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Hi again Bonnie,
The good news is that you were successful in changing
your Outlook Express settings to work better in
newsgroups, so you can cheer up a little!
One other thing:
On the Outlook Express menu bar, click Tools, click
Options. Click Send (tab). Checkmark "Include message in
reply". Click OK.
It is best, when seeking help, to quote previous messages
in your reply so the would be helpers can see the
original problem description, the suggestions, things
tried already, etc., all in one message. That saves you
the work of answering the same question more than once.
(Let the helpers worry about deciding when the bulk of
information needs snipping.
You can go ahead and click "Reply Group" and continue
reading this message quoted in your reply, so you can add
answers to the questions below as you read.
Also, when your view of the desktop is blocked by open
windows, you can right-click the clock on the taskbar,
and click "Show the Desktop", and later, you can
right-click the clock again and click "Show Open
Windows" to hide the desktop again.
i tried the link john told me about on line 157 but
that didn't work either.
I didn't think the "line 157" fix from Kelly's website
would work in your case, since she apparently designed
that fix for a NetCrawling problem. As long as you are
not physically connected to the internet while you are
working on files, your folder refresh problem is caused
by something else.
I still don't have any for sure information about how to
keep your music folder from refreshing at the wrong time.
I am assuming that your files are in the standard
(default) "My Music" folder. If elsewhere, say so.
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Your Mission, if you decide to accept it...
Hold your Windows Logo key and press E key for Windows
Explorer. In the Folders tree on the left, click My
Documents. In the right pane, look for "My Music",
right-click that and click Open. Your My Music folder
should open. If the Explorer window is still open, you
can close that. Now look at the upper left corner of the
My Music folder. There should be an icon that looks like
a folder with a musical note on it. Right click that
upper left icon, and click Properties. In your reply,
complete these 3 lines:
A. Size:__
B. Size on disk:__
C. Contains:__
Close that dialog.
Next, on your music folder menu bar, click Tools, click
Options. Hold CTRL key and press TAB key, to switch to
the "View" tab. In the "Advanced settings" area, the
first item is "Automatically search for network folders
and printers". If your computer is NOT connected to other
computers in an office or home network, UN-check that
item. (You can right click on any of those items and
click "What's This?" for description.)
Next, scroll further down to the "Remember each folder's
view settings" item, which should have a checkmark.
("Make it so."
Click OK to save any changes and close that dialog.
Back on your music folder menu bar, click View - notice
which item has a dot in front of it - and click Details.
In details view, there are several column headers. The
Name column probably has a little up pointing triangle.
Click the "Type" column header, and the triangle should
appear there. Scroll down and make a list of the
different Types of music files, and include here in your
reply. (Skip folders or non-music types.)
File Types here:__
Click "View" again to see if there is a checkmark before
"Status Bar", and if not, click it. Scroll back to the
top of your music files, and click on the top music file.
Position your mouse about 10 items below that and while
holding SHIFT key, click there. Look at the Status Bar,
bottom left: it should tell you how many items are
selected. Look at the selected items. If there are any of
those you want to keep, hold CTRL key and mouse click
each one to deselect. If you do not want to keep any of
the selected items, press DELETE key. That is what I
meant in my message for you to do, instead of selecting
all the files at once.
(Sorry for not providing better Details.
Since you are apparently deleting the files to Recycle
Bin, and since music files tend to be rather large,
Recycle Bin may be overloaded. When it reaches maximum
capacity, it starts dumping the oldest files first, to
make room for newly deleted files.
Right-click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop, and
click Properties. What percentage is the slider setting?
(Do not change it yet.)
A1__
Close that Properties dialog.
(Assuming your music files are on your C drive
Double-click My Computer on your desktop, and right-click
the (C
item, and click Properties:
What is the File System?
A2__
What is the Used Space?
A3__
What is the Free Space?
A4__
What is the Capacity?
A5__
Close that dialog. Close My Computer folder. Right click
My Computer on your desktop, and click Properties. On
that page under System, it should say "Microsoft Windows
XP", followed by the Edition, Version, and Service Pack
level. What do those say?
A6__
Still in that dialog, at the top, click System Restore
tab. There should NOT be a checkmark before "Turn off
System Restore." (Do not change anything yet.) If there
is a checkmark, say so. Look at the "Disk space to use"
slider: What is the percent and size in the parenthesis?
__
A7__
Still in that dialog, at the top, click Automatic Updates
tab. There should be a dot in one of the round radio
buttons. Which one is selected?
A8__
If "Automatic" is selected, what do the day and time
boxes say?
A9__
How do you connect to the Internet?
(Phone dialup? DSL? Cable? Other?)
A10__
We know that you are using Internet Explorer version 6,
which is fine. Do you use any 3rd party toolbars like
Google toolbar or Yahoo toolbar?
A11__
Desktop or Laptop Computer? (Make/model)
A12__
Are you too superstitious to answer a 13th question?
(Gotcha!
A13__
What current anti-virus and other anti-malware programs
do you use?
A14__
What program do you use to listen to music?
(Windows Media Player?)
A15__
That should be enough "homework" for now. The information
you provide above should help to get a better picture of
your computer configuration, and hopefully identify any
potential problems. I would advise against trying any
more registry tweaks for now. Some Registry changes can
be risky.
(Thanks in advance for your patience.
--Richard
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richard,
i am not a computer whiz so i didn't understand a
lot of what you said.
i am using xp and have version 6 on explorer.
i am trying to delete duplicate songs in a folder.
before i can finish selecting them all to delete the
ones i don't want, the folder refreshes and i have
to start all over again.
i tried the link john told me about on line 157 but
that didn't work either.
thanks,
bonnie
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