One of the things that I really think is missing from Windows is the ability to display folder sizes. A folder size in this case is the size of all the files and folders that are stored inside a root folder. While you can get that information if you load the folder properties in Windows [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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Organize Tangles of Files by Quickly Creating Daily Folders
Some of us wind up creating a lot of unique documents and files each day. It tends to clutter up our Documents folder and slow down navigation when trying to pinpoint a particular group of files. While it may seem like a good idea to organize all the files in their own daily folder, creating [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Display Custom Windows Folder Settings
Every time a folder is opened in Windows Explorer information about it will be stored in the Windows Registry. This information include the folder path and the time it was last accessed on the computer system. This makes it easy to analyse the folder usage of a system which can be interesting if multiple computer [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Use Favorites to access Folders faster
The Open and Save file dialog in Windows is not really optimized and Microsoft somehow misses to improve that dialog with every release of a new Windows operating system. Saving different file types in different folders always means to click through your folder structure whenever the file type changes which puts a strain on the right (or left) trigger finger.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Move MyDocuments to another drive
Microsoft tried to enhance Windows XP by adding a central folder for user data which is called MyDocuments which is the default place for save games, pictures, music and everything else that is user related. The default location has some disadvantages though. First, it adds another folder that has to be backed up if you do backup your data regularly.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Change all the icons that you want in windows
The freeware IconX makes it possible to change any icon that you can get your hands on in Windows. It takes care of file type and specific files, folders and even drives. The installation is pretty simple. Download the IconX software and right-click IconX.inf and select install to install the shell extension. Please note that you need to write the author to receive a validation code because the software was shareware and is now freeware.