Custom Explorer Toolbar is a brand new Nirsoft application that can be used to customize the Windows Explorer toolbar under Windows 7. The program has been designed to only work under Windows 7, it won’t work under Windows Vista or XP. Both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the operating system are supported. If you open [...]

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After reviewing the Ultimate Windows Context Menu Customizer yesterday I have another tool for you today. Right-Click Enhancer is a tool collection to customize and enhance the Windows right-click menu. All tools do not have to be installed, just unpacked to the operating system. A total of five tools and a help file are located [...]

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I have configured the Windows 7 Control Panel to display small icons instead of the unpractical categories that hide most of the tools and items. The main reason is that it provides a better overview of the available options and that it saves me some clicks every day. But changing the display to icons is [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

The default file manager in Windows has improved immensely over the years, but there is still room for improvement. A few years ago I switched to Xplorer2 (lite), associating folders and drives with it, displacing the default program. I have stayed with the program, finding new uses and abilities that help my work flow. Many [...]

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Sometimes you may experience lags when you open a folder in Windows Explorer. Chance is, it is always the same folder that takes a darn long time to display its contents. Question is: How can you fix a folder that is opening slowly in Windows? Analyzing the underlying issue is not as easy as it [...]

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Files and folders can be viewed in various view modes in Windows Explorer. From extra large icons over details and lists to the extended view mode. If you pay attention to the window, you will notice that the header area is not displayed when most of the view modes are selected. Extra large, large, medium [...]

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Hard disk drives, devices with removable storage and network locations are displayed with their name followed by their drive letter. The device names can be customized which is for instance helpful to distinguish between different hard drives since the default naming convention lists them all as Local Disk in Windows Explorer. The convention to display [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

I have to admit that I do not like the ribbon interface that much. You can see it in action in Microsoft’s latest versions of Office, or Windows 7 applications like Paint or Wordpad. It is only a logical consequence that Microsoft is now moving from standard menus to a ribbon interface in Windows 8. [...]

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It feels rather strange that Microsoft has not redesigned the default Windows file browser Windows Explorer in past years. Some features like the breadcrumb navigation have been added, but the core usability issues have been left untouched. Windows Explorer lacks for instance a way to switch between multiple folders elegantly. Most users open multiple Windows [...]

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