 4.24 that works with Windows 98, 98SE, and ME.

Our software is not compatible with the Mac OS at this time.

I am in need of a program that can clear a RECORD of me printing a coupon. I print a lot of coupons and am LIMITED to printing only 2 per computer. I have 4 computers I print off of at home, but would prefer to use one computer to print as many as I need. My computers are all hardwired to my router. My windows xp or windows 2000 os is what I would use. I have TRIED clearing my history, cache, and temp with no luck. Any working solutions would be appreciated.This is likely against someone's terms of use. We don't HELP with things like this.

When you go to the average website - recipes, catalogs, written material - and hit your PRINT key, you always end up up with far more material on the printed page than you really wanted.  Wasted paper, wasted ink.

Is there some sort of print utility that lets you use your mouse to make the standard "variable sized dashed rectangular box" around the material on screen which is important to you, and then print only the contents of the box you just drew?    

I'm running a PC with Windows 7 Pro, feeding an Epson NX515 printer.Are you using special print options found on many websites to provide less wasteful printing or do you just use the main browser print command and print the page?  You should be using the special print options whenever available.  For example, on allrecipes.com, you will see a print button on the web page and it is much less wasteful than using the browser print command and printing the WHOLE page.  I've attached a screen capture from allrecipes.com to show what I'm talking about.


[recovering disk space - old ATTACHMENT deleted by admin]I do use those PRINT options whenever they are present.  However, often I don't want even the full page(s) they present.  My approach to cooking some new dish, as an example, is to "grab" the list of ingredients from 3 or 4 recipes, and wind up with my own personal refined ingredients listing.

I am aware that Adobe reader has a "snapshot" feature that allows you to "box and copy" particular information, but the majority of websites are not in .pdf format.I would just take a screenshot using the Print Screen button and then use paint to cut out what I need and print it.A very simple way to do this is with the page open that you wish to extract and then print only a specific portion of do the following.
1. Highlight with your cursor the specific portion you wish to use(eventually print).
2.Using the "EDIT" selection from your tool bar select"copy"
3. Open a window from a program such as "word" or "notepad" or something similar (whatever you are used to or prefer).
4. With that window open from the associated tool bar select "edit" select "Paste"
5. You now have the specific (and only) material that you want to print. Now use your preferred method to print the content of that document.
Voila your done --mission accomplished. truenorthWith allrecipes.com, when you use the print function on their website, you can choose whether to print a recipe on a full page, a 3x5 printout, or a 4x 6 printout.

Quote from: schuarta on May 13, 2011, 10:49:53 AM

My approach to cooking some new dish, as an example, is to "grab" the list of ingredients from 3 or 4 recipes, and wind up with my own personal refined ingredients listing.

Hi..

I have been using the iomega zip 100 discs SINCE 1999. It remained my main mode of saving my work files and personal files for about 4 years. Whenever I upgraded my computer I would transfer the zip drive with it so that I could have continued access to my files. Previously when I RIGHT click on the drive there will be a password protect function. My last upgrade for that particular computer was to a Celeron processor running on Windows 98. this particular computer sits in my spare room and was not used regularly. Recently I decided to transfer all my zip drive files to an external hard disc but found that the computer failed to work.

I sent the computer for repair and upgraded the processor and Ram and OS to XP. Following that the zip drive still worked but when I right clicked, the password function is not there and I am unable to access my zip drives anymore. Zip drives that were unprotected works fine.

Can someone please help. Thanks. According to Iomega's website, you have to have their software installed in order to open password protected disks. Have you installed their software yet?

From their website: (I've removed some irrelevant bits)
Quote

READ/Write Protecting Zip Disks

IomegaWare software includes a special read/write protect feature that allows you to:
    Write protect a disk through software instead of with a mechanical write-protect switch.
    Write protect a disk and assign a password so that no one can add, edit, or delete files without entering the password first.
    Read/Write protect a disk so that it cannot be read from, or written to, unless the user ENTERS the password you assign.

Setting Zip Disk Protection under Windows

    Insert the disk you want to protect into your Zip drive.
    Open My Computer and right click the Zip drive icon.
    Select Protect from the drive shortcut menu.
    Select the protection option you want to use. Click the Help button if you need information on any of the options.

NOTE: Although Zip disk protection options are set and removed using IomegaWare software, the ACTUAL protection mechanism is secured in the drive hardware. This means the disk protection cannot be by-passed using other software programs.

For those of you who prefer one click to several, here's a third PARTY gui interface for ERUNT. If it helps make users be more inclined to backup their registries, it's worthwhile.

http://www.freewaregenius.com/2010/11/08/erunt-gui-backup-and-restore-your-registry-with-a-single-click/

And of course the original (WORKS with ALL versions of Windows from NT/2K/XP forward) - which wasn't difficult to use in the FIRST place: http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/Pretty cool. Thanks Allan Sure THING

Hi,

I've recently switched printers on my two computers and have a question about uninstalling some software.  It seems, even though I ran the uninstall, HP still has a bunch of software installed for my 7210 all-in-one, that i think I don't need.  Can ANYONE tell me which of these I can safely uninstall, please?
I have an HP computer and monitor, but a Cannon printer.  I use Adobe Photoshop for pictures or iPhoto on my Mac:

HP Digital MEDIA Archive
HP Document viewer
HP Image Zone 5.3
HPImagaing Device Functions 5.3
HP Photosmart 330, 380, 420, 470, 7800, 8000, 8200 seies
HP photo Smart Camera
5.0
Some of these are taking up alot of memory and I'm TRYING to speed up my PC.

Thanks I appreciate the help!
 None of them take up any "memory" and removing apps will not speed up your system.Really??  So how do I speed up my computer.  It use to be so fast and now everything is AGONIZING.  Can you make any recommendations that will help me?

