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What is Thumbs.db files and How To Disable and Remove Them?

November 2, 2012 Kent Chen 4 comments

Thumbs.db, as its name states, is a file based database that stores thumbnails of image files, certain types of documents and video files, mostly for Windows Explorer’s thumbnail view. They are stored locally in each directory that contains thumbnails on

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explorer / folder options

Windows 7 Tip: Quickly Find the Folder Size in the Folder Tooltip in Windows Explorer

May 4, 2012 Kent Chen 12 comments

Here is a quick tip that can be very useful and handy. To quickly find out how big the size of a particularly folder is, simply hover over your cursor over to it in Windows Explorer. A tooltip will popup

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folder options / jump list / taskbar

How To Pin Folders In Windows 7 Taskbar

February 22, 2010 Jonathan Hu 39 comments

Strangely with all the Windows 7 taskbar feature and the new Jump list, the taskbar itself does not support pin folders onto it. Windows only allow user to pin executable programs in the taskbar, so if you want to pin

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folder options / windows explorer

Why My DVD Drive Disappeared and How To Make it Show Up and Stay in Windows 7?

January 26, 2010 Kent Chen leave a comment

You may have already noticed this and that the drive shows up only when it has something to read in its tray. If you are wondering the same that how I can make it stay whether it contains DVD or

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folder options / Tools

ShellFolderFix Manages Your Folder Windows Sizes and Positions in Windows 7

January 22, 2010 Kent Chen leave a comment

If you often have multiple separate folders open up on your Windows 7 desktop, you might find this tool useful, especially when you also have multiple-monitors. ShellFolderFix is basically a small little tool that allows you to enable folder and

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How To Enable Check Boxes for Selecting Multiple Items in Windows 7

December 24, 2009 Kent Chen 18 comments

When we select multiple items in Windows 7, we often need to hold the Shirt or Ctrl key while selecting. Wouldn’t be nice if we can select items just like what we usually do online, ticking the checkboxes? I am

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folder options / windows explorer

How to Auto Expand Sub-Folders in Explorer just like XP in Windows 7 [Tips]

October 3, 2009 Jonathan Hu 18 comments

The Problem Windows Explorer in Windows 7, by default will not expend the sub-folders on the side navigation. Unlike in Windows XP, when you select the folder say under My Documents, the side navigation will auto expand all the sub-folder

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