Web apps are an essential part of most people’s workflow, whether it’s writing an email in Gmail or editing a spreadsheet in Excel Online. It’s handy to have all your stuff in the cloud, for sure, but ...

You can pin applications and files to the Windows taskbar to allow you to access them quickly and easily. Pinning an application takes a few quick clicks while pinning a file is a more involved ...

August 12, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Click on the program's shortcut icon and hold down the mouse button as you drag it from the desktop or the Start ...

How do you keep the files and folders you need within easy reach when using Windows 7? By default, the Recent Documents folder is gone (though you can bring it back from the Start menu Properties ...

Back at the end of August, Microsoft released a new Beta version with code KB5041881 for Windows Insiders. This update included several interesting improvements and new features, but one flew under ...

I spent last night looking for a way to pin a specific file in Windows 7 to the taskbar, so that I could open my to do list/scribble pad with a Win+key shortcut. While I only used it to open a ...

Pinning the Google Chrome icon to your desktop taskbar will help you launch this browser quickly. Windows 8 includes an option to pin application icons and keep them visible on the taskbar even when ...

I was able to create a "Games" shortcut on my Win7 desktop and then pin that to the taskbar following a guide here and it works fine. I click the entry on my taskbar and the "Games" window opens. What ...

The desktop in the Windows 8 beta offers no Start button and a few shortcuts. How can you easily populate it with your favorite programs? Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...