Sidebar- Gadget - Slide show - Bug: cannot change viewed directory

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James

Hi people,

the build in gadget who comes with vista (Slide show) have a little bug,
when i right click on it then setting to change the viewed directory it's
impossible to change why ??!

thx a lot
 
Known issue, in prior builds you could type in the directory path, both it
has taken a step back in b2.
 
Try editing the XML and HTML files of the gadget - they should be in the
Windows\Sidebar directory and it should be quite simple to edit :o)

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Still does not allow me to edit or change the directory for my pictures.
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James said:
if search (a long time) for find the good file here is it ->

C:\Users\[MESELF]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini

Thx a lot :)


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Try editing the XML and HTML files of the gadget - they should be in the
Windows\Sidebar directory and it should be quite simple to edit :o)
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No ?

Me yes (easy thing) Did you have UAC enable ? may be it him you block you to
make change on this file ?

for change folder type it like that(inside Settings.ini of course)

Folder=c:%5cEXEMPLE

Tips
%5C = \

Good luck

Andre Da Costa said:
Still does not allow me to edit or change the directory for my pictures.
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James said:
if search (a long time) for find the good file here is it ->

C:\Users\[MESELF]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini

Thx a lot :)


---
Try editing the XML and HTML files of the gadget - they should be in the
Windows\Sidebar directory and it should be quite simple to edit :o)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
if search (a long time) for find the good file here is it ->

C:\Users\[MESELF]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini

Thx a lot :)


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Its still an active bug, assigned to a dev. I assume that he will fix the
bug and allow you to enter your own directories again - but you know what
happens when I "assume"... Until the fix is coded, checked in, and built,
there's always the chance that the bug will get punted.

If you want to add your influence toward getting your desired outcome for
this bug, please feel free to file it in the beta bug db and get folks to
vote for it.

-Bruce
 
Bruce, several posters have deleted the Feedback shortcut and would like to
get it back. Do you know how?
 
sorry, no idea. maybe someone who still has the shortcut on their desktop
can chime in with its contents.

-Bruce
 
It appears to link to here: %SystemRoot%\system32\mshta.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\feedback.hta
according to properties of the shortcut.
 
Just checked and by clicking on feedback.hta in the system32 folder, the
feedback page opens correctly. So send feedback.hta as a shortcut to the
desktop.
 
Hi James, I changed this to my f:\ drive but this did not change my
pictures. Are you on Beta 2?

James said:
No ?

Me yes (easy thing) Did you have UAC enable ? may be it him you block you to
make change on this file ?

for change folder type it like that(inside Settings.ini of course)

Folder=c:%5cEXEMPLE

Tips
%5C = \

Good luck

Andre Da Costa said:
Still does not allow me to edit or change the directory for my pictures.
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Andre
Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
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Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
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James said:
if search (a long time) for find the good file here is it ->

C:\Users\[MESELF]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini

Thx a lot :)
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Rebooting did the trick!

Deepak Shenoy said:
Hi James, I changed this to my f:\ drive but this did not change my
pictures. Are you on Beta 2?

James said:
No ?

Me yes (easy thing) Did you have UAC enable ? may be it him you block you to
make change on this file ?

for change folder type it like that(inside Settings.ini of course)

Folder=c:%5cEXEMPLE

Tips
%5C = \

Good luck

Andre Da Costa said:
Still does not allow me to edit or change the directory for my pictures.
--
Andre
Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
if search (a long time) for find the good file here is it ->

C:\Users\[MESELF]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini

Thx a lot :)
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