Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...

The File Explorer on Windows is, undoubtedly, one of the most valuable features on a PC and it gets better with every new version of the Windows OS. A drawback, however, with Windows 11, was the ...

Please verify your email address. Some may find Windows 11's taskbar less useful and similar to macOS'. Open-source developers have created apps to customize the ...

The system tray can easily become a dumping ground for apps that insist on living there. If your taskbar feels cluttered, or ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

The Task Manager shortcut returns to the taskbar, alongside a new suggested actions feature in the latest Windows 11 updates The Task Manager shortcut returns to the taskbar, alongside a new suggested ...

Microsoft is improving Windows 11 File Explorer, but it still lacks features & contains many useless ones. Windhawk mod "Remove File Explorer Suffixes" eliminates clutter by removing "-File Explorer" ...

Many users want an option to be able to launch programs, files or folders easily from the Windows desktop itself. Like its predecessors, Windows 10 too supports a built-in solution that lets you ...

File Explorer (formerly known as Windows Explorer) is your way into your PC—whether you’re looking for settings, files or peripherals, this is often where you’ll be starting your search (it’s pinned ...

We’re reintroducing taskbar overflow, with a newly designed experience for Windows 11. This taskbar experience has been thoughtfully crafted to offer you a more productive switching and launching ...

If you’ve recently made the move from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7, one big change you’ve probably noticed is the way the operating system displays icons in its taskbar (the row along the bottom ...