Microsoft Tech Tips

Add Check Boxes In Vista Windows Explorer For Selecting Multiple Folders and Files

Up until the release of Windows Vista, when selecting multiple files and folders in previous versions of Windows, you needed to use the Ctrl or Shift key to select individual or multiple files and folders. With Vista, you can add a check box column to folder views to select files and folders instead of using the keyboard.

By default when opening Windows Explorer from the Accessories Program group, the folder My Documents (Windows XP) or Documents Windows Vista opens. What if you wanted to have the icon open to a different folder? You can always navigate to the folder after Windows Explorer opens, or you just click on a number of other icons scattered around the desktop or Start menu.

Windows provides several methods to view processes remotely on another computer. Terminal Server is one way or you can use the command line utility pslist from Microsoft Sysinternals site. While both options are good alternatives, Windows XP and Vista provides a built in utility for viewing and killing process on remote Computers using Tasklist and Taskkill commands.