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by wolfticket2003 2 views

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Every time I post a tech question, I never get answers on this forum.. Is this because...

1. nobody's seeing this-
2. IT folk are too clannish to respond to non-it folk-
3. my questions are too stupid to even consider answering-
4. everyone's busy at work-
5. maybe they just don't know the answers-
6. maybe its being posted without proper (or wrong)tags-
7. ALL OF THE ABOVE?
(below this msg is a pasted copy of the original tech-repub. Q&A posted 8/20

Anyway, I'll ask again...
"Where Yall At??!!!"

Question - Post 1 of 1 why is there a greyed out 'find target' box?
Finding shortcuts that have been moved is easy; trying to locate a program when the 'find target' box has been greyed out is not so easy. Where is that program hiding?
A manual search revealed nothing. Could it be the program only exists on,(and was installed from)a CDRom, and therefore is not on the harddrive?

UN-RELATED Q: If I delete a program icon (not the shortcut to it)will I damage the installed program, or am I just deleting setup files?

thnx
Posted: 08/20/2007 @ 01:42 PM (PDT)
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by rob miners

If you have changed your Search preferences to Show Hidden and System files and you still can't find the file it more than likely doesn't exist. As you say it could be a reference to a file on a CD.

Welcome to TR.

by wolfticket2003

Thanks- I figured that as well.
The program was actually installed from a cd given to me by a bus. associate so we could collaborate online, and view/load/update the same websites.

by sgt_shultz

...the file the shortcut is pointing to is gone. (Hey, don't thank me, thank Microsoft) As you can therefore see, the shortcut is just a pointer to the program executable (the icon file you referred to in the last part of your whine, er, i mean, post. RDL). So, in answer to your second question, don't delete those executables. (The setup files should have a different look to them depending on the installer the developer used to make them).
Welcome to TR. Be careful what you ask for, you might just get it. Also remember you get what you pay for around here.
lastly, please post your os and sp level and folks will think you are considerate. We are all dumb so don't worry 'bout that part...

by wolfticket2003

Thanks.
I appreciate help from know-it-all- I mean knowledgeable people in this area. There's so much to learn and absorb. All points well taken; will comply on future posts.

by oh smeg

But if you want to ask something you need to supply as much information as possible relating to the question so that we have a fighting chance to be able to produce an answer. So at the very least you need to supply OS type and what you have already done to try to fix your problem yourself.

If you just post something like [i]My computer doesn't work why is this.[/i] You will not get an answer as the question is not possible to answer.

If you want to know what you should supply when you ask a question the following is a good read

How to Ask Questions the Smart Way

http://tinyurl.com/2wo6o

Col

by wolfticket2003

At least I'm not as bad as the lady who called tech service, and when the rep told her that her pc wasn't seeing the installed printer, she turned her desktop pc around so it would face the printer across the room...Others have provided usable answers to my Q&A, but your critical comments were helpful as well-thanks!

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