Most Windows users are familiar with Program Files, but AppData and ProgramData play equally important roles. This guide explains how each folder works, which permissions they require, and why certain ...

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A while ago I saw someone espousing the virtues of c:\tools. This is a folder on your computer (and in your PATH) that contains all those handy (usually self-contained) executables that you either run ...

This can get annoying if you’re working on one program and want to minimize all the other windows — in previous versions of Windows you had to minimize them individually. With Windows 7’s “shake” ...