When you can't open, edit, or delete a file in Windows File Explorer, it's either still open in a program running in the background or something didn't close properly. Luckily, you can force delete, ...

When working with files (especially when downloading stuff from the web using my web browser), I quite often keep downloaded .zip, .rar, etc files on my Desktop. Quite often I keep running into a ...

Q: I’m running Windows 11 and using File Explorer to view pictures as extra-large icons. I right-click on a thumbnail and select rotate right or left, and get a pop-up box that reads, “You cannot ...

In 2022, Microsoft finally upgraded Windows 11's File Explorer with tabs support. However, the app lacks many basic features, such as moving a tab out of the window, combining tabs, or starting File ...

File Explorer is one of the most widely used tools on a Windows PC. We all use our computers excessively to download and manage files; it is File Explorer that helps with all of it. With such a case ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I’m running Windows 11, and using File Explorer to view pictures as extra large icons. I right-click on a ...

For some Microsoft 365 app users, the Normal.dotm error message “Word cannot save or create this file” may appear when you are trying to exit a Word file and want ...

Similar to doing an lsof. I want to tell if a file is done copying before I process it. The copying is external to the script. I originally checked the mod time, waited an interval, then checked the ...