Many readers replied to yesterday's item about long file names being truncated, especially with hexadecimal text substituted for the deleted portion of the name. Some of the replies overlap in the ...

File Explorer is a file management utility in the Windows operating system. You can use File Explorer for various purposes, such as viewing your files, renaming files, deleting files, and more. You ...

Here, I will discuss the following scenarios to rename multiple files or folders at once in Windows 11: Add text to the beginning of the file or folder name Add text at the end of the file or folder ...

Files is among the best file managers for Windows 11, and its latest update makes it even better by integrating one of my ...

"For example, Fetch will truncate long filenames when uploading to a non-Mac server that does handle long filenames. For example, I first noticed the problem when I tried to upload some Java class ...

So you're browsing through your Windows files and notice that a few were marked with an annoying red X. In a panic, you try opening and editing them to see if they've somehow been corrupted. They ...

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I changed the default "Downloads" folder on Windows and moved all files from the existing one to another drive. Honestly, I ...

Dropbox is adding new automation features for your files and folders in a bid to remove the hassle of organizing them by hand. Typically, when you create a folder and add files to it, the onus is on ...

When you create a new empty folder in OS X (Shift-Command-N), it’s created with the name untitled folder . I have a couple problems with this naming convention. The first problem, which is admittedly ...

If you have to work on both a Windows PC and a Mac, you probably have to transfer files between the two. Here's how to set up file sharing so you can view select folders on the other desktop over your ...