Elegantwindows
Guides tagged “windows”. · 33 posts
Elegant File Explorer 2.5: what used to freeze doesn't freeze any more
The white window in the middle of a copy, the folder that takes a minute to open, and the \"done\" that hides a missing file. 2.5 is on the Microsoft Store — the most stable version yet.
Elegant Vault 2.0: the drive move that hands you a receipt
The new drive arrived, you dragged everything across, and the two size numbers don't match. 2.0 copies, reads the destination back off the device and hands you a receipt.
Move files to another drive — and know everything arrived
Dragging from one drive to another is easy; proving it all arrived is what nobody does. Why verification has to read off the device, and why releasing the source needs three proofs.
Adobe Acrobat alternative without the subscription
Merge, split, compress, protect: most PDF months never need a full editor on subscription. What a local one-time-purchase app covers — and what it doesn't.
Back up before formatting your PC — and prove it worked
Formatting erases the source: this is the one backup that cannot fail. Copy everything to an external drive, see what stayed out, verify byte by byte.
File History alternative you can actually verify
File History keeps versions — while it's running. The classic complaint is finding out months later that it stopped. The other route: a verified mirror.
Password-protect a PDF without Acrobat, on your PC
Contracts and medical records deserve better than an upload box. How to encrypt a PDF on your own PC with AES-256 — and remove the password later.
Back up files to an external hard drive on Windows
Copying folders to an external drive is easy; knowing the copy arrived whole is what nobody does. How to back up and check it file by file.