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Actually, the fix for this is much simpler. If a folder looses an email (most common with Inbox for some reason), just right click the folder and choose Properties. Then click Repair Folder.

This re-indexes the emails and they reappear. That email data has not been lost – just the reference to the email.

Hi Lincoln
Your observation about Outlook is not uncommon. When you ask it to attach a file, sometimes it embeds it instead. This leads to the winmail.dat thing on other OS’s. Certain commands in Outlook will oblige it to attach rather than embed but it varies a little by version.

Personally, I avoid Outlook for this and other reasons, like it storing all its data in one corruptible file.

re: shutdown button – Interesting question Northwood. It’s there in all versions of the Start menu so I doubt you can turn it off. But you can change it’s default action by R-clicking the Start orb and selecting Properties. There’s a pick list to change the default. Sleep would be quick to wake from. You’d then have to use the callout for an actual shutdown.

Thanks Northwood
I take this much further. To sensibly organize the All Programs list, I follow your instructions, but rather than “Ricks”, I create folders for Design, Games, Internet, Utilities, Office, the computers brand, and so forth as required. I then drag and drop all the misc program folders into those new folders per their type. Its all just shortcuts so it doesn’t matter where they are, as long as it makes sense so they can be found later.

I pin those programs I use all the time to the Task bar and the ones I use regularly to the Start menu. Woody didn’t mention the pinned programs can be dragged to the sequence of your choice in both places. Then all the other stuff I use occasionally are easily found in All Programs as above. No having to remember obscure names or dig through the maze I see in so many Start menus, sorted meaninglessly by date of install. No hassles with a long scrolling list either.

Of course, such a folder structure is only needed if you use lots of software of different categories. You can also go into the 2 folder locations Woody mentions. That may be a faster way to do an initial cleanup.

Thanks for the update.
Just a note on the screen capture in AV – Skype has it too. It used to be a handy camera button but they’ve moved into the submenus. Under Call, Video as I recall.
I have an inexpensive annual subscription to Skype that gives me unlimited N. America wide long distance. It’s great for conference calls and such.

I began using Comodo Firewall (not AV) a few years ago and have been very happy with it until recently. It came well recommended, gave me the level of control I wanted, and once I’d approved various programs, stayed out of the way.

Recently however, it’s begun giving me grief on new software installs. It used to be that when you told it this was an “install or update” it would then let the rest of the process complete. But now it stops and asks for every component, even in install mode. This causes most installs to fail. Thus, I have to shut down Comodo to install software – not the behaviour I find desirable. (I do also have a hardware firewall) I have begun looking at other options. As I’m planning a new Win7 system, I may just go with that.

Hi All

A little late but I’m new to the group. Thought a few comments might help.

If you want to send really good photos as email attachments, then you’ll want to process them manually to optimize each. You may be able to do something like record an Action in PhotoShop that you can apply to a batch of similarly taken pictures. At the least, downsized pictures usually need a little sharpening.

However, I have been impressed how well the mentioned MS Powertoy does, and the more powerful VSO. They’re great for quick and decent. And it would be wonderful if everyone used something like this for sending pictures. Especially as MP counts climb. I’ve tried IrfanView twice and both times it gave me grief.

In the responses above, there were 2 separate streams of answers – attaching vs viewing and inline vs attachements.

MS email programs tend to not actually attach but rather add the images inline when you click an attach button. IanWilson describes the correct ways to insert vs attach above. If you want to ensure end viewers can see them properly, attach is best. Some email clients mess up MS inline as they’re non-standard. This gets worse the more they’re forwarded.

What BigAlDoc observes is the view on receipt. How those attachments are viewed when received. Some email clients like Thunderbird will show attached photos under the email body, as if they are inline when they’re not. This is a convenience feature.

Hope that clarifies.

Another great related tool is the XNView Shell Extension. It adds some features such as Right click for a thumbnail picture. Options lets you control whats in the submenu.
http://xnview.com/en/index.html