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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

How to add custom folders in This PC in Windows 8.1 or remove the defaults

With Windows 8.1, Microsoft has introduced a set of folders inside the This PC folder (Windows 8 had the Folders category hidden).
These folders are:

  • Desktop
  • Documents
  • Downloads
  • Music
  • Pictures
  • Videos

In other words, Microsoft just provided quick access to the main folders inside user profile. This is very convenient, because you have 1-click access to these folders when you open File Explorer using Win+E hotkey.

Besides, not every modern desktop app uses the newer Open File dialog with the navigation pane and Favorites. Many desktop apps still use the older Open dialog, which has Recent places and opens in the Computer/This PC location by default. Folders inside This PC are especially useful for that older dialog.

You may want to customize the folders shown in This PC, e.g. remove some built-in folders and add one or more custom folders. I would like to share an exclusive tutorial which will show how to add custom folders to This PC in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8, or remove any any of those folders.

How to add folders to Computer in Windows 7 to make it similar to Windows 8

If you like how the This PC Folder looks in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 with shortcuts to useful folders 1-click away, and would like to add the same folders to the Computer folder in Windows 7, here is great news - in this tutorial we will learn:

  • how to add folders in Computer to make it look similar to Windows 8,
  • how to add a custom folder to Computer in Windows 7,
  • how to add shell locations to Computer in Windows 7,
  • how to pin added locations to the navigation pane of Explorer in Windows 7.

Let's see how you can perform all these customizations.

How to create a shortcut for Share preferences in Windows 8.1

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a shortcut which opens the Sharing preferences page of PC Settings. It can save your time and allow you to open those settings directly.
Sharing preferences will allow you to choose apps which can be used to share various data with other users. If you need to have quick access to this page, follow these simple instructions.

How to create a shortcut to open Search preferences in Windows 8.1

Search preferences is very handy settings page of Modern Control Panel in Windows 8.1. Using those preferences, you are able:

  • Clear the search history
  • Turn the Bing search on or off
  • Tweak Bing's settings
  • Turn the Safe search option on or off
  • Change the search behavior when your connection is metered.

Here is yet another useful tip to save your time and improve the usability of Windows 8.1. We will learn how to create a shortcut to open Search preferences in Windows 8.1 directly with one click.

Default apps by file type in Windows 8.1 – create a shortcut

In this post I would like to share how to create a shortcut to open the "Choose default apps by file type" settings page directly in Windows 8.1. One the benefits of Windows 8.1 is the fact that it allows you to create such shortcuts for almost every parameter of the PC Settings application. Let's use this amazing ability to improve the usability of Windows 8.1.

How to move Computer above Libraries in the Navigation pane in Windows 7

In Windows 8.1, there are some changes to the Navigation pane of File Explorer. The Libraries icon has been moved below the 'This PC' icon. Many users consider this change as a useful one and have been emailing me asking how to move Libraries below the Computer icon in Windows 7.

This is extremely simple to do. In this article, you will learn all the required steps to move Computer above Libraries in the Navigation pane of Windows 7 Explorer.

Scanned Image Conversion via PDF Converter Elite 3

There are many PDF converters that offer basic conversion options, like converting native PDFs into MS Office documents or creating PDFs from these files. Only a small number of software provide an option to convert scanned images to editable formats, such as Word and Excel, and amongst them is the PDF Converter Elite 3.

Now, optical character recognition (OCR) conversion is a very sensitive operation that usually does not result in 100% accurate converted documents. Since image documents are scanned from printed or handwritten documents and the OCR software then needs to match the font with existing ones in its database, it’s not always possible to come up with an exact match. There are other elements in a scanned file that sometimes cannot be detected by the converter, like line breaks, footnotes and bulleted lists, but PCE 3 comes the closest to performing an accurate scanned image conversion.

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