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dd click on the app then click on the clog(setting) then stroll down to sources and it shows you where your pics are

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Yep, it tells me the two main directories that it looks in - I know them. But to identify which subdirectory a specific picture is in is not possible as far as I can see.

(I have about 350 sub-directories containing 34,000 images)

dd click on the pic you want and open it then click on the 3 dots (see more) then press file info hope this helped you.

Excellent, tried that last night and it hardly gave any file info, now like you say it gives a whole load of stuff.

There's a few things extra seeming to popping up here and there, I think it must have been doing a lot of indexing in the background, I have a ridiculous number of files (close to 500,000) and drives were rattling away for the first few hours but are now quiet most of the time.

I'm going to have to get rid of gesturing when I can find the setting, every time I knock the mouse out the way to write something on paper, it minimises the window I'm looking at.

Clean windows 10 Install

If you want to perform a clean install on your PC, or if your PC doesn't have an operating system, you can use the DVD or USB. Here's how: Scroll down to the bottom.

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Its a little confusing how the activation will work on a clean install, i would hope it implies it will accept a windows 7 key.

Clean install is my preferred option.

do a hidden search on large files.
You may find the index file is +4gb.

In windows 7 you could move the storage of this index file to a 2nd drive.
Leaving more space on the os drive.

I don't think we still have the traditional search tool, might have to do a DOS or powershell type search and sort

Arghhhh - I found the command prompt yesterday and lost it again today .... found it right click on start button doh.

I just upgraded,only took around twenty minutes or so,I find it nice an easy to find my way around,I quite like it,no problems as yet.

My Netbook finally went through the upgrade.
I want to do a new post as on closer inspection its not quite right.

* My Internet Security Has Gone Completely. Antivirus + Firewall And replaced with microsoft's.
* 3 Devices are Now un known.
* And them Custom Settings on the Install to watch for.

I ran the pc checker prior to the upgrade.
I was advised only 1 program needed to uninstalled to be compatible. There was no warnings about my Internet Security Firewall + Antivirus being completely removed. So i want to dig further into why that's possible or happened.

If you can navigate to the device manager in windows 10 then check all your devices have loaded up correctly !!
Mine seems to borking just fine but. . . . Ive not tested everything.

And if you do the express install your allowing alot of data to go to microsoft and 3rd parties, but why hide them away.

If i get time later i will post up the failings ive found so you can be more informed and check your self.

I'm now rolling back to 7 lol.

Yep, zonealarm disappeared the same on my desktop but at least when it failed it switched on Microsoft defender.

dd here's a link for zonealarm window 10

the link

some help with windows 10

1. how to find command prompt (right click on the start button (bottom left looks like a window)

2. While this backup feature isn't new, you can now access a particular file's previous versions by right-clicking it, selecting Properties, and clicking the brand new Previous Versions tab. Super handy

3. you can now Snap up to 4 time this function that lets you quickly arrange apps side by side, with a new quadrant layout that lets you split your display up among up to four apps. There's also support for multiple virtual desktops (finally), so you can keep all your work apps in one place and quickly slide back to the desktop

4. To get Cortana working outside the US do the following:

First you will have to change 'Region and Language' settings. For this go to desktop control panel and select Clock, Language, and Region from the right hand side
Click on Region and change the following:

In the Format tab, set format as English (United States)
Set Home Location in the Location tab as United States
Finally, in the Administrative tab, set Current System Local to English (United States)

Also, set English (United States) as your primary display language to make the aforementioned changes work fine
In case you have not installed it yet, head over to Add a Language and choose it from the list and then set as primary
After you have made the changes, restart your PC. Once the system is up, you will find Cortana ready to assist you with information you are looking for

Also, you need to sign in using your Microsoft account. You can either use your keyboard or, microphone to interact with Cortana.

If you are a non-native speaker and not comfortable with pronunciation, you can change the settings accordingly. For this, go to Setting>> choose System>> Speech>> set Speech language as English (US)>> click the box saying Use speech pattern for non native speakers of this language.

Windows 10 had a major update starting 5/8/2015 (so big they were considering calling it SP1 but changed their minds at the last minute).

Since that update I have found two bugs that weren't there before hand.....

The desktop icon text shadows won't switch off after you've switched them on or chosen a theme with them on. A reboot fixed it, but they came back on when desktop refreshed, they seem to have stayed off since.

If you have adobe-flash and a java app running then shutdown, it sometimes closes processes in the wrong order and can crash, it does a recovery and switches back on (instead of off!).

Also found out you can use Windows 7/8 modifier commands in the search like size:gigantic etc

Just made the following topics

Windows 10 : How to Upgrade and Privacy Settings


Windows 10 : After the Update Check


Windows 10 : Roll it back