Thanks!  What, specifically, is slow. Please describe the exact SYMPTOMS and tell us something about your computer.

I've been using this laptop for quite a while now. It started well but when I logged on I got like 30 seconds later a BSOD saying something about ataport.sys  I thought it was no biggie. I'll just reinstall windows. The THING is that I managed to DELETE partitions and take the whole thing down.
I thought it would FIX my BSOD error but it didn't. Now I even can't install XP on it.


The video below is about where I get the BSOD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLNbZ_JX1Fg&feature=feedu

It's giving me next error codes:

STOP: 0x0000007b (0xF78D2524, 0XC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)


Some info about my laptop:

Processor Intel Celeron Dual Core T3500 2.10GHz 1MB cache
14,1" (1280x800)
2GB DDR2
MB Intel GL40 + ICH9-M
DVDRW DL
320GB S-ATA 8MB cache kõvaketas


.............
I tried checkdisk and it didn't found a thing. Any suggestions ?

Please help.A number of users has posted and solved their problems here.
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156593

MS Support : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103Thanks for your reply.

I tried this "Press F6 if you have to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver."

It all went good until I followed the instructions on the screen. Now it says:

"Setup could not find a floppy DRIVE on your machine to load OEM drivers from floppy disk.

*Press ESC to cancel loading OEM drivers
*Press F3 to quit setup"

What is this? Who the *censored* uses floppies? I have a CD that contains those drivers.At the point you press F6 to install additional drivers you insert the MBoard Driver CD...
If it's a homemade driver CD or 1 with the incorrect driver then you will recieve the error message stated above... Quote

Thanks for your reply.

I tried this "Press F6 if you have to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver."

when i go to my email & THERES a LINK to go to , i TRY to click on it & the LAP top wont do anything . how can i FIX this problem? please help  Set IE as your default browser (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows7/Change-your-default-web-browser)

What are some good programs for blocking porn sites on my computer but won't affect my computer PERFORMANCE much?

Running Windows Vista 32-bit

Thanks!Try this one:
                    http://www.netdogsoft.com/A Hosts file would be much cheaper...

Hosts file USAGE explained...yep!
I like host file control...

if you're using a router that has content control then you may also try it, that is what I've done for my home network. Thanks guys I appreciate the adviseI bought and downloaded SAFE eyes WORKED like I NEEDED it to.

I want to learn how to create a icon that when ACTIVATED has a drop down window. I would write whatever in the window, is that possible? I have explorer 8 Incredimail 2.0 windows xp. I know how to shorten a url to just a name. [email protected]


email addy removed to prevent SPAMthis IS possible i BELIEVE. at work we made a system which used a modified drop down box.  it has a rectangle box around it with rounded edges which sounds like it could be made to do exactly as you want but i have no idea how they did it XD

However the first thing i suggest you do is MOVE to USING firefox , our system only works in firefox and safari because of things like this not being able to be done in explorer. Rounding edges using stuff like

-moz

commands are not possible in explorer to my knowledge , the easiest way to make rounded edges was to use sprites. so MIGHT i suggest you start easy by using firefox? XD

A friend of mine has posed the following puzzle and I could not find an answer to it. Hence I am posting it here :

In excel, when you enter a series of digits exceeding 16 digits , you can not see them. If you keep a general format, a,bcde+Y  format appears (where Y is the number of digits entered).  If we, on the other hand, format it to "number" format, all the numbers after first 15 digits are coverted to '0'.

(Both in MS excel 2003 and 2010).

Why   and How to overcome this problem?

I have faith that , as USUAL, learned friends in this forum will guide me.

Thanks and RegardsLike most computer apps (COBOL is an exception), Excel uses the IEEE convention for storing decimal numbers as binary numbers. This results in a limitation on the number of digits that can be STORED - 15. But are you working with genuine numbers? Things like ISBN, telephone, etc numbers are not really numbers in the sense that we never perform arithmetic on them. In this case you have two workarounds: a) before entering the value format the cell as TEXT OR b) PREFACE the value with SINGLE quote (apostrophe) - this will neither display nor print (visible only in the formula bar).

Below:

into A1 I typed 1234567890123456789012345
into A2 I typed '1234567890123456789012345






Thank you, Sir.

I have win 7 and media monky and I used media monky to rip my CDs to MP3.

And I did it on one CD 2. times just to get the hang of it and it worked.

So I used the same CD and put it back in and it plays the CD then I stop it and go to Tools Rip CD and it says Can't FIND audio CD.
Pleas put one in so I take it out and put it back and the same thing.

You need to know that:
A CD with MP3  is special, it does not play on all portable players
A CD the plays non any boom BOX is an audio CD.

Therefore a MP3 CD is NOT an 'audio CD.'

You do not 'rip' from a MP3 CD. You just copy it....Maybe you should read her post again, Geek? SLOWLY this time? (What's the matter with you these last few days?)

Apparently it is neither a hardware pr software problem. Rather the user is leaning by doing. Which is OK. No need to read instructions until you get stuck on something.

I have read it seven times. Hard to follow.
It sounds like he wan ts to rip from a MP3 CD, which is not an audio CD.

This is how the terminology in used in this corner of California:
Rip a CD means convent conventional audio CD to wither WAV or MP3 files.
Burn an CD means convert WAV and MP3 files to a CD that can be played on standard portable CD players

Copy any files to  CD,  select send  files to the CD  drive.  No format conversion is done.

But if he said something else, I can not do the inference.
No I wanted to rip an Audio CD to MP3 format.
But I got it to work in media monkey. Quote from: Geek-9pm on May 10, 2011, 02:34:06 PM

I have read it seven times. Hard to follow.
It sounds like he wan ts to rip from a MP3 CD, which is not an audio CD.

This is how the terminology in used in this corner of California:

Rip a CD means convent conventional audio CD to wither WAV or MP3 files.

it says Can't find audio CD.

