We all love our desktops and the way we arrange icons on it. Sometimes, the arrangement of the icons is lost either because something in the system changed or because you did with the right-click and ...

You can change or restore the Folder default icon in Windows 11/10 using any of the following methods: Change Folder default icon in Properties Change Folder default icon in desktop.ini file Restore ...

It’s been a while since I’ve gathered up Windows tips for you. I know, I’ve been remiss. So this week I’ve got a great tip on fine-tuning Windows Vista and 7’s AutoPlay settings, and I help a reader ...

The System Restore feature has been a part of Windows for decades. In Windows 10 it's still useful for recovering quickly when a new app or device driver causes instability. System Restore works by ...

A week ago I wrote about my investigations into System Restore on Windows XP and Windows Vista. I have since heard back from a program manager at Microsoft, who said of the Vista default disk ...

Last night my sister-in-law called me, just about in tears. “Something” had happened to her laptop–probably a virus, she guessed–but everything seemed to be gone: all her desktop and Start Menu icons, ...