Problems in Vista

[DJ Barney]

I recently moved from XP to Vista. I don't want to disable UAC as I regard it as an important security measure. I have adjusted TC to work as I want in Vista but there are some nagging problems.

When I start a large ( >1gb) exe auto extractor TC remains frozen until the extractor finishes. I can't switch to the other pane or do anything. Is this UAC related ? Or is there some other way to free TC ? If there is none I guess I can live with opening another copy of TC.

The other problem is not being able to see some folders such as the ones in MyDocuments (C:/User). I have to open Explorer to see them. I could run Tc as administrator but this would nullify the usefulness of UAC. Plus I'm not running Explorer as admin so how come it can see those folders ?

Any help appreciated !

[sqa_wizard]

I can't switch to the other pane or do anything. Is this UAC related ?

No, this is because some extractors are not "threadsafe" which inhibits TC to run them in background.

The other problem is not being able to see some folders

Try to enable view of hidden files (Configuration - Options - Display : Show hidden/system files)

[DJ Barney]

I can't switch to the other pane or do anything. Is this UAC related ?

No, this is because some extractors are not "threadsafe" which inhibits TC to run them in background.

Never had that problem in XP. This is a Vista problem ?

The other problem is not being able to see some folders

Try to enable view of hidden files (Configuration - Options - Display : Show hidden/system files)

Ah, thanks. I'd forgotten about that option. Now I can see everything

[HolgerK]

Starting with vista MS decided to reorganize the My xyz folders:
http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows-vista/What-happened-to-My-Documents

Enabling show hidden/system will only shows you compatibility links with names used in XP (primary used for programs with fixed path strings and not meant as navigation help for the user):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930890

It's better to get used to the new folder structure
C:\Users\<username>\Documents
C:\Users\<username>\Music
C:\Users\<username>\Pictures
...

Btw. Explorer may show names like My xyz (or even translated names from your language), but these are only display names (you can click into Explorer path bar to see the real path).

TC always shows the directory names as they are stored on the disk.

Regards
Holger

[DJ Barney]

Thanks for the info. I'll read up on that. I thought something obscure was going on with those folders !