A friend's computer just recently got updated with something for Windows XP. Since then a bunch of work files on a network drive have a shortcut icon next to them and had their extension (.MAT) ...

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File Explorer is the built-in file management application that comes with Windows. It is one of the most essential and used tools in Windows 11/10 that enables you to open, move, copy, rename, or ...

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Use a batch file to open the URL in IE, or if you want to get "creative", you can always create your own protocol like "iehttp:" as shown in the following. Then, edit the shortcut to use iehttp: ...