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Microsoft has started looking into a problem that is preventing users from opening some Excel file attachments with non-ASCII ...

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Are you having a hard time managing your files because the Windows File Explorer is not working properly or won’t open at all? In this troubleshooting guide, we’ll show the fixes that you can do to ...

Latest flak fired at Windows 11 over performance is a fuss about nothing – but it still shines a light on one of Microsoft's ...

Some users have reported that when they attempt to open a Word document, it fails to open. Instead, they see a Word cannot open the existing file (Normal.dotm) error ...

There are instances where users reports getting an error “File is open in COM surrogate” when trying to access or rename and edit a file on Windows Properties ...

There are a few common file issues that you may encounter in Illustrator. Below is a list of common file issues in Illustrator, and how to diagnose and fix them. Note that these file issues can be ...

Certain kinds of business computer files, such as Microsoft Word documents, multimedia files and ZIP archives, carry important information in the data bytes nearest the file's beginning; software ...

When you open certain file types in Windows 7 or Vista, such as an Outlook email attachment, Windows displays a warning message about opening a file from an untrusted source. If you trust the sender ...

Another fix for broken Rosetta CFM apps We continue to report on an issue where the QuickTime 7.2 update appears to cause functionality problems -- particularly an inability to launch and crashes -- ...