Add Right-Click Menu to Open Any Folder on Windows

The context menu you gain by right-clicking the desktop is a powerful tool to open any kind of data and program. If you have a folder that you need to access regularly it might be a clever idea to simply pin it to that right-click menu to shorten the access time. To achieve that you ... Read more

8 Ways to Open the Command Prompt in Windows 10 and Windows 11

Windows Command Prompt

The Command Prompt is an extremely useful tool for the Windows operating system. Microsoft has kept this command line interpreter application in almost all Windows versions. It is officially known as Windows Command Processor and is also referred to as cmd.exe, cmd prompt and command shell. It is used just like MS-DOS, that is, the commands ... Read more

How to Create a Capture Image from a Boot Image in Windows Deployment Services Windows Server 2016

You can use capture image to create a reference image of a sysprepped Windows operating system, this task is also known as image capture or creating boot images to deploy them on your network. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to create a capture image from an existing boot image in Windows deployment ... Read more

Unpack Compressed Files with WinRar

When working with your computer, you have probably come across files in .zip or .rar format. These are so-called packed or compressed files. Their function is to store multiple files and/or folders in a single file and compress them so that they are easier to send and waste less space. Windows has a built-in function ... Read more

“No space left on device” error on empty drives

When you try to copy files from your hard drive to an external device such as an external hard drive or USB stick, you may get an error message saying that there is no free space left on your device, even though you just deleted everything to make room. This is most likely due to ... Read more

How to Call Functions in Powershell (Windows)

Functions in Powershell are called without any comma or parenthesis, although they are defined using them. The correct way to call a function with two variable parameters would be: test $local1 $local2 The wrong way is: test($local1, $local2) If you put parentheses around your parameters, your input is treated as an array and thus the ... Read more

Create a Self-signed SSL Certificate on Windows

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is used for encryption and decryption, processing of S/MIME signed or encrypted mails, generation of certificates, and more. To use it on Windows (32 and 64 bit versions), download the OpenSSL tools from code.google.com/p/openssl-for-windows/downloads/list. Uncompress it anywhere you like and start it by double-clicking the openssl.exe executable in the \bin folder. ... Read more