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Windows Explorer (renamed to File Explorer in Windows 8) is the file manager that comes with Windows and is not to be confused with Internet Explorer which is Windows' default Web browser.

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Usb device attached & working in cmd, but not in explorer

A mp3 player (Zen Nano, if that matters) attached to a computer. Till now worked just fine. Windows upon attaching didn't give any message (no baloons, no nothing). I thought the thing has died. Then ...
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Windows' File Explorer "Map Network Drive" generates an HTTP OPTIONS request that is unauthorized

We are developing a WebDAV server in Java that we would like to serve a Windows' File Explorer client. I can run the following curl command that gives a good response: >curl -i -X OPTIONS http://...
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How to remove Home Gallery from Windows 11 Explorer

I want this section removed from Windows 11 Explorer: The registry method to remove the key on [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327] did ...
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How to search for underscores to select file duplicates, whilst leaving out original files that may have underscores in them?

I have a bunch of files that have duplicated, with an "_1", "_2" etc added to the end. I know I can do a search to show everything with _1, but there are some files that also have ...
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How do I remove the new Windows 11 File Explorer toolbar

I recently installed Windows 11 and there is a horrible new toolbar in Windows Explorer that mostly just duplicates functions from the toolbar directly above it. Any idea how I can remove the toolbar ...
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Finding folders on PC with fewer than five files inside [closed]

Is it possible to find folders that contain fewer than five files inside?
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File explorer does not automatically refresh changes when connected to WSL file system

On Windows 11 with WSL 2 installed, if I open the WSL file system in Windows File Explorer by using the provided \\wsl.localhost UNC path, I am able to browse all my files on the WSL file system. ...
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Windows Explorer on Win11 keeps opening without any prompt or command

On my Windows11 (Build 22621) Windows explorer keeps opening randomly, sometimes 4 times in 20 seconds and sometimes a few hours of working go by without any new window opening. It either opens 'My Pc'...
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How to enable tabs in Windows Explorer (W11)

I have an up-to-date Windows 11 system installed on my computer. (According to Windows Update, and no optional updates available.) However, I don't have the tab feature in Windows Explorer. How can I ...
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"Open PowerShell window here" gives "Application not found" error although `powershell.exe` should be find-able in `PATH`

Windows 10 22H2 19045.3086 With Shift + Right-click, I get a "Open PowerShell window here" entry in the context menu. I think I didn't manually add this entry, it's either enabled by some ...
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How to use "Open With" menu for folders to open in Explorer.exe?

I'm using the Application Launcher For Drive extension on Chrome and it allows me to open files with certain programs on my local computer when right-clicking a file on the Google Drive website (https:...
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Windows machine trying to path into another machine using the network folder

Does anyone know what the registry change is to c$ into a system from the file explorer ?
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How to open folders from "Everything" Search in a new tab (Windows 11)

i'm basically looking for a way to open folders from 3rd party apps (or at least just from "Everything") in a new tab and not a new window In windows 11 File explorer there's an option to ...
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How to use Windows file filtering in thumbnails view

If you view a folder in details mode and look at the columns header you'll see an arrow next to every one of the properties (name, size, album, artist, etc.). Clicking that arrow gives you a menu ...
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How do I search a folder in file explorer regardless of the spelling (ignore spaces)

I have a folder named for example DDC77 but I want the file explorer to return me that exact folder even if I search D DCC77 or DD C77
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What / where is the Control Panel executable, really?

There is some weirdness with Control Panel. Right clicking on it in the taskbar brings up a shortcut labeled "Control Panel" (path: %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System ...
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How do I disable or change ALT+Ctrl+K in windows?

I need to use ATL+CTRL+K. But it appears windows is using this hotkey for something, and I cant tell what it is used for. I used this tool to figure out what was using it: https://github.com/ITachiLab/...
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Open Missing in Right Click Menu for Large Set of HTML file in Windows Explorer

I have number of locally stored HTML files that I want to open in Google Chrome (or any default web browser). When I right click on number of HTML files, after selecting about 15 of them, the OPEN ...
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How to permanently disable "Expand to current folder" feature?

I usually use the Navigation pane to move files to their folders.. I don't like that "Expand to current folder" change the look and position of my fav folders that i need. So I disable this ...
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Windows Explorer created divisions and removed Quick Access

A couple days ago, I found myself trying to clean my keyboard after forgetting to disable the keyboard, and I found my explorer to look like the following: While this does have most of the things I ...
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Why can't I search specific things in file explorer?

Specifically, When I'm in file explorer. I type in the search box in some folder, I type (1). And I want to find all the files with that little piece, and isolate them. But when I type (1). open ...
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how to change the default font for ebook viewer?

I use sumatrapdf as my daily viewer for ebooks especially with epub format To shrink the file size, I usually remove all the font inside fonts folder in epub file. (for those interested, unlike ...
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Trying to open a OneDrive directory file path using a batch file

I am attempting to open a OneDrive file path whose location is synced locally to my computer using a batch file, but after several trial and errors, I'm not able to determine what I'm doing wrong. So ...
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File Explorer "forgetting" contents of PATH variable after several hours

I ran into problems hitting the maximum length of the Windows PATH variable. I read an article that suggested extending it by creating another environment variable, say PATH1, adding additional ...
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Need assistance with strange progressive numbering on file extension

In this image: you can see that I was using Powershell to count the number of files by type, however, I noticed something unusual in the counts. That is, there are file extensions with progressive ...
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Cannot delete a user profile folder in windows explorer

I'm administrator on my machine, but can't delete an user or profile folder. I have tried several options. I have found this page and tried to use the registry. But nothing really works. Every time ...
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Win10 FileExplorer: how to undo the setting of a view template for a single folder and its subfolders?

