Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

The Windows system consists of thousands of files. Many of them have strange names, others have extensions that most users have never seen before. Normally you do not need to worry about these files.

Do you often find yourself in a situation where you accidentally delete files from your Windows machine and end up repenting on your gaffe? Well, now you don’t have to, thanks to Microsoft’s recently ...

This Windows XP right-click feature still works in Windows 11—and it’s great.

There's an old expression in the tech world about files: having one copy is the same as having no copies. We often don't realize a document or photo's importance until they are gone. Whether it's a ...

Backing up your documents and other files in Windows is always advisable in case the originals ever get lost or corrupted. That's especially true for files that are important, sensitive, or ...

A key component of Windows that hasn't fundamentally changed over the years is the File Explorer. While Microsoft's web browser added tabs 15 years ago with Internet Explorer 7, the operating system's ...

Windows File History is still the easiest, cheapest (free) continuous data protection software for Windows. The Add folder function has been removed, but it will back up Libraries you create yourself.

In this post, we will show you how to print email messages, calendars, and contacts in MS Outlook. Outlook sometimes fails to run on a Windows 11/10 PC due to random power cuts, corrupt data files, or ...

Super-lightweight, small, feature-rich, and customizable, File Pilot is a fantastic file manager for Windows. It is now available in beta for everyone. Windows 11 customers who are not satisfied with ...

CHKDSK is a built-in utility in Windows 10 that helps to check the hard drive for errors, bad sectors, health, system file problems, and then tries to fix such ...

Reader G. S. faces the kind of problem that may become increasingly common for those new to the Mac. He writes: After years of working with a Windows PC I’m ready to move to the Mac. But my work ...