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OPTIMIZING DETAILS VIEW

If you use Windows Explorer in Details View, so that you can see file names along with their size, type, and date/time modified, then you know that sometimes these 4 columns are not wide enough to show all the relevant information. You can click and drag the column dividers at the top of the Explorer right pane so that more can be seen. But here is a quick keyboard shortcut to optimize the column widths so that as much as possible of the column contents will be seen: just press the Ctrl key and the Plus sign on your numeric keypad at the same time. (If your computer keyboard doesn't have a numeric keypad, then you're outta luck, sorry. You can't use the other plus sign.)