Windows 7 Explorer annoyance.

T

Thip

Stubbo of Oz said:
FreeCommander ( a dual pane file manager) is a lot easier to use than
Windows Explorer.

It is freeware - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/
Click to expand...
Darn, you beat me to it. I was going to try to tiptoe in at the last moment
and recommend it. It's one of my "must-haves."
 
G

Grenou

Thip said:
Darn, you beat me to it. I was going to try to tiptoe in at the last
moment and recommend it. It's one of my "must-haves."
Click to expand...

Thanks Thip, I have just downloaded it :)

Grenou
 
O

Ophelia

Grenou said:
Hah, this moving of folders/files is becoming farcical.

Instead of Cutting & Pasting, I have dragged some 20 folders across to
their new home.
4 Folders refused to move and gave me the you-can't-do-this error.
I then opened the folders with the intention to move the contents
manually, make a New Folder with a similar name and file everything in
there, then move that later.
In the destination folder I right-clicked, selected New>Folder.
Nothing showed.
I did that again, nothing showed, no new folder.
I then moved to another folder and went back: there were 2 blank folders.

It has done this before and will likely do again.

It seems that I am spending 80 % of my time trying to get Windows 7 to run
as well as XP, which is somewhat annoying.
I rather continue with Image editing and graphics work I normally do,
grrrr.
Click to expand...
I have found a workaround for my Word. Dunno if it is any help for your
problem. As you know I can't open two instances of Word at the same time.
I found that if I open one, give it a name and save to the desktop then do
the same with another, I can work between two.
 
O

Ophelia

Tom Lake said:
You don't have to go through all that. Use the RIGHT mouse button to
drag. Then when you drop the folder on the new window, a menu will
come up asking if you want to copy or move the folder. Choose move
and you won't have to delete the original.
Click to expand...
Wow! Cool:)
 
G

Grenou

Ophelia said:
I have found a workaround for my Word. Dunno if it is any help for your
problem. As you know I can't open two instances of Word at the same time.
I found that if I open one, give it a name and save to the desktop then do
the same with another, I can work between two.
Click to expand...
Well done!
:)
Grenou
 
A

Al Smith

Stubbo said:
Version 2009.02a is the latest - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I used it in Vista and I am now using it in Windows 7 Home Premium
without any problems.

I have no experince of 64 bit - you could ask the question in their
forums:-

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link. The date of this version is quite recent --
Halloween of last year.

By following your second link, I found this post:

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2372&sid=ca23d3c48b2bcdf99ea6e32cf2d16c47

Hi. Just wanted to ask if there is any way to help FC run well on
W7 x64. I guess it is not planned to create a x64 version but
maybe with some tricks.

Apart from not showing the 7zip context menu, in general it is
very buggy. It takes long to open first of all. The when I double
click to open a folder it won't respond. I need to double click
again. Sometimes 3 times. When I drag and drop it takes very long.
Very. And many times it doesn't really do anything. So I need to
cut, open the destination folder and paste. And still many times
it won't work. When I delete files it takes ages and/or gets
stuck. And so on. Many things work bad.

I have been trying all the other alternatives to FC but no one is
as good as FC for my taste, plus it is for free.

Any suggestions to improve these problems if there are any? I am
now using the default windows explorer most of the time as it runs
perfect and fast, but I want the two panels and opening in the two
panels I want by default (D: and D:/Downloads).

Thanks in advance.

[end quote]

So it appears that FreeCommander won't work on Windows 7 x64,
which was my original question. I post this material for the
benefit of others wondering the same thing.

-Al-
Click to expand...
 
D

Dave-UK

Al Smith said:
Stubbo said:
Version 2009.02a is the latest - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I used it in Vista and I am now using it in Windows 7 Home Premium
without any problems.

I have no experince of 64 bit - you could ask the question in their
forums:-

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link. The date of this version is quite recent --
Halloween of last year.

By following your second link, I found this post:

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2372&sid=ca23d3c48b2bcdf99ea6e32cf2d16c47

Hi. Just wanted to ask if there is any way to help FC run well on
W7 x64. I guess it is not planned to create a x64 version but
maybe with some tricks.

Apart from not showing the 7zip context menu, in general it is
very buggy. It takes long to open first of all. The when I double
click to open a folder it won't respond. I need to double click
again. Sometimes 3 times. When I drag and drop it takes very long.
Very. And many times it doesn't really do anything. So I need to
cut, open the destination folder and paste. And still many times
it won't work. When I delete files it takes ages and/or gets
stuck. And so on. Many things work bad.

I have been trying all the other alternatives to FC but no one is
as good as FC for my taste, plus it is for free.

