Pin a folder to the taskbar

How to Pin a folder to the taskbar

Pin a folder in the task-bar in just few clicks : 

The Windows taskbar allows you to pin programs that you use often for quick access. If you have pinned Windows Explorer, you can also pin shortcuts to folders on its icon. You can then open them with just two clicks.

1. First, make sure the Explorer is pinned by opening an Explorer window (this PC for example). Right click the explorer icon on the taskbar and click Pin this program to the taskbar. If the Unpin from taskbar command appears, do not do anything.
   
2. In Windows Explorer, open the parent folder of the folder that you want to pin. Click on the name of the folder to pin.
   
3. While holding down the button, drag it to the Explorer icon in the taskbar. Pinning to Windows Explorer appears. Release the mouse button.
   
4. The folder is pinned to the Explorer. Now, just right-click on the Explorer icon in the taskbar and then on the folder name to open it.
   
5. You can add as many folders as you want. To remove a folder, simply click on the small Upin from this list next to its name.
   

Find The Right Search Engine for your Desktop

Desktop search engines have suddenly proliferated as users try to organize their local and remote files. We review four of the latest.

The year 2004 seems to be the year of the desktop search engine. While desktop search programs date back at least as far as the late 1980s (when Lotus introduced Magellan), the category seems to have gone all but unnoticed until recently. Suddenly it's attracting a lot of attention.

In just the last few months, the previously tiny field of competitors has suddenly become crowded with at least four contenders, and is awaiting the arrival of several giants in the computer industry. Blinkx, Copernica, Google, and X1 are in the current crop of rivals. Waiting in the wings are companies like AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo, along with smaller ones like Scientific Software.

Desktop search engines typically index the hard drive (usually in the background), searching through word processing documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, PDFs, and other types of files, and making the information easily retrievable. Users can search words or phrases, and use Boolean operators. Many of the desktop search programs also include Web search capabilities, giving users the option of searching for files on either their own hard drives or the Internet at large. Some of the programs also let users re-visit Web pages they have accessed in the past, with the desktop search engines in effect serving as their Internet memory.

Desktop search tools provide powerful, yet sometimes jarring, effects. Users can unexpectedly find themselves and their co-workers staring at some long-forgotten, embarrassing piece of e-mail when they do a search for an almost totally unrelated item. Privacy and security concerns are sure to abound as many of these tools add Web functionality, leaving them prone to access from the outside.

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New extension of the Windows 7 and 8.1 support period for CPU Skylake

No need to migrate to Windows 10 if you have a PC with an Intel processor Skylake. Microsoft will offer updates until the death of Windows 7 or 8.1.

In January, Microsoft made a sensational announcement: from the Skylake generation, recent Intel processors require Windows 10. As of July 17, 2017, a PC running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 with a CPU Skylake should no longer receive that a handful of security update.
In March, Microsoft had declined this maturity of one year. Today, the publisher says have finally removed this ultimatum: PC Skylake continue to receive all security updates until the end of the extended support period for Windows 7 and 8.1 (ie 14 January 2020 to 7 and January 10, 2023 to 8.1).

modern processor = Windows 10
Microsoft has not completely abandoned its original idea though. Only PC Skylake sold by leading OEM and being part of a compatibility list receive updates. In addition, Microsoft maintains that only Windows 10 is fully compatible with Kaby Lake processors (Intel) or Bristol Ridge (AMD) from a functional point of view. Similarly, from Kaby Lake and Bristol Ridge, only Windows 10 will receive security updates.

Save a graphic chart in PDF format - Excel 2016

Excel lets you easily export any document to PDF format. If you wish to make a PDF from one graphic and not the entire spreadsheet, here's how.

1. In Excel, click on the graph you want to export.
2. Open the File tab and click Save As.
3. Click Browse.
4. Select the folder where to put your PDF, give it a name. Pull down the Type list and select PDF (* .pdf).
5. Click the Options button and check that the selected Graphic option is selected. Click OK and then click Save.
6. A PDF document containing only your graph is created.