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34 keyboard shortcuts for Windows 10's Command Prompt

34 keyboard shortcuts for Windows 10's Command Prompt

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 28.09.2020
We bet that most, if not all the power users and geeks out there love to use the Command Prompt. It's the one-stop go-to whenever you want to issue commands in a text-based form, and it's also one of the best ways to issue administrative...
How to search in Windows 10 with File Explorer

How to search in Windows 10 with File Explorer

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 22.09.2020
Did you know you can use File Explorer to search for files and folders in Windows 10? Well, you can, and there's more to it than that: the Search built into File Explorer even comes with its Search Tools on the ribbon, providing surprisingly advanced...
How to enable the File Explorer Dark Theme in Windows 10

How to enable the File Explorer Dark Theme in Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 18.09.2020
Did you know Microsoft created a File Explorer Dark Theme in Windows 10? If you're tired of bright windows when you browse the files on your PC at night, you can opt to enable the File Explorer Dark Mode. However, when you apply this dramatic...
3 ways to enable the Windows 10 libraries

3 ways to enable the Windows 10 libraries

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 16.09.2020
The Windows 10 libraries are virtual collections of folders on your system. Microsoft did not enable the libraries in Windows 10 by default, although many users consider them a must-have when it comes to finding and organizing files. This tutorial illustrates three ways to enable...
How to select or highlight text in Windows

How to select or highlight text in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 24.08.2020
It is hard to ignore the usefulness of selecting text efficiently in Windows, especially if you use Microsoft's Word, WordPad, or Notepad on a daily basis. After all, highlighting a fragment is always the first step, regardless of what you want to do with that...
When was a program or app installed in Windows 10?

When was a program or app installed in Windows 10?

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 20.08.2020
You may have your Windows 10 computer or device for a long time. It has many apps and programs installed, and you don't even remember when they got there in the first place. Do you want to find out when an application was installed in...
How to change a folder's view template in Windows 10's File Explorer

How to change a folder's view template in Windows 10's File Explorer

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 05.08.2020
In Windows 10, you can use one of the five built-in view templates to have File Explorer display a folder's contents just the way you like them. This helps you optimize the way you see the files stored in that folder for increased efficiency and...
How to change a folder icon in Windows 10 in 3 easy steps

How to change a folder icon in Windows 10 in 3 easy steps

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 04.08.2020
Changing a folder icon in Windows 10 can help you identify and locate it faster, allowing you to customize each folder according to your style. Not to mention, it breaks up the monotony of yellow folder icons on your Windows 10 computer or device. Change...
3 ways to make a PDF smaller

3 ways to make a PDF smaller

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 31.07.2020
Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format) files are used everywhere on the internet for sharing all kinds of documents. PDF files are designed to include text formatting and pictures that are displayed the same way on any computer or device, regardless of its type, hardware, or...
How to add a contact to WhatsApp on Android: 4 ways

How to add a contact to WhatsApp on Android: 4 ways

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 28.07.2020
Adding a new contact on WhatsApp is not something you often do, since all the contacts saved on your Android smartphone are automatically available in the popular chat app. However, there are times when you want to use WhatsApp to reach out to someone whose...
How to use the People app in Windows 10

How to use the People app in Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 28.07.2020
The Windows 10 People app is Microsoft's current attempt at creating an address book for all your contacts. The idea is that, after you import every contact from your email address(es), you can see them all sorted alphabetically in the People app and get in...
6+ best Night Light apps for Android

6+ best Night Light apps for Android

  • misc
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 23.07.2020
Most of us are "attached" to smartphones - those technological wonders that make almost every person look at them over and over again: at work, in bed, in the subway, in airplanes, cafes, everywhere. Besides all the good they bring to the world, smartphones also...
2 ways to monitor who accesses your shared files and folders

2 ways to monitor who accesses your shared files and folders

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 22.07.2020
Have you ever felt that your shared files are vulnerable and want to keep an eye on who is accessing them, but didn't know how? Well, we have two solutions for that: one that uses a tool that's built into Windows, and another one from...
12 tips on how to search in Windows 10

12 tips on how to search in Windows 10

  • misc
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 10.07.2020
Search has always been one of the essential features of Windows. Although every version of Windows lets you search for files, folders, apps, and other items, none of them offers such a powerful search experience as Windows 10. Microsoft takes the Search feature to a...
How to make a Windows Defender Offline scan

How to make a Windows Defender Offline scan

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 01.07.2020
There are times when your computers and devices may be infected by malware that is difficult to remove with traditional antivirus. On other occasions, the malware blocks the installation of any antivirus, and you cannot remove it manually. In such delicate situations, you need to...