I need to know how & where I can safely move my 15+GB wmp music files Plus much more to add to another PC disc format; example: removeable disc's F,G.H, & I / Data 70GB Hard drive D ! My MAIN Acer 70GB Hard drive C  will be full soon enough & I need to what options I have on moving all my DOCUMENT folder of music files from C drive to another disc format or other path or methods ?    Current version of Microsoft Windows will let you move the 'My Documents' folder of any user to another folder, volume or drive. And yhou can use even a clever name. Instead of 'My Documents' you can call it 'National DISASTER' or what EVER you want.
How to Move My Documents

Of course, it moves everything in that folder, including Music, Photos and whatever you PUT there.

If I ask to open the task manager with Windows speech recognition I get an error from AVG. Does anyone have any idea why?

MESSAGE reads:
_______________________________________ ________________
¦ AVG Bug REPORT                                                             X ¦
¦                                                                                      ¦
¦ Access violation at ADDRESS 5001F49E in module                     ¦
¦ 'rtl120.bpl'. Read of address 040D7000.                                 ¦
¦                                                                                      ¦
¦ 5001f49e +0e2 rtl120.bpl       Sysutils           WideFormatBuf    ¦
¦ 5001e97c +010 rtl120.bpl      Sysutils           FormatBuf           ¦
¦ 5001f106 +142 rtl120.bpl       Sysutils           FmtStr               ¦
¦ 5001efa2 +00a rtl120.bpl       Sysutils                                   ¦
¦                                                                                       ¦
¦ Would you like to send this report to the developers?               ¦
¦                                                                                       ¦
=================================================¦
¦                                                ___                          __     ¦
¦                                               ¦Yes¦                       ¦No¦   ¦
¦______________________________________________________ ¦Nvm just worked it out, I have a corrupted version of AVG tune up tools which I have yet to REMOVE. The error was generated from the computer attempting to RUN AVG task manager, not Windows task manager.

My wife has a computerized knitting machine which uses pattern programs stored on 3.5 inch discs. These discs are formatted using a proprietary format developed by Tandy in the mid-'80s. They are designed to be read by a Tandy 100 disk Drive, which unfortunately has died. We are seeking someone who can repair this obsolete disk drive, but so far no luck.

Does anyone know of a program which can read these discs so that they can be stored on a PC hard drive? If so, my wife has a program which will let her transfer the files into the knitting machine from the PC.Have you tried to contact the knitting machine manufacturer (if they still are around) to see if they have software available on a current media that can be used on more modern computers? truenorthModel 100 Users GroupThe disk drive was made by Tandy, and was sold by a Japanese company called Knitking. The knitting machine was made by Brother and was also sold in this country by Knitking. Neither Tandy nor Knitking exist today, and Brother no longer makes knitting machines.

I've been in touch with Model 100 Users Group, and Rick Hanson was very helpful so far as parts for the drive were CONCERNED. He doesn't, however, know of any program that will read the disc.Can you see the filenaames in Explorer ? ?
Perhaps if we had a few file extensions it would narrow things down a bit... Quote from: patio on April 21, 2011, 05:48:33 AM

Can you see the filenaames in Explorer ? ?
Perhaps if we had a few file extensions it would narrow things down a bit...

These discs are formatted using a proprietary format developed by Tandy in the mid-'80s. They are designed to be read by a Tandy 100 disk Drive, which unfortunately has died.

Not sure why it wouldn't be "read" by a standard floppy drive...the Tandy would have to have i guess a firmware modification.

The disk drive was made by Tandy, and was sold by a Japanese company called Knitking. The knitting machine was made by Brother and was also sold in this country by Knitking. Neither Tandy nor Knitking exist today, and Brother no longer makes knitting machines.

I've been in touch with Model 100 Users Group, and Rick Hanson was very helpful so far as parts for the drive were concerned. He doesn't, however, know of any program that will read the disc.

Hi Everyone,

I'm having problem with my Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus Updater. Every time I start the update, this error message always appear: "An error occurred during the file download."

I found another workaround but it gives me inconvenience - DISABLE the Firewall Security Level of my COMODO Firewall  first before starting my Avira updates.

I remember that I accidentally block the Avira updates when COMODO Firewall asked for it. Can anyone HELP me to unblock Avira updates please? I attached some screen-shots for reference. Thanks in advance!

[recovering disk space - OLD attachment deleted by ADMIN]Open Comodo, go "Firewall" tab, click on :Define a New TRUSTED Application" to add Avira there.

I have a 6000 word essay save on my laptop that has suddenly become READ only. I can't CAVE, edit or copy it. I've been working on it for 4 hours and it's only just done it. I've tried turning computer on and off, tried opening up other word documents, but they are the same, read only too. an error box doesn't pop up, it just says in a box at the bottom where the word COUNT is that "This modification is not allowed because the SELECTION is locked"

What the *censored* does this mean and how to I unlock it?!

Thanks!
Try this

http://www.404techsupport.com/2009/01/13/microsoft-word-this-modification-is-not-allowed-because-the-selection-is-locked/

I am running Windows 7 64BIT on a HOME made machine.  It has been running quite well for about 6  months.   Recently, while trying to trouble shoot a problem that I have, I tried to create a "SYSTEM RSTORE POINT".   After atttempting to do this for a few seconds it came back wiht the folowing message:

"The restore point could not be created for the following reason;   An error was detected in the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).   The problem occured while trying to contact VSS writers.   Verify that the  Event System service and the VSS service are running and check for  Associated errors in the event logs
0x80042318

OK on VSS and ESS"
Now I do not have the slightest idea what they (IT) is talking about.   

• What is  0x80042318 ?

Click Start and in "Start search" type in:
services.msc
Press Enter.

Services window will open.
Look for Event System service and the Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) service.
See what their status is.

