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Download Find your wallpaper file in Windows 10

Find your wallpaper file in Windows 10.

Using this script, you will be able to locate your desktop background image file in Windows 10.

How to install RSAT Tools on Windows 10 build 14257 and 14251

As you may already know, Fast Ring Insiders recently got a new build 14257 of Windows 10. However, Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) package was not updated for this version. When you try to install the latest available RSAT package, which was released for Threshold 2 (build 10586), it cannot proceed. Here is a workaround.

Microsoft has released Office 2016 Insider Preview build 16.0.6568.2016 with new black theme

Following Windows 10 build 14257, Microsoft has rolled out a new build of Microsoft Office Insider preview. Office 2016 Insider Preview build 16.0.6568.2016 comes with a number of improvements and features a dark theme for the user interface. Let's see what exactly this release offers to the user.

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14257 for Fast Ring Insiders

Microsoft has delivered a new Windows 10 build for participants of the Windows Insiders program. The new build, 14257, is part of the Redstone 1 branch. Here is what's changed and what is new in the released build.

Add a useful Internet Explorer icon to Windows 10 Desktop

In early versions of Windows, Internet Explorer had a special icon right on the Desktop. It was not just a shortcut, but an ActiveX object which provided access to various IE settings and features by right clicking it. For instance, you could open Internet Options directly from its context menu or start a private browsing session. Such an icon can still be added to the Desktop in Windows 10.

How to hide and unhide files quickly in Windows 10

Sometimes, it can be useful to hide some file or folder from the default view of File Explorer. Historically, Windows has had a number of ways to do it. These include classic console commands from the DOS era and the Properties dialog. Newer graphical tools come by default with Windows 10 to hide files. Let us see all the ways to hide files in this article.

Windows 10 has become a recommended update

We warned you in our previous articles that Windows 10 was going to become a recommended update for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. Microsoft previously announced that this would happen in early 2016 and now it has.

Add Run as administrator context menu item to MSI files

It is useful to have an open to run Windows Installer files (*.msi) as administrator. There are some desktop apps which have issues installing correctly when UAC is enabled. Also, when you install an MSI package in a limited user account, it requires an elevated command prompt and a number of additional actions. To avoid this, you can add a context menu command for MSI files to the File Explorer app which will allow you to run the selected MSI file as administrator. Here is how.

Download Msi files – run as administrator context menu command

Msi files - run as administrator context menu command.

This tweak will allow you to add "Run as administrator" to the context menu of MSI files.

How to export Internet Explorer bookmarks to an HTML file in Windows 10

If you have a bunch of bookmarks in the Internet Explorer browser, you might be interested in exporting them to an HTML file. This is extremely useful because you can have a backup of your bookmarks. Also, you can open that file later on some other PC or mobile device where Windows is not installed. You can also import the HTML file in another browser on the same PC or another device.