Reader Paul writes in with a useful tip: You can use the previously mentioned FileTypesMan utility to hide certain file types from showing up in the Recent Documents ...

A USB stick is small enough that a thief can walk away with one without you knowing until it is too late. In this situation, anger can quickly turn to horror if you use your USB stick to store ...

This week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced changes that will hopefully make it less stressful for a lot of Americans to file their taxes in 2020. In an addendum to the almost 20-year-old ...

Welcome to part two in a series about steganography, the art of hiding things in plain sight. We are practicing steganography because it can be a useful skill if you don't have access to encryption ...

Google is making it simpler to move sensitive files into Private Space, the built-in feature on Pixel devices for hiding apps and data. While the tool has always made it straightforward to add apps to ...

If you are searching for a safe encrypted file transfer system to provide a secure and discreet way to conceal personal data you may be interested in EnCloak HIDE created by a development team based ...

On Monday, the IRS released an addendum to its Free File program — the agreement with tax preparation companies intended to keep tax filing free — that now prohibits these companies from hiding the ...

Here is how to show or hide the file icon overlay on thumbnails in Windows 11 or Windows 10 computers. You can enable or disable file icons on thumbnails in Windows ...

There are plenty of good reasons you might want to hide some of your files or folders. Maybe you carry around a laptop and you just want to be extra safe. Maybe you share an account with others and ...