How do you access folder / file properties in Windows 8.1?

In earlier versions of Windows you would right click a file or a folder to access the properties via the drop-down menu.

But in Windows 8.1 (in my case Windows 8.1 Professional 64bit), a right click would just refresh the Windows Desktop and nothing happens). I believe this is not how it should be and here is a way to look at the folder / file properties.

In Windows 8.1 open the File Explorer as shown.

Click open the folder for which you want to review the properties. In this case Desktop for example.
The Window for Desktop opens with its own ribbon as shown.

Choose the folder or file (mysorian in this case) and access its properties via the Properties toolbar item.

It was so easy in earlier versions. I wish the earlier way of access is restored.


 

Can multiple versions of PowerShell exist on a computer?

Power Shell is one of the most powerful scripting languages to use if are working with Windows. Often you may want to know what version you have on your computer and you may also want to know whether multiple versions can exist side-by-side on a computer.

I purchased a Windows 8.0 laptop and a few days later it was upgraded to Windows 8.1. There have been many Windows Updates since I bought the computer and I am not sure if a version of PowerShell was installed. Also a few months later I installed SQL Server 2012 Developer Edition.
After looking through I discovered that I have two versions 2.0 and 4.0; and they can exist side-by-side.

In my previous post here, I mentioned that you can find the version of your PowerShell installation using the following commandlet.

PS C:\>$PSVersionTable.psversion

As you can see from this post that I had PowerShell Version 3.0 on my Windows 7 (x64) machine

http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2014/08/can-you-use-powershell-to-find.html

In Windows 8.1 using the same commandlet I find the following:
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PS C:\Users\Jayaram> $psversionTable.psversion
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
4      0      -1     -1
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However when invoked PS from SQL Server as mentioned in this post:
http://hodentekmsss.blogspot.com/2014/04/starting-power-shell-from-sql-server.html

I see that the version is 2.0
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PS SQLSERVER:\SQL\HODENTEK8\REGENCYPARK> $psversionTable.psversion
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
2      0      -1     -1
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This means that the versions 2.0 and 4.0 can exist side-by-side

May be you are interested in these as well:
http://hodentekmsss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-quick-note-on-writing-powershell_12.html
http://hodentekmsss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-quick-note-on-writing-powershell.html