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How to Increase Folder Browsing Speed in Windows 7

Sometimes your machine is very slow. It may be your hardware, Viruses or any other issue. Follow the steps to increase the folder opening speed.   1. Open the “Folder Options” by opening Computer –> Organize –> Folder and Search Options. 2. Go to “View” tab. 3. Under the “Advanced Settings” –> “Files and Folders” disable the thumbnail view by checking the “Always show icons, never thumbnail” option. 4. Click… Read more »

How To Configure Windows 7 To open Each Folder In New Window

In windows explorer, when you open any folder, it opens in the same window every time but you can configure windows to open each folder in its new window. By default this setting (for opening folders in new window) is turned off in Windows 7 which you can turn on by following some simple steps. Instructions: Click on the “Start” button and select “Control Panel” from “Start Menu” items. Click… Read more »

How To Get Path Of Application Folder

Use any of the following commands to get the path of Application folder. Now the first two commands can be used in both Windows Form Applications as well as Console Applications, while the other commands can be used only in Windows Form Applications. Application.StartupPath; Environment.CurrentDirectory; Path.GetDirectoryName(          System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Form1)).CodeBase); Application.ExecutablePath; System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location; Now, last two commands will gives you the full path of executable file, while the rest will give you the… Read more »

How to Print a List of Items Present in a Windows 7 Folder

If you work a lot on your computer, create a lot of files and folders every day, then at some point, you may wish to have a list of currently present folders and files in a directory, or may want to print the same. This is extremely helpful when you have a huge number of files or folder present in a directory. Command Prompt helps you in such a case,… Read more »

How to Lock Folders in Vista/Windows7

Do you want to lock and password protected your important folders in Windows 7?  If you are an administrator and have multiple accounts set up in Windows 7 / Vista, then you can block  folders so that they can not be accessed by other users. When other users try to access the blocked folder, it will ask for administrator password. So, the folder will be locked permanently unless you don’t… Read more »

How To Open Each Folder In New Window

By default settings in Windows, when you open any folder, it will open in the same window. But  if you want every folder to open in a new window not in the same window and leaving the previous window open, you can change your computer’s settings to accomplish that. Instructions: Open Folder options of your computer. You can open that by following methods: In Older Version of Windows If you… Read more »



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