Adding undo to File Explorer

Have you ever had that ghastly sinking feeling when you have gone to rename one file and realised that you have inadvertently selected every...

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Using VLookup in Excel

Do you have related data which you have to regularly - and manually - add to a marking sheet? I use Excel to mark, and need both the student...

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Deleting all document comments in Word

I have written about this before ( here ), but I had a student stuck with how to delete all comments from a draft recently. So I created som...

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Getting a password out of Outlook

I recently helped someone get their password out of Outlook on their PC. They had just upgraded to a smartphone, and wanted to be able to an...

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Windows spotlight image local location

I recently posted about the location of Windows spotlight images, formerly known as the Windows splash screen images, have always been hard ...

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Windows spotlight image global location

The Windows spotlight images, formerly known as the Windows splash screen images, have always been hard to 'locate'. Despite multipl...

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Problem with uploads

For the last two weeks I have been having problems with uploading files to the cloud on my Windows 10 PC. Where once I would upload a studen...

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Deleting Word comments

I learned something new recently: that there is a way to delete all the comments in a Word document, with just a few key strokes. All we nee...

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A tricky mouse

I work with three screens on my PC (although I secretly lust after four - or a super-wide curved screen!). Late last year I had a problem as...

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Seeing the file tree in File Explorer

After a recent Microsoft upgrade, I lost my File Explorer view, showing the file tree. Grr: as usual, an upgrade overwrites our own preferen...

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How to save xesc files to mp4 using VLC player

I use a screen capture tool called Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Screen Capture to record my screen when I am illustrating "how tos...

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Alt and X symbol shortcuts

If you use keyboard shortcuts like I do, then you may find the new Windows 10 following table of symbols and their corresponding short codes...

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Low volume on Lenovo Yoga

I noticed that my Lenovo Yoga volume was VERY quiet recently, when viewing a YouTube video. So I went and did all the usual things: checked ...

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Finding hidden Windows folders

For all of us who have been driven batty by: hidden Windows folders; by circuitous, arcane routes to installing software; or by hidden folde...

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Changing desktop icon size in Windows 10

OK, hands up all those who know how to change the icon size in Windows 10? I so fondly thought that I did, until I tried, and realised t...

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PC backups

Ah: repairs. We always need repairs. My 'new' PC fell over earlier this year, and - luckily - was repaired quickly by a friend wit...

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When Ctrl, Alt & Delete don't work

Every now and again something locks up on my PC, and, despite holding down the Ctrl, Alt and Delete keys, the Task Manager window does not...

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Speed up your Windows wallpaper slideshow

Some of us like to personalise our devices; some of us stay with the manufacturers start up. For those of us who like to personalise, Micr...

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Disappearing Jump Lists in Windows 10

If you don't know what 'jump lists' are, they are a right-click list of files linked from a programme pinned to your task bar ...

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