Posting , but for windows 8 instead.  In Windows XP, Backspace (aka ←) key leads you to the parent folder, but in Windows 8 it just goes back in history. How do I make it work like in the old days?  The answer given from K.A (very complete &amp; simple btw, kudos to him) doesn't work on Windows 8. I get an error message saying      Error at line 1.      Line Text: ÿÞ#     Error: This line does not contain a recognized action.      The program will exit.   How can it be getting to work On Windows 8?
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In XP i used backshift for going one folder upwards. In Win7 they changed that to Alt+ArrowUp and backshift means now go back in folder history.  Is there some way to use good old backshift for going upwards?  I don't need the back functionality..
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How can I copy the path to a folder or a file? The Info Dialog doesn't allow me to copy the information that stands there ...    Is there an easy way to do this?
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I have this problem on two of my new laptops and can't seem to find a decent workable solution elsewhere in forum land. The problem is that on my Windows 7 Professional machines the right mouse button doesn't show the New Folder option and elsewhere as well (via Explorer) I'm unable to create new folders.   I'll be happy to get this tiny problem resolved and declare that Windows 7 is almost perfect! Thanks to all of you in advance for your contribution!  PS: None of the Vista solutions seem to work here!      Tried NewFolderFix.reg, didn't work - "Not all data was succesfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes."  Converted FolderFix.reg to .inf file and that worked.  Don't recall the problem appearing after an update.  MS answer to the explore process hanging (KB 972685) was to install the latest Visual C++ Update (vcredist.exe).  Nope. That didn't help either.  I haven't touched Silverlight since installation when Windows 7 hit the shelves. I tortured the RC installation before that, and never had problems there either.    UPDATE-  Logged back into Administrator account, still missing from there. Spent a bit more time looking instead of just fixing. Just yto make sure, logged back into my user account - still OK there.  Turns out the entries in HKCR\CLSID were the culprit here. Reg file wouldn't take again (as above) but inf file fixed it. This key was unable to be entered from regfile, or altered or deleted in Regedit (Permissions).   Don't quite understand why a common key in HKCR needed to be entered separately for each user.   Here is the file I used to fix it. Just copy into notepad, save as newfolderfix.inf, rt-click and select Install  ================================================================  [Version]  Signature=$Windows NT$  [DefaultInstall]  AddReg     =REGEntries.AddReg  [REGEntries.AddReg]  HKCR,"%String0%",,0x0,"CLSID_ExecuteFolder"  HKCR,"%String0%\InProcServer32",,0x0,"ExplorerFrame.dll"  HKCR,"%String0%\InProcServer32","ThreadingModel",0x0,"Apartment"   [Strings]  String0 = "CLSID\{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}"  =============================================================   Thanks to others who helped point me in the right direction.
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I use spaces for having multiple desktops, but often need to move a program from one space to another.  I am aware of the various ways to do that with a mouse:   Click-and-hold on the title bar of window and drag to edge F8 to show all Spaces and drag to desired location Click-and-hold on the title bar, and use Ctrl+# or Ctrl+Scroll Arrow   But have not been able to find a keyboard-only method. I use Linux for one of my primary workstations which has this ability and I would LOVE to use it with OSX as well.
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I'm on 12.04 Desktop.  When browsing the file system, it's convenient to type Ctrl+L so as to get the file path "Location" to render as a string; I can then modify the file path or even paste something in and get redirected right where I want to go.  But often, after typing Ctrl+L, I find myself wanting to revert back to the normal way Nautilus renders the file path (as a series of buttons/links). What's the magical shortcut to "undo" Ctrl+L and go back to "normal mode"? Thanks in advance!
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OS X has this really nice feature when you have 3+ keyboard input sources (languages) and press Cmd + Space you switch between only two of them.  If you want to switch to another (third) language you just hold Cmd and press Space to choose from the list of input sources available.  How can I have similar functionality on Windows 10? I have 3 input sources and looping through them to get to the one I need is really annoying.
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I saw so many hidden folders when I pressed Ctrl+H in my home folder ! their names are starting with a dot (.) ! like .themes , .config and etc.. Can I please get to know what can I do with those folders ? Or should I delete those ?
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My problem is that, I can not give name of my folder or file with special characters like \ / : * ? " &lt; > | in windows based O.S. This is very important for me, that giving name of file/folder which contain this type of characters.  I already search and refer so many site,for this problems but all are hopeless. I also read Microsoft support page, they suggest use other characters. This is its link,    I already try Alt button + ASCII code number of this type of special characters, from numpad key, just example rename file/folder and press Alt+60 (for &lt; characters) Still it giving message that, A filename cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " &lt; > |   Suggest me suitable solution so that I can give name of my file/folder with this type of special characters.
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Just out of curiousity.. Why are the line endings different for Windows and Unix.  I was looking around for the answer but not found.
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How can I open a command prompt in current folder with a keyboard shortcut in Windows 7? Is there any way to implement this? I think Autohotkey could do this, but don't know how.
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If I've got a file (or files) selected in Windows Explorer, the only way I've found to "unselect" them is click with the mouse on some empty space.  I thought Esc would do this, but it doesn't. Also changing focus with Tab or Shift + Tab doesn't work; the file(s) are still selected even if focus goes to the address bar for instance.  Does anyone know of a keyboard shortcut to do this?
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The Start Menu in Windows 10 is not working anymore.  I click, and simply nothing happens.  I could use Cortana, build 9926, but when I click on the Cortana search bar, nothing happens again.  Do you know a trick to restore the menu?  Is it something to uninstall or to install to have again the menu working?  It's not fun to navigate into Explorer every time I need to launch software!
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Is there a default keyboard shortcut to start a new Finder window? If not, is there a way to assign one?  I tried System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts and created a new item for Finder, and assigned shift-command ⌘-F, among other things, but nothing worked.
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Removed it from System Preferences &gt; Keyboard. No go. Remapped ⌘ Cmd to be Ctrl. No go. Ripping out the ⌘ Cmd key shouldn't be the solution. Anyone?...
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Since my first Windows 98 (and even now on Win7), I could enter the first 6 letters (symbols) of a folder's name and add ~1 after it (when there was just one folder with those six letters in current directory), and it would work as the full name of it. And it appears that if there are more than one folder with the same six first symbols in its name, I can use FOLDER~2 and so on, and it will open the corresponding folder, as if I entered its full name. Like c:\progra~1 will open C:\Program Files and c:\progra~2 will open C:\Program Files (x86) on win7 64 bit.  How does this work?
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When I press Ctrl+Backspace, sometimes a small square is inserted, instead of the entire word being erased. The problem only happens in some text boxes; in others the shortcut works like it should.  Start menu search box: works  Notepad: doesn’t work   Notepad2: works  Firefox: works   I’m running Windows 7 x64.
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Sometimes we can't select the text to copy &amp; paste, such as dialog boxes.  Sometimes it's just not practical, such as 100 files inside a folder.  Is there any practical and simple way to capture those text from the system into a text file?  I'd wish to know both in OS X and Windows. Maybe it just can't be done today...