I suspect we have a language issue here: I think Lacustre wants to copy all files into a single folder. There may be an xcopy or robocopy way to do it, but I am not in a position to test that.

Note that harry’s last screen shot ‘appears’ to show the contents of his quick launch folder, although the contents in the rh pane don’t seem to match the folder (lh) pane.

I am on an iphone, so...

Why not just create a new local acct with no password?

1. I thought usb flash drives didn’t offer a recycle bin? Maybe just my os setting?
2. Why do you assume it is rec-bin slowing down deletion - it may be just the drive speed.
3 bitlocker may well...

With 50,000 folders (!) I would say the main risk is boredom leading to inattention. How will you move the folders? Drag and drop can lead easily to things disappearing when they get dropped in the...

I don’t understand why you think an sfc scan time would be a useful indicator- the two pcs may have quite different os setups and installed programs. You need to run a cpu benchmark program.

VMs: funny you should suggest that - just before going away I was experimenting with running DOS in a vm - because I wanted to test something in an old QB4.5 program, and QB can’t run on a 64 bit os....

I won’t actually be any help, as although I have re-installed the store after an over-aggressive clean, I am currently on holiday and browsing from an iPhone - but it can be done. AFAIR I had to...

That tutorial on finding images seems just to be list of ways to search for particular file extensions.

You do realise that pattern- matching image search is a far from trivial process? I have...

Paul: I didn’t think a clean install actually deleted (ie zeroed) all the data - but the MFT would be cleared, making recovery (of data not written over) tricky.

Try3: oh goody, something to do during quarantine! I have added a few icons to the ‘quick launch’ area (or whatever it is called - can’t see it here), but never tweaked the ribbon afaicr. But I...

Hi, thanks for the ‘thanks’! I just went through an absurd malarkey to be able to reply: I am on hols in Spain and using an iPhone, apparently could not recall my tenf pw, so had to create a new...