Hello,
I am NEW to the pricing my own freelance and I am looking for a helpful resource to get me started on pricing web design and development. Basically I am looking for a price guide/standard. Can anyone HELP me in this regard??

Thanks
Lay Berls
trymyui.comWell, the first ting is to ask. Which you did.
Some people do it for free.
Some hosting services have templates anybody can use.
Why not get on FACE book and see what OTHERS are doing?

A price? You can ask $500 for a single page.
But it better be very GOOD and original.

hello all,

i listen to a pay site called "lastfm.com", which has you download an appliance called a "scrobbler" so you can add music to "my library radio" (which is exactly what it implies).

if i had very good speakers and a microphone, could i transfer "my library radio" to my hard drive ?

thank you.You could always go to FAQ or use search box -> http://www.last.fm/help/faq?category=User+ProfilesThe method you suggest is indeed a possible way. However it will often be the case that through the air recording via a microphone can be problematic due to a variety of factors IE too high volume when recording/too low/noise interference from extraneous sources/echo chamber effect due to recording environment/etc. If you can use the headset output plug on the computer into a preamp and then to an external recording device (many options possible here) then you will undoubtedly achieve a more consistent higher quality sound. truenorth I've never used last.fm but here is an article on the service from Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm

Knowing a little bit about the owners, I wonder if there is COPY protection involved.  The service is clearly not set up to download music.  You may find some additional roadblocks along the way.

The following two paragraphs from the article are troubling.

Quote

On 22 February 2009, Techcrunch claimed that "[the] RIAA asked social music service Last.fm for data about its user's listening habits to find PEOPLE with unreleased tracks on their computers. And Last.fm, which is owned by CBS, allegedly handed the data over to the RIAA."[16] This led to several public postings from both Last.fm and Techcrunch, with Last.fm denying passing any personal data to RIAA.[17] The request was purportedly prompted by the leak of U2's then-unreleased album No Line On The Horizon, and its subsequent widespread distribution via peer-to-peer file sharing services and BitTorrent.

Three months later, on 22 May 2009, Techcrunch claimed that it was CBS, the parent company of Last.fm, that handed over the data.[18] Last.fm again denied that this was the case, saying that CBS couldn't have handed over the data without Last.fm knowing

I am unable to rip a CD or create a playlist with windows media player.  I clicked organize, options, rip music tab and it says rip music to this location there is nothing there. I tried clicking change but nothing HAPPENED. I think not having a location there is preventing me from ripping and creating playlist. How do I fix this?  I tried clearing the media player database but it wasn’t helpful.
Many find Windows Media Player to be a BAD experience.
Have you considered do an removal WMP and using almost any other popular Media player?

Download Windows Media Player Replacement Program Software

The above link is informational purpose only. I  posted it to let all know this is a very common issue. But he players they list MAY not be the best choice. BETTER choices would be:
VLC for playing movies and DVDs
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Win mp for playing any music file.
http://www.winamp.com/
This is not just IMO, rather a general census of many users.

Another alternative is to use and older version of WMP.
http://www.oldversion.com/Windows_Media_Player.html

I'm trying to make business cards in Word 2003 onto an Avery template, but am having a problem with inserting a graphic onto it. I would like a graphic centered on the right side with three lines of text right up against it. But whenever I insert the graphic, the lines scatter all over the card. I set the Word Wrap for tight but it does nothing. I went to the tutorial on Microsoft's site. They have instructions on business card but not with graphics. Have any of you ever done this? How did you do it?Whenever I need to tightly control the position of text and images in a document I insert them it textboxes. The textboxes can then be positioned independently.
Put the image in one box and the text in another. For better control, put each line of text in its own box, or even each word.
Set the textbox fill property to 'No Color' so it will be transparent and set the line color to 'No Color' so the outline doesn't show.Since you have Word 2003, that means you have Office 2003, right?  And, you have Publisher 2003, right?  I'd be using Publisher for business cards, not Word.  Try Publisher.  I think you'll find it is for flexible for creating business cards.No, Soybean, I don't have Office w/ Publisher; only Word.

I tried you method, Bromide, & made one card but can't copy & paste it onto all the other cards. How do you do it?I believe Word simply isn't going to do what you want to do.  To make business cards with Word, you need to use the LABELS feature and it simply does not work with inserted graphics.  I did try using Word's WordArt and that seems to work OK in a label; that would at least give you a way of of going beyond simple text.   

Here's an online way of creating business cards and it ACCOMMODATES graphics.  See http://www.degraeve.com/business-cards/.  You can also order business cards online for a low cost.  See http://www.vistaprint.com/business-cards-tabbed.aspx?rd=3&GP=4%2f23%2f2011+9%3a50%3a33+AM&GPS=1530581860&GNF=0&GPLSID=It is difficult to select multiple textboxes. You cannot simply click & drag as you can with text.

Select one textbox [make sure you’ve selected the box and not just its contents]and then, while HOLDING down the Shift key, click each of the other textboxes. If you has already made the backgrounds and borders of the boxes invisible you will have to guess where they are.

If one textbox is completely behind another you will have to first make it larger until PART of it extends beyond the one above so you can click on it. Or place the small textbox above the larger one.  [Select one of the textboxes, right-click on it and select Order> Bring to Front, Send to Back, Bring Forward or Send Backward.]

When you have them all selected, release the Shift key and use the standard Copy-Paste routine to paste them into each cell of the template.
I can't select any text box at all. If I could, I would have copied & pasted one box at a time.

From another forum I got the suggestion to create one document with graphics, another with text, then merge the two. I never did Merge Documents with cards before & their example wasn't quite what I had in mind. But it gave me the idea to make the two templates on file, then print each of them onto the same set of cards; just run the cards thru the printer twice.

