The Windows system consists of thousands of files. Many of them have strange names, others have extensions that most users have never seen before. Normally you do not need to worry about these files.

Windows Update uses Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to generate diagnostic logs in Windows 11/10, and save them in the .etl file format. The reason why this has been done is that it reduces disk space ...

Windows 11's File Explorer can sometimes feel like slog to navigate through - here are five tips and tricks to make the program lighter on its feet.

Your Windows operating system and many third-party applications create hundreds of Temporary files on your system in one single day. Normally, these files do not cause any issue, but when they ...

How to use the new File Explorer features in Windows 11 22H2 Your email has been sent With the release of Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft has added several new quality-of-life features to the basic ...

You can–and should–protect your Windows computer with a strong and secure login password or other means of authentication. Perhaps there are specific folders and ...

You can back up and restore files with Windows’ built-in File History tool — but there are key limitations you should know. When Windows 8 made its public debut in October 2012, one of the new ...

On the Windows platform, the C++ language offers several ways to process a file. We'll look at four approaches for serial IO access. Reading and writing to a file is one of the most required features ...

After your computer applies a Windows patch, the patch file along with other files related to the installation are cached in the hidden system folder C:\Windows ...