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File Explorer, alternatively referred to as Windows Explorer or Explorer is a file and folder browser found in every version of Windows. It is used to browse hard drives (internal or external), folders, and files on your PC. Before we even get into File Explorer, don’t confuse File Explorer with Microsoft Internet Explorer. They are two separate apps. Internet Explorer is used to browsing the internet, and File Explorer to browse Windows files and folders....

If you have a PC with a touchscreen, you can use the touch keyboard to enter text with the touch keyboard. Many of the touch-enabled applications will automatically open the touch keyboard when you launch the apps. When you also tap where you want to enter text, the touch keyboard will open automatically. If the touch keyboard will not automatically open when you want to enter text, you can open it yourself and the steps below will show you how to do that....

There are two types of Zoom meeting recordings: Cloud Recordings and Local Recordings. Local Recording Free and paid Zoom subscribers can record a Zoom meeting locally to a computer. Recorded files can then be uploaded to cloud storage devices such as Google Drive or Dropbox. Videos can also be uploaded to streaming services such as Vimeo and YouTube. iOS and Android devices can’t record local Zoom meetings. Cloud Recording Cloud recording is available for paid Zoom subscribers only....

We’ve shown you how to install and use OneDrive to back up your files and protect your information. If your files are missing or corrupted, you can simply restore previous versions and begin working with them as if nothing happened. This post shows you the steps to restore files in OneDrive. You can restore any file type using OneDrive and File Explorer. However, if you use the document authoring features built into services such as Word Online, you can use that feature to restore your files to the previous versions as necessary....

In Windows, users can use the Run as command to start an application or open a file as a different user or administrator. This is usually the case if you want to perform administrative tasks when you are logged on as a member of another group, such as the Users or Power Users group. Typically, the Run as command can be used to execute files with extensions such as ....

There are different types of user settings available to you, and based on your selections, Microsoft might offer personalized tips, ads, and recommendations within Microsoft experiences. You can also opt out or change your device usage options at any time in the Settings app on Windows. Here are some examples of tips, ads, and recommendations you might receive when you provide information on how you’ll use your device. How to change device usage settings in Windows 11 As mentioned above, device usage settings in Windows tell Microsoft how you plan to use your device....

For the uninitiated, Asterisk is an open-source, widely used private branch exchange (PBX) platform. Individuals, businesses, and governments across the globe are using it to power their VoIP and conferencing infrastructures. Asterisk provides a complete set of features that include voicemail, interactive voice response, conference calling, music on hold, call queuing, call recording, and many more that I can’t list here. If you need an open-source PBX platform to run your business or institution, then look no further than Asterisk....

It is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your digital content. This CMS platform is designed for ease of use to allow enterprises and business owners to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile. For more about LEPTON CMS, please check their Homepage Install Nginx HTTP Server LEPTON CMS requires a web server and the Nginx HTTP server is probably the second most popular open-source web server available today....

It’s easy to set up and install. Just download, and install with a few clicks and you’re done! If you want a Content Management System (CMS) that is easy to use and manage, then Pubvana CMS is a good place to start. Pubvana is built with a powerful Twitter Bootstrap front-end framework. Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile-first projects on the web....

This post details multiple ways to stop Microsoft Edge from opening automatically on your PC. If you use Edge on a Mac, you will also learn to prevent the browser from loading without permission in macOS. How to Stop Microsoft Edge From Opening Automatically on PC Despite its Chromium makeover, Microsoft Edge remains deeply integrated into Windows 10 and Windows 11, with multiple triggers and pre-configured settings that cause it to load automatically....

Voice access leverages modern, on-device speech recognition to accurately recognize speech, and supports English-U.S language only at the moment. In our previous post, we said that Voice access is only available on Windows 11 computers enrolled in the Microsoft Insider Preview program. If your PC is not currently enrolled and subscribed to the Dev channel branch, you won’t have Voice access at this moment. You must wait until Voice access is generally available to all Windows 11 PCs when it has been fully tested and proven to work....

Windows also allow you to lock your screen rotation in place so that it doesn’t automatically rotate as well. If you have a table PC and rotation is locked, you can use the steps below to unlock it so that Windows automatically rotate the screen. This feature is only available on devices with a built-in accelerometer. Windows uses this hardware component to determine the screen’s current physical orientation. Below we’ll show you how to turn on, lock rotation in place or turn off so that screen can rotate automatically when the screen’s current physical position is changed....

If you really like playing games, you must often access Steam to play games. However, when you play a game on Steam sometimes a lot of notifications appear on the screen. Of course, notifications that often appear are quite disturbing when you play on Steam. Therefore, you should know how to turn off Steam notifications. Notifications on Steam usually appear in the lower right corner of the screen. Actually, this notification is useful for you but it will be a problem when this notification affects your performance when playing games....

The Narrator app feature in Windows helps those with limited vision or those who are unable to see the text clearly on their screen. The narrator has also been improved and integrated tightly into Windows. For example, when you open an email in Outlook, Narrator will start reading—no commands required. The narrator will read an email’s status (unread, forwarded, etc.), who sent it, the subject line, and any other characteristics of the email that are important or unique....

Unfortunately, there are now serious privacy concerns with Avast products, with the company selling personal data from free Avast users to help fund the product. If you want to know how to uninstall Avast on Windows 10 and give yourself a privacy makeover in the process, here’s what you’ll need to do. Is Avast Antivirus Safe to Use? Before you rush to uninstall Avast, you may be wondering whether Avast (and other Avast-owned antivirus software like AVG) are safe to use....

The IF statement in Google Sheets lets you insert different functions into a cell-based on conditions from other cells. When you nest IF statements, you can create more advanced analytics based on data. In this article, you’ll learn how to do this as well as see a few examples. Using the IF Statement in Google Sheets Before you can get fancy and start nesting IF statements, you need to understand how a simple IF statement works in Google Sheets first....

From searching text in photos to searching by face and location, Google Photos does an excellent job at gathering information from your photos so that you can find them through search. Once you know how to use Google Photos’ search tools, it will be very easy to find any photo saved to the cloud so long as you have a tiny bit of information about what you’re looking for....

Rsync is a great file copying and file synchronization tool for Linux systems. Not too sure if there are Windows versions or similar software that works for Windows systems. With Rsync, users can copy files and folders from one location to another on the same host, or via SSH protocol on different hosts. When you use Rsync to copy or synchronize directories, it will copy and synchronize file links, ownership, groups, and permissions....

Steps to view Hulu watch history To check your watch history on Hulu: How to check previously watched individual episodes If you are looking for recently watched individual episodes, the “keep watching” section won’t find that. This section only features recently watched movies & shows as a whole, not the sequential episodes. To check the history of individual episodes, First, go to the detail page of a series. Expand the three dots near the DETAILS button....

If you want to use the Instagram Story music feature, but it’s not working because of a glitch, one of these quick tips will likely get you back to posting your content. 1. Does the Instagram Music Sticker Work? Before we go through the steps of troubleshooting Instagram music, it’s best to start by checking whether the feature is the problem in the first place. Select the “+” button in the Instagram app and select Story....