Any suggestions to improve these problems if there are any? I am
now using the default windows explorer most of the time as it runs
perfect and fast, but I want the two panels and opening in the two
panels I want by default (D: and D:/Downloads).

Thanks in advance.

[end quote]

So it appears that FreeCommander won't work on Windows 7 x64,
which was my original question. I post this material for the
benefit of others wondering the same thing.

-Al-
Click to expand...
I'm running Win7 64. I've just downloaded and installed Free Commander
and it looks OK. It installs and runs with no errors.
I've only tried a few of the many features but I haven't been able
to get it to crash yet. You have to download the help file separately
and move it into the Commander folder. Also unblock the help file or it
won't work, (right-click FreeCommander.chm, Properties > Unblock).

There must have been something wrong with the poster's Win7 installation
you quoted because everything opens in a snap on my box. Drag and drop
no problem. Perhaps he had Norton or something like that installed.
Click to expand...
 
A

Al Smith

Dave-UK said:
Al Smith said:
Stubbo said:
Stubbo of Oz wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:20:07 -0000, "Grenou"

I am attempting to transfer files.
I have opened Explorer twice, once on the left and once on the
right and
want to transfer Folders in the left hand Explorer to a new location.
This should be easy.
Snip ....................

FreeCommander ( a dual pane file manager) is a lot easier to use than
Windows Explorer.

It is freeware - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/


The last update on the Web site is 2007, and no mention is made of
Windows 7. Does this work with Windows 7 x64?

-Al-

Version 2009.02a is the latest - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I used it in Vista and I am now using it in Windows 7 Home Premium
without any problems.

I have no experince of 64 bit - you could ask the question in their
forums:-

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link. The date of this version is quite recent --
Halloween of last year.

By following your second link, I found this post:

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2372&sid=ca23d3c48b2bcdf99ea6e32cf2d16c47


Hi. Just wanted to ask if there is any way to help FC run well on W7
x64. I guess it is not planned to create a x64 version but maybe with
some tricks.

Apart from not showing the 7zip context menu, in general it is very
buggy. It takes long to open first of all. The when I double click to
open a folder it won't respond. I need to double click again.
Sometimes 3 times. When I drag and drop it takes very long. Very. And
many times it doesn't really do anything. So I need to cut, open the
destination folder and paste. And still many times it won't work. When
I delete files it takes ages and/or gets stuck. And so on. Many things
work bad.

I have been trying all the other alternatives to FC but no one is as
good as FC for my taste, plus it is for free.

Any suggestions to improve these problems if there are any? I am now
using the default windows explorer most of the time as it runs perfect
and fast, but I want the two panels and opening in the two panels I
want by default (D: and D:/Downloads).

Thanks in advance.

[end quote]

So it appears that FreeCommander won't work on Windows 7 x64, which
was my original question. I post this material for the benefit of
others wondering the same thing.

-Al-
Click to expand...
I'm running Win7 64. I've just downloaded and installed Free Commander
and it looks OK. It installs and runs with no errors.
I've only tried a few of the many features but I haven't been able
to get it to crash yet. You have to download the help file separately
and move it into the Commander folder. Also unblock the help file or it
won't work, (right-click FreeCommander.chm, Properties > Unblock).
There must have been something wrong with the poster's Win7 installation
you quoted because everything opens in a snap on my box. Drag and drop
no problem. Perhaps he had Norton or something like that installed.
Click to expand...
Thanks for the input. I was going to pass over FreeCommander based
on the information in the post I quoted, but if you are running it
with no problems, maybe I will give it a try, and see for myself.
It's still hard to find reliable information on the x64 version of
Windows 7, which almost everyone will be running in a year or two.

-Al-
Click to expand...
 
G

Grenou

Dave-UK said:
Al Smith said:
Stubbo said:
Stubbo of Oz wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:20:07 -0000, "Grenou"

I am attempting to transfer files.
I have opened Explorer twice, once on the left and once on the right
and
want to transfer Folders in the left hand Explorer to a new location.
This should be easy.
Snip ....................

FreeCommander ( a dual pane file manager) is a lot easier to use than
Windows Explorer.

It is freeware - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/


The last update on the Web site is 2007, and no mention is made of
Windows 7. Does this work with Windows 7 x64?

-Al-

Version 2009.02a is the latest - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I used it in Vista and I am now using it in Windows 7 Home Premium
without any problems.

I have no experince of 64 bit - you could ask the question in their
forums:-

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link. The date of this version is quite recent --
Halloween of last year.

By following your second link, I found this post:

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2372&sid=ca23d3c48b2bcdf99ea6e32cf2d16c47

Hi. Just wanted to ask if there is any way to help FC run well on W7 x64.
I guess it is not planned to create a x64 version but maybe with some
tricks.

