Anyone still running Windows 7?

Man, seeing how much I'm losing here... xD

On my x86 ultimate build, the file size is sitting at 8.49GB, while the actual footprint on the disk is 8.56GB. That breaks down to 51,653 files and 10,265 folders, including those dozen or so updates included

darkviper7 said:Look how much I'm losing here lol

Look, just stop obsessing over the partition for a second. Go straight to the Windows directory, right-click it, hit properties, and then give me the exact numbers—just like I did. Tell me the file count and the folder count. What you're looking at there is the sum of the core files plus all their various updates...

Hello everyone on the forum!
I have run into an issue since upgrading to Windows 7 Ultimate. As you can see in the attached images, I am having trouble viewing photos taken with my phone. It doesn't matter what the resolution is; I just can't view mobile photos properly. As shown, images from my digital camera look nearly 50% larger, yet they display perfectly fine. Essentially, the PC handles a 2500-pixel image on this screen without any trouble, but it struggles with a 1500-pixel photo from my phone. You will notice the issue lies with the vertical dimension rather than the width... if anyone knows how to fix this, please post a solution. Everything worked perfectly on XP!
Thanks!


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Why is it that every single time I want to listen to music through my headphones, I have to manually dive into the Control Panel just to set them as the default device?
Is there actually a way to fix this permanently so I don't have to deal with it constantly? It’s honestly starting to get on ☕

Taylor Morales31 said:Just let the partition go—actually, just open up your Windows directory, right-click it, hit properties, and tell me the numbers just like I did. You know, how many files and how many folders? Since you're looking at that partition, you've basically counted all the system files along with their updates...

15.3 GB (16,445,300,736 bytes)
73,609 Files, 16,149 Folders
that's "just" the Windows folder

@Brandon Miller3/">@@Brandon Miller3
I honestly have no clue 🤷

It honestly makes zero sense to me how you ended up with 22,000 more files than I have. 🤷 You're running the x64 version—which is naturally a bit larger during the install process—but the final footprint on the drive is nearly double what mine is. I’m sitting at 8.5GB while you're pulling 15.5GB. Is anyone else out there running x64??

Greetings,

I am currently grappling with two distinct issues regarding Windows 7.

First, I’ve noticed a mysterious disappearance of free space on my C: drive.😲 I have been monitoring the capacity closely, and over the last two weeks, roughly 1.5 GB has simply vanished. It is worth noting that I haven't installed any new software during this period, and I have already cleared my browser cache to rule that out as a culprit.

Second, ever since I performed a fresh installation of the OS, .gif files have been defaulting to Internet Explorer when I try to open them.😕 My intention was to have them open in the standard Windows Photo Viewer instead. Since I couldn't locate the specific viewer in the "Open with" menu—and I recall from my days using Windows XP that the image viewer often appeared under the Explorer umbrella in the taskbar—I made the decision to set explorer.exe as the default handler for .gif files. The result has been quite disastrous: whenever I attempt to open a GIF, my CPU usage spikes aggressively, and memory consumption begins to climb indefinitely without stopping. The only way to resolve it is a hard restart. To make matters worse, I have tried to revert the file association back to Explorer or select a different program entirely, but the system refuses to accept the change. Every single time I attempt to open a GIF through Windows, I encounter this exact same loop.

Honestly, I’m not even surprised and I’m definitely not complaining. If I give them 40GB, they can do whatever they want with it for all I care 😉
When I strip away the WinSxS folder, my Windows 7 installation drops down to just 7.02GB.

Does anyone know how I can upload the screenshot from that program—you know, the one that pops up after I finish scanning a disc—right here onto the forum?

Jonathan Wood5 said:Can someone tell me how to post a screenshot from that program—the one that scans disks—onto this forum?

You could just use the Snipping Tool in Windows to grab whatever part of the screen you want to show. (Maybe you already figured that out, though. :-)
Next, I guess you just head over to imgbb.com to upload the image. Once it's up, they'll give you a link you can just copy and paste straight into your post.
Pretty simple, really. 🙂

Thomas Hernandez21 said:Honestly, there's really no need to worry about it since those "Files" you're looking at are just your pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys; I honestly can't wrap my head around why they're bothering you so much. 🙂

It’s not that they’re actually bothering me or anything, especially since I've got plenty of breathing room on my drive—about 60GB to spare—but I was pretty caught off guard by how massive this folder is. It's sitting at nearly 6GB, which feels way overkill to me, especially when I see other folks running similar stuff at only around 1.5GB. Plus, I'm scratching my head a bit because I can't even find them tucked away anywhere on the disk.

