Tag Archives: Windows Explorer

Keeping The Windows Vista User Folder Clean

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Aaron Parker

Because I’m a stickler for clean UI, I want to ensure users don’t see extra files or folders in their User folder on Windows Vista. I’m trying to avoid something similar to what you can see in the screenshot below, … Continue reading →

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Disk Usage Display Improvement In Windows Vista

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Aaron Parker

I’ve stumbled across a nice usability improvement in Windows Vista that had escaped me until today – the display of free disk space. Of course this feature has been in Windows Explorer since Windows 95, but the improvement in Windows … Continue reading →

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Set Default Formats for New Office Documents from Windows Explorer

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Aaron Parker

If you’re deploying Office 2007 and haven’t yet standardised on the new file formats, you’re probably already aware of how to set the default file formats via Group Policy, or using the Office Customization Tool to set the defaults before … Continue reading →

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