One of the biggest complaints I have heard about the Windows Vista operating system is the number of pre-Vista programs that either won’t run properly, or won’t run at all. There are generally three reasons why this happens.

One of the nice things about Windows Vista is the way that it allows you to directly open your Documents folder without having to know its exact physical location. But what happens if your drive is filling up and you wish to relocate your Documents folder to a different physical location such as a second hard drive? What if you want all your data files in one convenient location for backups? What if you just want to be different?

Have you ever used Vista’s file search feature to find a file you know exists, but it doesn’t find the file? Here are some causes of this problem and how to fix them.