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4) Full Window Drag ( Without Plus! )
Start Regedit Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER /ControlPanel /Desktop /DragFullWindows On "DragFullWindows" properties change 0 to 1 5) Getting Screen Shots If you need to get a screen shot, and you do not have a screen capture program, try this: Hit the Print Screen key. This copies a bitmap of the full screen into the Windows clipboard. Start up a graphics editor and paste it in. Alt + Print Screen will capture only the active window. 6) Increasing the Size of the Scroll Bar How to adjust the width of the scroll bar: Select Properties Select the Appearance tab Go to the item list and find scrollbar. Increasing the value in the Size field will increase the scrollbar width. 7) Customizing Individual Folder Icons To change a folder's icon: Open Notepad and enter two lines, [.ShellClassInfo] IconFile=file name,number (e.g. IconFile=C:\Icon\CustomFolder.ico,0) Save the file as DESKTOP.INI in the folder you wish to change. Click Start -> Run, type in the command line, ATTRIB +S "folder name" (e.g. ATTRIB +S "C:\Custom Folder") Open Explorer or My Computer and refresh (press F5 key). This tip only work Windows 95/NT 4.0 + IE 4.0 with shell integration, or Windows 98/NT 5.0. 8) Creating a New E-Mail Shortcut To create a shortcut that will open your default e-mail program starting a new e-mail, Right click on an open area of the desktop Select New / Shortcut For the Command Line, enter mailto: For the title enter something like New E-Mail When you click on this your default e-mail program should start with a new e-mail form.
9) Creating 3D Window Effect
You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Colors Make sure the following setting are there: ButtonHilight=128 128 128 ButtonShadow=255 255 255
10) Creating Shutdown, Restart and Logoff Icons
To create the icons, create a shortcut on the desktop. For Shutdown, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows
For Restart, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec
For Logoff, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 0
11) Having your Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically
If your Start Menu Program or Favorites are not sorting alphabetically, it is easy to fix this: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/ CurrentVersion/Explorer/MenuOrder Under here is are Favorites and Start Menu folders In each there is a value called Order Simply delete (or rename this) and restart Winodws Your Favorites or Start Menus should now sort alphabetically
12) Increasing the Icon CacheRun Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer Create a new string called Max Cached Icons Give it a value of 10000 This will increase response time in windows and give the Shellicon cache file more elbow room.
To remove Recycle Bin from the desktop: Run REGEDIT. Find NAMESPACE key in left pane (HKEY_Local_Macine \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Explorer \ Desktop \ Namespace) Expand NAMESPACE (click '+' box) Delete the value RECYCLE BIN in right pane. |
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