file management

These are not the two blue arrows regarding compression=properties >adv>compression and untick. I was transferring files from a lash drive to documents in file explorer and all of a sudden two blue arrows appeared on top and bottom of each folder. All attempts to resolve this referred to...

ED Edward Dibando Created on January 15, 2021 I realize that support for Vista from Microsoft has ended, but a friend has something he wants to do, and I thought maybe a user from the community might have an answer for it. He has some old programs from Win 95, very specialized programs and...

Every program I run from file manager to q-dir is sorting windows folder by weeks. I have to manually go to view and then select group by none. Whenever I enter the new folder I have to start the entire process all over again. In file explorer folder options it only gives me the option to reset...

I have two HP laptops, both running 20H2 with the latest updates. A problem that existed before the upgrade did not go away after the upgrade like I thought it would. Both machines are networked through an Ethernet switch to the router and to a printer. I have shared folders on both laptops...

Hi, Like many, I am new here and new to programming. I have been looking for a project to try my hand at it. Anyways, Is there a way that I can program subsections into folders of Windows 10 OS? Or is that not something possible? I don't want to do Linux, simply because I am very comfortable...

My downloads file is growing. Any rules on deleting everything in the file? Does deleting a download also delete the program once it is installed?

I have two Western Digital externals I use for frequent back-ups. I noticed recently, they both have a folder named $RECYCLE.BIN in caps as shown. Last time I shifted some files around and emptied folders, I went to remove (eject) the drives, using the icon in "show hidden icons" on the taskbar...

When I open a folder on drive D, called downloads, I find that the files are grouped into sections with names such as earlier this week, last week, last month. For some this may be ideal but for me it is only confusing. How do I change back to the classical style, all by name, date etc? For

Hi guys, absolute novice here. Trying to install championship manager 01/02 but it says uninstaller set up failed to initialize and then the installation stops at 61% and crashes. I've been searching things to and I've deleted all CM01/02 related files such as tried to delete all UninstallShield...

I'm trying to deny permissions for a file for a specific user. The system we use is that each user has a folder structure on their C drive and they are all synced using Sugarsync. If changes are made on any PC they are propagated to the other PCs. I have the computer name of the one I want to...

First things first, I guess ... Dell Optiplex 3010 with 8gb of RAM. Intel i5 Processor. came stock with Windows 7 Pro, upgraded to Win 10 Pro. any other details needed, I will be happy to provide. I will do my best to have this make sense to all ... I have a few different folders of music...

Hi I am the administrator of my system. I want to delete old repertories. But they have the attribute "only reading" and when I delete this attribute, it comes back

I want to be able to have a file extension that acts the same as a different one for example lets say i would like a file extension called .duffka i want the file extension to be able to act the same way a .zip and even be read by the same programs a .zip could be all i know is that you need the...

When I open a second Explorer window, it's positioned virtually on top of the currently open window. Usually, when I do this it's so I can drag and drop objects from one to the other. The Explorer window placement means I have to move it aside in order to expose both Explorer window contents. Is...

Hello, I have a folder that has lots of home video (.mp4) files. To each file, I would like to insert a comment highlighting the contents of the file. This is similar to adding a comment in Excel for each cell. A red triangle or something else can mark that there is a comment to that file. And...

Can't get the datemodified: trick to work in my windows explorer. It doesn't show the promised calendar, parameters such as "thisweek" give nothing. Is WIndows 10 a bunch of crap? Never had this and a hundred other problems with 7 but it seems we're forced to use this OS or migrate to Linux...

I have a folder present in windows , which i am mounting from mac side using smb. Into this mounted location i'm trying to write a new file over the network. After writing the data into the file , the handle is closed. Now i need to rename the file over network from mac side . So for that...

How can i make it so when i download a file it does not change into rar file

Dear Anyone. OK, so this is one of those questions where I'm going to feel a total plonker for not spotting the answer myself, so there's no need to point that fact out to me! Hard drive with 2 versions of XP on it. One version won't install my software - a VST synth - it comes up with...

I would like to save all my word, excel, etc files locally and not to the onedrive/cloud. I have set the default saving location on the local versions of word and Excel, but when I am using 365 it only shows the onedrive as a default location, there doesn't seem to be any other choices? Part...