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Threshold
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      08-23-2008

Hi guys,

New kid on the block here (and by saying this I have really shown that
I am not a kid any longer).

Anyway.

I am having this problem and I will appreciate anyone who is willing to
help.

I have changed icon to several folders in order to easily spot them
when I minimize them on the taskbar.

After I open any of the folders with the changed icon and minimize them
to the taskbar all is fine and the new icon is shown correctly.

But as soon as I maximize the folder, work on any file inside and than
minimize it again the icon shown is the general yellow one with the
green arrow pointing up.

Bear in mind that the icon is not lost on the folder customization
since it still shows fine in Explorer Window.
It is just lost when I minimize it to the taskbar where I would need it
the most.

If I close the folder and reopen it the icon is back there on the
taskbar as long as I don't touch it.

I have changed the icon either using the Windows method or programs
that do it for you but I still have the same problem.
One of the vendors of this software told me it's a Vista problem.

Any help on this since I really need help in easily spotting the many
folders on my taskbar?

I'm on VISTA HOME PREMIUM SP1 (in Italian if it matters).

Many thanks!


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      08-25-2008

Hi Guys

Anyone at all can help me on this please

Thank yo

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Mack.
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      08-27-2008

Yeah, I'm kinda having the same problem, I can't help, but its ****in
me off that you and I aren't getting our threads replied to. Where ar
all the hardcore admins and power users :

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Paul Montgomery
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      08-27-2008
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:34:03 -0500, Mack. <>
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>Yeah, I'm kinda having the same problem, I can't help, but its ****ing
>me off that you and I aren't getting our threads replied to. Where are
>all the hardcore admins and power users :L


What do you expect, bozo!? Your first post was 10 freaking minutes
ago.

You will DEFINITELY get NO replies if you stay on this tack.
 
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Gary S. Terhune
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      08-28-2008
You do NOT have the same problem. Go back to your own thread. I at least
have an answer for that.

Then go find your Pop and tell him you need a spanking.

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"Mack." <> wrote in message
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> Yeah, I'm kinda having the same problem, I can't help, but its ****ing
> me off that you and I aren't getting our threads replied to. Where are
> all the hardcore admins and power users :L
>
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Gary S. Terhune
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      08-28-2008
I wouldn't hold your breath. I can't be 100% certain, but it looks and acts
like something that can't be changed. A bug, if you want to call it that.
Something for Microsoft Feedback:
http://wfp.microsoft.com/ (Currently the program are closed, but there's a
sign-up for when it opens again.)

But this one is still gets active attention, I think:
https://feedback.windowsvista.micros...a_vista_master

TinyURL for the above is http://tinyurl.com/5fhdhb

You might also re-post the issue every month or so, just to keep it in the
public eye. Never know when someone will come along and say, "Hey, I know
about that one!"

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"Threshold" <> wrote in message
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>
> Hi guys,
>
> New kid on the block here (and by saying this I have really shown that
> I am not a kid any longer).
>
> Anyway.
>
> I am having this problem and I will appreciate anyone who is willing to
> help.
>
> I have changed icon to several folders in order to easily spot them
> when I minimize them on the taskbar.
>
> After I open any of the folders with the changed icon and minimize them
> to the taskbar all is fine and the new icon is shown correctly.
>
> But as soon as I maximize the folder, work on any file inside and than
> minimize it again the icon shown is the general yellow one with the
> green arrow pointing up.
>
> Bear in mind that the icon is not lost on the folder customization
> since it still shows fine in Explorer Window.
> It is just lost when I minimize it to the taskbar where I would need it
> the most.
>
> If I close the folder and reopen it the icon is back there on the
> taskbar as long as I don't touch it.
>
> I have changed the icon either using the Windows method or programs
> that do it for you but I still have the same problem.
> One of the vendors of this software told me it's a Vista problem.
>
> Any help on this since I really need help in easily spotting the many
> folders on my taskbar?
>
> I'm on VISTA HOME PREMIUM SP1 (in Italian if it matters).
>
> Many thanks!
>
>
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> Threshold



 
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Threshold
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      08-28-2008

Ok and still what about my problem
Are we doing something wrong so that nobody replies? :confused

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marrypoppins
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      08-28-2008

'=Taskbar%20Start%20Menu\"]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/?filter[11]=Taskbar%20Start%20Menu
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/?filter[11) see if any of thes
tutorials are what your looking for

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Gary S. Terhune
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      08-28-2008
Mack, as noted, was simply being impatient. As for your post, there are
approx. 1000 posts per day in this NG. Most of the worker bees here focus
upon issues for which they have an immediate answer or are interested in
researching (which is something most of us MVPs, anyway, are most interested
in. That's where all the fun comes from.) If we have no answer, and the
issue simply isn't within our personally determined perview, the responsible
among us don't respond. That way when someone comes along who might have an
answer, they aren't put off by some lengthy but wildly irrelevant thread
that is engendered by the less responsible among us (lots of wrong answers
or just plain stupidity and troll-like arguing,) or they see that a known
responsible person has posted to the thread a few times and figure it's
handled.

My routine is to refresh all the NGs I participate in, look for new posts in
threads where I'm already participating (in the Windows 98 groups that is my
primary interest), reply as necessary, then check all the (few) new posts in
those groups, then come to this and the XP.General groups and respond to
threads where I've already joined in discussion. Once that's all taken care
of, I start over. When I'm totally caught up, I start reading new posts in
the Vista and XP groups. But it only takes a little time for unread messages
in these two groups to number in the hundreds, so I simply mark them all as
Read, and then finally review the latest ones for anything I'm interested
in. Which is how I happened upon Mack's un-called-for comments, decided to
get him started on a solution, anyway, after reading your initial post and
thinking bout it in the back of my mind while I worked on his issue, and
then, finally, responded directly to your initial post.

Anyway, to answer your question more succinctly, no, you didn't do anything
wrong. As I said in the other reply, I think it's just a bug in Vista that
may or may not be able to be fixed in the future (if it's not Explorer
itself, it's likely some part of IE), and that you should simply re-post it
every month or two until someone sees it who knows what's what. Your issue
is so unique that I don't think anyone else has probably ever come across
it, but you never know. Regardless, you should definitely follow through
with a bug report via the second link I provided in my other reply.

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> Ok and still what about my problem?
> Are we doing something wrong so that nobody replies?
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Mack.
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      08-28-2008

Gary wtf? are you retarded..

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