Meanwhile I discovered an alternative on my own. I chose the landscape direction, that is with each card in the verticle position, with the graphic above the text, centered. That works & looks great. But I'd like another set with the cards in the horizontal position (the portrait direction), so will use the above idea.

Thank you all for taking your time to help me out.I am puzzled that your textboxes are not selectable.  Is this true whenever you use textboxes? Is it because the textbox is already formatted without visible outline? I have used this method in Word 2003's built-in business card template and it worked all right.

I have never tried merging documents and can offer no advice on that method. The concept of printing a page in multiple passes through the printer can be a work-around for an otherwise insoluble problem, but should not be necessary in this case unless all else fails.

I will mention one other tactic with textboxes that might work for you. First, composed your design by placing each image or text element in a textbox. Format each box with no fill color so that one box won’t hide the one behind, but do not make the outline invisible. This will LEAVE each box clearly visible while you arrange all the elements of the design. When finished, select all the boxes using the shift-click method, clicking on the outline of each box. [I hope this works for you.]

When all the boxes are selected at once, right-click on them and select Grouping> Group. This will lock all the boxes together as a single entity which will be easier to manage than individual boxes. Once grouped you can copy and paste the boxes all at once and position them more easily. You should still be able to right-click on the boxes and select Format Object…[the group is called an object.] Now you can remove the outline from all the boxes at once by selecting Line Color: No Line.

Hi all,

I am USING Acronis True Image Home 10.0. on WINDOWS XP.
Recently I replaced my old PC's video, but a virus was detected after I had downloaded the new video's driver.
So, I tried to use Acronis True Image to restore the C drive.
Problem is that Acronis True Image required me to reboot my PC, but
when the PC has rebooted, Acronis True Image did work,
I just saw the dark screen SAYING: "Acronis True Image is loading, please WAIT"
I WAITED for ten minutes but saw nothing continue to display.

Please help if you could.

Thank you.
Try booting to the True Image cd Quote from: Allan on April 29, 2011, 07:45:05 AM

Try booting to the True Image cd

Hi, I dont know is this the right place to post this kind of stuff but here it is...

Im using window 7 and recently i have installed this "ComputerStatusSideShow" gadget from this site:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/personalize/gadgets

,but suddenly all my gadgets stop working and I got this ERROR msg saying "Window desktop gadget stop working"... I try to reopen the the gadget by right-click on the desktop and click 'Desktop' but the error msg pops up again... Same thing happen after REBOOT...

Some says something BOUT changing  the UAC to default but it is on default since I brought it... i tried to uninstall the gadget but i dont know how... does this mean I've downloaded a corrupted file? is there anywhere to fix this? I am not familiar with your recently added windows sideshow gadgets. However i note on the page that your referenced that they do mention some compatibility performance issues with certain gadgets and certain windows operating systems. That may be a factor. However to your QUESTION re uninstall here is a link to another Microsoft site that deals with that and many other issues related to sideshow. Hopefully you will resolve your issues from there. By the way welcome to the CH forums. If the link does not help post BACK and we'll go from there. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/windows-sideshow-frequently-asked-questions
truenorth

Hi all,

What do you mean by usability testing, in context of web DESIGN. What does this INVOLVE and how to get it perfect? Thanks for any suggestion and opinion.

- Lay Berls.I BELIEVE you'll find some answers at http://www.webpagecontent.com/arc_archive/124/5/

I recently downloaded a trial version of a program that I was interested in and that came bundled with Sapi 5.1.  I am operating Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit) and, before I realized I ACTUALLY had Sapi 5.3 already installed I mistakenly clicked "OK" when the program asked permission to place Sapi 5.1 on my system.  Now I wish I had left "well enough alone" and I am worried I have corrupted and/or removed my original Sapi 5.3 files.  I uninstalled the trial version of this program and I see no evidence of Sapi 5.1 in the programs listing in my Control Panel.  Although I have a good microphone/headset combo, my SPEECH recognition program does not work well at all.  I am not even able to complete the speech tutorial and so I believe I have done something to my Sapi 5.3 files.  How to I reconstitute those files without disrupting all of the drivers, settings, programs, etc. that are already PRESENT on my system - if that is possible?  If not, could SOMEONE PLEASE give me some instruction as to how to proceed?  I have the original OEM installation disk of Windows 7 but I am afraid to do anything with it.  Thanks very much for reading this post.

Respectfully,

JohnReinstall Sapi 5.3Hi Allan,

Thanks very much for reading and giving me an answer.  Unfortunately, I am not sure how to re-install Sapi 5.3.  Do I insert my original disk?  If so, what do I do next?  I sorry to be so uninformed.  If you know of a site where I can read about just how to do that I will head over in that direction and try to learn something!  Thanks for your patience.

Respectfully,

JohnYes, if you have the original program disk just insert it and reinstall the app.Hi Allan,

I attempted to find a site that offered a Sapi 5.3 download and, in looking, I found out that you can not download Sapi 5.3.  It is apparently built in to the Windows 7 operating system.  Therefore, I believe I must involve the original Windows 7 disk (which I have).  I am faced with either finding the appropriate Sapi 5.3 files and figuring out where to put them or re-installing Windows 7 which I am afraid I do not have the confidence or the experience to do.  I put the original Windows 7 OEM disk in my DVD drive and saw that I could either copy and download files from that disk or I could "upgrade" or "install" the Windows 7 operating system.  I was really hoping for a way to use the original disk to "repair" Windows 7 but I do not see that option.  Any suggestions?

Thanks!

