Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, July 30, 2025: This story, originally published on ...

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Backing up your Pragmata save file, or otherwise knowing where to find it, can be incredibly helpful for data preservation and restoration or potential troubleshooting. Thankfully, the save file isn’t ...

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Some Microsoft Outlook users have reported getting the Your Outlook data file cannot be configured error on their PC. This error occurs when trying to open Outlook ...

If you often use a computer for work, you've probably encountered some .csv files as part of your daily grind. On the surface, they may seem like a strange alternative to the far more well-known .xlsx ...

Files, a popular third-party file manager for Windows 10 and 11, received a big update to version 3.8. It adds alternate data streams and other improvements. Files 3.8 is now available for download.

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In Windows 11, you can create multiple partitions on a hard drive. If a hard drive partition has more free space and you want to create a separate partition from that, you can do so by shrinking the ...