In my previous installation of Vista when typing the name of a file to open
it autocompleted to the nearest match from the files listed in the dropdown
list but this does not happen on my new machine. Is there a setting which
would allow autocomplete.

Denis

In any program. For instance if I try to open a file in Excel (File>Open)
named Book12345 as soon as I type "Boo" all the files in the folder starting
with Book appear in the drop down list with Book12345 appearing first in the
list. However autocomplete does not kick in to show the rest of the
filename "k12345" (highlighted) so that all I need to do is hit enter to
load the file - I have to use the arrow key to select it from the list.


"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It works for me. Where are you typing the file name?
>
> "Denis" <den@nomail> wrote in message news:5252
> A2B2-DA3D-45B4-B9E7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In my previous installation of Vista when typing the name of a file to
>> open it autocompleted to the nearest match from the files listed in the
>> dropdown list but this does not happen on my new machine. Is there a
>> setting which would allow autocomplete.
>>
>> Denis
>