It is always nice to have some more window handling options in Windows Explorer. Microsoft has added some in the new Windows 7 operating system, but they are still very limited compared to other solutions. The free software Moo0 WindowMenuPlus adds several options to all windows in the operating system. The options become available on [...]

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QTTabBar was one of the best, if not the best, tabbed browsing plugin for Windows Explorer. The original developer stopped working on the software in January 2009, and it became apparent with the release of Windows 7 that the original version of the program was not compatible with Windows Explorer in Windows 7. That was [...]

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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 [...]

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Q-Dir, the Q stands for Quadro, is a Windows Explorer replacement that offers all that the default file browser in Windows offers, and then a lot more on top of that. The program is offered as a portable version and installer for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows client and server editions. The reason why the developer [...]

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It came as a surprise to many that Microsoft did not improve Windows Explorer as much as other elements in the Windows 7 operating system. Windows Explorer basically had the same look and feel like in Windows Vista, with some marginal changes. With tabbed browsing becoming such a huge thing one would have thought that [...]

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What’s the default way of accessing specific folders in the Windows operating system? The majority of users will probably answer that question by stating that they browse to that folder in Windows Explorer. Some may have put shortcuts to folders on the desktop or the start menu, and advanced users may make use of application [...]

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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

Files or folders can sometimes not be deleted because of file name restrictions in Windows. See, Windows supports file names of up to 255 characters, which includes the directory path. If a directory or file surpasses that limit it cannot be deleted. Many users at this moment assume a corrupt file on the hard drive [...]

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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 [...]

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