How To clear the Customized Folder Settings
Step1
Click Start and then Click on Run. Type Regedit.exe in the Run Dialog Box.
Step2
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell registry sub-key. Delete the Bags and BagMRU sub-keys.
Step3
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam registry sub-key. Delete the Bags and BagMRU sub-keys.
Close the registry editor, then reboot the machine for the changes to take effect.
How To Search for Hidden or System Files
Step1
Click Start, click Search, click All files and folders, and then click More advanced options.
Step2
Click to select the Search system folders and Search hidden files and folders check boxes.
How To Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
Step1
Click Start, and then point to My Documents. Right-click My Documents, and then click Properties.
Under the Target folder location box, do one of the following
Type the path to the folder location that you want, for example "c:/jc/my document" and then click OK.
If the folder does not exist, the Create Message dialog box is displayed. Click Yes to create the folder, and then click OK.
or
Step 2
Click Move, click the folder in which to store your documents, and then click OK twice.
You can click on the Make New Folder if the folder doesn’t exist.
Click Ok.
How To add a Copy to Folder Option to the Context Menu
Step1
Click on Start and then Run. Type in Regedit.exe. Move and locate HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Step2
From the Edit menu select New – Key. Enter a name of 'Copy To' (don't type the quotes) and press Enter .
Step3
Double click the (Default) value. Set to
{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}. Click OK
You have to restart Explorer for the change to take effect.
How To change the Color used to display selected Files and Folders in a single-click View Mode
Step1
Click Start and then Run. Type in Regedit.exe
Step2
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors. Double-click Hot Tracking Color.
Step3
Change to the desired RGB value (e.g., 255 0 0 for red), and click OK. Close the registry editor. Log off and log on again for the change to take effect.
How To Activate the Filmstrip View for Folder
Step1
Right-click the folder and select Properties from the context menu. Select the Customize tab. Under "Use this folder type as a template", select either Photo Album or Pictures and click OK.
How To Add a "Print Directory" Feature for Folders in Windows XP
To complete this Task , you need to go through 3 process
First process
Create the Printdir.bat File
Step1
Open notepad, then click OK. Type in the following text into Notepad
@echo off
dir %1 /-p /ogn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing" exit
On the File menu, click Exit, and then click Yes to save the changes. In the Save As dialog box, type %windir%\Printdir.bat , and then click Save.
Second Process
Create a New Action for File Folders
Step1
Click Start, click Control Panel (or, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel), and then click Folder Options.
Step2
On the File Types tab, click File Folder. Click Advanced, and then click New.
Step3
In the Action box, type Print Directory Listing. In the Application used to perform action box, type printdir.bat, and then click OK.
Third Process
Step1
Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).Locate the Default value under the following key in the registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
Step2
Right Click on the default value. Type none in the Value data box, and then click OK. Quit Registry Editor.
How To Change the Default Action of File Type
Step1
Click Start, click Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options to open the Folder Options dialog box.
Step2
Click the File Types tab.
Step3
In the File Types list, click the file extension you want to modify.
Click the Advanced button to open the Edit File Type dialog box.
Step4
Click the command that you want to make the default command, and then click Set Default.
Click OK, then click Close.
How To Encrypt and Decrypt a file or folder
Step1
Open Windows Explorer. (Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.)
Step2
Right–click the file or folder that you want to encrypt, and then click Properties.
Step 3
On the General tab, click Advanced.
Step 4
Select the Encrypt contents to secure data check box.
To Decrypt a file or folder
Just simply Clear the Encrypt contents to secure data check box.
How To adjust the Proxy Setting in Windows Media Player
Step1
Start Windows Media Player. On the Tools menu, click Options.Click the Network tab.
Step2
In the Proxy Settings section, double-click the protocol that you want to configure. The default proxy setting is Use proxy settings of the Web browser. To change this setting, click the option you want to use.
Click OK.
How To adjust the Audio Effects in Windows Media Player
Step1
Open Windows Media Player and Click Now Playing. Click the View menu, point to Now Playing Tools, and then click any of the following.
To enhance the bass, drag the TruBass slider to the right.
To enhance the stereo effect, drag the WOW Effect slider to the right.
To optimize sound output according to your speaker size, click the Normal Speakers/Large Speakers/Headphones button.
Now Playing Tools pane, if the On/Off button is set to Off, click it so it is set to On.
How To Overlay (mix) Sound Files with Sound Recorder.
Step1
Click Start and then Program. Click Accessories , Entertainment and then Sound Recorder. On the File menu, click Open. In the Open dialog box, double-click the sound file you want to modify. Move the slider to the place in the file where you want to overlay the sound file.
Step2
On the Edit menu, click Mix with File.Double-click the name of the file you want to mix.
How To Enable Windows Media Player (WMP) to play DVDs
Step1
Click Start and Click on Run. Type in Regedit.exe
Step2
Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings. From the Edit menu select New, String value. Enter a name of Enable DVDUI for the new string value, then press Enter. Double-click the new value and set it to Yes.
Click OK. Close regedit.
How To enter Lyric Information for Windows Media Player
Step1
Open Windows Media Player and select the Media Library tab. Right-click the song for which you want to add lyrics, and select Properties.
Step2
Click on the Lyrics tab. Paste the lyrics and click OK.
How To Download Codec Automatically in Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player requires a codec to play a portion of content either could not be downloaded to your computer, or is not supported by Windows Media Player. By default, Windows Media Player downloads codecs automatically when you need them to play a file.
Step 1
From Windows Media Player, Click Tools then Click Option
Step 2
Click the Player tab, and then click to select the Download codecs automatically check box under Automatic updates, if the check box is not already selected.
Click OK.
How To upgrade/downgrade to a multi-processor system
Step1
Click on Start and then right click on My Computer and select Properties.
Step2
Select the Hardware tab.Click Device Manager.
Step3
Click on Computer Icon to expand it and right click on the computer (e.g. MPS Uniprocessor PC)
Step4
Click Update Driver.
Step5
From the hardware wizard click on Install from a list a specific location and Click Next.
Step6
Select Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install and click Next.
Step7
Select the multiprocessor system and click Next
Step8
The device driver will be updated and click Finish to close the
Click Yes to restart the computer
How To Enable Load Balancing with Multiple Network Adapter cards
Step1
Click on Start and then Run. Type in regedit.exe. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters.
From the Edit menu, select New - DWORD value. Enter a name of Random Adapter, and press Enter.
Step2
Double-click the new value, enter 1 to enable or 0 to Value data, and click OK.
Close the registry editor. Reboot the your computer.
How To Enable or Disable Notifications of Completed Print Jobs
Step1
Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes. On the File menu, click Server Properties
Step2
On the Advanced click either
Show informational notifications for local printers.
Or
Show informational notifications for network printers.
