Windows Explorer (also known as File Explorer in Windows 8) is the file manager that comes with Windows and is not to be confused with Internet Explorer which is a web browser.
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How to add the Windows defender into Windows Explorer's right click menu to scan a particular drive/folder/file on demand?
There is no option in Windows Explorer to scan a particular drive (or file) on demand by right clicking on it in Windows Explorer as we had in Windows 7 with Microsoft Security Essentials or like ...
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Split a folder of files into multiple zip files based on size or # of files
My problem is that the file uploader I'm working with will only allow a zip file with a size of 10mb or less. Unfortunately, I have thousands of files that need to be processed and I do this by ...
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When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later
When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later. Also, when I move files, they not only re-appear where I moved them from, they are also where I moved them ...
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Editing MP3 details in Windows 7
I've recently discovered an annoying problem with Windows 7: Windows Explorer and Windows Media Player cannot edit ID3 tags if the version used is 2.4 (and presumably above, and sometimes even v2.3 - ...
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How to delete files from a folder using a list of file names in windows?
i have a folder with 2K+ files in it, i need to delete around 200, i have a txt file with all the file names i need removed ordered in a list, how do i remove the specific files from the folder using ...
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Mapped drives are slow
I am running Windows XP and when I click to open a mapped drive it takes ages to open. This happens only on the first mapped drive selected each day; once the first drive has been successfully opened, ...
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Explorer.exe hangup during move large file into external drive
During move large files (700mb+) to external drive formated NTFS via USB 3.0 I've noticed strange things about explorer.exe (I am using Windows 7 up to date)
Sometimes after move file the explorer ...
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Unable to move or delete files
Just today I got the following error while trying to move/delete several files:
The action can't be completed because the file is open in another program.
The file wasn't open, but just in case, I ...
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How to force Windows 8 to re-read CD/DVD drive?
Only once in a blue moon have i ever seen this before Windows 8, but now it is a constant problem. When changing media in my CD/DVD drive (SAMSUNG SH-S203N) whatever was previously in the drive is ...
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How do I avoid a server-client-server round-trip while moving files on a NAS?
I have stored all my data in my home network on a NAS server. Sometimes I need to move (rearrange) large files and directories from one place to another within the NAS. Using Windows Explorer, WinSCP ...
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KDE's dolphin for Windows
I like using KDE's Dolphin on Linux. Two important things that it can do are:
Open FTP and other locations like regular folders, including opening files for editing
Split the explorer window into ...
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Windows 7 - Open Windows Explorer, focus My Documents (“user files”)
I want to have Windows Explorer in Windows 7 open the My Documents folder (now called "user files") by default like it did back in XP.
This first command is the closest but it goes through the C:\, ...
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Windows 7 - Change My Documents (“user files”) use entirely different folder on D:\ [duplicate]
It's possible to change individual folders (e.g. My Music, My Pictures) to other drive/folders, how is it possible to change the main "user files" My Documents folder to another folder on the D:\? 7 ...
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Move icons around freely in Windows 7
I just installed a pre-RTM build of Windows 7 that I downloaded from Microsoft, so this may have changed in the RTM version, but I do not think so. (EDIT: Same thing in the released version.)
In ...
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Action can't be completed - open in another program
This is driving me absolutely bonkers.
I have two screens with two Explorer windows open. Both are different subfolders in the same network path.
I pick a folder on the left window that I'd like to ...
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Windows hangs on clicking/copying large MKV file
I have a 2.9GB MKV file, unzipped from a .RAR archive, that causes explorer.exe to take up 100% CPU when I select it by single clicking. Also, when I attempt to copy and paste it, the copy dialog ...
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Windows Shell Explorer Extension: Column Handler to Display Shortcut (.LNK) and Bookmark (.URL) Targets
I am looking for a Windows XP Explorer shell extension that will install a column handler to display the targets of shortcuts and bookmarks (ie .LNK and .URL files).
(Windows 7 has a built-in column ...
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Hard disk not detected by Windows 8
Windows 8 is not detecting my secondary hard drive I have installed in my system.
I have an older model Hitachi secondary hard drive of 300GB that worked fine when I had Windows 7 installed, but with ...
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Hide removable device from explorer?
I want to make my USB stick 'inaccessible' for dummy users. So, is there any way to hide removable device from Explorer using registry or an util (which doesn't require new driver)?
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Change size of Windows 7 Explorer most recently used searches list
Is it possible to increase the size of Windows 7 search MRU list?
Below is URL to screenshot which describes what I'm saying about.
The default 3 items in list is not always convenient. I know ...
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How do you search for a file in all previous versions of a folder?
So far in my searches (one two) I've been unable to find an answer to this.
Let's say I had a file somefile.abc, in folder c:\xyz, but have deleted it at some point in the past.
I have Windows 7's ...
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How to organize Windows XP Explorer context menu items?
I understand fairly well how to create new commands for specific file types on Windows XP -- either through the Registry or editing the File Types on the Windows Explorer; in those cases, I tend to ...
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On Windows 7 how do you remove programs that add themselves to the right click menu? [duplicate]
After installing Tortoisehg workbench whenever I right click on an icon or the desktop on the menu it has options for Hg Workbench and Tortoisehg. I don't want that, how do I get rid of it? By the ...
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Why does Windows Explorer search sometimes miss some files?
In my downloads folder I have a file called PB_2.22_b006.zip. If I go to that folder in Vista Windows Explorer, and then type pb or pb* or anything like that in the search box, it doesn't find that ...
