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How To Speed Up Windows Using ReadyBoost And USB Drive? Does It Still Work?

M icrosoft first introduced the functionality to use a USB drive or SD card as a memory cache in Windows Vista in the form of a feature known as ReadyBoost. The feature was also inherited to Windows 7 and later versions, but with the ability to configure more than one USB drive for ReadyBoost. So, what is ReadyBoost in Windows? ReadyBoost is a feature that speeds up Windows by storing application files and data as cache in a USB drive. This disk caching is beneficial in case the system is running a slow hard drive. ReadyBoost works with USB drives, SD cards, and CF cards. However, it may not be able to deliver considerable performance in the case of newer hardware. So, if you’re stuck with an older hardware, you can speed up Windows using ReadyBoost and USB drive. How to speed up Windows 10 using ReadyBoost? As mentioned earlier, you can use a USB drive, SD card or a CF card to enhance the performance of your Windows 10 operating system. In the case of SD cards, pl
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How to Change Folder Icon or Folder Color in Windows

a. How to change folder icons in the standard Windows way

  1. First, you should select and right-click the folder
  2. Secondly, select Properties from the drop-down menu
  3. Thirdly, select Customize tab in the dialog
  4. Then click on Change Icon… button
  5. Select an icon from the suggested list
  6. And change the icon by clicking on OK and then Apply button
Hem. Six steps to change a folder icon are too many!
Hopefully, there is one small utility that can do the same in a very different manner than Windows, actually in ONE click, and users will have a better choice of options and icons. The utility is called Folder Marker  and it can be downloaded at
http://foldermarker.com/en/download/

b. How to change folder icons in the Folder Marker's way

  1. Select an icon from the right-click menu of a folder.
That's it! Only one step to change a folder icon! Isn't that cool or what? Using Folder Marker couldn't be simpler. The application's designers wanted to make the ability to change a folder icon or a folder color as painless as possible and they've done an outstanding job. With Folder Marker, you'll mark out folders with the same simplicity as you would copy or cut a folder by selecting this option from the right-click menu of the folder.

Folder Marker offers a great choice of image-coded and color-coded folder icons that can be used to categorize folders by different parameters. For example, you can mark out folders by:
  • priority (high, normal, low)
  • project completeness level (done, half-done, planned)
  • stage of development (one, two, three, four, etc.)
  • type of information stored in them (work, important, temp and private files)
  • status (approved/rejected/pending)
Folder Marker offers a great choice of image-coded and color-coded folder icons

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