A Desktop.ini file is a hidden Windows operating system configuration settings file located in every folder, that determines how the folder is displayed along with its other Properties – like the icon ...

At startup, the Windows XP boot loader, NTLDR, reads the information stored to the boot.ini file to determine which operating systems the computer can boot from and uses this data to create a boot ...

The previous article in our Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) series explained how to use Bootstrap.ini, the file that controls access to the shared drive that stores the deployment repository. We ...

I'm writing an app where I'd like to have a .ini file in the same directory as the executable for the app to use. I'm trying to figure out how to (properly) do this inside the VS.NET IDE.<BR>If I add ...

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The File Explorer program, formerly known as Windows Explorer, has been a core element of the operating system for decades. Like most of the various portions of the OS, they have given it a noticeable ...

Have you ever tried to open a file in Windows 11, only for the completely wrong application to fire up and start loading it? That’s pretty frustrating, right? Well fortunately, there’s a cool little ...