{"id":16652,"date":"2019-04-28T11:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=16652"},"modified":"2019-04-28T11:23:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T15:23:37","slug":"windows-10-file-explorer-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windows-10-file-explorer-tips-and-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 File Explorer Tips and Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows 10 File Explorer Tips and Tricks<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

File Explorer is the default file browser in Windows 10. Prior to Windows 8, we all knew it as Windows Explorer. Most of us use File Explorer every day. Here are some tips and tricks that you can use with File Explorer that you may not already know.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s Hide the Ribbon<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you want File Explorer to look more like the old Windows Explorer, or if you want to see more files and folders in File Explorer, you can quickly hide (or show) the File Explorer Ribbon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Open the File Explorer and use the CTRL+F1 keyboard shortcut to show or hide the File Explorer ribbon. it’s just that easy!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAbove: Windows 10 File Explorer with the ribbon<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAbove: File Explorer without the ribbon.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Open Websites from File Explorer<\/h2>\n

Many people don’t know this, but you can use File Explorer to open a Website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Try it right now! Open the File Explorer, press Ctrl+F3 to go to directly to the address bar and type Google.com, then press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep in mind the site will open in your default browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rotate Pictures and Set Your Desktop Background With File Explorer<\/span><\/h2>\n

You don\u2019t need to open a picture file with your default image viewer or Photos app to rotate it. You can change a picture’s orientation right inside of the File Explorer. <\/span><\/p>\n

And,\u00a0 you can also set any photo as your Windows desktop background using Picture tools in the File Explorer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To rotate a picture, select it, click the Picture Tools tab. (Note:<\/strong> the Pictures Tools tab won\u2019t appear unless you have chosen a picture file.) <\/span><\/p>\n

You can rotate it right or left.\u00a0 You can also set any picture as your desktop background.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4 Ways to Close File Explorer<\/h2>\n

Almost everyone knows you can close File Explorer by clicking on the X in the top right corner. A a lot of people know to you can close File Explorer or any active window by using the Alt+F4 shortcut. But not too many people know you can also close File Explorer by double-clicking on the folder icon in at very left edge of the File Explorer title bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

And if you’ve changed your File Explorer to open This PC instead of Quick Access (you can learn how to do that here), you can close File Explorer by double-clicking on the computer icon at the far left of the title bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

And here’s a way to close File Explorer that very few people know. You can close File Explorer by using the Ctrl + w keyboar shortcut.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some File Explorer Shortcuts<\/h2>\n

Here are some less familiar shortcuts you can use in File Explorer<\/span><\/p>\n

Ctrl + Shift + N – create a new folder<\/span><\/p>\n

Ctrl + F3 –\u00a0 jump to the file path in the File Explorer address bar<\/span><\/p>\n

Alt + Enter\u00a0 – open file or folder properties<\/span><\/p>\n

Shift + Delete \u2013 permanently delete files<\/span><\/p>\n

Shift + F10 \u2013 open the context menu<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Windows 10 File Explorer Tips and Tricks File Explorer is the default file browser in Windows 10. Prior to Windows 8, we all knew it as Windows Explorer. Most of us use File Explorer every day. Here are some tips and tricks that you can use with File Explorer that you may not already know. Let’s Hide the\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3121,3120,1684,1754,1700,1727],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16653,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16652\/revisions\/16653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}