{"id":789,"date":"2011-03-16T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T12:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=789"},"modified":"2011-03-16T08:38:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T12:38:12","slug":"use-windows-vista-and-windows-7s-check-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/use-windows-vista-and-windows-7s-check-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Windows Vista and Windows 7’s Check Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/strong>\"UseThis tip is for Windows Vista and Windows 7 …
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\n<\/strong>You know how you have to hold down the CTRL key to select \t\t\tmultiple files in Windows? If you know what I mean, you also know \t\t\tthat if you don’t keep the CTRL key pressed down while selecting all \t\t\tthe files, and let go of the CTRL key, even for a second, you have \t\t\tto start all over again. That means re-selecting that long list of \t\t\tfiles you just spent 15 minutes selecting before you messed up.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, digiknow that Windows Vista and Windows 7 has a feature that \t\t\tlets you turn on checkboxes in the Windows Explorer interface so \t\t\tthat you can simply select files by checking the box? It’s true.<\/p>\n

Here’s how to turn on the checkboxes features in Windows Vista and \t\t\tWindows 7:<\/p>\n

1. Open Windows Explorer (Press the Windows key + E or click or open \t\t\tyour start menu and click “Computer”)<\/p>\n

2. Click on the Organize button at the top left of the Explorer \t\t\tinterface<\/p>\n

3. Select Folder and Search Options from the next menu and choose \t\t\tthe View tab<\/p>\n

4. Scroll down and you\u2019ll see the option \u201cUse check boxes to select \t\t\titems\u201c. Check that option and then click Ok.<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/p>\n

You should now see check boxes at the top-left of a folder whenever \t\t\tyou hover over it. There you go! A great way to select multiple, non-contiguous files in Windows Vista and Windows 7!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This tip is for Windows Vista and Windows 7 … You know how you have to hold down the CTRL key to select multiple files in Windows? If you know what I mean, you also know that if you don’t keep the CTRL key pressed down while selecting all the files, and let go of the CTRL key,\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[581,582,580,7,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789"}],"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=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":793,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}