Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Ralph Redan asked the Windows forum how to provide easy access to his favorite folders in File Open and Save As dialog boxes. All File Open and Save As dialog boxes have a list of favorite locations, ...

Finally, go to the Settings section and select Change high DPI settings button. This will open a new dialog where you have to mark the checkbox next to the Override high DPI scaling behavior. If ...

Sometimes, you discover the coolest Mac OS X tricks by accident. That happened recently to Hints reader philostein. And philostein’s accident is our gain. First, copy a file path to your Mac’s ...

Q: Here’s my problem. Whenever I open a Word document, I get this message: “The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open. Click OK, then close open dialog boxes to continue.” I don’t ...

Microsoft has reported that when right-clicking on apps such as 'Calculator' installed in Windows 10, a dialog box 'Choose how to open this file' is displayed instead of launching the app. Microsoft ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 apps will mistakenly display an "How do you want to open this file?" dialog box when attempting to right-click on the program's icon and perform a registered ...