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Glossary of Terms - What Is DLL File (Dynamic Link Library) 1 year 28 weeks ago

DLL, short for Dynamic Link Library, is a type of file containing code and data that can be used by multiple programs at the same time. In Windows, many application files are not complete and executable and they are split into relatively independent dynamic link libraries, or DLL files. When executing a specific procedure, the corresponding DLL file will be called. An application can use multiple DLL files, and a DLL file may be also used by different applications.

10 Command Prompt Tricks that Every Windows Users Should Know 12 weeks 5 days ago

Many people are familiar with Command Prompt. But few of them know that a lot of things can be achieved via the Windows Command Prompt. Today, loads of cool Command Prompt tricks will be talked in this post of MiniTool. Check out this post now!
Command Prompt is a command line interpreter application available in most Windows operating systems such as OS/2, eComStation, Windows NT, Windows CE, and ReactOS operating systems. It is also known as CMD or cmd.exe. With Command Prompt, you can troubleshoot or solve all kinds of Windows issues via commands, such as hard drive errors, system file corruption and so on.

How to Use SDelete to Securely Delete Files? See the Guide! 3 weeks 6 days ago

You may choose to delete any file on a hard drive by Shift+Delete keyboard combination. But this way won't remove the data actually from the drive and Windows only removes the index for that file in the file system. The space that the file occupies is available again for write operations.

Once the space is overwritten partially or fully, the file is unrecoverable. However, you cannot know when that will happen; files that have been deleted months ago may be still available. Due to some reasons, this is bad. For example, you need to sell your PC or give it away but the new owner could use file recovery software to recover them, which leads to privacy leak.

To securely delete files permanently, Microsoft has a command-line utility – SDelete.

Four Ways to Help Users Format a Hard Drive Effectively 3 years 16 weeks ago

Hard disk formatting means to prepare a chosen partition on the drive to be used by deleting all data on it and setting up a file system for the partition. For Windows, the most commonly used file system is NTFS, but sometimes, FAT32 is also used. To formatting a hard drive in Windows, Disk Management utility is always the first choice. You can also format a drive using the diskpart command in Command Prompt.

How to Resize NTFS Partition without Data Damage 3 years 43 weeks ago

NTFS, an acronym for New Technology File System, is the standard file system applied by the Windows NT operating system in 1993. Being superior to the FAT file system in performance, extendibility, and reliability, NTFS is the primarily used file system in Microsoft’s Windows Server line as well as Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT operating systems.
Since NTFS is widely used in Windows, there is always a need to resize NTFS partition. Today we are going to discuss how to resize NTFS partition.

Get Help with File Explorer in Windows 10 (with Detailed Steps) 51 weeks 5 days ago

File Explorer, formerly known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager first appeared since Windows 95. It provides a graphical user interface and easy access to the management of files saved on the whole computer, such as the desktop, the library, the system partition, and even change their properties.

Almost all Windows users open File Explorer to manage their files. With this in mind, we feel there is a need to show you Windows 10 file explorer help.

How to Fix “Error Opening File for Writing” Windows 10/8/7 [Partition Magic] 4 weeks 4 days ago

When installing third-party software on a Windows PC, you may encounter the “error opening file for writing” error message and you will fail to install the program. What causes the error opening file for writing? How to fix? This post from MiniTool will show you effective solutions. The error opening file for writing is not an error for a specific program. It could occur when you install programs like Steam, VLC, Wireshark, CCleaner, BSPlayer, etc. on a Windows operating system. It can basically affect any third-party Windows application and prevent it from installing.