John

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Nice ONE, i KEEP forgetting about this site.Thank's Allan,Have many of this kind of software already but one can never have too many and this looks like a good one. Like redd i too seem to always forget about this site even though i have a DESKTOP icon. truenorth

I have used Spybot for many years, but when I mentioned it on a post recently I got the impression it's not very popular?  Why not?  It's free and it is updated often.  I'm not a superfan or ANYTHING, I'm really just curious.  Is Spybot no GOOD, and if so, why, and if there is something I should be using instead, what is it?It's OLD school - also, tea timer has been known to cause significant problems. Today's BEST of breed anti-malware apps are MalwareBytes and Super Antispyware.Cool, thanks.  I already USE Malwarebytes but hadn't heard of Super Antispyware.Other issue I know of with Spybot is that there is a virus out there with same name, so if you dont download it through the correct website, you can infect yourself.

Hi everybody when i got my dell it came with a software to use the integrated webcam
But when i did a FRESH install from the disk tha disappear so now i have to use camroid .
Do you all know of any software i can download to use my integrated webcam with so i dont have to go
to camroid and use their website.

THANKS   You should have received several discs with the COMPUTER. One of those would have the software you're asking about.Hey Allan Thanks for replying.
I only got my OS disk and a "Drivers and utilities disk"
The other disk or FREE office trial and bit defender disk thats itAnd it isn't on the drivers and utilities disk?To be honest  i have not check there SINCE when i did the fresh install from the
disk the drivers were allready in there.Therefore did not have to use the Drivers and utilities disk
but im going to check once my dell is finish scanning wit MSE.
I also just found this a few seconds ago.
http://dell-webcam-center.software.informer.com/

Hey Allan
It was in the Drivers and utilities disk i just installed it .
Thanks You're welcome. Glad you're all set.

I recorded a dvd on my dvd recorder but it will not play on my windows 7 64 bit computer. Is there a program i can use to convert the disk so it will play on my computer. QUOTE from: ROSS on April 22, 2011, 09:35:59 PM

I recorded a dvd on my dvd recorder

Not sure as to what info you need.

In Windows 7 Live Mail, I cannot see anything to click on to print a letter I received.  Any suggestions?  THANKS!
There is a small icon, the shape of a printer, along the toolbar

Mine reads - New / Reply / Reply All / Forward / Delete / JUNK / Sweep / Mark as / Move to / PRINT   After my "move to" there is a FLAG, eyeglasses, encoding, copy to, copy & find.  Nothing about a printer.  Thanks!Right clik the toolbar and add the print icon...Also, the Print command is on the FILE menu.  Or, Ctrl/P will print an EMAIL message.

Quote from: nas6car on April 23, 2011, 05:33:39 AM

I cannot see anything to click on to print a letter I received. 

I have USED Microsoft Plus on my home computer since 2009. I had to INSTALL a new hard drive on my computer. When I use the PRODUCT key to install Microsoft Plus on the new hard drive I get a MESSAGE saying the key is outdated.Is there anyway to get an UPDATED key? I backed up my data but can't use it now.Contact MS and explain the circumstances...they have a Toll-Free #

Hi, I'm on a windows xp home laptop, and I'm trying to use power ISO to make an image of a DVD, onto my 8 gig USB drive, when the conversion reaches 99% Power ISO stops saying there isnt enough disc space to complete the process, have TRIED this a number of times with the same result.

 It doesn't make any sense to me as its a 8 gig USB, and the file is only 4.03 gig, I have done quite a few ISO files before with no problem, although I dont think they were over 4 g, anyone have an answer to this? I tried a google search for this problem but didnt come up with anything.....



The file size limit for the FAT32 file system is 4GB. Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 10, 2011, 09:05:03 AM

The file size limit for the FAT32 file system is 4GB.

Yes...
Change the XP file system from FAT32 to NTFS...
Make sure you have the system backed up 1st...

Info Here...

onto my 8 gig USB drive

The file system is only per drive. Your system drive is undoubtedly already NTFS, the problem is that the drive you are trying to save the ISO to is using FAT32. You can change the filesystem of the USB drive using a command such as:

Code: [Select]convert F: /FS:NTFS

Or, when you get the external drive you could use it; it will probably format to NTFS by default so you will be able to store files >4GB on it.

Use Macrium Reflect....Free Home version...

You owe me a Pint !

 

I've just recently installed Vista and since the install I've been required to use the Blue connect(instead of Green) on rear of PC. No sound when using Green. In attempting to fix this I've lost but all of the sound. I've tried everything that I can think of but obviously not everything there is. If I had been running only Vista I could have lived with this, but I've been running Linux Mint for a few days and to receive sound there, I must connect to the Green. Yea! great sound with Mint and just a little scratching on Vista. I didn't want to have to pull out my PC to change from Blue to Green and vice versa, so now this is what I have. I've checked Device Manager, Control Panel and everything else I can think of and all (to me )appears OK.
When I check the Test Buttons(Control Manager) I do get a faint sound, but very faint. I've tried a few tunes with different players but very faint and scratchy. I've downloaded new drivers for everything I could find,but most often I'm told that I have the latest drivers. In order to receive even a scratching now (Vista), I must connect to the green. Like I mentioned above, previously I had to use the Blue?. So, I'm told all devices are working properly but obviously they're not.

Anyway,I've attached a few png's just to identify what I have and what I've checked. And, I sure would appreciate your thoughts on this. Thks, overthehill

btw, just for more info. and for comparison to the  png's , here's what I see when checking "Sound Preferences" in Mint.
3 choices. All 3 work fine.
               
                        Hardware
AK5370 A/D Converter
1 input
Analog Mono Input
__________________________________

High Definition Audio Controller
1 Output
Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output
___________________________________

Internal Audio
1 Output / 1 Input
Analog Stereo Duplex
__________________________________









[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Here are the other png's. overthehill

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Any errors in device manager? Quote from: Allan on April 20, 2011, 05:38:12 AM

Any errors in device manager?

Doing some research on your behalf (using "wrong speaker output when using vista") i found quite a number of comments and suggestions re your situation. here is one that seemed to have promise although it is using different hardware/software but may still have application.


