Well, I'll be damned! Indeed, Penelope, you're right: It's an Internet
Explorer thing. I turned AutoComplete back on and everything works fine
again now.
Thank you very much Penelope! Happy Friday!
Yves
On 6/28/07, Penelope Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yves,
I think this KB explains what's happening:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322948/en-us
Oddly enough, it's an Internet Explorer setting. To turn the
auto-complete feature back on, just reverse the instructions in "How to
Prevent the AutoComplete List of File Names from Appearing".
Regards,
Penelope
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Penelope Perkins, Senior Technical Writer
Synergex
Sacramento, California
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
.com] On Behalf Of Yves Barbion
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:59 AM
> To: Mike Wickham
> Cc: Frame Users
> Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Quick way to import files?
>
> It's All files (*.*), Mike.
>
>
> On 6/28/07, Mike Wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Underneath the "File name" dropdown is another dropdown,
> "Files of type."
> > What's in that box? If it's not "All files (*.*)," but set
> instead to a
> > particular extension, Frame only displays files with that particular
> > extension. If it's set for an extension that you are not
> seeking, and no
> > files in that directory have that extension, then Frame
> won't display a
> > pick
> > list.
> >
> > Mike Wickham
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > When I choose File > Import > File to import a graphic,
> and then type
> > the
> > > first character of the name of the graphic, I get to see
> a drop-down
> > list
> > > in
> > > the Import dialog box, displaying only the files whose
> the name starts
> > > with
> > > this first character. And the list gets shorter as I type more
> > characters
> > > of
> > > the file name. This is very handy if you have a graphics folder
> > containing
> > > a
> > > lot of files. But now, on one of my computers, this no
> longer works. No
> > > idea
> > > why, I didn't change any setting in Windows Explorer (at
> least, not that
> > > I'm
> > > aware of ;-)), it just stopped working a couple of days ago.
> >
>
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