We all know that it can be a pain finding a specific file you want to open in a sea of other files in Windows default open file or file upload dialogs, especially if it's mixed in with several other ...

Ralph Redan asked the Windows forum how to provide easy access to his favorite folders in File Open and Save As dialog boxes. All File Open and Save As dialog boxes have a list of favorite locations, ...

Here’s a simple trick you can use in OS X 10.5’s Open dialog box. Say you’ve decided to open a saved file in a given application. You press Command-O (or select File -> Open if you’re menu-inclined) ...

A few simple tweaks let you add the location of your choice to Open and Save dialog boxes in Vista and XP. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' ...

I often open AVS presets from a different directory than the default WinAMP directory, and it's bothersome to browse up and then open all those folders. On the side of the Open File dialog there are ...

Anyone know of a way on a win98 machine that I can create an icon that will prompt the user to open a file, and then open it in notepad?<BR><BR>I thought for sure there was a command line switch that ...

I’ve been doing this quite a bit lately, and didn’t even realize it was a new thing until I did it in front of a friend the other day, and she said, “Woah! I didn’t know you could do that!” So, ...

Learn how the search box works in Excel’s file open dialog to quickly find your files. Tips for faster and smarter navigation ...

If you cannot open the Excel file from its location, simply open any Excel file and click the File tab. Then, go to Open > Browse and select the file giving error ...