Most of the files that you delete are send to the Recycling bin. This helps you to recover files that you delete by mistake. On the other hand there are different files that are not send to the Recycling bin but are instantly deleted, so that you can not recover them from the Recycle bin.
If […]

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So, you have deleted a file that you would still need? It is not such a big problem as it looks like because there are several ways to recover your deleted file. Before we tell you how, let us tell you why you can do this.
The deleting process that is used by Windows and most […]

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If you see this file on your computer, you should not be worried. This is one of the files that Windows needs to run. It is one of the system files that you should have on your computer, and you should not delete it.
Normally it is located in the c:\windows\system32 or c:\winnt\system32 directory and can […]

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Database files are used to store different information about what files or information are you using on your computer. Most of them are hidden files, so you do not even see them when you browse through your directories with Windows Explorer, because they are hidden and not showed by Windows by default. You can change […]

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The PIF extension shows to a file, that means a “program information file”. A system file, that windows uses since it was created. It was meant to to store information on how to run programs. They are still used in the Windows that we use now, but the file is one of those witch you […]

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Private information, private photos, or just a present for your loved one in a word files, all these are files, that you need to protect on your computer, so that other people can not access them, or even see them.
The first problem here is that the operating system Windows XP does not have encryption software, […]

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Have you ever been looking around on your Windows XP computer and have found a mysterious little file called Thumbs.db? Chances are, you have. And there is an even larger chance that you do not know what this file does, if you need it or not, and how to remove it.
The purpose of this file […]

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If you would like to change the default program, that starts when you double click a file, you need to change the file associations.
The first step is to make Windows Explorer show you the extensions of files. The default setting in Windows is not showing the extensions, so you need to change that. Open the Windows explorer […]

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Renaming a batch of files can be done using a program that is specialised for that or you can just use a short command in DOS mode of your Windows. The code is not problematic, and you will be able to use it even if you are not familiar with the DOS environment.
You can get […]

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The win386.swp file is a system file that is used by the Windows environment for the virtual memory. This means, that it uses your hard drive as if it would be another memory in your system. Using this means, that your computer will run faster and better. Windows will write into this file data, that […]

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