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Let’s Put “Copy to / Move to” Back on Your Right-click Menu
Windows 10 (all versions)

Note! This tip is for Windows 10, but can be used for Windows 7 and Windows 8x too!

As most of us Windows 10 users know by now, there are two major Windows 10 updates every year. And sometimes little tweaks we add to our computers to make them more to our liking, often vanish after a major Windows 10 update.

Most of you have, or will be getting Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. If you’re like us, and you had “Copy to” and “Move to” on your Windows right-click menu, the Fall Creators Update will remove it.

So, we think this tip will come in very handy for all of you who really like (or would like) having the convenience of right-clicking on any file or folder and having the option to copy or move the file or folder to another location without a lot of fuss.

For instance, if you have ever wanted to move a file or folder from, let’s say, your C:\ drive to a flash drive or external drive, You could open up two Windows Explorer windows and drag and drop the folder or the file, but this is a lot of unnecessary rigmarole. Or you could also copy it from one location and paste in another location, but why make it difficult?

Before we tell you how to put it back, we’re going to tell you why it’s gone. The brains at Microsoft removed “Copy to” “Move to” from the Windows right-click menu with the introduction of Windows Vista. Wouldn’t it just have been easier for the Windows brain trust to have left “Copy to” “Move to” on the right-click menu in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10? Indeed it would have been a piece of cake, but it typical Microsoft fashion. logic does not play a large role in decision making. So “Copy to / Move to” vanished from the right-click menu. And why? We don’t know why… Bill and company will not answer our calls!

OK! Are you ready? Let’s put Copy to / Move To back on your right-click menu

Click on this link and save it to your computer. Unzip the file you just downloaded and either right-click on one of the two files inside the zip then choose “Merge”- or double-click on one of the 2 files in the zip. You’ll get a warning that you’re about to enter information into the registry. You can either trust us and allow the registry info to be entered and you’ll have “Move to” or “Copy to” items on your right-click menu (depending on which file you chose). After you’re done with the first file, do the same with the second file. After you’ve finished you’ll have “Copy to” and “Move to” displayed on your right-click menu whenever you right-click on a file or folder. You’ll find it is a lot easier copying and moving files with this nifty right-click enhancement.

If you want you can copy or move multiple files by holding down the CTRL key while you select each file you want to move, when all files you want to move or copy to another location are highlighted, right-click one of the selected files and choose “Copy to” or “Move to” from the right-click menu.


What’s Your Up Time?
Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (all versions)

How long has your computer been running since you last restarted it? We leave our computers running 24/7. If you asked us how long it’s been since we last restarted our PCs, we couldn’t tell you without looking at our up time. If you’re like us, you probably don’t know how long it’s been since you rebooted either.

So, how long has your computer been running since the last boot?  If you want to know how long your computer has been running since the last time you started or restarted your PC (your PC’s “up time” ), there are many ways you can find out.  We’re going to show you two ways. The first way, not only shows you how long it’s been since you last started or restarted your computer, it also shows when your current version of Windows was installed. If you’re using Windows 10, you’ll see the date of the last major (version) update.

Open a Command Prompt.

On Windows 7, type CMD in the start menu search, click on CMD when it appears at the top of the search results. On Windows 8.x, press Windows Key+S and type CMD into the search box and click on Command Prompt when it appears in the search results. In Windows 10, type CMD in the taskbar search (Cortana) and click on Command Prompt when it appears at the top.

In the Command Prompt, at the prompt, type

systeminfo

And press Enter.



You’ll see the last time you booted or rebooted your computer. As you can see, mine was last restarted on 3/23/2018 at 12:30 PM. I've not restarted my PC in over 5 days. Also note that above it you’ll see “Original Install Date”. I’m using Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) and 10/22/2017 was the date I installed the Fall Creators Update on this PC. It was not the date that Windows was originally installed on this computer.

If you’re using Windows 10, another way to see how long your computer has been running since the last reboot is to use good old Task Manager. And no matter what version of Windows you’re using, you can open Task Manager by using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.  So, open Task Manager and then click on the “Performance” tab, then click on “CPU” and look near the bottom:



You’ll see under “Up time”, it has been 5 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes and 53 seconds since I last restarted my computer

So… what’s your up time, we asks ya?



How to Repair Microsoft Office Programs
Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (all versions)

If you have Microsoft Office installed and one or more of your Office programs are not working correctly, you can (sometimes) easily fix MS Office by using the built-in repair feature.

