This is part of Windows 8-Evolution of Windows Explorer
In this post we are going to see the screenshots of all other features of Windows Explorer
When you select any Drive in Computer (My Computer) The new Tab called Drive will appear and it’ll be highlighted with the colored Tab named as Disk Tools.
What are the Commands in Drive Tab, What do they do and How to Use it?
Auto Play: – It is also called as Auto Run, displays content such as pictures, music or video files, launches an appropriate application to play or display the content
Eject: – Ejects the CD/DVD Drive and even safely removes the removal USB media
The below image is an example for Auto Play, In Windows XP, Vista and Win 7 the Auto Play use to display in center now in Windows 8 it displays at bottom left sideClose Session:- The disc session is closed by default when you eject a disc that can be burned in multiple sessions (called multi-session capable discs, such as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, and BD-R discs), as well as for single-session capable discs (such as such DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, and BD-RE discs)
Erase The Disk: – If your computer is equipped with a CD/DVD recorder that supports CD/DVD rewritable (CD/DVD-RW) discs, you can erase and then reuse the rewritable disc
Bit Locker: – Helps Protect tour data form theft or by hack, It keeps everything from documents to passwords safer by encrypting your Hard Disk Drive USB storage devise such as Pen drive, USB External Hard Disk
Format: – If you insert a Re-Writable CD/DVD or USB Devise you can format the Pen-drive, CD/DVD and even External Hard-drive or internal drive
Cleanup: – Cleanup also Disk Clean Up, This tool deletes unnecessary or temporary files on your hard disk so you can increase the amount of storage space you have and even your system performance
Optimize: – It is Disk Defragmenter tool, this tool helps you to increase the performance of your computer, Disk Defragmenter consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer’s hard drive, so that each occupies a single, contiguous space on the volume As a result, your system can gain access to your files and folders and save new ones more efficiently. By consolidating your files and folders, Disk Defragmenter also consolidates the hard drive free space, making it less likely that new files will be fragmented
What are the Commands in Search, What do they do and How to Use it?
When you select the search box the new tab called Search will appear and it’ll be highlighted with toe colored tab named as Search Tools.
Computer: – If you select it you will be able to search your files and folders in all the drive of your computer
Current Folder: – The search commend will search for the files and folders in the current folder only
All Subfolders: – This commend will search for your files and folders in current folder and in the all subfolders
Date Modified: – If you remember last modified date of the file you will be able to search it by using this command and you can even search folder by if you know the creation date of the folder
Kind: – By using this command you can search file what kind of a file to be searched, you can searchCalendar, Communication, Contact, Document, E-Mail, Feed, Folder, Games, Instant Message Journal, Links, Movies, Music, Note, Picture, Playlist, Program, Recorded TV, Saved Search Task, Videos and Web History
Size: – If you know the approximate file size by using this command you will be able to search to files by sizes like Empty (0KB), Tiny (0-10KB), Small (10-100KB), Medium (100KB-1MB), Large (1-16MB), Huge (16-128MB), Gigantic (more than> 128MB)
Other Properties: – By using this command you can search by Folder Path, Tag, and Name
If you have tagged an image you can search in this option.
In windows Vista and win 7 the tag will appear below the explorer information barAdvanced Options: – In the command you can search in Partial Matches, Chang Indexing Location, In Windows Vista and Win 7 By default indexing was enabled in files contents, system files Zipped folders was not indexed, in Windows 8 this is optional you can enable or disable it, by enabling this feature your computer performance might slows down, But it is very use full when the indexing is full your computer will boost up again.
The below Image is an Example How Search in Non Indexed Location works
In a Search Box I have typed Tech Bit N Byte the search result was completed, the file found was Praveen.txt
Here Tech Bit N Byte is content in the Praveen.txt file, this is how the search will work
To enable this feature select Advanced Options check all the option below In non-indexed locations
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