7 with Context Menu Editors

The Right Click Menu or the Context Menu is the menu, which appears when you right-click on the desktop or a file or folder in Windows. This menu gives you added functionality by offering you actions you can take with […]

Disable Show window contents while dragging In Windows 8.1

A few months ago, we posted about enhancing Windows 8 performance by tweaking visual effects. One of the features you could disable is Show window contents while dragging. You might have observed that when you drag and drop contents in Windows […]

Enable or Disable drag and drop in Windows 10/8/7

Many people ask. How do I disable drag and drop? The reason they want to disable drag and drop in Windows 10/8/7 is that, either they or somebody else, inadvertently dragged and dropped the files from one folder to another. If […]

Windows 8.1 File Explorer Features

If you have installed Windows 8.1. the first thing you will notice when you open Windows Explorer or rather File Explorer, is that when you click on the Explorer icon in the taskbar, the following window opens. Windows 8.1 file […]

Disable, Enable check boxes to select items in Windows 7 / 8 / 10

You may have noticed that in Windows File Explorer, there are small check-boxes to the left of the file or folder names, that help you select items for carrying out file operations. If you need to select non-consecutive items to […]

How to reduce Thick Borders of Explorer in Windows 7

I like the feel and look of Windows 7 design. But it does have some minor annoyances too. Here, I am referring to Windows borders. Some feel that the windows Borders in Windows 7 are much thick. Windows 7 looks […]

3 File Explorer Apps for Windows 8

Now when it is over a month using Windows 8, I am very much satisfied with the UI and the features here. After talking about many good and useful Windows 8 apps, today I will write about very useful File […]

How to remove items from Frequent Places list from Windows 8 File Explorer

Windows 8 has brought a lot of new features in File Explorer. Someone was asking me the other day, about how to remove the Frequent places list from the File explorer in Windows 8. Frequent places are listed in Windows […]

How To Remove Computer From Windows Explorer Navigation Pane

Recently we’ve posted the trick on how to remove Network from Windows explorer navigation pane. Today, in this article, I am going to share you same trick for Computer option. The only difference between these two parts of explorer navigation pane […]

Add or Remove Network From Windows 8 Explorer Navigation Pane

Windows 8 contains a lot of new features while some features are still useless. Showing Network in explorer navigation pane of Windows 8 is also of little use to many. It was there in Windows 7 and it is now there […]

Remove Open Folder in new window context menu option in Windows File Explorer

Today, when I was browsing my files, I observed that for every folder, in its right-click context menu, there is an option to open it in a new window. I have never used this option. Some of you may find […]

Change Desktop Windows Metrics and Border Width in Windows 8/10

Windows 8/10 offers no settings panel which can help you customize or change Desktop Windows Metrics. In Windows 7 you could access it through Advanced Appearance Settings in the Window Color and Appearance panel. Using this panel, in Windows 7 […]

Clover combines the goodness of Windows Explorer and Google Chrome

Want some multi-functionality in your Windows File Explorer? Clover is a free software that binds together Windows Explorer and Google Chrome. The concept behind this software is that is provides Google Chrome’s multi-functionalities to Windows explorer. For example, it installs Google Chrome like tabs […]

Immersive Explorer: A Metro Style Explorer Replacement for Windows 8

One element in Windows 8 that remains untouched and still hasn’t received the much talked about Metro touch UI is the Windows Explorer. Many third-party developers have got into the act of creating programs that can be used as an […]

Essential File Management Tips For Windows 10/8/7

Windows 7 has a beautiful way to organize things. While the tradition of having default folders for documents, music, video and pictures continues in Windows 7, it also allows you to create Libraries so that you can organize your files […]

Enable hidden Explorer UI animations in Windows with AniExplorer

We had, quite some time back, covered a freeware called Madodate which let you move, flip and zoom your explorer windows, any which way you wanted. We had also covered a tip, where you could make your explorer windows minimize and […]

Download Rights Protected Folder Explorer from Microsoft

Microsoft has made available a tool for Windows users, called Rights Protected Folder Explorer and it is available as a free download. What is a Rights Protected Folder A Rights Protected Folder is similar to a file folder in that […]

Enable, disable Autocomplete & Inline AutoComplete in Windows Explorer & IE

You may not have noticed it, but there are two kinds of AutoComplete features in Windows. The first is simply called AutoComplete which is a kind of automatic suggestion feature. In this case, you get to see a drop-down list […]

Classic Shell: Customize Shell, Add Start Button, Start Menu to Windows 10/8

If you are using Windows 8, but missing the Start Menu and the Start Button, you might want to check out Classic Shell, which adds the start menu and several useful classic explorer’s features back to your Windows 10/8. Classic […]

Ribbon Icons Customizer – Change Windows 8 Explorer Ribbon Icons easily

Here is another new freeware from the TWC stables which is sure to interest customization enthusiasts. Ribbon Icons Customizer will let you change the icons on the Windows 8 explorer. While there may be a few who do not like […]

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