When it comes to something as fundamental as File Explorer in Windows—the utility for viewing and managing files on disk—you might think that you don't have any other option but to use the tool ...

One of the simplest configuration changes that I have made since making the switch to Windows 11 last year was to configure the File Explorer to open to the This PC screen. Normally, when you open ...

Windows doesn’t always “just work" — but with a little touch of tinkering, you can fix most of its unfortunate choices. A modern Windows PC works without much tweaking — mostly. But some settings out ...

I had to help a friend with his computer over the weekend. It seems his PC forgot he had Adobe Acrobat installed and instead it was opening PDF files in Google Chrome. I wasn’t quite sure how his ...

As a writer, I regularly download all kinds of files, whether it's an image that I need to edit and re-upload, a PDF ...

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

If you want to change your default hard drive from C: to D:, read this post. We will guide you through the step-by-step process of doing this on a Windows 11/10 PC. By default, Windows installs ...

Changing the default browser is a great way to improve your Windows 11 web-browsing experience. If you've got a favorite browser then you can switch the default browser in Windows 11 so that you ...

In this post, we will show you how to tweak Windows File Explorer using WinSetView. WinSetView is an open-source tool that allows you to set desired views for different types of folders in the Windows ...

Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry. Windows users ...