Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

TechRepublic Tutorial: Add file types to Windows’ New command menu Your email has been sent Add new file types to the New commands menu simply by creating a document template with your application ...

In my last tutorial I introduced you to Windows 2000's Disk Probe, a utility that lets you modify almost anything on your system's hard disk on a sector-by-sector basis. Now it's time to start using ...

Windows File Explorer offers various tools to help users organize their files and folders, but sorting folders by size can be particularly challenging due to the limitations of the native File ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

A file extension, or file name extension, is the letters immediately shown after the last period in a file name. For example, the file extension.txt has an extension of .txt. This extension allows the ...

When you upgrade to Windows 8 there may be situations where your personal documents are not transferred to the new version of Windows. These reasons may include permission issues on the files or ...

There are various ways by which you can delete Files and Folders, permanently or temporarily, in Windows 11/10: When you right-click on any file or folder that you want to carry out a Cut, Copy, Paste ...