There’s a far more powerful tool built right into Windows’ ecosystem that most people have never heard of: Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA). It’s one of Microsoft’s most underrated utilities, and is ...

To help plug up a hash leakage vulnerability, Windows is making it a little harder to peek at files you just grabbed from the ...

Folder Type Discovery analyzes content of a folder & automatically assigns a template (layout & view mode). Enable or Disable it using REGEDIT.

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...

Microsoft has updated File Explorer to automatically block file previews for items downloaded from the internet, aiming to ...

Windows 11 File Explorer in version 24H2 and 25H2 adds Recommended Files and fixes a few annoying bugs with KB5067036.

If Windows is your OS of choice, consider these open-source apps. There are tons of open-source apps for just about any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows. I've been using ...

Microsoft is officially addressing the dark mode complaints in Windows 11. Microsoft is officially addressing the dark mode complaints in Windows 11. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has ...

NanaZip is a fork of the popular software 7-Zip,which allows you to create, open, or modify archive files. It offers a modern ...

You might want to open two files in two separate windows to compare them. Also, if you want to edit two files simultaneously, you need to open them separately. That is why you can change Notepad ...

This is important because: Consistency matters, and one light dialog can feel like a flashbang. It chips away at the sense that Windows is a coherent system. This cleanup lowers eye strain and makes ...