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Thanks to “13 Year old Kid Genius” for the effort to help. I have changed the setting of the second PC from “Optimize for quick removal” to “Optimize for performance” that enables write caching. Unfortunately the behavior is still unchanged, i.e., the folder will only collapse when the flash drive is unplugged. Anymore hints?

I am using WinXP SP2 connected to network. When I click Start -> Run then CMD, the command prompt will open at: C:\Documents and Settings\[user Name]\Desktop>. When opening the Command Prompt from Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt, then it will open at H:\ (my personal network drive). I am also using Metapad, the default save folder is also H:\ Is there a way to change that behaviour to default to the same folder? Thanks a lot.

It is about USB Flash Drive on WinXP SP2. When the drive tree is in expanded in Windows Explorer, and I right-click the drive, then click “Eject”, WinXP behaves differently in 2 different PC’s (both with WinXP SP2). In one PC, the explorer tree collapse right away after “Eject” is clicked. Whereas in the other PC the explorer tree will only collapse after the flash drive is unplugged. Can someone brief me on how to make the second PC behaves like the first one, i.e., the explorer tree collapses right away when the “Eject” is clicked?

After a few years using Norton AntiVirus I am getting disappointed now as I mentioned in my post as follows: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...783&st=105#

I have been using Norton AntiVirus OEM Version 5.0 on my Win98SE for a few years. After downloading and running the Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater) on 27-JUL-2006, I got following "Drive access error" message when trying to do manual scan: "Unable to read the boot record on hard drive #0. Check to make sure the drive is ready." Then I clicked on "Continue" and another error message popped up stating: "Unable to read the boot record on hard drive C:. Check to make sure the drive is ready." Then I clicked "Continue" again, the next error message said: "NAVW32 caused an invalid page fault in module NAVEX32A.DLL" the scan was then exited. After the Virus Definitions dated 02-AUG-2006, the "invalid page fault" error is gone, but then until now the "Unable to read the boot record" error still persist. The DOS mode (NAVDX.EXE) works perfectly all right though, that is why the Startup scanning, which is in DOS mode is also functioning well, that includes boot records scanning as well. So to be able to work with it under Win98SE, we need to clear Scan Boot Record & Scan Master Boot Record under the Options, then NAV will work near normal, i.e., it will skip scanning boot record under Windows GUI, but the rest is as per normal. DOS mode works OK. I have done a bit of experimenting, if after doing the most recent Intelligent Updater, e.g., 20060814-017-i32.exe, then replace following 2 files from the older Definitions, for example: NAVEX32A.DLL; 669 KB; August 21, 2005 TCDEFS.DAT; 12.2 KB; August 21, 2005 Then the Windows GUI will work normal, it will scan boot records with no problem. The trade off is that DOS mode will not work. The 20050821 definition is in fact the most recent that will work for the substitution mentioned, if we use the ones from 20050822, where the TCDEFS.DAT will be around 40KB, then the same error message will pop-up again. Another general drawback of NAV is that the file size of Definitions update (Intelligent Updater) is huge, it is bigger than 12MB and is updated on daily basis (we don't need to do it every day though). The reason for the huge size is that every updater also includes AV Engines and is meant for all platforms. With the problem I encounter above, I am now beginning to try the "AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.394", which according to my opinion is quite good! What I like most is that its online definitions update is sort of incremental, so the size is quite small.

You might not believe it, but following steps are what I did to overcome this problem. I did the backup of the IE6 Favorites, i.e., the content of the folder C:\Windows\Favorites, then deleted them all, meaning IE6 Favorites is now empty. Under that condition, I click in the Firefox “File” -> “Import…” -> “Microsoft Internet Explorer”, in the “Items to Import” in the “Import Wizard” I click to clear all others except “Favorites”, then I click “Next”, the Favorites import did not freeze Firefox this time as before, the Favorites was empty though. I then restore the Favorites I backed up earlier, repeat the steps above… it went fine, the Bookmark now contains an item “From Internet Explorer” filled up with all the Favorites from IE. It really happened that way, I have now explanation why could it happen that way. Problem solved anyway!!

