One of the strange changes that came with Windows 7, at least for those of us who previously used Windows XP, is that some of the operating system options don’t work the same way. Advanced Windows users often want to display all the hidden files and folders, including protected operating system files(which is a separate [...]
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What’s This Desktop (or Desktop.ini) File on my Windows 7 Desktop?
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: computing, desktop, desktop icon, desktop ini, desktops, features new to windows 7, graphical user interface, hidden files, ini, microsoft windows, operating system, start menu, windows 7, windows desktop, windows explorer, windows nt, windows shell, windows xp
Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – January 29, 2012
This week’s email newsletter articles are: What’s This Desktop.ini (or Desktop) File on my Windows 7 Desktop?One of the strange changes that came with Windows 7, at least for those of us who previously used Windows XP, is that some of the operating system options don’t work the same. Advanced Windows users often want to [...]
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Can’t Send Reduced Size File Attachments
Subscriber Richard Fuller wrote from New Zealand to ask about a problem he was having in emailing photos… Hullo Terry, Here’s a problem that’s new to me. When sending photographs by e-mail I always use the Send To > Mail Recipient feature of Windows Explorer to reduce the file size and make the pictures viewable [...]
Filed Under: Communications, Computers, Email, How To, Operating Systems, Software, Thunderbird, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows XP Tagged With: attachments, computing, e mail, email smaller images, email smaller photos, file attachment, file sizes, filing, microsoft windows, mozilla thunderbird, reduce, reduce file size, reduced size, richard fuller, send, shrink images, Thunderbird, window, windows 7, windows explorer, windows vista, windows xp
Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – January 22, 2012
This week’s email newsletter articles are: Unable to Delete an IMAP Email Account in ThunderbirdSubscriber Allan Pendlebury wrote to ask for help with a Thunderbird problem he was having: Hello Terry This is driving me nuts. I had gmx.com as an IMAP account in Thunderbird 9.0.1. I deleted my account on line with gmx (too [...]
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Displaying Hidden Directories and Files
Longtime subscriber Mike G. wrote to ask about a hidden directory on his computer. One of the cleaner utilities reported temporary files in a directory he could not find: Hi Terry, When using "cleanup software", such as CCleaner, The analysis frequently shows temporary files from the internet at "T:\temp\Temporary Internet Files\IE5….". However when I open [...]
Filed Under: Computers, File system, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: attrib, computer file, computing, directories, directory, displaying, file managers, files, filing, hidden directories, hidden file and hidden directory, hidden files, hidden folders, microsoft outlook, microsoft windows, show hidden files, special folders, temporary files, temporary folder, temporary internet files, windows explorer
Where Are The Windows 7 Libraries?
Longtime subscriber Stephen wrote with a question since he had recently shifted from WinXP to Windows 7: Seasons greetings Terry I did have my data saved on a second drive on my old XP box and followed a good backup procedure Now I have a new computer running Win7 I was told to have this [...]
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Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – January 1, 2012
This week’s email newsletter articles are: Where Are The Windows 7 Libraries?Longtime subscriber Stephen wrote with a question since he had recently shifted from WinXP to Windows 7: Seasons greetings Terry I did have my data saved on a second drive on my old XP box and followed a good backup procedure Now I have [...]
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HOWTO: Saving Files in Windows 7 Libraries
Windows 7 Libraries are convenient ways to access the contents of folders (directories) that may be scattered across multiple hard drives or may be buried deeply within hierarchies of Windows 7 folders. Using libraries to look at pictures, or to open a file for editing, works great. If you opened a file from a sub-directory [...]
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