There are two reasons to install the latest version of Windows 10's PowerToys. First, and most important, PowerToys will soon start self-updating. You won’t have to visit the GitHub every time a new ...

Windows Explorer displayed .pdf files as preview thumbnails on Zill Niazi’s old Windows 7 laptop. But on a new laptop, also running Windows 7, it displays them only as icons. Can this be fixed? I’m ...

If you cannot preview Word or Excel files in Explorer, but you can preview other text or image files, then this post will help you fix the problem. If the Word or Excel file preview is not working in ...

File Explorer in Windows has changed in look, feel, and functionality over the years, but its basic goal has always been to help you manage, view, and launch the array of documents, photos, and files ...

Sometimes you have to sift through a ton of files to find what you need, and opening each one with its intended app can waste ...

Your Windows PC may be home to Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, photos, images, videos, music, audio files, and more. Wouldn't it be great if you could ...

The Windows Explorer file management application in Windows 7 includes a preview pane that you can use to view the contents image files and other files on your hard drive. By default, the preview pane ...

Vista had its own version of a preview pane in Windows Explorer, which didn’t work that well and didn’t work for all that many file types, but Windows 7 gets it right. Win 7’s version activates via a ...