Minor problem: for some of them confirming the driver is required, few clicks, but found automatically, no private drivers. It is not a problem. The needed confirmation is the result of smaller USBSTOR.INF as I explained in my post below: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...id=526480 Thereby giving more space for the devices that may need it in the future. Thanks Maximus-Decim who has implemented my idea above into his NUSB Version 2.3

At the beginning when I started to use Firefox with Win98SE, I did not have any problem importing Favorites from IE6. But then, when I reinstalled Firefox 1.5, importing Favorites from IE6 seemed to work but end up with Firefox "Not responding" (frozen), so that I had to end-task to terminate. I tried it in another Win98SE with IE6 SP1 and it works fine, meaning that the problem seems to be either in my Win98SE or in my IE6 SP1. Do anyone of you have similar experience and perhaps know how to overcome that problem?

Basically it is sufficient to do it only at one location, because the system will automatically copy it in the other location. What I mean is, if we for example add following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\*\Shell\Open With...\command] @="C:\\Windows\\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1" then the system will automatically add following key: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Open With...\command] @="C:\\Windows\\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1" and vice-versa. If we apply what you mentioned, i.e., [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\*\shell\openas\command] @="RUNDLL32.EXE C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\SHELL32.DLL,OpenAs_RunDLL %1" then the long filename in the "Open With..." pop-up will be truncated. Whereas, as I have mentioned else where, I have renamed (not delete) following keY: [HKCR\Unknown] into [HKCR\Unknown-] in order to avoid double "Open With..." in the context menu for unknown file extension. Deleting either [HKCR\Unknown] or [HKLM\Software\CLASSES\Unknown] is also fine if you do not intend to revert back to it one day.

Hi MDGx, Thanks for your message. It works also fine with the command you mentioned, i.e.: C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 I know that we need double-backslash in the REG file, as you could see from my other post here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=79277# What I meant in the messages above is those command that we see in and change manually with REGEDIT. I have the feeling that it is somehow a little bug of RUNDLL32.EXE, it behaves like a 16-bit application if we call it in the following command: rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 Agree? Anyway thank you so much.

For those of you that have followed my tip in this thread, you may face a situation that your long filename is truncated to 8.3 format if you open it with "Open With..." as described in my following post: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...id=538895 In order to avoid it, i.e., preserving the long filename, you need to redo the patch with following reg file: ------------------------------------------------- REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Open With...\command] @="C:\\Windows\\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1" ------------------------------------------------- Sorry guys for the inconvenience it may cause.

Finally I found the culprit myself. If the default command in the registry key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Open With...\command] is: rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 then when I right-click the file Crazy.crazy and select "Open With...", the dialog box will say: "Click the program you want to use to open the file 'CRAZY~1.CRA'". I.e., the LFN is truncated into 8.3 format. If I change the default command into: C:\Windows\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1 then the message in "Open With..." dialog box is now: "Click the program you want to use to open the file 'Crazy.crazy'", meaning no more truncation! It is really hard to believe but true. My only assumption is that the command line mentioned earlier will somehow start rundll32.exe in 16-bit mode, hence the truncation. Anyone has a better explanation?

Thanks a lot MDGX for your effort trying to help. It seems like a bit misunderstanding. What I need is the other way around, i.e., I want to keep long filename, not converting long filename into 8.3 format. Any hint??

Additional information, when I right-click the file CRAZY.CRAZY and select "Open With...", the dialog box will say: "Click the program you want to use to open the file 'CRAZY~1.CRA'. Meaning the truncation already takes place in the "Open With" dialog box! Help me please ... what could cause that truncation???

To be frank I don’t remember what I have done. In one of the Win98SE, I can only have file extension of not more than 3 characters, e.g., if I associate a file with the name CRAZY.CRAZY to a certain program, in the registry it will be taken under HKCR as .CRA file. Whereas in another Win98SE PC, it can be taken full as .CRAZY file. Could someone help to enlighten me, what could possibly be causing that different behavior?

