WINDOWS 11 By Chris Hoffman The Files app delivers a modernized alternative to File Explorer — for better and for worse. Windows 11’s File Explorer still needs a lot of polish. I’ve run into regular crashes, slowdowns, and other problems over the past few years. It’s just not the reliable file manager it was in […]

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen Last night I needed to delete a 2TB folder from a mechanical hard drive. I even did it from the command line, in hopes it would be faster. After supper, it still wasn’t finished. Finding DelFast by the developer known as “The Yali” is a little too late for saving […]

WINDOWS By Mary Branscombe Windows treats some folders as “special,” and has started putting them where it wants, not where you would prefer. They are called “shell folders” and are usually associated with your user profile. They include such folders as Documents, Music, Photos, Downloads, and the folder used for files you save to your […]

WINDOWS 11 By Mary Branscombe The Quick access feature of File Explorer is smarter than it used to be but also slightly more confusing. Do you want to open a file that was open just ten minutes ago? Or that you were working with on Friday, when you walked away from your PC for the […]

ISSUE 22.44.1 • 2025-11-06 By Susan Bradley This month marks the first time that security updates will be released to Windows 10 under Microsoft’s Extended Security Update program. If you’ve enrolled in the ESU plan, you should see them offered in Windows Update. But that does not mean you should install them now. Nothing has […]