I’m a big fan of information organization. When it comes to a computer, you use folders to organize your files. Folders can contain other folders, and you can toss in some shortcuts or aliases to help deal with files that could dwell in multiple locations. All that makes sense, but it’s not really how Windows presents files and folders.
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February 17, 2016Folder Insanity Explained
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January 27, 2016Windows 10 Tiles to Drive You MadWindows 10 didn’t kill off the Windows 8 tile-based Start Screen. Instead, it plastered those tiles onto the right side of the Start menu. I assume most people ignore those tiles. I know that office IT professionals would like to get rid of the tiles. Here’s how.
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January 25, 2016Disabling the Peek Desktop ButtonWindows 10 and Windows 7 feature a Peek Desktop button. It can really bug the bejeebers out of you.
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January 22, 2016File Explorer Tips and TricksTime to revel in some shortcuts you can pull when using the File Explorer window to peek at, manipulate, or simply tease your files and folders. January 20, 2016Basic File OperationsOf all the tools and toys in the File Explorer window, the most commonly used are the file manipulation commands. These four basic file operations are Copy, Move, Rename, and Delete. As you might suspect, several methods are available for implementing these commands. January 18, 2016The Folder ViewThe name of the program that displays files and folders in Windows 10 is called File Explorer. It was once called Windows Explorer. That keeps with Microsoft’s tradition of using the same or similar names over and over; they just can’t use the word “Explorer” enough, I suppose. January 15, 2016Windows 10 File Folder ToolsOver the last few incarnations of Windows, the file folder has changed dramatically. Gone is the old toolbar, replaced by the Ribbon. It’s a concept borrowed from the 2007 revision of Microsoft Office, and the Ribbon interface works really well as long as it doesn’t freak you out.
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January 4, 2016New Year PC ChoresIt’s a new year! Things are slowly getting back to normal, with the chaos of the extended Saturnalia finally concluding. I mean, nothing gets done the last two weeks of the year, right? So why not take advantage of the lull and do some computer cleaning?
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December 23, 2015My Bluetooth HeadsetI enjoy computing on the road, taking my laptop to a café or coffee shop. The problem I frequently have is the noise. To combat that issue, I’ve invested in a wireless, noise-canceling headset.
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December 21, 2015Clear Google’s Search HistoryI recently received an email from a reader. His question was about clearing the Google search history. I cover clearing the web page history from your mobile web browser’s history list, but one thing that doesn’t fix is Google’s own history of those items you’ve searched for. Here’s how to clean-up that list.
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