Have you ever edited a file, and then later wished you could get the old version back? I noted on the Vistastic site that Vista has a feature called Shadow Copy that can do just that, restore an older version of a file. The good news is it’s easy to use, the bad news is it won’t always save you. Keep reading →

When you drag a file or a folder to a Command Prompt window in Windows Vista, the path of the file or the path of the folder does not appear in the Command Prompt window as expected.

Note: If you perform the same action in Microsoft Windows XP, the path of the file or the path of the folder appears in the Command Prompt window.

When you try to use the move command to move a file to or from a folder in a Microsoft Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image file, you may receive the following error message:

The request is not supported

In Windows Vista, when you try to save a file to a hard disk or to a flash device, you may receive one of the following error messages:
Message 1

X:\Folder\FileName You don’t have permission to save in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission. Would you like to save in the Documents folder instead?

Message 2

Access to X:\Folder\FileName was denied.

The thumbnail representation of a file may not be displayed correctly in Windows Vista.

When you run an application that uses audio recording or playback functionality in Windows Vista, you may receive an error message that states that a file or a Microsoft Windows component is missing or could not be started.

For example, when you click Mixer in Windows Media Encoder 9, you receive the following error message:

The mixer application ’sndvol32.exe’ could not be started.
The system cannot find the file specified. (0×80070002)

Note: The specific error message that you receive depends on the application.

Our previous tip showed how to add a checkbox next to all of your files. Today’s tip allows you to add much, much more. When you view your files by ‘Details’ in Explorer, Vista has default columns of information that it shows, depending on the folder you are looking at. When I open my Documents folder, I see Name, Date modified, Type, Size, and Tags. My Pictures folder has Ratings instead of Type, and Date taken instead of Date modified. You’ll find differences in many of the other folders you open as well, as Vista tries to show you information related to the type of content you have in a folder. But what if Vista isn’t showing you what you want to see? Keep reading →