CHAPTER 23 Handy File and Folder Tweaks

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Delete the Oldest Files in a Folder

• Rename Multiple Files in One Fell Swoop

• Open a Folder at the Command Prompt

• Fix Permission Problems by Taking Ownership of Your Files

File and folder chores are among the most common day-to-day activities in Windows, but they rarely pay the bills. To free up time for more productive pursuits, it helps to know your way around the file system. This chapter will help by showing a few tweaks that should speed up some file and folder chores and solve some file system problems. Don’t forget to also check out the next few chapters, too, which supply you with handy tweaks related to disk drives, searching, backups, and customizing the Windows file ...

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