I managed to reproduce the same situation in another Win98SE PC with following scenario: I created a text file and gave it an arbitrary name CRAZY.CRY, any name will do though, important is that the extension must be one that is not existent in the system. Then I copied Notepad.exe and gave it a name MyNotepad.exe, again here any name will also do. I right-click CRAZY.CRY, in the "Open With..." dialog box I click to tick "Always use this program to open this type of file", then click "Others..." -> point and select MyNotepad.exe. The system will create following key in the registry: [HKCR\CRY_auto_file\shell\open\command] that contains in it (Default) C:\WINDOWS\MyNotepad.exe "%1" When I then delete the content of the (Default) C:\WINDOWS\MyNotepad.exe "%1", i.e., the command key becomes empty, then the "Open With..." dialog box will contains the nameless (empty) program on its top line. To get rid of that nameless program, I simply delete the registry key above. With the same way, I could get rid of the nameless program in another PC I mentioned earlier. In the registry I searched ALL command keys, trying to find the one with empty (Default). It happened to be [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dMC.AudioCD.Autorun], I don't know what program may have left that key in my registry. With that key completely deleted, my "Open With..." dialog box has no more empty program.

That is exactly what I get, i.e., open up an explorer window with C:\ if I use it to open a file.

I just noticed that in my “Open with…” dialog box of Win98SE, there is a program at the top with no name (empty). Anyone of you had the same experience and managed to get rid of it?

In Win98, if you want to get “Open with…” context menu, you will need to press left-shift and simultaneously right-click the file. In WinXP, right-clicking will always show “Open With…” in the context menu. If you want to have this behavior in your Win98, then create a reg file that contains the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------- REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Open With...\command] @="rundll32.exe C:\\Windows\\system\\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1" ---------------------------------------------------------------- You can give it any name, such as OpenWith.reg. Right-click that reg file you just created, then click “Merge” -> “Yes”. You need to do one more step to avoid double “Open with…” for unknown files, i.e., you can either delete or rename following registry key: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown] I would suggest to rename it maybe to “Unknown-“, so that you can revert back to the previous properties when you want. One last note, if you want to do it, you do it at your own risk, I will not be responsible for any consequences. In my Win98SE it works fine though.

I have used Firefox since a few months now. The most recent release I used is Version 1.5.0.4, and I did not experience any problem at all. I have tried Firefox 2 Beta 1 since it was released a few days back, also quite good, no serious problem, only minor graphics rendering problem as its predecessor. As I am using Win98SE, the only drawback is rather slow startup.

Thanks the_guy. As I am using Win98SE, I though it may be Win98 issue. Anyway I have reposted it in the forum issues section as you recommended.

Since the day before yesterday, when I try to click something as a Guest, I got this page: At the top: “This menu has been disabled” Below that title are the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Board Message Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information. The error returned was: Sorry, but you do not have permission to use this feature. If you are not logged in, you may do so using the form below if available. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Only when login I can access the forum. But then I see a lot of Guests in the forum. What could be wrong?? This problem is not only from one PC, but from a few others. Do some other users experience the same problem?

Since the day before yesterday, when I try to click something as a Guest, I got this page: At the top: “This menu has been disabled” Below that title are the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Board Message Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information. The error returned was: Sorry, but you do not have permission to use this feature. If you are not logged in, you may do so using the form below if available. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Only when login I can access the forum. But then I see a lot of Guests in the forum. What could be wrong?? This problem is not only from one PC, but from a few others. Do some other users experience the same problem?

Hi guys … I have sent a feedback to the publisher of SlimBrowser, with the request to enable a really slim, small and lean SlimBrowser Lite. Hopefully there will be a positive response. Meanwhile I have found another IE based browser that already can fulfill my wish, i.e., I need only tab-browsing and pop-up blocker; it is called Maxthon Browser Lite Version 1.5.6 Build 42. It is fully customizable; I can remove items that I don’t need from Menu Bar, Toolbar and also Status Bar!! What’s more, with a plug-in I can hide the last tab, meaning when only one tab open, the Tab Bar will disappear, just like Firefox, cool!!

I am using Resource Hacker 3.4.0.79. If I run it under Win98SE, I encounter following problems: - When I try to replace resource, bitmap etc. for certain files, e.g., BROWSEUI.DLL version 5.50, then Win98SE starts to freeze. - When I save a modified file, the file date will be changed to today’s date. Those problem do not come up if I work on a PC running WinXP Professional. Could someone help to tell me, whether Resource Hacker 3.4.0.79 is not compatible with Win98SE, or something is wrong with my Win98SE? Thanks a lot!!