One of the best RSS feed readers out there is Google Reader. However one (very) longstanding complaint is that it has no ability to change the name of folders/tags. However there is a workaround, that being to "move" subscriptions from one tag to another. It’s sort of a long roundabout way of doing it, but it least it can be done.

Here’s how:

Above: I have two tags, that being Florida and keywords. These are two tags I custom made. I want to change keywords to tech keywords.

In Google Reader, I click Settings at the extreme top right.

On the next page I click the Subscriptions tab (in yellow-orange).

After that I type in keywords at the top right (where it says Filter by name, folder or URL).

All my subscriptions show up for that tag, like this:

On the first subscription, I click the Change folders… button and choose New Folder, title it tech keywords and click OK. The reason we do this is because the new tag must exist with at least one subscription in it before we move the others.

Now I see this for my first subscription:

Next to Select there is a link for All (in this case All 8 subscriptions since there are only 8). I click that to put a checkbox in all of them.

From the More Actions… drop-down menu I do two things:

1. Under Add to folder I choose tech keywords.
2. Under Remove from folder I choose keywords.

I click Back to Google Reader, and…

Success! I’ve "moved" all subscriptions from keywords to tech keywords.

The only thing left now is cleanup.

I click Settings, then the Folders and Tags tab, then delete the keywords tag as I’m not using it any longer.

And that’s it. Done deal.

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Sharing files and folders between computers is one of the most common applications for a network. You can share single files, folders, even whole drives (bad idea!) if you want to.

Sharing a folder is convenient because you simply have to tell Windows to share the folder rather than tell it to specifically share every file in that folder. Windows will automatically create a folder called “Shared Documents” which has been designated to be shared on your home network. To view this folder, launch the Windows® Explorer (Start / All Programs / Accessories / Windows Explorer) and then select My Computer. Your Shared Documents folder will be present. ANY FILE you place in this folder will be available on your home network to other participating computers.

You might not want to be limited to moving everything into “Shared Folders” in order to share it, however. So, you can tell Windows to share any folder you want on your hard drive. Before continuing, please note:

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