The default file browser for the Windows operating system, Windows Explorer, has its shortcomings, especially when it comes to file operations. The process to copy files into another folder for instance is not optimized at all, and users may have to navigate a lot in one explorer window, or use two Windows Explorer instances for [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Change File Access Rights With Take Ownership
File permission problems are more common in Windows Vista and Windows 7 than in Windows XP. That’s something that Windows XP users for instance notice when migrating to those operating systems. A common problem encountered by many users is for instance the inability to write specific files like the Windows hosts file or settings of [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Check File Integrity With HashTab
File integrity and authenticity software HashTab was recently update to version 3. Reason enough to take another look at one of the best solutions of verifying the file integrity of files in the Windows operating system as our last review dates back to November of last year. The software developer Cody Batt has not published [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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NTFS Link Windows Shell Extension
NTFS Link is a Windows Shell Extension that provides the functionality to create hard links and junctions on hard drives formatted with the NTFS file system. Hard Links basically make it possible to access one file using multiple paths on the same volume while junctions provides the same functionality for directories with the addition that [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Hash Tab Shell Extension
Many users shy away as soon as they hear the words hash or shell extension because of the connotation that the conversation will turn into a highly technical – and geeky – one. The concept itself however is pretty simple that even a inexperienced computer user should understand it. A hash is just a string [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Link Shell Extension
Link Shell Extension is a software program for Windows NT operating systems like Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2003 that supports the creation of hardlinks, junctions, volume mountpoints and Vista’s symbolic links. It provides the functionality as a shell extension in all supported operating systems meaning that it can be accessed from Windows [...]