Here’s how:

Open Control Panel > Programs and Features > Uninstall a Program. If you’re using Windows 10 version 1703 (Creators Update) or 1709 (Fall Creators Update), Control Panel isn’t easy to find. The fastest way to open Control Panel in those versions of Windows 10 is type Control in the taskbar search and press Enter. 

Find Microsoft Office in the list of programs. Right click it. Instead of choosing Uninstall, you’ll have another option. That option is “Change”. Click on Change:

When you click on Change, you’ll see your repair options. Note: Yours may look very different than mine since you’re using an older version of Office.

Click on “Repair”.

This should fix any minor problems with your MS Office programs. If Quick Repair doesn’t work, try the Online Repair. It can take a long time to complete. Only run the Online Repair if Quick Repair doesn’t fix your problems. Always run Quick Repair first.

How to Backup Your Google Accounts Including Gmail
Everyone with a Google account and using Windows

We thought it would be a really good idea to feature this tip again. Just recently we heard from a person who lost all her mail messages in Gmail. While Google is working to get them back for her, it's always best to be proactive and takes steps to make sure you have all your data on your Google account (especially things such as stored data on Google drive and mail messages and your contacts in Gmail) backed up.

Google has your data backed up in several locations – in modern, environmentally-controlled data centers with security as tight as Fort Knox. If you’re not from the USA, Fort Knox makes gelatin – Knox Gelatin. I’m just kidding. And the chances that Google will ever lose your data are as slim as the Cleveland Browns winning the Super Bowl. But as we recently found out, nothing is 100% certain when you're dealing with computers, servers and / or big companies.

But despite the fact we are 99% certain that Google is not going to lose your data, obviously it can and does happen. We think that it’s prudent to backup important data to an external drive. If the sun has 1800-style solar flares and they knock out all electronics and the internet, you can access all your email – not that you’ll need it, since you won’t have power to run your computer unless you have a generator.

Yes, we are running on and on because we don’t want to strike fear into your hearts. We just want to show you how to back up all your Gmail and other data you store on Google services. We think it's wise for you to do this. The choice, of course, is yours.

It's very easy to backup your Google account on your local computer. Here's how:

First make sure you’re logged into the Gmail or Google Account you want to back up. Then visit the following page to access Google Takeout:

https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout

That link takes your right to the page where you can choose your Google data







Above: Slide the switches to select the Google Data you want to include in your backup archive and then click “Next”.

(Below): After you click “Next”, you’ll be given an opportunity to select the file type of your data backup (we strongly suggest you leave it set to .zip format. Zip files can be opened on almost any computer. Then you can select how you want your data backup archive delivered. We suggest you download you select “Send download link via email”. That way you can save it to your local drive. Once you have it stored locally you can add it to One Drive, Dropbox or Google Drive later on.



Then click “Create archive”. Note it may take hours or days before receiving your backup – it all depends on how much data you have in your Gmail and Google Accounts.

If you choose to have the file sent to you by email… keep in mind that some mail providers have a limit on the size of attachment they permit. If your attachment is bigger than that limit, you may not receive your backup file by email. If you choose “Add to Drive” Google will place the backup in your Google account on Google Drive. You can easily download it to your computer from there. Or if you have Dropbox or OneDrive with enough available space, you can chose one of those options as well.

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Windows Font Size Changer

Easily Change Font Sizes in Windows 10 With Windows Font Size Changer

Beginning with Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) and continuing with Fall Creators Update (version 1709) Microsoft removed the settings that let you change the font size for title bars, menus, message boxes, tooltips, palette title, and icon text.

If you’re using a very high screen resolution, you may find yourself straining to read the text in message boxes, title bars, etc. after updating to the Creators Update or Fall Creators Update.

Prior to the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703), you could easily change font sizes in Display settings.



There are thousands of tips all over the web about editing the registry in order to bring back font size settings options in Windows 10 Creators Update. But editing the registry is not for everyone, plus it’s time consuming  — and if you make even a small mistake it can cause big problems.

Luckily for those of you who have updated to the Creators Update or Fall Creators Update and now find themselves with Windows display fonts that are uncomfortably small, there’s a very small (less than 50 KB) free program that makes it very easy to change the size of the fonts for title bars, menus, message boxes, tooltips, palette title, and icon text.