Apart from not showing the 7zip context menu, in general it is very
buggy. It takes long to open first of all. The when I double click to
open a folder it won't respond. I need to double click again. Sometimes 3
times. When I drag and drop it takes very long. Very. And many times it
doesn't really do anything. So I need to cut, open the destination folder
and paste. And still many times it won't work. When I delete files it
takes ages and/or gets stuck. And so on. Many things work bad.

I have been trying all the other alternatives to FC but no one is as good
as FC for my taste, plus it is for free.

Any suggestions to improve these problems if there are any? I am now
using the default windows explorer most of the time as it runs perfect
and fast, but I want the two panels and opening in the two panels I want
by default (D: and D:/Downloads).

Thanks in advance.

[end quote]

So it appears that FreeCommander won't work on Windows 7 x64, which was
my original question. I post this material for the benefit of others
wondering the same thing.

-Al-
Click to expand...
I'm running Win7 64. I've just downloaded and installed Free Commander and
it looks OK. It installs and runs with no errors.
I've only tried a few of the many features but I haven't been able
to get it to crash yet. You have to download the help file separately
and move it into the Commander folder. Also unblock the help file or it
won't work, (right-click FreeCommander.chm, Properties > Unblock).
There must have been something wrong with the poster's Win7 installation
you quoted because everything opens in a snap on my box. Drag and drop
no problem. Perhaps he had Norton or something like that installed.
Click to expand...
----------------------

Oooh wow, you wonderful person! I couldn't get the Help files to work, thern
saw your post and clicked Unblock.
They work fine now.
Thank you thank you!

Grenou
Click to expand...
 
D

Dave-UK

Grenou said:
Dave-UK said:
Al Smith said:
Stubbo of Oz wrote:
Stubbo of Oz wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:20:07 -0000, "Grenou"

I am attempting to transfer files.
I have opened Explorer twice, once on the left and once on the right and
want to transfer Folders in the left hand Explorer to a new location.
This should be easy.
Snip ....................

FreeCommander ( a dual pane file manager) is a lot easier to use than
Windows Explorer.

It is freeware - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/


The last update on the Web site is 2007, and no mention is made of
Windows 7. Does this work with Windows 7 x64?

-Al-

Version 2009.02a is the latest - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I used it in Vista and I am now using it in Windows 7 Home Premium
without any problems.

I have no experince of 64 bit - you could ask the question in their
forums:-

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/



Thanks for the link. The date of this version is quite recent --
Halloween of last year.

By following your second link, I found this post:

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2372&sid=ca23d3c48b2bcdf99ea6e32cf2d16c47

Hi. Just wanted to ask if there is any way to help FC run well on W7 x64. I guess it is not
planned to create a x64 version but maybe with some tricks.

Apart from not showing the 7zip context menu, in general it is very buggy. It takes long to open
first of all. The when I double click to open a folder it won't respond. I need to double click
again. Sometimes 3 times. When I drag and drop it takes very long. Very. And many times it
doesn't really do anything. So I need to cut, open the destination folder and paste. And still
many times it won't work. When I delete files it takes ages and/or gets stuck. And so on. Many
things work bad.

I have been trying all the other alternatives to FC but no one is as good as FC for my taste,
plus it is for free.

Any suggestions to improve these problems if there are any? I am now using the default windows
explorer most of the time as it runs perfect and fast, but I want the two panels and opening in
the two panels I want by default (D: and D:/Downloads).

Thanks in advance.

[end quote]

So it appears that FreeCommander won't work on Windows 7 x64, which was my original question. I
post this material for the benefit of others wondering the same thing.

-Al-
Click to expand...
I'm running Win7 64. I've just downloaded and installed Free Commander and it looks OK. It
installs and runs with no errors.
I've only tried a few of the many features but I haven't been able
to get it to crash yet. You have to download the help file separately
and move it into the Commander folder. Also unblock the help file or it
won't work, (right-click FreeCommander.chm, Properties > Unblock).
There must have been something wrong with the poster's Win7 installation
you quoted because everything opens in a snap on my box. Drag and drop
no problem. Perhaps he had Norton or something like that installed.
Click to expand...
----------------------

Oooh wow, you wonderful person! I couldn't get the Help files to work, thern saw your post and
clicked Unblock.
They work fine now.
Thank you thank you!

Grenou
Click to expand...
Win 7 marks everything that has been downloaded from the internet as unsafe.
That's what triggers the warning box when you try to run something you've downloaded.
If you clear the box that says' Always ask before opening this file' then that 'unblocks' it.
Click to expand...
 
