VirtualStore – A few more hidden files

Having not used Windows 7 much (and having skipped over Vista), I was rather surprised to discover that I was unable to locate files that were saved by a particular program. In this case, the program saved the files in its application folder, under %programfiles%. Now, having no clue about the virtualization in effect, I… Continue reading VirtualStore – A few more hidden files

Rebuild Icon Cache

Recently, after upgrading a program (FileZilla in this case), the program’s icon would not display on the desktop (Windows 7). Even deleting and recreating the shortcut resulted in a broken icon (although, the shortcut itself worked fine). No amount of refreshing the desktop made a difference. The quick fix was to rebuild the icon cache,… Continue reading Rebuild Icon Cache

Setting Windows’ Time Service’s Update Frequency

There are some instances when it is desirable to change the default interval between synchronizations by the Windows Time Service (i.e. NTP). For instance, I recently encountered a computer where the clock would run a few seconds fast each day (it was not a battery problem), for a quick fix, it was easy to simply have the… Continue reading Setting Windows’ Time Service’s Update Frequency