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Entries Tagged ‘Folder options’

Description of Thumbs.db and how to remove it

We must have seen this special file “thumbs.db” in our systems but do we know what is this and what is it doing in our system?

Thumbs.db is a small file mostly seen in folders or directories. This file is a cache of all the pictures and images in the directory (if present). Thumbs.db helps the [...]

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Double click on drive opens in new window

Are you screwed by the problem that when you Double click on some drive it opens in a new window? Then do not worry you can fix this problem manually in seconds.
First of all check if by mistake you haven’t ticked the option under General tab in Folder Options. If not it means that the [...]

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Remove and Clean Brontok Virus

Our dear systems are much prone to the virus attacks and the most common virus that has infected the most PCs is the worm Win32.Brontok.A@mm. Brontok virus can be most destructive and of course disables our Folder Option, Task Manager and Registry Editor.

If you want to know “How to enable Folder Option, Task Manager and [...]

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Enable the Registry Editor, Task Manager and Folder Options Disabled by Virus

Virus attack is common these days and we often come across the problems like Disabled Folder Options or like Task Manager and Regedit disabled by Administrator. These problems are nothing but virus activities. The virus has infected our system and stopping us from accessing these options.

Pressing keys Ctrl+Alt+Del opens up a dialog saying that “Task [...]

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Safest Way to remove any Virus

These days the count and the types of viruses have increased a lot and we often come across different kinds of them each day. While most people fear them, I just love them. Yes, you read it right, I have been handling different kinds of viruses for over a long time now and I don’t [...]

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Super Hide the Files and Folders

We often face several occasions when we want to keep our few important files private and in secret especially on the system that is shared by many users. The files may be important documents, files storing private data like passwords or some content that we do not want to share. This can be done in [...]

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