It’s called System Font Size Changer. All you have to do is download it and run it. It does not install. Just download, unzip and click the exe file to run it. Since it does not install, no worries about malicious stuff like PUPs, malware, bundles or other baddies.  And a really nice feature of System Font Size Changer is that when your first run it, the program will offer to save your current settings – and we suggest you take advantage of that… just in case.



If you want an easy way to change the system font size on Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) and Widows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709)? Then download System Font Size Changer from WinTools. It’s free and it will make your life easier.

And we have tested this on a pre-release version of Windows 10 Spring Creators Update and it works great. Keep in mind that the pre-release version of Spring Creators Update may not be the same as the final version that will be released to the public.

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Easter at Eleven

Raindrops, a yellow tulip, a white carnation and a new blazer.

I was eleven-years-old on that Easter Sunday – all those years ago. I remember it all so well. My mom had died the autumn previous and I felt rather alone in the world – although I shouldn’t have. My grandparents, as distraught as they were, became, in many ways, my parents.

I suppose, looking back, I can now label my grandparents as traditionalists. They had deeply entrenched traditional values and they practice them and held them up to high importance. Back then I didn’t label them anything – they were my grandparents – they were the lighthouses that guided me though a dark and stormy time in my childhood.

Because my grandparents held traditions in high regard, Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday were very special occasions. And so they were to me when I was a child. I can remember going to church on Palm Sunday and each person upon entering the church was given palm fronds. And if I close my eyes, I can smell the Easter Lilies and see the churchgoers waving their palm fronds. I can hear the congregation and the choir singing “The Old Rugged Cross”. I can remember singing along.

It seems like yesterday and it seems like a lifetime ago.

To my grandparents, especially my grandmother, Palm Sunday was almost as important as Easter Sunday. My Grandma regaled me with the Biblical story of Jesus entering Jerusalem riding on a donkey...

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What are toast notifications?

You shouldn't be surprised in this age of the cloud that those who are geeks are constantly coming up with terms to confuse non-geeks. While the term "toast" is not new - we all have toasters right? - it is now being used more because Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 have "toast notifications". If you drop the word "toast" you have the definition. Toast notifications are just notifications sent from apps or notifications pushed from the Web - for instance notifications that you have a severe weather alert in your area provided courtesy of a "toast" notification from the Windows Weather app.

I think some geek used the word "toast" to mean a notification that pops up like toast from a toaster and it caught on.

Anyway... we are featuring toast notifications in Back to Basics today only because the term Toast notifications - which previously was more frequently associated with Apple and Android, have zoomed into Windows terminology too - and therefore into your computer life.

So you may see people using the term "Toast Notifications" in their attempt to make you think they are smarter than you are when it comes to computers. But of course, that's not new. College professors have done that to dumb college freshmen for years. I mean, I once wrote a term paper and the professor accused me of being a sesquipedalian. I had no idea what it meant, but I thought he was accusing me of being seventy-years-old. But he was not - he was accusing me of using big words just to sound smart. Actually he was the sesquipedalian - I was just catching up!

I digress. Here's an explanation of toast notifications from Microsoft TechNet, almost certainly a den of geeks. (we take the liberty of liberally paraphrasing the first paragraph - hence no quotes!)

Toast notifications allow apps to inform users about relevant information and timely events that they should see and take action upon inside an app, such as a new instant message, a new friend request, breaking news, or a calendar event. When the user “chases” the notification (by tapping or clicking on the toast to activate the app), the app should navigate the user to the page with the right context.

"Here is an example of the life-cycle of a standard toast notification that informs the user about a new incoming instant message from MyChatApp on Windows 10 Mobile:

MyChatApp server gets a new message from Michael to Sophie.
MyChatApp server creates a toast notification, and sends it to Sophie’s device with MyChatApp client, via Windows push service.
Sophie sees the toast notification pop up on her screen, and clicks on it.
MyChatApp launches on Sophie’s phone, and takes her directly to the conversation with Michael.
Sophie is now in the right context and is ready to take action – in this case, reply to Michael to confirm their dinner plan.
This toast notification has served its purpose, and thus ended its life-cycle (removed by the system when Sophie tapped on it in step 3 above)."

So, there you have it. It's just the geeks again - trying to add words to things to confuse all us non-geeks - to make us think we need geeks to tell us what is what with our computers.

Toast notifications are simply notifications that "pop up" to inform you or ask you to take some sort of action. Hey EB! The toast is done. Pass the orange marmalade!

 
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