How do I password protect a folder or partition in windows 7 and also not have its contents included in Windows index or Everything. [more inside]
posted by libbrichus on Oct 25, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm using Windows 7 RC. I usually move the entire 'My Documents' to another partition so that I can easily reinstall Windows. How do I do this in Windows 7? [more inside]
posted by edbyford on Oct 13, 2009 - 8 answers

I have these two "folders" in my C drive that are just two of my external hard drives. I would either like them gone or to be given a really good reason to keep them. [more inside]
posted by theichibun on Jul 13, 2009 - 4 answers

Help me back up my iTunes to my external hard drive. But only the new ones.... [more inside]
posted by gwenlister on Jun 18, 2009 - 9 answers

How to increase the number of items in the "Move to folder" list in Outlook 2007? [more inside]
posted by charlie7691 on Jun 8, 2009 - 1 answer

Question #1767346834 in our exhausting ERP integration process: Is there a way to automate an FTP process so that "Everytime file x lands in folder y, we send file x to ftp://whatever/import"? More inside. [more inside]
posted by GilloD on Jun 5, 2009 - 9 answers

What would be the best web-based file hosting service to use as a shared "Documents" folder for the various members of my writing workshop? [more inside]
posted by patnasty on May 12, 2009 - 7 answers

How can I organize my archive of awesomeness which has mostly pictures? [more inside]
posted by ooklala on Feb 23, 2009 - 9 answers

In Windows, is there a way to get a text listing of all of the files in a folder? [more inside]
posted by joannemerriam on Sep 9, 2008 - 13 answers

Will an installation of XP over 98 re-write over My Documents? [more inside]
posted by watercarrier on Aug 24, 2008 - 15 answers

How can my synagogue organize a large and developing library of liturgical recordings? I'm interested in (inexpensive or free) specialized software or in suggestions on how to use more commonplace software for this purpose. [more inside]
posted by likedoomsday on Aug 11, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there an automated script or program to create a separate zip file for each directory? [more inside]
posted by niwnfyc on Jul 7, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me share a folder across the internet without compromising my firewall [more inside]
posted by special-k on Jul 2, 2008 - 11 answers

This is actually a two part question. First, can anybody recommend a folding bicycle? I'm going to need to travel from a train to my work and it's about 2 miles. Would you recommend one of these bicycles for this kind of commute? How do they hold up in the rain and when it gets cold? Is there anything I can do about water flying up from the front and rear wheels? 2nd, does anybody know if you can buy a monthly Metra pass that will allow you to transfer between two Metra lines? [more inside]
posted by crios on Jun 15, 2008 - 19 answers

On my external hard drive there's this empty file folder that I can't delete. Every time I try to delete the folder, I get a message saying that it doesn't exist. I'm not very tech-savvy. What do I do? [more inside]
posted by suimin on Jun 12, 2008 - 11 answers

File and folder permissions on Windows Small Business Server 2003: what's the right way to set up a shared folder so it can only be accessed by a particular group? [more inside]
posted by bcwinters on May 21, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm planning on importing a Xootr Swift from the USA to the UK. I'd like a few custom components. Anyone have any experience of how best to do this, and what parts will work best? [more inside]
posted by ajp on Mar 31, 2008 - 2 answers

How to burn Mp3 random mixes (not entire albums) into several folders on Macintosh for easy navigation in my car cd player...I used to be able to make mp3 discs of whatever songs i wanted and then place them into folders on my desktop, then burn them to disc. It seems that Itunes only allows some form of folder separation (if any at all) by sorting things only by each group's album. This is not helpful if you want several folders with random songs in each folder...for example...I want one folder with songs by rock groups..another that is jazz...whatever. On the new imac, it does not seem to let me take the drag and dropped mp3s in folders on my desktop to a burn disc icon as it did in my older G4. Any suggestions on software or a simpler way around this? I appreciate your input. When it did work, it worked great and saved me from using a crummy fm transmitter on my ipod. The mp3 cds for me sound much better and are easily disposable if left in car.
posted by snap_dragon on Mar 12, 2008 - 11 answers

Is it possible to disable the Windows XP slideshow folder view, or at least set it to not be default? I want to do this without disabling custom folder views; I know I can set all folders to display a certain way (I like tiles), but I'd like to be able to give some folders their own custom view settings (i.e. I like showing my mp3 folder as detail view with custom columns)
posted by lrodman on Jan 28, 2008 - 4 answers

How do I redirect all results to a directory on my website to a totally different domain? [more inside]
posted by SansPoint on Jan 5, 2008 - 4 answers

Mac OS X filter: In terminal, if I go to / and ls, I see a bunch of folders that are hidden in Finder, for example /etc, /private, /sbin, and so on. How do I add a folder to that list? [more inside]
posted by jon4009 on Oct 24, 2007 - 8 answers

Help a new OSX user love his Mac. How do I share my pictures folder with another user on the same computer? [more inside]
posted by sauril on Sep 12, 2007 - 4 answers

Recovering lost files on a mac deleted by overwriting a folder via finder. [more inside]
posted by JulianDay on Aug 30, 2007 - 5 answers

More than half my outgoing emails wind up in spam folders. I realize that it's inevitable this will happen sometimes, but how can I minimize it? I use gmail, and I do not, fwiw, use words like "mortgage", "refinance" or "penis" in my messages. I sometimes use a sig, but it's non-hypeish. I do often send links in the body of my emails. One solution is to follow up re: unreplied-to emails, but 1. if someone did receive my mail but hasn't had time to reply, I look pushy and 2. chances are that my follow-up will be spam filtered, too.
posted by jimmyjimjim on Jul 12, 2007 - 16 answers

