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Hotkey for "This PC"
When I press Win+E in Windows 7 the explorer opens in the view which is called "This PC" in Windows 10. In Windows 10 instead the "Quick access" view is opened. Is there a possibility to access the "...
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Windows: Disable folder type detection in explorer globally [duplicate]
In Windows Explorer (Win7-10) the folder's type is detected automatically by the files in it (e.g., music).
I can disable this on folder base manually in the properties of each folder (and its ...
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How to disable automatic search in Windows Explorer?
One thing I like in Windows XP is the ability to type the first character of a folder or file, and Explorer instantly jumps and highlights the first matching item. Windows 7 replaces this feature with ...
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How to force custom default Sort By options for all folder types in Windows Explorer
Quick note to eager mods: this is not a duplicate :)
My question has 3 parts, but to make it easy, of course I will mark as answered any answer that only addresses the 3rd part:
I wish to understand ...
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In Windows 10, is it possible to disable the "special folder" icons in File Explorer
In Windows 10, some folders have special icons that appear in File Explorer (e.g. "Desktop", "Documents", and "3D Objects"). Is it possible to disable these icons, and just show a regular folder icon?...
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How to prevent Windows file explorer from automatically linking a .html (or .htm) file to a similarly named folder? (Connected Files in File Explorer)
This old trick for Windows XP allows you to unlink files and folders in the Windows OS.
Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View > Managing pairs of Web pages and folders > ...
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PDF Thumbnail Preview in Windows Explorer without installed PDF Preview Handler?
Can PDF thumbnails in Windows Explorer (7 or 8 or 10) show the first page of the PDF file without having to install a custom PDF Preview Handler from Adobe or Foxit or from Tracker Software or from ...
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Select multiple files individually in explorer
To my knowledge, I know 3 ways of selecting files in explorer.
Assume a folder with 10 files. Now,
I can select one individual file by single-clicking it.
I can also drag the cursor using mouse to ...
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Is it possible to change the tooltip delay for files in Explorer on Windows 7 or 10?
In Explorer, one can view tooltips for files by hovering over them, as below:
This tooltip can show some helpful information, such as full file names which are too long for the current Name column ...
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Windows 7/10 explorer: Is this a bug, or intended behavior?
In Explorer in Windows 7, if you select 9 or more files (but not all) and rename them, the selection is lost after the files are renamed. Is this intended, or a bug? This behavior does not show in XP. ...
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Explorer is randomly becoming unresponsive
I have no idea what this issue is, but at random times when I'm using my PC Explorer will NOT respond to any clicks, and sometimes on browsers when I click a tab it will close it instead of switching ...
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Explorer.exe Restore previous folder windows at logon fails
Having the restore option selected in Folder Options works fine, except for vpn drives and virtual (subst) drives that are not initially available at the time explorer.exe tries to connect.
The ...
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How to remove mapped network drives/locations from Windows explorer navigation pane?
I need to remove all mapped network locations from navigation pane and only from the navigation pane for a very specific reason which is mentioned in this question.
This seems like the only way to ...
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Open explorer in or create shortcut to a specific folder on media device
I want to either: a) make a shortcut to a specific folder on a media device (MTP), or b) create a .bat file or other easy script to open explorer and automatically navigate to the folder where the ...
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Keyboard Shortcut for Windows Explorer to fit the width of the name column to the longest file name in the folder
I would like to use a keyboard shortcut to fit the Name column to the longest name of the files in the folder so the file names don't get truncated with .... In a desktop you can use [Ctrl + +] to fit ...
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Windows 7 Explorer "Network" does not show other PC with mapped drive
The "Network" section in Windows Explorer shows only my Windows 7 machine. I have mapped a drive letter to another PC (running Win 10) on the network using the "net use" command, so it clearly can be ...
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Windows 7 or 10: Explorer Sort Order - distinguish between normal Explorer vs. Open-File/Browser windows
Is there a way to make Windows (7,8,10,whatever) remember a different sort-order for displaying your files in regular Explorer windows vs. open-file/file-browser dialog windows?
To give an example. ...
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I accidentally changed a User folder into a a desktop. Is there a way to restore original user folder?
I was trying to move my user folders to another location. In doing so, I incorrectly pointed the Desktop to the user folder. Now the Users folder shows "Desktop" instead of the name of the user ...
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Windows Explorer - restore list of favorites from previous OS version
I broke my Windows 10 installation (but not my files) by overclocking. I am moving the files to a Windows 7 installation, but I cannot figure out how to transfer the contents of Explorer's Favorites, ...
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Ghost USB flash drive on W10 x64
I have an old 128 Mb USB flash drive, FAT32 formatted.
When connected to a Windows 7 x64 machine, it can be used with no problem.
When connected to another machine running Windows 10 v1909 x64, it ...
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How to apply a script to a certain file/folder through a right click in explorer (for UNC-paths)
I'm looking for a way to apply a cmd or powershell script to a certain file by right clicking the file in windows explorer and choosing "Apply script XYZ".
A use case would be to make a file write ...
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Search windows folders for any subfolders with a filename only 3 characters long
I've been reading some previously asked questions which seemed to relate to mine, but they didn't solve my specific problem.
At the company I work for, we mostly use three character file names for ...
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Open dialog get path from file explorer
i try to explain my problem, but it is not easy...
(I'm working on two monitor it's important.)
So, in my old win 7 system somehow I am causing that:
if i have open a file dialog (for example ...
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Replace win10 Explorer shell with win7 shell
Seems pretty dumb, such question seems not to have any lead across google known internet. For me personally, win10 shell looks extremly overhelming in resource consumption (with no reason at all), ...
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