Why am I getting these mysterious network errors in my C# app? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2008 - 5 answers
Somehow my friend's "My Pictures" folder (Win XP) disappeared. All 4GB of it. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 10 answers
Is there a portable way to programmatically traverse a file tree in C or C++?. [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - 8 answers
windowsprogramming filter - I want a program running under Windows to be notified whenever a particular file(s) is/are modified. Need some keywords to help my searches about this facility. [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 5 answers 
Is there a utility (freeware or not) that will allow me to specify a directory in Windows XP and monitor that directory for any changes to files (access time, modified time, etc..)? [more inside]
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 7 answers
I have a bunch of files, in a nested directory structure. I'd like to collapse the directory structure and move all the files into one folder, preferably sorting them by file extension or name. How do I do this as quickly and easily as possible in WinXP? (Using Cygwin is OK if that's the only way to do it.) [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2007 - 7 answers
Problem with XP thumbnails sticking [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2007 - 2 answers
Is it possible for Windows 2000/XP (or more properly, an NTFS disk volume) to "collapse" under the weight of too many files? [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2007 - 12 answers
I used to have a little software application that would assess my hard drive and display a colorful pie graph of folders and subfolders, so that it was very easy to visually determine the location of the file bulk. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about? Bonus points for freeware.
posted on Aug 25, 2006 - 14 answers
How can I set Mac OS X so that it doesn't create .DS_Store, .Trashes, and ._* files on USB drives I work with? [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2006 - 9 answers
Save my itunes playcounts and ratings! Damnable windows has crashed! [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2006 - 6 answers
How can I access restricted files on a Windows partition? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2006 - 3 answers
I need to move thousands of files (01_preview.jpg, 02_preview.jpg, 03_preview.jpg, etc.) into matching (pre-existing) folders whose names are basically the same as the filenames (folder names are 01, 02, 03, etc.) I'm on a Windows box. Is this a good job for a .BAT file? Can you help me write such a .BAT file? (Online tutorials for batch files have not helped me so far.) [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2006 - 15 answers
I have several thousand html files that I need to edit, basically removing a block of text from each. Does anyone know a Windows app (preferably free) that will mass-edit a folder of files?
posted on Jan 8, 2005 - 12 answers
Is there any way to recover files saved under a temporary profile in Windows XP? (MI)
posted on Oct 21, 2004 - 5 answers
I need a search tool replacement for the built-in windows XP search, or suggestions for it. I have a lot of files on different drives in different directories (C:\AA F:\BB ...) and I when I want to find a specific file that I know is in one of those directories, I have to select and search each directory one at a time. (searching all folders on all drives would take too long.) Anyway to make this quicker?
posted on Oct 18, 2004 - 7 answers
The bell tolls for ME. Help this loser to upgrade from Windows ME to XP Pro. [4 questions inside...]
posted on May 2, 2004 - 13 answers
Any easy way to uncompress about 400 zip archives in a Windows XP directory? I thought I was smart but this problem has made me feel dumb.
posted on Jan 14, 2004 - 10 answers
How can one get at files "encrypted" by Windows XP when the installation that created them is no longer accessible?
posted on Dec 22, 2003 - 10 answers
