Create Submenu's For Various Start Menu Items

We can access MyComputer, MyDocuments etc from Start menu but need to browse for the exact drive or folder. What if we had the same drives and folders as submenu's in Start Menu itself??

Isn't that interesting........??
So just go on...!!

* Right-Click Start menu ==> Properties

* Select 'Startmenu' tab ==> Customize

* Now scroll down to the menuitem for which you wish to have a submenu and select
the radio button 'Display as a menu'

* Click OK ==> Apply ==>OK

Now you can apply to any items listed in the Start menu..

Enjoy and have Fun!!!

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Remove From The List Of 'Open With'

It's easy to add a program to the list of applications in the 'Open With...' menu.Just right click and select 'Open With...' and choose from the list of available programs.But how easy is it to delete a program form the list.This requires modification of the Registry.

* Initially Backup registry

* Click Start ==> Run ==> Regedit

* Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
FileExts

If necessary also go through the submenus (Click '+' beside the key representing the extension for menu you want to edit.

* Open-With List key under extension key

* In right pane, select icon that corresponds to menu item you would like
to remove from the context menu ==> Right Click ==> Delete


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Create Many Folders At A Time

Creating several folders at once -- including the subfolders within those new folders require just a very simple 3-line batch file....

* Open Notepad ==> Type @echo off in the first line ==> Press
<Enter>

* Now type in the second line set /p name="Type folder name(s):"


* Press <Enter>

* In the third line type md %1\%name% ==> Press
<Enter>

This third line creates a new folder using 'md' or 'make directory'
command in the current folder(%1\) using items that you have entered and stored
inside the variable (%name%)



* Click File ==> Save ==> Navigate to the folder where you store your
batch files , type a name like make_directory.cmd ==> Save it


Now to add the batch file to the right click menus for folders....

* Open a folder or <Windows>-E

* Tools ==> Folder Options ==> File Types

* Scroll through the list of 'Registered File Types' and select 'File
Folder'

* Click 'Advanced' to open 'Edit file type' dialog box and click
'New' Button


For 'Application' used to perform action, type the complete file path and the name of your batch file followed by a space and "%1"

Eg: d:\apps\batch\make_directory.cmd "%1"

* Click Ok ==> Ok

In case you make a mistake while entering text in the new Action dialog box, you have to use Registry editor to fix it.

With the registry backed up ,

* Click Start ==> Run ==> Regedit ==> <r%gt;

* Select HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell

* Select folder with the name of the command you just added

* Double click the icon in the right pane to open the command line in the
'Edit String' dialog box and make changes


To delete the custom command altogether, close the dialog box,

* Right click the folder in the left pane ==> Delete

* Click 'Yes'


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Create Folders with Current Date

Storing digital photos, Email's, Chat is great with Date-based folders.You can customize menus in Windows Xp to create a folder named with current date, with just two mouse clicks.........

Choose a valid date format , for eg. 19/09/08 is verbotten as windows doesn't allow slashes in the file and foder names.

Folow the steps below to create chronological folders:

* Click Start ==> Run ==> Enter 'control intl.cpl' ==> Press
<Enter>

* Select 'Regional options' tab ==> Customize

* Select 'Date' tab ==> choose 'yyyy-MM-dd' format from
the drop-down menu

* Click OK

Now we can add a command to create a folder with this date format.

* Press <Windows>-E which pops up Windows Explorer

* Selct Tools ==> Folder Options ==> File Types ==> Select
Registered File Types List

* Scroll to and select 'File Folder'

* Click 'Advanced' to open 'Edit File Type' dialog box

* Click 'New'

For 'Action' Type the words which you would wish to see in the context menu for the command.I named it as 'New Folder With Current Date'

For 'Application' used to perform action, type cmd.exe/e md "%1\%%DATE%%"

Click OK twice.

Now you have your folders all in Chronological order....

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Design Your Own Toolbar

Bored of IE's drag Toolbar??

Add any bitmap image as the background.If the file is small,IE will tile it for you.Don't go smaller than 10 by 10 pixels)

* Click Start ==> Run ==> Regedit

* Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar in the left pane

* Right click in the right pane, Select New ==> String Value ==> Type BackBitmapIE5

* Double Click this new key

* In the 'value data' box, enter the path of .bmp file you want to use and press <Enter>

* Exit the Registry and close IE

Now the next time you open IE you can see the custom image as the toolbar background.

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Launch IE Your Way

To load IE in a specific way....

* Click Start ==> Run

* Type iexplore -e --> This launches the IE with a Windows Explorer pane on the left and IE on the right

* Type iexplore -k --> This launches IE in full-screen kiosk mode ( no toolbars, addressbars..). To close the window press <Alt><F4>

* Type iexplore -nohome --> IE displays a blank page

We can also combine switches with URL's

* Type iexplore -k www.google.com


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Print Without Graphics

When you print a Web page with IE, you probably are interested in just the text and not the graphics or the Ads.And if a Website has printer-friendly link , you are done!!

But what if it doesn't....??

Tell your IE to print your page, minus images.

* Open Notepad and type:


IMG{display:none!important;}
Download: NoImages.css[right-click and select: Save Target as]


* Save as 'Imageoff.css'


When you are ready to print...

* Select Tools ==> Internet options ==> 'Accessibility' button

* Check 'Format Documnts using my style sheet' box

* Click Browse, navigate and select 'Imageoff.css' file and click Ok

* Click Ok


IE will stop displaying most of the images. After printing, if you want your IE to display images again, Uncheck the 'Format documents' box.


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Speed up Microsoft Word

Sometimes i feel that Microsoft internally configures Word to run slowly.Want to speed up MSWord and improve performance??

Just a few tricks that help u..........

* Click Tools ==> Options

* Click 'View' tab ==> Uncheck the 'Animated textbox'

* If you use word in Normal view, check 'wrap to window'

* Click 'General' tab ==> uncheck 'Provide feedback with animation'

* If you work with many documents, bump the 'Recently used file list' entries to 9 (highest setting)

* If you use simple Autoshapes , Uncheck 'Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting Auto Shapes'

* Click 'Spelling and Grammar' tab ==> uncheck 'Check Grammar as you type' and 'Check Grammar with Spelling'


Really need speed.......

* Turn off the on-the-fly spelling checker, by unselecting 'Check Spelling as you type'

* Click 'Print' tab ==> Turn off 'Background printing'

So there you go.!!!

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Use Word As A Calculator

Word had a calculate function on Tools Menu.Select numbers anywhere in the text and with a click, word could add,divide and more. Press , and the result was pasted into your documnt.Word colud even resolve the expressions like (5*6)+(2/9). This feature still remains as part of the word but is hidden.

Wanna resurface that.....???

* Select Tools ==> Customize ==>Choose 'Command' tab

* Then 'Tools' in the categories panel on the left

* Over in the right panel, locate 'Tools Calculate' , grab it, and drag it over to a Word toolbar

* To use the feature, highlight numbers in your document and click 'Tools Calculate' button on you toolbar.

The result appears in the status bar in Word's lower-left corner.

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