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Now right-click on a folder and the new option of 'Command Prompt Here' should be available. 52. Easily Use Notepad to Open a File Enabling this setting will allow you to use Notepad to open a file by simply right clicking on the icon. Also the Notepad will be used to open the files by default if no association already exists. - Go to the key "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell", if it doesn't exist create it. - Under shell create a new key called open, and edit the string "(Default)" to read "Open With Notepad". - Under open create a new key called command, and edit the string "(Default)" to read "notepad.exe %1". Now when you right click on a file you should see "Open with Notepad" as one of the options. 53. Automatic Logon without Name or Password This setting allows Windows clients to logon without entering a user name or password, bypassing the logon box. - Using Regedit, open the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon - Create a new String Value, and name it 'Default Password'. - Modify the data of 'Default Password' to match the default users password. Reboot and the system should automatically logon. The default username can be found at [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon\Username] The password is stored in clear text, therefore anyone with access to the registry can see the default password! 54. Remove the 'Shortcut to...' Text on Shortcuts Don't like having 'Shortcut to...' appended to every Shortcut? You're not alone. With this tip you can stop Windows for adding this text when creating links. Open your registry and find the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer Create a new BINARY value name 'link', of modify the existing value, to equal '00 00 00 00' to have the Shortcut text disabled. This tweak can also be applied to the [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] key, to change all users. Restart your computer. 55. Remove various items from start menu Remove the Favorites Folder from the Start Menu Open your registry and find the key below. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'NoFavoritesMenu' and set the value to '1' to disable the Favorites folder. Exit you registry and restart for the change to take effect. Note: Create the same value under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive for the change to be system wide. For example, the setting may look like: NoFavoritesMenu 0x00000001 (1) Remove the Documents Folder from the Start Menu Open your registry and find the key below. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Create a new binary value, or modify the existing value called 'NoRecentDocsMenu' set the value to equal '1' to enable the restriction. Also create a new binary value, or modify the existing value called 'NoSMMDocs' set the value to equal '1' to enable the restriction. Also create new binary value or modify existing called 'NoRecentDocsHistory' - set the value to '1'. Exit registry, you may need to restart for the changes to take effect. For example, the setting may look like: NoRecentDocsHistory 0x00000001 (1) NoRecentDocsMenu 0x00000001 (1) NoSMMyDocs 0x00000001 (1) Remove the Help Option from the Start Menu Open your registry and find the key below. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoSMHelp' set the value to equal '1' to enable the restriction. Exit your registry, you may need to restart for the changes to take effect. For example, the setting may look like: (Default) (value not set) NoSMHelp 0x00000001 (1) 56. Stop PC Speaker Beeping on Errors If you get annoyed by the beeps and noises coming from your PC speaker but can't find a way to turn it off, then use this tip to disable it. Open your registry and find the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound] Locate the value 'Beep' if it doesn't already exist create it, by selecting Edit | New | String Value and naming the new value 'Beep'. Modify the value of 'Beep' to either 'Yes' beeping enabled, or 'No' beeping disabled. 57. Change the Location of Windows Installation Files If you have moved your installtation files etc and want to put in correct location here is where it is stored. Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]
Data: D:\WIN95 58. Clear Recent Documents When Windows Exits Open your registry and find the key. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'ClearRecentDocsOnExit' set the value to equal '1' to enable the tweak. For example, the setting may look like: (Default) (value not set) ClearRecentDocsOnExit 0x00000001 (1) 59. Remove Cached Command Lines from the Run Menu Got a lot of items in the Start Menu's run command history? This tip will allow you to remove any extraneous commands. Delete the value corresponding to the command you want to remove, or remove all the entries to clear the list completely. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU] 60. Tired of waiting for Windows to restart? Sometimes it can take ages to completely shutdown, then your have to wait for the PC to reset as well. Try this tip to speed up your computer's shutdown procedure. You can reduce the time it takes for Windows to restart by holding down the SHIFT key while you select 'Shutdown'. This will restart Windows only, and not your whole computer. This tip only works on Windows 9x and not Win ME. 61. Increase Cached Icons To reduce your hard drive thrashing and decrease potential delays you might experience when you right-click to bring up a context menu or a dialog box and to avoid a permanent refresh of your Desktop icons. If you desktop icons are redrawing too frequently, it could be because the icon cache is full. Try increasing the size by changing this setting. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, called "Max Cached Icons" and set it to "2000". Restart Windows for the change to take effect. The default value is 500, which means the maximum number of icons that are cached by the OS. You need to restart your machine after this change (sometime multiple times.) 62. Removing Programs listed in the Add/Remove Programs Box All Windows 9x or NT compatible programs must include an Uninstall program, sometimes though the program may get removed but entry in Add/Remove programs doesn't, from this key you can remove those orphaned entries. Using Regedit open the key below. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall] Under this key will be a number of sub-keys, each representing an installed application. To see which application each sub-key represents, open it and there should be at least two values 'DisplayName' and 'UninstallString'. 'DisplayName' is the name used in the Add/Remove programs list, and 'UninstallString' is the program used to uninstall the application. To remove a program from the list you can simple delete the sub-key representing that program. 63. Fix the fonts folder A font may seem to be installed correctly but does not appear in the Fonts folder because the Fonts key in the registry is missing or damaged. Move the contents of the Fonts folder to an empty folder. By opening the Fonts folder, select all the fonts, copy them, and paste them to a new folder. Open your registry and find the key below appropriate to your operating system. Highlight the key and press DELETE. Once the key has been deleted create a new key to replace it, by selecting Edit | New | Key and name the new key [Fonts]. Restart the computer, then re-install the fonts by opening the Control Panel, double-click on 'Fonts'. And from the File menu select 'Install New Fonts...' adding the fonts that were previously copied to the temporary directory. Windows 95 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fonts] Windows NT [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] 64. Backup ISP Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess in the registry. Click RemoteAccess to select it, then choose Registry, Export Registry File. When the Export Registry File dialog box appears, type a name and choose a location for your new file. Now click Save to save the file and close the dialog box. If you need to restore the settings, locate your ISP REG file and double-click its icon. This merges the file with the Registry and restores your original settings. 65. Disable Power Management (not recommended for everyone) If you encounter random system errors while trying to open a program, see a yellow exclamation sign next to one of these Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager items: "Advanced Power Management support", "Display adapters", "Modem", "Network adapters", "PCMCIA devices", "Universal Serial Bus controllers" etc, even if you know there are NO IRQ/COM port conflicts, are bothered by intermitent CRT display flicker upon "waking up" after being in "stand by"/"suspend" mode (which may in time wear off your monitor), get knocked out frequently from your otherwise functional Internet/modem/network hookup, experience (too) long delays when your monitor/hard disk(s) "wake up" after "hibernation" mode, you may want to turn off completely ALL your Windows 9x power management features (like I did).
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