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Program Files directory renamed itself, among other related issues
I'm having several issues; I've thoroughly messed up my computer in the span of the past hour. I'll try to explain as quickly as possible. I'm on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, and I have an SSD boot device ...
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How to see file version number like *.ax in Windows Explorer on Windows 7
In Windows 7, it seems it's only possible to view a file's version number in the Properties dialog if it is a DLL/EXE file; if the file name extension is AX, it won't show the file's version number.
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Favorites disappeared in windows 8
The favorite links on the left side of all the folders have disappeared on my computer.
Normally I had links to Downloads, Desktop and some more. But one day, they were all gone. And I can't find a ...
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Using Windows Explorer, how to find file names starting with a dot (period), in 7 or Vista?
I've got a MacBook laptop in the house, and when Mac OS X copies files over the network, it often brings along hidden "dot-files" with it. For instance, if I copy "SomeUtility.zip", there will also ...
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How can I restore the “Favorites” section of explorer after all entries have been deleted? [duplicate]
The image below illustrates the section:
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WinRAR Context menu and file type detection of Windows
So far I know Windows display context menu based on the file extension rather than the file type. I just tested with empty text file with mp3 extension with winamp and the result is below:
The same ...
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Windows shell not starting for any user?
Admin accounts boot up just fine. And adding a user to the admin group fixes it until they are moved back to just being a user.
This happens on new accounts that are created.
Im able to bring up ...
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Keyboard shortcut for creating a new folder or file? (Windows)
Does anybody know if there's a keyboard shortcut equivilant to the right click -> New context menu in explorer?
Given that I suspect that there isn't, does anybody know of an explorer extension that ...
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Can I get rid of the Windows 7 libraries folder dropdowns?
The default libraries in Windows 7 work such that all subfolders of locations you include appear side by side. I really like that cruft-free look and I don't need any of the information about which ...
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Set a “default” folder for Windows Explorer pinned taskbar icon in Windows 7?
Using Windows 7.
I have a Windows Explorer icon pinned to my taskbar.
When no Explorer window is open, clicking it takes me to “Libraries”, a folder that I never use. Is there a way to set a default ...
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Accessing the root directory through Windows Explorer FTP?
How do I navigate to the root directory of a Linux FTP server through Windows Explorer?
In Windows 7 (not sure about Windows XP), you can click the URL bar and type in ftp://user@hostname, which will ...
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Want favorites to open on left, not on toolbar
My favorites icon, the star is on the top left. It doesn't seem to give me the option of opening my favorite folders and files down the left side of the window as I have in the past. I don't want ...
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What does “/factory,{CLSID 75*4b} -embedding” do?
Can someone explain me the following explorer CLI :
C:\windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
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What is the “Date” column in Windows 7 explorer? It matches no date column from Windows XP explorer
I can't get myself to understand what the default "Date" column in Windows 7 Explorer is. It's not the creation date really and it's not the modified date ... What is it?
Anyone knows what Microsoft ...
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Mapping Ctrl+Shift+<key> to open folder puts focus on sort bar
I've got several Autohotkey shortcuts to open frequently opened folders. An example entry:
^+D:: Run "c:\Development"
This is a pretty simple script, and I know it's not AutoHotkey's fault, but ...
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Set Windows Explorer As default file explorer
I installed a different file explorer and when I uninstalled, files open with another explorer. When I click open folder in Chrome, it cannot find a default handler.
I tried checking regedit ...
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How do I restore the default Windows 7 “Desktop” folder?
I am trying move the location of my laptop's Desktop folder from one location to another.
I had forgotten how to do this, so instead of changing the location via the Location tab in Properties I ...
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EOL converter as a shell extension
I'm looking for a EOL converter for Windows with Explorer integration so that I can simply right-click on a file and select which type of line-ending I want to convert to. I often run into files which ...
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Windows 8 64-bit non-stop Loading Green Bar in Windows Explorer when BD-RE Drive is empty
Does someone knows why there is a :
non-stop Loading Green Bar in Windows Explorer (Windows 8 64-bit) when BD-RE Drive is empty, blocking Windows Updates, freezing explorer.
The problem does not ...
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Windows 7 Explorer Preview Pane for zip files
I was wondering if there is a possibility to add .zip file to the explorer preview pane (Windows 7 64 Bit). For example if a folder contains a .zip file i would like to see the content of the .zip ...
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Explorer.exe Shutdown when copy or cut files and folders
I'v a problem with my Windows 7 Pro
that is when i copy or cut any file from any folder to another it crashes and close then relaunch explorer.exe
how could i solve this problem ?
any help?
Thanks
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Explorer / browser for offline file system [closed]
I am looking for an application that browses an offline representation of a file system with a representation as close as possible to Windows Explorer (or another file browser). Ideally It should ...
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Open one of the folders included in Windows Library
When I include folders in Windows Library, it makes them easier to be searched in and it improves my ability to open favorite files.
However, when I want to save a file in Library, or copy it ...
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“Discovering items”… yawn
I have a rather annoying issue with my Windows 7 computer whereby it seems to take ages to delete, move or copy folders, even when they are empty. The problem is intermittent, to make matters worse. ...
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Restarting explorer does not restore taskbar
I've been having a really annoying problem with explorer in Windows 7. Sometimes I need to restart explorer, for example to help testing software I'm developing.
I know I can stop explorer.exe ...
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How to get two columns or panels in one explorer window in Windows 7?
Is it possible to have to panels or windows with independent folders in one Explorer window?
This is easily achievable in KDE or Gnome and has NEVER been implemented in Windows. Is there any plugin ...
