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Creating a Default File Opener If you have a un-registered file type and want to view it instead of having to select Open With. Use Explorer’s Right-click and add your program to the right-click options by: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\Shell 3. Right click on “Shell” and create …
Read More »Repairing Macromedia Shockwave
Repairing Macromedia Shockwave Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000 with Macromedia Shockwave version 8 or later only. When you start any of the Microsoft programs listed below, you may experience any of the following problems: The Welcome movie may not play. When you click Get …
Read More »Changing Default Folder Locations
Changing Default Folder Locations You can change or delete the Windows mandatory locations of folders such as My Documents. As an example, 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellFolders 3. Change the desired folder location 4. Open the Explorer and rename or create the folder you wish. To change the …
Read More »Device and Service Related Windows Registry Keys
Device and Service Related Windows Registry Keys Windows NT Devices and Services [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services] Subkeys contain devices and services! Stop “One or more devices failed to initialize” message at startup. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows] Disabled “NoPopupsOnBoot”=dword:00000000 Enabled “NoPopupsOnBoot”=dword:00000001 Changing startup mode of services [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services] Automatic “Start”=dword:00000002 Manual “Start”=dword:00000003 Disabled “Start”=dword:00000004 System Environment Variables [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session …
Read More »The Fix For Those Grayed Out Windows Boxes
The Fix For Those Grayed Out Windows Boxes The File Types tab in Explorer’s View / Options menu lets you edit most of your file types, but certain settings cannot be changed. The default action for a batch file, for instance, runs the batch file instead of opening it via …
Read More »Prevent the Screensaver from starting during a Defrag
Prevent the Screensaver from starting during a Defrag of the hard drive Running the Hard Disk Defragmenter periodically improves the performance of your computer, and as a matter of fact, if you leave your computer running most of the time, you can set the Defragmenter to run when your not …
Read More »Automatically Clear the Document Menu at Startup
Automatically Clear the Document Menu at Startup There is a registry entry you can make to handle the recent documents (last 15) that appear on the documents menu, however it is truly a dangerous hack if user incorrectly. An easier method is as follows: If you have an autoexec.bat file …
Read More »Changing the size of the Telnet Window
Changing the Telnet Window You can view more data if you increase the line count of Telnet. By Default it has a window size of 25 lines. To increase this so you can scroll back and look at a larger number on lines: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Telnet …
Read More »Open Windows Explorer from Within My Computer
Open Windows Explorer from within My Computer By default, when you click on the My Computer icon, you get a display of all your drives, the Control Panel etc. If you would like to have this open the Windows Explorer, then proceed as follows: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to …
Read More »Change Tip of the Day
Changing the Tips of the Day You can easily edit the Tips of the day in the Registry by clicking Start, Run and typing in REGEDIT and then click OK to open the registry editor. Then drill down to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Tips Now change the tips as necessary and then save the …
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