Tag: Windows 7
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“copy as path” on the right-click menu in Windows Explorer
How many thousands of time have I copied the directory of a file onto the clipboard and then manually typed in the file name. Amazingly if you simply “shift” + “right click” on a file in Windows Explorer then the option “Copy as path” appears. It’s that simple. If you need further guidance look here.…
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Fix for Windows 7 “Save as” dialogue is very slow
For several months I have suffered from a very slow “save as” dialogue in many applications. It would often take 20 seconds to render. The opinion on the Internet seems to be that Windows 7 is looking for possibly non-existent shares on the local network. A diagnostic test that this behaviour is that the fault…
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Why you should put an SSD in your laptop
I have an elderly Dell Studio 1558 running Windows 7 and the boot time is 2 mins 28 s and the time to complete the login and start-up applications was 4 mins 30s. It is well-known that start-up time increase as a system gets older. This is due to the accumulation of bad registry keys, poor drivers,…
Dr James Bayley 