Some folders in Windows Explorer show a single preview picture embedded in the folder icon. It seems as if the selected image is picked randomly from the available images in the folder. This guide will show you how to change the default folder picture in Windows Explorer. When you use Windows Explorer in thumbnail view [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

I check the running processes on my Windows system regularly to find potentially malicious or unnecessary processes. When I looked at the process listing today I noticed that two explorer.exe processes were running. I remembered that this could be a sign of malicious software disguising itself as a system process. When I checked the process [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

Here is a short Windows Explorer tip that I would like to share with everyone. When you are working with the default file management tool Windows Explorer you are likely to open some or even many different folders on your computer. If you work with one Explorer window only, you may sometimes need to go [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Windows users have several file display modes at their disposal in Windows Explorer. This ranges from several list view modes to icon view modes. Several popular image formats are supported by Windows Explorer, which has the effect that they will show up as thumbnail images in Windows Explorer. Some users may prefer to disable the [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Windows Explorer in Vista and Windows 7 makes use of different folder templates to present the files to the user. A folder with mostly images for instance is displayed using the image template, one with videos the video template, and folders where a dominant type cannot be determined use the general view template. Folder views [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Windows Explorer is the core file browser in Windows. People use it every day for file operations like opening, deleting or editing files. A question came up yesterday in the system wide website shortcuts article, that I would like to address today. Jojo asked if it is possible to open Internet shortcuts with another browser [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows Explorer can basically be set to either open each new folder in a new window or all folders in the same. Windows users who want to mix the two modes have the problem that it appears to be more difficulty than though. Most launch a new Windows Explorer window and navigate to the folder [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

The ability to search for files is integrated into every Windows desktop operating system. Microsoft has improved the search in Windows Vista, and these improvements carry over to Windows 7. One useful new feature is the ability to save searches for access at a later time without having to reenter the search parameters. Saving searches [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Windows Explorer is not one of the most sophisticated file explorers available for the Windows operating system. It is however the default file explorer for the Windows operating system and many Windows users use it despite its obvious shortcomings. What many users do not know is that Windows Explorer has some aces up its sleeve [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic