You can take advantage of asynchrony to perform resource-intensive I/O operations sans the need to block the main or the executing thread of the application. Asynchrony when used properly can increase ...

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Windows File Explorer offers elementary functions, and to get things rather quickly is difficult. Most of the time is wasted navigating between folders and finding them. This calls the need for ...

If you regularly move files between folders, manage multiple drives, or manage complex directory structures, the default Windows File Explorer just isn't enough. It's because it doesn't support ...

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

How to develop command-line utilities in Rust. This article demonstrates how to perform basic file and file I/O operations in Rust, and also introduces Rust's ownership concept and the Cargo tool. If ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

Windows Explorer has always seemed like a part of a small car’s toolkit: perfectly usable, but limited to the basic functions. Over the years, Microsoft has repeatedly revised the software and added a ...