It’s a nifty way around Windows’ habit of not letting you mess with an open file. This is a nice convenience–you can backup while you work, something that really wasn’t practical before VSS.

Being unable to open files as usual is one of the most frustrating tech problems you’re likely to encounter. But you shouldn’t give up and delete them right away.

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for ...

Click "File" then "Open." Browse to the location of your CorelDraw file and double-click it to open it with sK1. Edit the image using any of the tools in the menu bar.

When you double-click on a file in Windows, it will automatically open a default program that is configured to manage these types of files. It is common, though, want or need to use a different ...

If you don't regularly open files with administrator privileges, there's no need to add the "Run as Administrator" option to the file. Instead, hold "Ctrl-Shift" while clicking a program from the ...

To view file associations in Windows 10, open File Explorer and navigate to the folder that contains files of the file type you want to modify. Next, right-click on a file and select Properties ...

Visit the iCloud.com site and sign in with your username and password. In the Recents or Browse section, select Upload at the top. Browse for and select the Pages file, then choose Open. You’ll see ...

Find the rar file you want to open in your files. Tap the file to open it, entering its password if there is one. You can look at a rar file's contents while they're still compressed, ...

To open a file that’s too large even for Notepad++, consider using a text editor designed for big files, such as EmEditor or Large Text File Viewer.