PC Club: Desktops can be the home for various items including shortcuts, actual files or even folders. Usually, shortcuts have a tiny black arrow in a white background in the lower-left corner of the ...

Reader Jim has a documents folder that he uses regularly, and wants to know if there’s a way to pin it to the Taskbar for fast and easy access. (He also notes that he loves Hassle-Free PC, indicating ...

The My Computer folder can be accessed in three different places on the computer and does exactly the same thing in all three places. You can find the My Computer folder on the computer's desktop, on ...

Many people don't realize that rather than installing dozens of applications, you can control nearly any aspect of your computer with simple shortcuts that don't take up any resources. You can even ...

A few simple tweaks let you add the location of your choice to Open and Save dialog boxes in Vista and XP. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' ...

If you are a Windows user but want to try out certain Mac OS X features, here’s a tip: Download XLaunchPad. The program launcher is free for use and, like Mac OS X Launchpad, displays program files ...

Whenever you connect a USB drive, external drive, or DVD to your computer, you have to open This PC or Computer folder, find the drive icon, and click on it. If you close the Explorer window and feel ...