[lightenrod]

HP, Home Premium, Desktop

I select an article or image from the web, then I select "save as". Then as I start typing a name for the article, I get this dropdown showing all the other files beginning with the same letters. How do I get rid of this dropdown.

Then if I have to browse for folders, I get another dropdown, only this time it has thumbnails. How do I get rid of the thumbnails.

Geez, enough dropdowns already. I rarely (if ever) use them.

Any suggestions appreciated.

[Arctik]

What browser are you using?

[lightenrod]

Firefox 3.

[Arctik]

The only option i can think of, is tools > options > privacy > untick "remember what i enter in forms"
Thats the only built in firefox form/search bar saver i know of
You may have to clear private data after that, for changes to take affect

[lightenrod]

Hi Arctik, thanks for the reply.
I don't have that checked and I have my history is set for 3 days. I don't even have to be on the internet for this to happen. If I "cut" a file from my desktop and had to browse to the receiving folder, I would get a dropdown of thumbnails with the contents of that folder,even if the thumbnails were turned off in that folder.
It seems to me that this would be a Windows Explorer problem. I'm guessing that the root of the problem is hiding somewhere in the search "feature".

[Arctik]

Sorry, i dont quite get what you mean.
Any way you could take a screenshot of what is happening?

[lightenrod]

This is from "caedes.net", a sooper dooper desktop background site.

OK, I'm back, here's a screenshot of the unwanted thumbs and the unwanted filename dropdown.

[Arctik]

Ah ok.
Click on organise, then folder and search options.
From there, click the search tab, and untick the 'find partial matches' box.
This should work!

[lightenrod]

Well, I had high hopes but that didn't work. I even went into "indexing options" and excluded a couple of folders from the index, did a reboot, and it's still the same.

Any more suggestions. I'm willing to try.

[Arctik]

Hmm i had high hopes about that too :P
I cant think of any other reasons for it still to be coming up :<
Have you always had this problem, or has it recently started showing?

[lightenrod]

I've always had it. It also happens when I use Internet explorer. I thought it was odd when I couldn't find anybody else having this problem when I Googled it. I did find one person that had it but after reinstalling the Vista, it was gone and he was wanting it back. Nobody could help him either.

I don't have another Vista computer handy to compare it with.

I do appreciate your time and effort. I've eliminated a few possibilities.

[Arctik]

No problem, as you said at least we eliminated a few possibilities.
The only other option i can think of, short of reinstalling vista, is something to do with indexing. However, this i cant help you on as i have never really gone near it/modified any of it for myself.
Sorry we couldnt get it fixed, but im only a beginner, so maybe someone with a bit more knowledge will catch this thread and save the day

[lightenrod]

Anybody???...Suggestions???...Advise???