If you are to follow the various web / tech instructions published on VanRamblings, from time-to-time, it is critical that you have some fundamental understanding of your computer’s file management system.
Microsoft has built a file management programme into the Windows software, which they’ve called Windows Explorer. Although Windows Explorer is up to the task of ordering your files, allowing you both the opportunity to create storage folders and subfolders, as well as the ability to rename and reorder files as you may wish, in the course of your day-to-day computer file management activities, the effective use of Windows Explorer has proven to be quite difficult for many, as well as being pretty darn arcane in its overall effective usability.
There are great, FREE one-click alternatives to Windows Explorer out there, however, the best of which is Ontrack’s PowerDesk. Take note: all web / tech articles published on VanRamblings will assume that you have downloaded and installed PowerDesk. To do so, surf to this page. Fill out the form (you do not have to submit your real name and e-mail address). Click submit. Click OK, if the ‘Save it to disk’ radio button is highlighted, remembering to where you’ve downloaded PowerDesk. Click on the .exe setup file and PowerDesk will be installed onto your system.
Once PowerDesk is installed, a ‘shortcut’ will be placed on your desktop, as well as into your Start Bar menu, although the shortcut will be called My PowerDesk (you can change the shortcut name to PowerDesk simply by right-clicking on the shortcut, and renaming the file PowerDesk).
Over a period of time, this PowerDesk article will be updated, giving instruction as to how to use PowerDesk to best effect. For now, though, install PowerDesk, and in the coming days, as more web / tech articles are published on VanRamblings, your surfing life will be made that much easier, and your ability to download, install and implement programmes will be that much better facilitated, all with the use of Ontrack’s PowerDesk.
