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I am missing [New Folder] Button in Windows 8.1 Save As Dialog
One day my new folder (and organize) button just disappeared from my save as dialog. I use that button all the time so I was surprised to find it missing. To make sure I wasn't crazy I did a quick ...
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Mysterious blank folder keeps showing up on my desktop
I have a folder with no name on my Windows desktop. The name is literally empty:
I'd like to get rid of this. Oh, easy you say? Well here's where things get interesting. First, if I click on it ...
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Remove shell folders from navigation pane in Windows 8.1
Time ago I've used one of those strange tricks that let you customize Windows in some way, to remove the librearies and also the shell folders from the navigation pane (save/open file dialogs) in ...
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Stop Explorer from Starting on Logon
I am looking to create a custom GUI for Windows 7/8 to replace Windows Explorer (explorer.exe), but it doesn't seem possible to stop Windows Explorer from starting without the use of a .bat file and ...
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Explorer Preview Pane locking files
im looking into an annoying issue with the explorer preview pane. We are using Windows 8.1, server 08 R2 upstairs. To my understanding, when viewing a file with the preview pane it opens an instance ...
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Make Windows 8.1 & 10 File Explorer open in "This PC" view [duplicate]
Up until the recent Windows 8.1 update, I used this guide and it worked flawlessly:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/quick-tip-make-windows-8-file-explorer-launch-in-computer-view/...
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How to get rid of "Folders" and "Network locations" links in Explorer in Windows 8.1?
Let me explain with a couple of screenshots. I just upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 and now I get a bunch of useless shortcuts in Windows Explorer when I try to open a file, or if I just plainly go to ...
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How to reset the look of .htm file icon?
My htm/html files saved on the desktop in Windows 8 looked like this:
Now when I upgraded to Windows 8.1 they look like this:
How can I return their previous look?
PS. I went as far as tried to see ...
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How to prevent This PC node from automatically expanding when I open File Explorer?
How do I prevent the "This PC" node from automatically expanding each time I open Windows Explorer/File Explorer on Windows?
There must be a registry key somewhere, but I cannot find it.
I have ...
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How do I make windows explorer display the file path instead of words such as "Documents" or "Desktop"
If you ever click something on the sidebar in windows explorer:
the top thing says the name of what whatever you clicked:
However if you actually navigate to the place by clicking through the files ...
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