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1. Chiong

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 7:23AM  

   How can we add the support of other file formats such as .ini file and .inf file?
2. someone

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 10:09AM  

   So many users seem to want back the toolbar customization ability back in Windows Explorer and IE. Please MS, have you considered adding full toolbar customizability (custom buttons and reordering them, reordering toolbar placement/layout, locking and unlocking toolbars?)
3. Neil Bayin

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 10:25AM  

   I got a question related to VISTA search thing, wonder if anyone can help me, Also, I know this is not QnA place, so, if it's not appropriate, you can delete it.

   Here is the problem I have:

   I am using Windows VISTA Home Premium on my laptop, want to install PHP on IIS7 recently, so I login as a normal user, installed PHP 5.2.3 under C:\php, copy the php.ini file into C:\Windows and delete any other copy. Start IIS7 and everything look good.

   Here is the real problem, when I use Ultraedit to edit the PHP.ini file and save it, restart IIS, nothing seems changed. The PHP still using old configuration. I use instant search, type php.ini, there are actually two php.ini listed, one is under Programs, and the other is listed under Files, I right click on the one listed under Programs, use Notepad to open it, now the wired thing is Notepad shows the old content of php.ini! I change it again and try to save it, notepad prompt me c:\windows\php.ini cannot be created.

   So, I did this several times, everytime, Ultraedit shows the new contents and notepad always show the old content.

   I finally solved this issue by run ultraedit as Administrator, this time, ultraedit showed the old content, and I can change and save it.

   I wonder if anyone can help me figure it out what really happened, thanks!
4. The MAZZTer

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 11:24AM  

   Neil: Normal users cannot write to C:\Windows.  I believe when you moved PHP.INI there you did so as an elevated Administrator.  But when you edited the file, you did so as a user, and so either:

   1) the file was not properly saved and the changes were discarded

   2) the file was saved in your Users folder (search for the WINDOWS folder in there) so that the changes would be visible to you, but not to other users including the one IIS7 and PHP were running as.  It's a new Vista "feature" to allow for legacy apps which try to write to now-protected locations.

   I'm guessing it was #2.
5. The MAZZTer

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 11:28AM  

   Neil: The "feature" which made your day miserable is called File and Registry Virtualization.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_Account_Control&oldid=142819270#Features
6. mikestre

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 12:49PM  

   I don't see any menu option in Windows Explorer which offers a preview.
7. BillD

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 2:29PM  

   mikestre, it's on the toolbar:

   Organize -> Layout

   :-)
8. MaryBranscombe

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 4:41PM  

   Turning this on and off is just that bit too hard; it's Organise > Layout ? Preview pane and that's a pain to select. There are some folders I just don't want this on for and Vista doesn't seem to remember the settting on a per folder basis. Please can we have an icon for the toolbar that we can add to turn it on and off - like the panning hand. The preview is also very slow as the system builds the thumbnail for anything other than pictures. An excellent but v1 feature.
9. mikestre

   
   Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 5:25PM  

   Thanks for that. Not very intuitive though !
10. newscientist2000

    
    Posted on: July 13, 2007 at 10:35PM  

    I agree with "someone" Internet Explorer 7 is not customizable enough, so me and my wife are staying with IE6 for now.  Ironically Firefox is so customizable that you can make the latest version look almost identical to Internet Explorer 6 or 7.

    IE is still my browser of choice, but it does need to be more cutomizable before I will upgrade.... or a killer app that requires IE7 will have to come out.