How Windows treats whitespace characters in File and Folder names

In computer typography, a white space is any character representing a horizontal or vertical space. When such whitespace characters are rendered, it will typically occupy space on a page, but its resulting appearance will be a ‘blank’. There are various whitespace characters […]

Cannot select more than one file or folder in Windows

Often, while working with Windows File Explorer, you would have felt the need to select multiple files or folders at the same time. There are several ways to select multiple files or folders. For example, you can open the folder […]

What are nfo and diz files in Windows?

You may have come across NFO and DIZ files, and possibly wondered what they were for? Normally NFO files are associated with the Microsoft Info Viewer. If you’ve downloaded ASCII art or software from warez sites, you will almost always get […]

Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file error message

Some Windows errors are very commonly encountered. You may encounter them every once in a while. One such error you may come across while opening a .exe file is : Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You […]

Fix: Unable to change File or Folder Permissions in Windows

In Windows 10/8/7, whenever you create a new file or folder, the Windows operating system assigns it a set of default permissions, called as Effective Permissions. You may at times, want to or need to change these permissions. Cannot change File […]

After clicking the drive, click on the Scan button which will search for the deleted files.

FreeUndelete: Portable Data Recovery freeware for Windows 8

With more and more data coming in, you always feel that no storage capacity is enough for you. This often forces you to delete an old folder or file and replace it with another. However, at times you tend to […]

ToolWiz BSafe: Create a secure Safe for your private files

Got something private and personal on your PC? It is time to put all your private photos, documents and data at a safer place where no one can reach. And that safer place is no where far from your PC’s […]

FileTypesMan: View, add, remove edit file extensions and types in Windows 10 / 8 / 7

Windows is the most popular operating system and is the first preference for people because of its user-friendly nature. It also supports a large ecosystem of freeware. Once such we will see today is FileTypeMan, a portable tool, that allows […]

Use Permissions Time Machine to remove File Access Denied or Access is Denied errors

Most of you must be aware that whenever a new file or folder is created, Windows will assign a set of default permissions to it. These are called Effective Permissions. The user who creates the file or folder can also […]

InDeep File List Maker: List files & folders on your Windows PC

Have you ever felt the need to know what all files are there in your DVD/CD or in a particular drive or folder of your system? If yes, then you must try a File List Maker, a small application which […]

FileOptimizer: The File Optimizer Tool Everyone Should Be Using

This is the digital age, which means that all our work, business, commerce, entertainment, and about everything is done on computer machines. This also means that we have to deal with tons of files everyday. So most likely, it is […]

File Fisher: Freeware to copy or move particular file types from a mixed bunch

Sometimes copying or moving files can be very annoying. One of the most common problems while working on the computer is the slower copying or moving files speed, especially when transferring big files. If you regularly transfer a large amount […]

Folder Actions for Windows automates the task of managing Files in a Folder

Mac OS has a built-in feature that automates folder actions thereby cutting short the repetitive task of creating folders for managing various files. This helps save both, time and efforts. The same feature however, is lacking in the Windows OS, […]

File name too long for destination folder

Fix: The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder error message

Recently while browsing through some of my backup files and folders on my Windows PC, I came across some old backup files that I wanted to delete. I did not have any use for an old backup, so wanted to […]

rename and tag music files with TagScanner

Rename and tag music files quickly with TagScanner

We all love music. Some people love slow music, while some love hip-hop type. Many of us hold a huge collection of various kinds of music. Our collection is often based on the name of the artists, genre and may be […]

RegDllView: View all registered DLL files on Windows computer

Most of the functionality of the Windows operating system is provided by DLL files or Dynamic Link Libraries. These DLL files are libraries that contains codes and data, whicht can be used by more than one program at the same […]

Remove Access Denied error when accessing files or folders in Windows

At times, you may run into the problem of being unable to open or access or work with files and folder. The simple message that flashes on your computer screen when you try doing so reads – ‘Access Denied’. This can […]

Access Denied, Error Deleting File or Folder problem in Windows

While trying to delete a file or a folder on your computer, you may get an error message, such as ‘Access denied‘. It could possibly be due to one or more of the following reasons: The file may be in […]

Open PSD files without using Adobe Photoshop

Don’t have Photoshop, and your colleagues have sent a PSD file? You start wondering how to open PSD files since you don’t have Photoshop installed on your PC. Photoshop is certainly the best image processor in the market, and you […]

Ultracopier: Free file copy software for Windows with advanced features

Ultracopier is a free Windows File Copier replacement utility. It comes with many advanced features that might seem to be missing from the default Windows copying utility. For all those who love the graph in Windows 8 copying utility are […]

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