My music album folder contains ~1000 folders in it. It's stored on a large external hard drive. It suddenly began only displaying the first 287 folders, ordered alphabetically. [more inside]
posted by anthropomorphic on Jun 13, 2007 - 14 answers

In Firefox 1.5.0.12, I want my Bookmarks Toolbar in a very specific place in my window, displayed in a very specific way. Is there a way to move the toolbar to the lower right corner, have the favicons stack up in columns, and have it share/truncate the space of my tab column? [more inside]
posted by peacecorn on Jun 11, 2007 - 7 answers

I've moved my iTunes folder from a network drive to a local drive. I need to reformat the remote drive... but Apple says I need to leave certain files from the old directory in place. Also, there's a big size difference between the old and new folders. Help! [more inside]
posted by onshi on Mar 24, 2007 - 4 answers

Is there a program out there that will help me organise my hard drives? [more inside]
posted by mjlondon on Mar 9, 2007 - 8 answers

How do I get my Home Folder back on my Mac? It is running OSX 10.4.8. I went to drag it over to the app "Back Up" and it smoked out on me. Does anyone have any idea how to get it back in the left hand column of the finder? [more inside]
posted by bkeene12 on Feb 23, 2007 - 4 answers

How can I output a list of files in a specified folder, including certain file attributes (i.e. date created, date modified, etc), to a HTML or spreadsheet file? I'm using Windows XP. [more inside]
posted by gwenzel on Jan 13, 2007 - 11 answers

I had a folder on my XP desktop containing some .wav files. I then deleted the entire folder, and emptied the recycling bin. For some reason, this folder has been restoring itself on my desktop (sans the files) for reasons I cannot fathom. Each time, I delete it, and at some mysterious point later, it shows up again. [more inside]
posted by war wrath of wraith on Dec 9, 2006 - 6 answers

Can I get folders included in Arrange functions, in Windows? [more inside]
posted by kafziel on Dec 1, 2006 - 2 answers

XP: Vanishing Folders -- Sometimes I put a tilde (one of these ~) in front of a folder name to alphabetically move it to the top of a folder list. These folders, I'm now realizing, are vanishing on me. Any idea why? Any idea where to find them?
posted by rumbles on Nov 23, 2006 - 14 answers

Where is the best place to store my MP3 collection on my Linux (Debian) PC? [more inside]
posted by DZ-015 on Nov 18, 2006 - 9 answers

Is there anyway to boot your mac off a disk image? Or something that can be closely watched in terms of changes? [more inside]
posted by Napierzaza on Sep 10, 2006 - 8 answers

How can I clear the 'other users folder' list from outlook file menu [more inside]
posted by Svea on Aug 14, 2006 - 2 answers

Watchedfolderfilter. Is there software (free or otherwise, but free is better :-) that will watch a folder and when a file appears in there, email it to a particular (always the same) recipient, then delete or move the original file? Oh, and for XP only, not OSX. Or is there a function of Thunderbird (preferred) or Outlook that does that? [more inside]
posted by sandra_s on Jul 25, 2006 - 4 answers

Every time I turn off the Read Only setting for this one folder it reverts immediately. Is there another way to change this setting? [more inside]
posted by aburd on Mar 19, 2006 - 6 answers

Goodbye FrontPage! How do I get rid of all these subwebs? [more inside]
posted by CaptApollo on Feb 15, 2006 - 2 answers

Mac OS 10.3.9: How do I access the /tmp directory? It seems to be hidden from me, but I know that some files I need somehow ended up in there.
posted by wavejumper on Feb 2, 2006 - 18 answers

MacOSXFilter: Is there any way to set up a folder in the finder that automatically sends stuff to other folders based on date? My downloads folder and my desktop are both a perpetual mess. I'd love it if there was a way to use applescript or what-not so that whenever I opened my downloads folder, I saw my most recently downloaded files, then a few folders containing "1 Week old downloads" "2-4 Weeks old" "+1 Month old", etc. Is this possible?
posted by anonymoose on Nov 29, 2005 - 12 answers

I recently re-installed Windows XP. Whenever I open a file dialog, the folder currently selected shows in Thumbnail mode. I want it in List mode and I can't figure out how to switch it.
posted by Imperfect on Nov 25, 2005 - 11 answers

Is there a way to have the "My Music" folder in XP ignore the "the" in band names like iTunes does? [more inside]
posted by gfrobe on Aug 30, 2005 - 5 answers

Is there a way to bulk rename a bunch of folders in Windows XP by just removing any white space? I want to upload these to a web server and would prefer avoiding the %20 madness.
posted by fletchmuy on Aug 31, 2004 - 5 answers

I have a new 160 gig HD that I partitioned into two drives. One of the partitions is exclusively for mp3s. Unfortunately, when I open the drive, XP treats it as a "My Pictures" folder. How do I change it to a "My Music" folder? Ordinarily, I'd go Properties>Customize, but when I go Properties on the root folder, I get hard drive properties. (General / Tools / Hardware / etc.)
posted by keswick on Aug 28, 2004 - 3 answers

I'm running my system under win2k Pro. In my OS folder are a bunch of subfolders with names like $NtUninstallKB810217$ Any reason not to delete them? I could really use the reclaimed drive-space (nb: I googled, and found links, but all want money to view the answer. How very un-askme!)
posted by Fupped Duck on Jul 20, 2004 - 1 answer

Two questions about folder customizations in Windows [more inside] [more inside]
posted by TheIrreverend on Apr 1, 2004 - 3 answers

A question about using Folder Action scripts in Mac OS X and tinkering with them to get them to do what you want. [more] [more inside]
posted by emelenjr on Mar 31, 2004 - 7 answers