I have been experiencing one slow loading folder in Windows 7 lately which took me ages to figure out why it was happening and how that folder could be fixed so that it would display its contents right away. The folder was my download folder where all downloads from the Internet where placed in. It [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 1
Windows Explorer New Menu Manager [Windows]
Many applications that get installed in the Windows operating system add entries to the context menu of Windows Explorer. One of those menus that are often modified is the New menu which can be used to create new files in Windows Explorer. Some of those options are added by the Windows operating system during installation [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 10
Folder Position Saver [Windows 7]
Especially users with multi-monitor systems have noticed a change in Windows Explorer of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7 that has a severe impact on their workflow. Windows 7 does not store individual folder positions unlike previous Microsoft operating systems that could be configured to save folder positions and sizes. The option to “Remember each [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Automatically Synchronize The Folder Structure In Windows Explorer [Windows 7]
If you work with Windows Explorer you notice that it uses a layout with two columns by default. The left column contains links to favorites, the computer’s drive letters, special folders like the desktop, libraries and network folders. Selecting a folder on the left does not change the folder structure on the right which is [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 7
Windows Double Explorer
Windows Explorer is the default file browser in the Windows operating system. Microsoft has improved Windows Explorer with every release of Windows but there are still some things that are not very practical in Windows Explorer including copying or moving files and folders from one location to another. Most Windows users help themselves by either [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 6
Windows 7: How To Copy Or Move Files From Multiple Folders
Complex file operations are not really supported by the default file browser in Windows. Windows Explorer does not come with the means for instance to copy or move a specific file type or files with a specific name pattern effectively. One example would be to copy all photos from a folder and all of its [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 6
Windows Explorer: Add Copy To Move To
Here is an old Windows Explorer tip that I execute on every operating system that I install for myself. If you want to copy or move files in Windows Explorer you usually do the following. You select all the files and folders that you want to move or copy first. You then need to open [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
Convert Audio And Video In The Windows Explorer Context Menu
Oxelon Media Converter makes audio and video converting in the Windows operating system a breeze. The software program integrates itself into the Windows Explorer context menu providing users with options to start audio and video conversions right from the explorer window. It does support the conventional option of adding multimedia files to the program’s interface [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 1
Add Flickr Access To Windows Explorer
Just a few days ago we reviewed the Windows Explorer plugin Windows Live Skydrive Explorer which allowed Windows Live users to access their Skydrive files in Windows Explorer. The plugin made it more comfortable to work with the files that were hosted at Microsoft’s online storage service. Flickr Drive Shell is a similar plugin for [...]