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Fingers crossed this actually worked. Thanks guys.

Brandon Miller3 said:Hey everyone...
Ever since I upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate, I've run into an issue. As you can see in the attached images, there's a problem displaying photos taken on my phone. It doesn't matter what the resolution is; I just can't view mobile photos properly. If you look at the screenshots, the camera photos display fine even though they are nearly 50% larger. The computer scales those 2500-pixel images to the screen without any trouble, but it fails with the 1500-pixel ones from my phone. You'll notice the issue is specifically with the vertical dimension, not the width. If anyone knows how to fix this, please post... Everything worked perfectly on Windows XP.
Thanks.


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Anyone with a solution?... Thanks.

casuallynx8 said:Hey there! How's everyone doing today?

I've run into two little hiccups while working with Windows 7, and I was wondering if anyone might be able to point me in the right direction!

First off, I've noticed that my C: drive is just constantly losing free space for no apparent reason! Does anyone else feel like their storage just evaporates into thin air? 😲 I’ve been keeping a close eye on my storage lately, and I can't believe that over the last two weeks, a solid 1.5 GB has just vanished into thin air! Isn't it strange how that happens? I should probably mention that I haven't installed a single new program during this entire stretch, and I even went ahead and cleared out my browser cache to rule that out as a culprit, so there really shouldn't be any reason for this sudden disappearance, right?

It’s entirely possible that some recent updates caused this, or perhaps a sudden system crash left Windows with a few hundred megabytes of digital clutter hanging around! Why not try downloading CCleaner to tidy things up? Just make sure you uncheck the option to scan your browsers during the process, unless you want to lose all those precious links and saved passwords while you're surfing the web. If you play it safe like that, the cleaner will simply sweep away all those pesky TEMP files and unnecessary junk that are just slowing you down!

On top of all that, right when I first finished getting Windows all set up, I noticed that my .gif files were defaulting to opening in Internet Explorer! Can you believe that? 😕 I was really hoping I could just get my GIF files to open with the classic Windows Photo Viewer, but since it wasn't showing up in the "Open with" menu, I decided to try a little workaround! I remembered back in the Windows XP days how that image viewer used to show up in the taskbar just like Explorer, so I thought, why not just set all my GIFs to open with explorer.exe? Well, boy, was I wrong! Now, every single time I attempt to open a GIF, my CPU usage absolutely skyrockets, and the memory consumption just starts climbing higher and higher without any sign of stopping—honestly, the only way to fix it is to perform a full system restart. But here is the real kicker: now that I've messed things up, I can't even try to change the setting back to Explorer or pick a different program, because the moment I try to open a GIF through Windows, that entire crashing cycle repeats itself all over again! Does anyone know how I can break out of this loop?

Ever wondered what happens when you just right-click on a GIF file? All you have to do is click on... Does anyone else ever find themselves diving deep into the various settings and properties within their system, wondering if there's a more efficient way to manage everything? I’ve been spending quite a bit of time lately looking through my file attributes and system configurations, and it really makes you wonder how much we actually utilize all the tools at our disposal! Isn't it fascinating how much control we can have over our digital environment once we start digging into the fine details?Once you've got that new window open, just go ahead and click "End," alright? It all starts when you first open up... Is there actually a button that says... what exactly? Can we really just sit back and let things stay exactly the way they are, or is it finally time to shake things up and embrace some real change? I honestly find myself wondering if we aren't all just waiting for a sign to pivot, because isn't that how most great transformations begin? It feels like we're standing on the edge of something much bigger, don't you think?A brand new window will pop up on your screen, displaying a handy list of recommended programs where you should see Windows Photo Viewer sitting right there! Just go ahead and click on it, then hit OK to move forward. Once that final window appears, here is the little trick: don't bother clicking OK just yet—instead, make sure you hit Apply! After you do that, all of your GIF files will automatically start opening with Windows Photo Viewer by default, isn't that just wonderful?🙂

Hey there,
I recently set up Windows 7 on my machine and everything seems fine so far,
but I ran into a bit of a headache with Call of Duty 4. The installer was one of those old-school DOS-style setups—you know the type—and it didn't give me any option to pick a custom installation path during the process. Now, I can't find where the game actually lives!
The game runs perfectly fine, but I'm trying to uninstall it and when I try searching for the files, all I find are just the shortcuts sitting on my desktop???

p.s. When I was installing Windows 7, it never asked me for an admin password—I've never really needed one—so I'm assuming I'm just logged in as an administrator by default?