 
"jaykay  Apr 27, 2010 4:27pm BST
This worked on a Fujitsu Amilo PC after a new DVD Drive installed and running Vista Home premium 32 bit. No sound was coming out of the same pair of speakers used before the repair but all the system checks showed that Realtek was working. So I contacted the repair company and this was the fix:

Open Realtek manager then plug your speaker lead into the front headphone socket and your speakers should start working. Obviously you need a CD playing, and at the same time an info box will pop up. This box will show a list of line in/line outs and have a tick against the Headphone entry. This proves that Realtek is working. If it's still not working then I can't help you, but if it is:

Unplug the speaker lead and plug into the the Green audio connection at the rear. Your speakers will probably not work but this will bring up the info box again and there will be a tick against the Rear Speaker entry. Untick and then tick the Front Speaker entry, click OK, and your speakers should now work.

This confusing (to me) setup is because Realtek is configured for surround sound but getting the information seems difficult if you don't use and so are not used to surround sound. Obviously this has only been used for a pair of speakers but if you are having similar problems with surround sound this might help."
 There were very many contributors to the search parameter i chose so you might want to do the same search and see if you find something that will work for you.truenorth

That was the same conclusion i came to when doing the research. However it should be able to be overcome. Perhaps as a non priority thing when no other life's travails are in evidence and boredom is encroaching you can devote small amounts of time to see if the challenge can be overcome. All of this acknowledging that we all have only limited time on the clock of life truenorth
P.S. I am NOT convinced that the issue is because you have MINT installed--it seems to be more a factor of Vista.

Many users, myself included, have problems with sound card drivers Realtek for Windows Vista. Most often the problem is that you can't hear the audio in Vista, no matter what. There are many sound cards based on Realtek chipset Ac ' 97 and this can be a nightmare to install Vista.Any body tell me how to solve this problem.
Thank's in advance.

Running PHOTOSHOP 5.5 and WANT to add 'filters' to a Photoshop directory. Where WOULD I place those 8bf filters?If they are legit filters you simply double-clik them and they install to the proper directory...

I backed up my computer on a external hard drive and thought all my contacts stored in outlook would be backed up also. I then upgraded to Windows 7 and now want to pull them from the backed up FILES. I have found a file Outlook.en-us and a few ICO files called contacts. but i can not open or extract them. Any one have any ideas or have i just lost them all.

CheersThere should be a file named Outlook.PST which contains all contacts, calendar, and tasks data. Import it into Outlook or, even easier, REPLACE the new Outlook.pst file with the one you backed up (assuming you reinstalled OFFICE / Outlook rather than just doing an upgrade of W7 over your previous OS).Hi, searched for the outlook.pst on the external hard drive and came up with NOTHING. there are other files like

OUTLOOK.DEV_COL.HXT_1033
OUTLOOK.HOL.1033
OUTLOOKHXS_1033
OUTLOOK_COL.HXC_1033
OUTLOOK_K_COL.HXK_1033

but no outlook.pst

I'm very lost!Do a search for   *.pst

Do you know this person whose mail you can access? Yes, we used to live together so used the same computer (mine) quite a LOT and from memory we both could have had our PASSWORD saved so that when you're on the sign in screen you just click on your name and it automatically goes in without you having to enter your password.  Could this be how they linked up at some point maybe?  Quote from: Hoping888 on April 14, 2011, 08:55:53 PM

Yes, we used to live together so used the same computer (mine) quite a lot and from memory we both could have had our password saved so that when you're on the sign in screen you just click on your name and it automatically goes in without you having to enter your password.  Could this be how they linked up at some point maybe?

After I burn an audio cd in either Nero or Windows Media Player, it doesn't play in any other cd player and the files on the actual cd are only 1K shortcuts of the audio files I initially dropped into the burn list.

I simply drag and drop the files into the designated area, whether its in Nero or WMP.
The files show up as normal, actual files in the burning programs without any trace of them being shortcuts to anything.
During the burning process, the burner takes same time to burn the files as if they were real audio files.
Only after I open the cd in the file browser the file type reads "CD audio track shortcut" with a size of 1K per each track.
This happens with both wma and mp3 files.

What I have tried to do so FAR is uninstalled the drive in device manager and REBOOTED the computer thus reinstalling it. I have have no idea where to go next. I can't find the fix for it anywhere in the settings of both Nero and WMP and haven't changed any setting.

This problem just began occurring recently and before it began I was doing the same exact steps I'm doing now without any problems.

Any help would be appreciated.you're burning it as an Audio CD. TECHNICALLY an Audio CD doesn't have any files at all, but their tracks are OFTEN represented as files. Since the files are "make-believe" by the computer, and don't truly exist (and are, in essence, shortcuts to play each track) they really do not have a size.

Don't know why it wouldn't be playing in other players. Maybe they aren't capable of reading the brand of disks you selected, or you forgot to finalize the disk.chimako, I am not a big fan of either of the burning programs you are using. Not withstanding the comments of BC i would like to suggest an alternative software which is free and in my opinion is far superior to the 2 you have mentioned. It is called "CD Burner XP" and can be downloaded from here:
http://cdburnerxp.se/download
truenorthI know this is an old thread and all but i want to get to the bottom of this.

I've been having this problem for a while now but only on my mum's pc which runs windows xp , i run windows 7 and the only thing ive ever burned to cd is data.

When i used  both windows media and koyote soft's free easy burner (which has facilities for audio cds , i use it for backup mainly , itseems very good) both would burn shortcuts. Now when i put these cds into my hifi the disk tray moves onto the next slot (3 disk tray ftw ). That would show that the disk isnt being recognised as being there at all!

Now to my next point. When a cd is put in which is bought from say a record company , why is it that the audio on these disks (unless write protected) is NOT shortcuts? What is the difference?

