Q: In the 05/02/15 Mailbag (“What happened to my favorites?“), you didn’t answer the second question, how to restore the toolbar at the top that lets Alice (and all of us) copy and paste things.

It surprises many users to learn that Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer are not the same thing. The latter is a file manager–not the greatest one in the world, but definitely a handy tool for ...

Here's the scenario my team finds itself in. The firm is migrating to Windows 7. Pilot groups start in January 2011. Bulk of this year has involved identifying all the apps we currently have in our XP ...

The Windows 8 Desktop did away with the very useful Quick Launch toolbar available in previous versions of Windows. It’s easy to bring back, though — just follow these directions. 1. In the Windows 8 ...

1. The Taskbar reloaded: Windows 7’s version of the Taskbar is less cluttered than Vista’s, and it handles both running and nonrunning apps with equal aplomb. 2. Slicker, quicker Taskbar Previews: Now ...