Dave Thomson asked about the folders Program Files and Program Files (x86). “Why are there two, and is there some advantage of using one over the other?” First, you shouldn’t pick one over the other.

Starting with Windows Vista, the 64-bit versions of Windows have two Program Files folders. The regular Program Files folder holds 64-bit applications, while "Program Files (x86)" is used for 32-bit ...

I'm running out of space on the old drive because of game installs and would like a larger disk for this use. Done a number of searches on this but I can't find a link that pertains to NOT moving from ...

I hope this is the right forum section, the software would go in technical mojo, but I think I am failing at the basics . I have a batch file that is setting up several folders and configuration files ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows, it will automatically open a default program that is configured to manage these types of files. It is common, though, want or need to use a different ...

Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows 8, Windows will automatically open that file using a program that has been associated with that file's extension. There may come a time, though, that you ...