A

Al Smith

Dave-UK said:
Grenou said:
Dave-UK said:
Stubbo of Oz wrote:
Stubbo of Oz wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:20:07 -0000, "Grenou"

I am attempting to transfer files.
I have opened Explorer twice, once on the left and once on the
right and
want to transfer Folders in the left hand Explorer to a new
location.
This should be easy.
Snip ....................

FreeCommander ( a dual pane file manager) is a lot easier to use
than
Windows Explorer.

It is freeware - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/


The last update on the Web site is 2007, and no mention is made of
Windows 7. Does this work with Windows 7 x64?

-Al-

Version 2009.02a is the latest - get it here:-

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I used it in Vista and I am now using it in Windows 7 Home Premium
without any problems.

I have no experince of 64 bit - you could ask the question in their
forums:-

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/



Thanks for the link. The date of this version is quite recent --
Halloween of last year.

By following your second link, I found this post:

http://www.forum.freecommander.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2372&sid=ca23d3c48b2bcdf99ea6e32cf2d16c47


Hi. Just wanted to ask if there is any way to help FC run well on W7
x64. I guess it is not planned to create a x64 version but maybe
with some tricks.

Apart from not showing the 7zip context menu, in general it is very
buggy. It takes long to open first of all. The when I double click
to open a folder it won't respond. I need to double click again.
Sometimes 3 times. When I drag and drop it takes very long. Very.
And many times it doesn't really do anything. So I need to cut, open
the destination folder and paste. And still many times it won't
work. When I delete files it takes ages and/or gets stuck. And so
on. Many things work bad.

I have been trying all the other alternatives to FC but no one is as
good as FC for my taste, plus it is for free.

Any suggestions to improve these problems if there are any? I am now
using the default windows explorer most of the time as it runs
perfect and fast, but I want the two panels and opening in the two
panels I want by default (D: and D:/Downloads).

Thanks in advance.

[end quote]

So it appears that FreeCommander won't work on Windows 7 x64, which
was my original question. I post this material for the benefit of
others wondering the same thing.

-Al-

I'm running Win7 64. I've just downloaded and installed Free
Commander and it looks OK. It installs and runs with no errors.
I've only tried a few of the many features but I haven't been able
to get it to crash yet. You have to download the help file separately
and move it into the Commander folder. Also unblock the help file or it
won't work, (right-click FreeCommander.chm, Properties > Unblock).
There must have been something wrong with the poster's Win7 installation
you quoted because everything opens in a snap on my box. Drag and drop
no problem. Perhaps he had Norton or something like that installed.
Click to expand...
----------------------

Oooh wow, you wonderful person! I couldn't get the Help files to work,
thern saw your post and clicked Unblock.
They work fine now.
Thank you thank you!

Grenou
Click to expand...
Win 7 marks everything that has been downloaded from the internet as
unsafe.
That's what triggers the warning box when you try to run something
you've downloaded.
If you clear the box that says' Always ask before opening this file'
then that 'unblocks' it.
Click to expand...
Question for you. I've been trying different file managers. I
tried out Q-Dir and UltraExplorer, but that's not the question. I
was trying to get zip folders to display their contents in
UltraExplorer (it won't do it, apparently) and noticed that *some*
of my ZIP folders will display their contents in the right panel
of Windows Explorer when I click to highlight them on the left
side of the program, but other ZIP folders won't show their
contents. It's been driving me nuts for the past hour, trying to
figure out what is different between the ZIP archieves that
display their contents, and the ZIP archives that don't show them.
Any ideas?

-Al-
Click to expand...
 
D

Dave-UK

Question for you. I've been trying different file managers. I
tried out Q-Dir and UltraExplorer, but that's not the question. I
was trying to get zip folders to display their contents in
UltraExplorer (it won't do it, apparently) and noticed that *some*
of my ZIP folders will display their contents in the right panel
of Windows Explorer when I click to highlight them on the left
side of the program, but other ZIP folders won't show their
contents. It's been driving me nuts for the past hour, trying to
figure out what is different between the ZIP archieves that
display their contents, and the ZIP archives that don't show them.
Any ideas?

-Al-
Click to expand...
Maybe the zip files that won't open need to be unblocked, if they came from
another computer or the net.
 
A

Al Smith

Dave-UK said:
Maybe the zip files that won't open need to be unblocked, if they came
from another computer or the net.
Click to expand...
I checked out their properties, and I did the unblocking thing on
them. No difference.

-Al-
 
D

Dave-UK

Al Smith said:
I checked out their properties, and I did the unblocking thing on
them. No difference.

-Al-
Click to expand...

All of mine seem to open on the right side.
I've just tried a few zips to see if it was because
of a different account owner but there's no difference.
 
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