Traditionally the "File" menu in Mac applications has provided a way to access the commands that operate on the object that you are editing/viewing e.g. a text file or a picture file. For most ...

The first item on an application's menu bar in Windows and the third on the Mac. In Windows, the File menu always includes options to Print and Exit the program; however, Exit does not generally ...

Microsoft is improving Windows 11 with faster File Explorer, movable taskbar support, Start menu customization, and better driver recovery.

Sometimes you might receive an error while trying to change and save the contents of a Read-only text file and you never realize it until the text editor itself ...

The full right-click context menu in File Explorer can be restored in Windows 11 with a specific code and an unusual and slightly tricky hack of the Windows Registry File. While Microsoft’s primary ...

Greg Shultz explores the Ribbon toolbar in Windows 10’s File Explorer for recent Windows 7 and Windows XP users. If you skipped Windows 8.x and have just upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or ...

When last we met, we began exploring Mountain Lion’s Finder menus. We’ve polished off the Apple and Finder menus so let’s continue our march to the right in the menu bar. The File menu is where we ...

Hate the right-click menu in Windows? Microsoft just promised to let you tweak it - soon ...

There are quite a lot of file formats in this world which are supported by numerous devices. It is very usual to surround yourself in a situation where you need to convert one format to another. To do ...

A recent reader comment reminded me that just because a solution to a problem has existed for years doesn’t mean it’s well known. Randy Spydell asked, in essence, why the File menu has a Duplicate ...

The File menu in an application is used to open, save and close a document or image. It is also used to print the contents of the current open document or image, as well as to exit the program. To ...