Ralph Redan asked the Windows forum how to provide easy access to his favorite folders in File Open and Save As dialog boxes. All File Open and Save As dialog boxes have a list of favorite locations, ...

March 31, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google When you save a file in Windows, you're greeted with a Windows Explorer-like box that asks you where you want the ...

Sometimes, you discover the coolest Mac OS X tricks by accident. That happened recently to Hints reader philostein. And philostein’s accident is our gain. First, copy a file path to your Mac’s ...

When ever I try to save a file in windows xp the order of the drive in my computer is sorted by 'free space' and the order of files on my desktop is sorted in some weird order I can't really determine ...

A recent reader comment reminded me that just because a solution to a problem has existed for years doesn’t mean it’s well known. Randy Spydell asked, in essence, why the File menu has a Duplicate ...

Figure 1. Click either button to reveal the appropriate file chooser For example, click the JFileChooser.showSaveDialog() Demo button to display the save file chooser. Figure 2 reveals the resulting ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...