ZDNET's key takeaways Zipping files enables users to organize their files more efficiently and expedite sharing. Windows 11's ...

If you haven't been organizing and discarding files as you go, it's likely your hard drive is stuffed with downloads, unwanted photos, file copies and other digital dust bunnies. This can reveal ...

The Windows desktop is one of the most important aspects of the operating system because it is home to many of your icons. If you have many apps that are used regularly, then it makes a lot of sense ...

Is your computer cluttered with clips of the kids, videos of your cat, and other miscellaneous slices of life? Learn how to organize and archive those files like the pros with these best practices.

Windows 8 and 8.1 keep all of your images in the Pictures folder. Along with Documents, Music and Videos, the Pictures folder is part of your Libraries collection in File Explorer. To manage the ...

We’ve talked about File Explorer (Windows Explorer in Windows 7) several times before, and if you ask me it’s one of the most important parts of Windows to customize. Unlike a smartphone or tablet, ...

You can select multiple files on Windows 10 simultaneously in order to move, delete, or duplicate them. To select multiple files on Windows 10 from a folder, use the Shift key and select the first and ...

Heather VanMouwerik is a PhD candidate in Russian History at the University of California, Riverside and the Congressman George Brown Graduate Intern for the Special Collections at Rivera Library.

I’ve done my fair share of Vista-bashing over the years, but the reality is the OS has a lot of hidden talents that go unheralded. One of them is stacking, a handy way to organize the files contained ...