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In this article, I’ll cover a couple of really useful right-click context menu editors that I use all the time. These extra menu options can help you navigate Windows faster and perform file operations more easily. File Menu Tools FileMenu Tools is a nifty little app that makes it super easy to add a bunch of more options to the context menu. You can add built-in utilities to the context menu that perform certain operations over files and folders....

Unfortunately, sometimes the brightest that Automatic brightness will go just isn’t bright enough, which is why you’ll want to know how to push your screen brightness as high as it will go. What Does “Brighter Than Maximum” Mean? Before we go any further, it’s important to clear up what “brighter than the maximum” means in this context. We are not talking about hacking your screen in some way to get more brightness out of it....

What Is a Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is digital money that doesn’t rely on a central record keeper like a bank or a government institution to keep track of account balances and transactions. This grants cryptocurrencies a level of anonymity similar to traditional cash, although no cryptocurrency is genuinely anonymous, despite what you might have heard. Even worse, given how cryptocurrencies work, your cryptocurrency transactions may be de-anonymized in the future. How can this happen?...

Hand tracking hasn’t made quite the splash Oculus Link did, but it’s still an amazing feature with lots of potential. With hand-tracking you don’t need controllers at all. Your own hands are digitized into the VR world! If you have a Quest or are thinking of buying one, it’s worth knowing how hand tracking works and what it can bring to the VR experience. How Quest Tracks the World The Oculus Quest uses an innovative approach towards motion tracking that’s commonly referred to as “inside-out” tracking, which is very different from how motion tracking worked in the past....

There are a lot of factors in play that can cause your WiFi strength on an Android device to weaken. But there’s no need to give up just yet. You can boost your WiFi signal to make your Android device’s Internet connection a more stable one. Home Users Are you having trouble with your home WiFi? Here are a couple of things you can try. The first thing you should do is to look at your router’s frequency and channel....

If this problem annoys you also, there is a simple way to change the default photo viewing program in Windows to the application of your choice! Actually, there are two ways to go about it. Also, you can configure it so that one image type opens with one application and another image type opens with a different program. So you could have JPG images open with Photoshop and GIF images open with Photo Viewer, for example....

Even if you are a home user, it might be worth your time to change the default icon that is assigned for a text document or for all PDF documents, etc. This tip is really just for customizing the look and feel of Windows to your liking. In Windows XP, changing a file type’s icon was very simple and could be done via Windows Explorer. Unfortunately, the process is more complicated in Windows 7 and Windows 8....

If you want to change file attributes like these, you have a few options. You can use the new Windows PowerShell to change or remove this data, or you can do it using Windows File Explorer or another third-party app like Attribute Changer. Here’s how to change file attributes on Windows 10 using these methods. Also, if you prefer to watch, check out our YouTube video where we show you how to use the Attribute Changer utility mentioned at the end of the article:...

Clearing the cache is a simple process that anyone can do, and it will clear corrupted or glitched data that might otherwise result in errors. If you find that Origin won’t launch your titles (or it simply doesn’t respond when you try to play something), start your troubleshooting by clearing your cache. How to Clear Your Origin Cache If Origin is currently running, shut it down before clearing your cache....

If you want to avoid the hassle of purchasing a domain name, setting up a hosting service, choosing an editing program, and all the other headaches that come with launching a website, you do have other options. If you don’t want to make a whole website but you need to make a page or two available on the internet for other people to access, you can use one of the tools described below....

While it may sound a little crazy, you can actually download ALL of Wikipedia for offline use and we’re going to show you how it’s done. Why Would You Download Wikipedia? Why would anyone want to download Wikipedia? After all, the site is only a few clicks away and one of the best things about Wikipedia is that it’s updated quickly. An offline copy would become out of date pretty quickly....

You or someone else may have disabled the image load option in Chrome, turned off JavaScript, or one of your extensions may be causing Chrome not to load your images. This guide will look at potential ways to fix your issue. Use a Different Browser to Access Your Webpage When Chrome doesn’t display images on a site, switch to another web browser on your computer and see if you can load the pictures....

While these memories sound like a good concept, they can clutter your inbox, act as distractions, and even dredge up bad memories. Emails aside, you will also receive notifications on your desktop and mobile devices. If you’d rather not receive OneDrive’s “On this day” emails and notifications, they’re easy enough to disable. Disable OneDrive’s “On This Day” Emails Rather than completely unsubscribing from OneDrive emails and potentially missing out on important account-related messages, you can specifically instruct Microsoft’s file sharing service to stop sending you “On this day” messages....

The information below applies to all Microsoft Teams meetings, including breakout sessions and webinars. Some features, like PowerPoint Live, are only available while using the desktop version of Teams and cannot be accessed if you’re running Teams in a web browser. Sharing Content in a Teams Meeting When you’re in a Teams meeting and select the Share button, you can choose to share content in different ways: When you choose to share a PowerPoint presentation (rather than sharing the specific window the PowerPoint is in), meeting attendees will get a few extra features, and so will you....

There are a lot of different parts to an Excel spreadsheet and each part can be hidden in different ways. In this article, I’ll walk you through the different content that can be hidden in Excel and how to get view the hidden data at a later time. How to Hide Tabs/WorkSheets In order to hide a worksheet or tab in Excel, right-click on the tab and choose Hide. That was pretty straightforward....

That’s where two free utilities make the process a lot simpler. Close All and SmartClose are pretty much the only two programs that perform this action properly. Close All seems to do a better job at closing down all applications than SmartClose, but SmartClose has a nice feature that lets you restore the applications that you had previously closed. You should try both and decide which one works better for you....

So this led to the reintroduction of the chronological feed, which users can now choose to use instead. Instagram has now made it easy to switch between the different feeds depending on what order you want to see. This article will show you how to change your Instagram feed to chronological order and other orders you may wish to use. How to Make Instagram Chronological If you want to see what your friends have posted recently, you probably want to use Instagram’s chronological order feed....

There are many different methods available that can be used to track your electricity usage, but we will be focusing on three methods in this article. Two of these methods are available to everybody, but one method is limited to those that use an energy supplier that supports it. Through Your Energy Supplier with Smart Meters and Apps Perhaps the easiest option for those that can get support for it is to get a smart meter directly from your energy supplier....

The only problem with GIFs is that not all of the social networks support this format and allow you to easily use GIFs on their site. In this article, you’ll learn how to post a GIF on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter and will never have to Google it again. How to Post a GIF on Facebook Before you post your GIF anywhere, you’ll need to create it. There are multiple ways to create a GIF....

The good news is that it’s not difficult to learn some core tips and tricks that will significantly improve your safety on the net. Get ready, because this is going to be a mega guide of practical advice that will help you use a computer and the internet without getting burned. Learning Good Cybersecurity Habits When we’re young, our parents teach us general rules for life meant to keep us safe....