What has been said here points to the software NOT being the problem. So it must be either the disk or the way in which the disk is burned! Assuming its no 3rd party program , the most likely problem is the way in which the disk is burned (since a disk is just a mirrored surface with holes in it and a plastic cover)

Could it be that the audio shortcuts are , in fact ,on the disk but are 'hidden' so the shortcut actually points to a sector on the disk which is not seen by a user , thus 'not there'?All audio cds have these "shortcuts". They are actually 44 bytes each, but due to the way Windows Explorer shows file sizes under 1024 bytes in size, they show up as "1K".  This is normal, and is how audio CDs are seen by computer operating systems. They are, if you like, "pointers" to the digital audio data which is stored in a way not visible to the computer operating system. If you put any audio CD into a computer CD/DVD drive, whether it is pressed (store bought) or burned in a computer, that is what you see. Try it if you don't believe me.

Here is a store bought CD, called "Raoui" by the French/Algerian singer Souad Massi.



Here is what you see in Windows Explorer



Command prompt sees this (the disc was released in 2002, by the way)

Code: [Select]C:\>dir x:\
 Volume in drive X is Audio CD
 Volume Serial Number is 0164-6C2E

 Directory of x:\

01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track01.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track02.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track03.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track04.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track05.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track06.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track07.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track08.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track09.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track10.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track11.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track12.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track13.cda
01/01/1995  01:00 AM                44 Track14.cda
              14 File(s)            616 bytes
               0 Dir(s)               0 bytes free

So to find the reason why the audio CDs burned on your mothers computer won't play in your hi-fi, I would be looking at such things as the quality of the CD blanks and maybe try a different brand, and also maybe the burner is on the way out, for example it is out of alignment or the write laser is GETTING weak. Some hi-fi systems are very fussy about burned disks. Have you tried the burned disks from your mother's PC in various computers, (in Windows Media Player), and other hi-fi systems?

And, as BC_P wrote,

Quote

you forgot to finalize the disk.

Hi there,

Hope someone can help me here.  I'm trying to build my own media player.  I've managed this, however there are some bugs I need to fix.  I'm not quite sure how to do this though. 

I can open a dialogue box which will select multiple files, however it won't insert the multiple files in to the list box.  It will only open the first one selected and insert that one.

Second, Once I have files in my list box I'm unable to delete these from the list box.

I have the binding source filter set to "All Files|*.*"

I've attached a pic of what the design looks like and the code I'm using is as below :

Public Class frmMusicPlayer

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()

    End Sub

    Private Sub OpenFileDialog1_FileOk(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles OpenFileDialog1.FileOk

        BindingSource1.Add(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)

    End Sub

    Private Sub ListBox1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.Click

        Try

            WinPlayer1.URL = ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString

        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try


    End Sub

    Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged

    End Sub

    Private Sub BindingSource1_CurrentChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BindingSource1.CurrentChanged

    End Sub

    Private Sub cmdExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdExit.Click

        End

    End Sub

    Private Sub ImportToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ImportToolStripMenuItem.Click

        OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()

    End Sub

    Private Sub CloseToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CloseToolStripMenuItem.Click

        Application.Exit()


    End Sub
End Class


Many thanks to all who can help on this one!!

B2




[recovering disk SPACE - old attachment deleted by admin]you should use OpenFileDialog.FileNames instead of .FileName when allowing the selection of multiple files.


Personally what I do when using the OpenFileDialog is, since it's Modal, have it in it's own method- that is ,encapsulate all the necessary logic in one place. In your case, it would be the ImportToolStripMenuItem_Click() event.

The way you have it now, you are simply responding to the OK event, and effectually "separating" the actual click event from what actually happens. What you could do is something like this (untested):
Code: [Select]Private Sub ImportToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ImportToolStripMenuItem.Click
        Dim iterateValue as String
        Dim ofd as OpenFileDialog= new OpenFileDialog()
        ofd.Filter="All Files|*.*"
        ofd.MultiSelect=True
        If ofd.ShowDialog=DialogResult.OK Then
           For Each iterateValue in ofd.FileNames
               'ListBox1.Items.Add(iterateValue)
               BindingSource1.Add(iteratevalue)
           
           Next

        End If
End Sub

That's g enerally the way I use the OpenFileDialog- as an object, rather then as a control. (probably because using the control feels far too much like a throwback to Visual Basic 2 ). Set the properties right then and there, show the dialog, and then test if they pressed OK with the return value and proceed ACCORDINGLY by adding the selected files to the bindingsource (or the listbox, which I have commented out).

hey mate,

how about you post your entire source code so that i can give u a better hand on this project cause i am also sick of all the dodgy media players out there.Hey BC,

Thanks for the help, I've not had TIME to try it.  I'll have a test at it tonight though.  Sorry for the late reply, I've just been really busy.

I'll LET you know how I get on!

Hey Muso... That was the full source code.

B2  Hi,
You can create a WPF user control and place it in a .aspx form and Also if you use WPF XML for the user interface, and using aspx to handle back-end get what you need to switch to it from the aspx  WinForm.If you found this help, do not be afraid to add to my agent. There are only 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary.Hi there,

Thanks again BC!!!  It worked, thank you so much.  However I'm not able to remove any items from the listbox.  Any ideas...

Thank you to all others who replied too!


B2 Quote from: Base2 on April 20, 2011, 08:07:01 PM

Thanks again BC!!!  It worked, thank you so much.  However I'm not able to remove any items from the listbox.  Any ideas...

if you are using the BindingSource, remove the items from the BindingSource.

How do i do this??  On the list box in design view when I select the ListBox I can click the arrow to bring up the ListBox tasks.  I then click on the CheckBox to use data bound items, then under Data Binding Mode I have the Data Source set in the drop down box as BindingSource1.  So I'm not actually sure how to remove the items from the actual BindingSource itself.