The Folder Options setting Hide extensions for known file types turns on or off the display of file extension for all registered file types. To hide or show the extension for an individual or specific file type in Explorer, you can do it by adding the NeverShowExt (REG_SZ) registry value in the file type’s ProgID. Here are a couple of examples, which should work in all versions of Windows.Read more
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Error “The folder can’t be moved here” Moving Documents/Pictures, Caused by OneDrive
If you’ve OneDrive options set to save documents and pictures in OneDrive, instead of This PC, the shell folders Documents, Pictures, and its three sub-folders Saved Pictures, Camera Roll, and Screenshots, are redirected to the OneDrive folder.
With this setting on, the user can’t use the Location tab in the special folder properties to move them or restore the default location. In doing so, Access is denied — The folder can’t be moved here error would appear.
Fix Disk Defragmenter Error “Storage optimization cannot start”
When you start the Disk Defragmenter utility in Windows 8 or 10, the following error occurs and the Disk Defragmenter window doesn’t open.
Storage optimization cannot start because the task scheduler service is not running. Start the task scheduler service and try again.Read more
Windows 10/11 User Shell Folders Restore Default Paths
This post provides you with the list of User Shell Folders in Windows 10/11 and their default paths. If you’ve moved a shell folder earlier, you can restore it to the default location via the folder properties Location tab in most cases.
However, there are situations where the Location tab option can’t be used — i.e. when two special folders such as Music and Videos become merged and point to the same location. In that case, clicking Restore Default in the folder properties Location tab causes an error.
In such cases, resetting the respective shell folder path(s) in the registry is the only possible solution. This article provides the .reg files needed to revert to the default shell folder paths quickly and also includes the list of shell folders and their default path for your reference. This article applies to Windows 10 and Windows 11.
NOTE: Before proceeding, please stop OneDrive sync/backup option for the corresponding shell folder — e.g., Documents, Desktop, Pictures Folders.
How to Delete Windows.old folder [Previous versions of Windows]
Windows Operating System upgrades and version updates would leave plenty of files behind in the system drive. This is because Windows keeps the files from the previous versions of Windows in a separate folder in case the user wants to roll back the major update (or OS upgrade).Read more
How to Find Your Windows 10/11 Build Number, Version, Edition and Bitness
The Build Number, Version, “Bit”ness (32-bit or 64-bit) of your Windows installation can be determined using many ways, and here are some of the methods listed. Screenshots are from a Windows 10 PC, but most of the information applies to all versions of Windows, including Windows 11.Read more
Personalize Settings Says “Some settings are managed by your organization”
If the Personalize settings page show the red text message Some settings are managed by your organization at the top, it means that some of the settings in that particular page are locked down by an administrator in that computer, via Group Policy Editor or through the registry. For classic Control Panel items, you may see the message One or more of the settings on this page has been disabled by the system administrator if one or more Policies are set for that page.Read more
How to Schedule Microsoft Defender Scan in Windows 10/11
Microsoft Defender’s command-line utility MpCmdrun.exe is used for scheduling scans or updating the signatures using the command-line. This post tells you how to set up Microsoft Defender to scan the computer daily at a specified time using Task Scheduler and in Windows 10 or 11.Read more
Fix Cannot Unpin FTP Links from Quick access in Windows 10?
When you access an FTP site using File Explorer and Pin it to the Quick access section, the FTP site shortcut remains stuck and can’t be removed or unpinned. When right-clicking on the Pinned FTP link in the navigation pane the context menu doesn’t contain any options, except for an option named Expand, and that too dimmed out.Read more
How to Show Only Quick Access in the Navigation Pane in Windows 10
We saw how to remove Quick access and other Shell Folders from File Explorer in one of my previous articles. This post something similar. In this, I’ll tell you how to remove all Pinned items in the navigation pane except Quick access.Read more
