Search With Windows Explorer Does Not Find File "hosts"

I am using Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit, SP1. I can see hidden files with Windows Explorer: The radio button for Tools->Folder Options->View->Show hidden files, folders and drives is selected. My indexing options for drive c: are such ...

Message posted on the September 17th, 2012 - 12:08 PM ET

Open My Computer in Windows Explorer mode

Open My Computer in Windows Explorer mode. Practical if you want to see all your files and folders at the same time.

Tips & Tricks published on the August 31st, 2005 - 6:00 PM ET

Preview a video from windows explorer

This tip will allow you to pre-visualise a video with Windows Explorer without using third party software.

Tips & Tricks published on the July 11th, 2007 - 2:32 AM ET

How to change the folder background in Windows Explorer

This tip will allow you to change the appearance of the folders to have any picture file that you like as you background.

Tips & Tricks published on the April 29th, 2005 - 6:00 PM ET

Windows 8 and others: evolution of the SkyDrive, 2 GB files

Microsoft has shown the future of their SkyDrive and its integration into Windows 8. This cloud service will become an app which will use the Metro style. Also for Windows 7 and Vista, the service will be integrated into Windows Explorer and allow ...

News published on the February 21st, 2012 - 9:45 AM ET

Windows 8: Explorer to have its own Ribbon

The Windows Explorer in Windows 8 will adopt a Ribbon interface.

News published on the August 30th, 2011 - 11:51 AM ET

Photo: RAW format supported by Windows

The RAW picture image format is now supported by Windows Vista and Windows 7 through Windows explorer and Windows Live 2011 Photo Gallery.

News published on the July 27th, 2011 - 12:45 PM ET

Identification and cleaning with Processor Explorer

The myth of perfect information technology has never existed, especially in this day and age where ADSL connects our computers, exposing them to all forms of problems. If you notice something strange and not normal with Windows, then you may be ...

Review published on the July 4th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

Is a Win XP-like Windows Explorer possible with Win 7 Home Premium

Fairly new to Win 7 Home Premium and am wondering if it is possible to create a Win XP- like Windows Explorer where one see a two column tree of folders and files to facilitate dragging and dropping files. I dislike the Win 7 Windows Explorer design ...

Message posted on the March 27th, 2012 - 8:15 AM ET

Scandisk U3 Unrecognised by Windows Explorer

Re: Scan Disk U3 This is weird. When I plug this USB flash drive into a USB port on my laptop running XP Windows Explorer only shows it as the I: drive (the drive letter 'I' is of course arbitrary). This has but three files/ folders: autorun.inf ...

Message posted on the May 6th, 2012 - 1:41 PM ET

Adding comments to a file in windows explorer.

I have Win7 SP1. How do I add comments to any file in Windows Explorer. I recall that in Windows XP one could type in any desired remark and this would then be attached to the file and this could then be displayed in the Explorer right window. I ...

Message posted on the March 11th, 2012 - 7:32 PM ET

Animate GIF files in Windows Explorer?

I have Win7 SP1 and I have a collection of GIF files that I store in Explorer. To animate these I have to use some other software such as Firefox or IrfanView. How can I animate them all at once in Windows Explorer? Peter

Message posted on the June 22nd, 2012 - 2:20 AM ET

Windows Explorer Search

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64bit. I recently created a .css file for my Firefox browser. When I do a search for the file in Windows Explorer it does not find it... I think it is a matter of how the OS indexes files. So, how do I get ...

Message posted on the January 20th, 2012 - 8:13 PM ET

Windows Explorer often stopping when copying/moving files

I'm running MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP2 Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, 4.00GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 3650 For last few months when dragging/copying/moving files between folders I get repeated messages saying "Windows Explorer has ...

Message posted on the November 10th, 2012 - 10:32 AM ET

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