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Tags for Audio Files no longer showing in Windows Explorer

Hi all! I recently installed Win8 and have noticed that at some point the tags stopped displaying in Windows Explorer for media files such as mp3 and m4b. This affects my collection of Music and Audio...

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Is shmedia.dll supposed to be present in Windows 8,64 bit?

...and does anyone know where I can get a fresh copy and install it? At the moment when I try to register it, it fails. Not sure if that's because I am trying with a version for Win 7 off the internet,...

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Displaying folder extensions?

I'm not entirely sure where to put this because it's not really related to any problems that I'm having or any broken apps, but more just a usability issue with Explorer itself. Does anyone know how to...

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Windows 8 suitablity

Hi, My name is Minal. I have this small business set up of import and export of Machinery. We have 9 laptops and 1 desktop. I was thinking to buy license of Windows 8 for all the 9 laptops and desktop...

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Downloading photos

I have tried to download a photo to EBay. without success. it was very easy in windows 7. My question is where can I place the picture to achieve a download instantly. I tried to copy it from all...

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I love Windows 8...but

....but I wouldn't want to marry it. Well, that looks like it, until at least SP1. The more I play with W8 the more I like it. BUTT...... The more I see wrong with it.

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windows 8

can anyone help? I installed the upgrade for windows 8 pro. and after a very long time I got the windows 8 start page. All ok so far. Next time the pc booted up, and after 12 updates I have lost the...

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Do you know? Windows 8 contains a similar bug to Vista

To see the bug, follow these steps: 1. Go to the desktop, 2. Right Click on the desktop and make new shortcut, 3. On the Make Shortcut dialog, press cancel, 4. Right Click again, you will see a new...

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I am back after saying goodbye

After receiving nice replies after I said goodbye convinced me that I should not give up so I am back to windows 8. I don't mind eating crow. I am now using thunderbird for email & classic shell...

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easy way to show hidden files

hi guys as you know in win8 if we want to show hidden file , we should go to view then option the change folder and search option then mark the show hidden filed. is there another easy way to do...

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Store not showing same apps on different computers?

Hi I noticed when I go into store and look at game apps or entertainment apps from my machine and look on a friends laptop or another machine the apps are not the same I seem to have older apps just...

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So, I'm Windows 7 Free

After a month of cursing and installing and reinstalling and cussing Mr. Bill and after countless "trials and tribulations", I've finally gotten used to Windows 8 and have removed Windows 7 as of last...

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OK ... That's ENOUGH for now.

After using Win8 for about a month, spending the last 3 weeks trying to avoid it I've re-imaged my machine back to Win7. Generally speaking "8" was working OK but I've been accumulating little problems...

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Virus or Windows 8 Problem??

Hi all, Just joined these forums to try to get a handle on what's happening with my desktop. I installed Windows 8 a few weeks ago and it was running fine for a while. Then about a week ago I came home...

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problem with startup programs running (some as admin)

I seem to have a problem with some programs not running at startup. Found out some of them need to be run as admin to even work. So changed the exe to run in admin mode and that worked, but not for...

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Modern UI Search getting stuck

Am occasionally having an occurence where I press Start, Start Screen then appears. I begin typing to search, if no results are found there's nothing to select and the search screen remains 'on top'...

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Solved Is it legal to use windows 7 os files under windows 8 ?

Tittle says it all. Can I use files of windows 7 operating system under windows 8? I mean extracting some files from windows 7 dvd and then using these files under windows 8. Would microsoft consider...

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The new Start of Windows 8

Hello everyone, I just started using Windows 8... I've got a dual screen setup and I have one question about it. Is it possible to open the start menu on both screens? Because when I'm surfing on the...

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Solved accidently deleted a file

Hi everyone hope you can help . . . This is my first post, so forgive me if I mess up. I have *accidently deleted a file on my C drive *. . . C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows It is the...

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How's everyones Windows 8 experience going?

Topic. ^^ How is your Windows 8 experience going so far? Myself, I am greatly enjoying it. :)

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