In the past I chose to customise a certain folder's view so that it would be 'optimised for general items', and I also checked the box for 'apply this template to all subfolders'. I now simply wish to ...
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Reimplementing lrzip decompress on Windows explorer using WSL

I've downloaded an old version of lrzip decompressor for windows and noticed that it's using the cygwin libraries in order to run the program itself. The benchmarks comparing WSL2 and cygwin say that ...
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win10 keyboard shortcut for rightclick on file/folder?

Is there any built in keyboard short cut to open the context menu of a file folder (the pane that opens when you right click it)? For example, I can press F2 to rename a file/folder, but I would like ...
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Why does this item appear in Windows folders' sidebar, below quick access?

Why does "Storage 1" appear in the Windows sidebar? It's not in quick access, it's on the same level as "This PC" and "Network". I've never added it, and there is no way ...
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Win2K/WinXP Domain Admins can't open "Administrative Tools" from "Control Panel"

I have domain-joined manufacturing equipment running embedded XP and 2K (and 98...). As domain admin, I can do most things, including adding Admin Tools to the Start Menu, and using all the Admin ...
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How to Automatically change the focus of Windows Explorer to a highlighted file? - Windows 10

I have a very strange question. It is about automatically changing the focus to the next file when the currently focused file is deleted. I have here my scenario. When I want to delete something, I ...
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How do I show (and use) keyboard access keys in the Windows 11 Explorer new context menu?

I just upgraded to Windows 11, and it looks like sometimes they use a new context menu when right-clicking items in Explorer -- at other times it shows the Win10 context menu, and I'm still not sure ...
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How is it possible that the "created" timestamp for a file is later than the "last modified" one?

I discovered this while looking at the file properties in File Explorer in Windows 10 for some old .wav sound files I recorded using my voice with a microphone using Audacity and never modified since. ...
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Mechanism of Windows UAC Shield/Buckler appendage on .exe files

I have written a simple program. Recently I found that when giving it a name including update as its substring (case insensitive), the file automatically gets a Windows shield/buckler on it in Windows ...
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Where does File Explorer (Windows 10 Pro) store its Index of items displayed in its root?

Context: A few years ago I installed some utility that allowed to mount Google Drive contents from multiple accounts. IIRC it was called Odrive. This created a root item in in File Explorer named ...
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How to manipulate a file's date in order to change its position while sorting a directory in File Explorer?

In the Windows 10 File Explorer, I am sorting a directory by date ascending (Right click in the directory > sort by > date / ascending). I have a file that I created recently, and I would like ...
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Drive Icon replaced by a 2002 cat simulation game

So not that it's a big issue [hopefully] but I'm curious as to what may have caused this and what I would do to restore it. Basically my D:/ drive icon has just been replaced for some reason
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Remove all properties in mp3 files with non-ASCII characters

How to remove all properties in mp3 files with non-ASCII characters in the file name (Chinese character)? I tried ID3 kill but it said something like Error #123 Could not open file path. In the file ...
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Why does explorer.exe hang and crash nearly every day?

Why does explorer.exe hang and crash nearly every day? I'm using Windows 10 21H1 and it also happened on version 20H2 and 1909. Looking at Event Viewer doesn't give any significant information or ...
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Mapped Network Drives making Windows 10 File Explorer extremely slow

I have two Windows 10 PCs on a home network. They access each others files via Mapped Network Drives. This basically works very well. However frequently File Explorer often takes a LONG time to load (...
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What does # mean in Windows Explorer column?

What does # mean in the Windows Explorer column? I've never seen something written in that column.
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Why can't I see this drive letter in Explorer's top-level view This PC even though it is perfectly accessible by name

-2 I add 2 USB flash drives to my PC. The first appears as G: (being the next available drive letter) under This PC in Explorer but the second does not appear under This PC. Examination of Disk ...
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Windows 10 Powershell opens in C:\WINDOWS\system32 instead of folder that I shift-right-clicked in File Explorer

I shift-right-click a folder in File Explorer and click "Open powershell window here" but it opens in: C:\WINDOWS\system32 instead
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Change the default directories presented when opening Windows Explorer for a user?

When opening the File Explorer in Windows either just from the taskbar or when a program opens a File dialog to select files to you, Windows presents a certain set of (in my case) 7 directories (3D-...
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(Windows 10) Arrange and snap icons to grid in folders other than the desktop?

Is it possible to arrange icons in other folders the same way desktop icons can be arranged? Like arbitrarily placing the icons in different parts of the screen and also making them snap to grid. PS. ...
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What does the "Set public save location" setting mean in Windows Explorer Libraries?

Libraries in Windows Explorer In Windows Explorer you can use libraries to join the content of multiple folders into one place. The libraries, that you can see in your user account in Windows Explorer,...
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Where does Windows 10 store info that appears in Windows Explorer when I open "This PC"?

I have a network storage device (a Drobo device that's at least 5 years old) that I connect to from time to time. When I do, it appears as A:. Recently I've been having problems connecting to it. The ...
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Why does Windows 10 stop seeing an internal hard drive while I am using a program on it?

Fundamental question: is my drive failing and I should clone the information off it onto a new (preferably SSD) hard drive? The computer is running Windows 10.0.19041 Build 19041, with a Gigabyte H370 ...
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How can I get rid of the 20,000 files on my desktop?

So i was bored in class at school, and so wrote this .bat file really quickly, for a bit of fun SET \A x=0 :loop SET \A x=%x%+1 echo hehe>bruh%x%.txt goto :loop This created around 20,000 files on ...
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