One of the worst things when it comes to any operating system is when there are components of it that are broken and an easy solution is nowhere in sight. Not everyone has the skill level to be able to manually repair things like Winsock Catalogs, Internet Explorer, Windows Update or any of the other [...] Read more »

With Shell Commands a lot of newbies typically give them a blank stare not really understanding what they are.  Simply put they are shortcuts to items within the Windows operating system that may not have a static path.  By using a shell command you can let the OS bring you to the correct location with [...] Read more »

Shell commands are incredibly useful when creating shortcuts or quickly accessing hard to get to locations. They can be used to pin shortcuts to the Taskbar or just to make your life easier.  For those that are preceded by “Shell:” when using them in shortcuts you need to add “explorer.exe” in front of them.  It [...] Read more »

Shell commands can be extremely helpful to know when you want to create a shortcut to a specific folder in Windows. Windows 7 still supports the majority of Windows Vista shell commands as well as some new ones. Read more »

Everyone that has used Windows knows about the “send-to” option in the right click context menu. The purpose of this option is to allow a user to rapidly send an item to a common location such as the Desktop or email receipient. If you are a someone that actually uses this feature you will know that it would be much more helpful to have additional locations to send items to. Read more »