WINDOWS SECRETS CODES

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WINDOWS SECRETS CODES

Restoring a Lost Desktop

If you ever lose the Desktop but Explorer is still running with the Start Button,you can do this to bring back your Desktop in a Windows box.

1. Click Start2. Click Run3. Type a period " . "4. Then press Enter

Creating a New E-Mail Shortcut

To create a shortcut that will open your default e-mail program starting a new e-mail,

1. Right click on an open area of the desktop2. Select New / Shortcut 3. For the Command Line, enter mailto: 4. For the title enter something like New E-Mail 5. When you click on this your default e-mail program should start with a new e-

mail form.

Creating 3D Window Effect

You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows

1. Start Regedit2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Colors3. Make sure the following setting are there:

ButtonHilight=128 128 128 ButtonShadow=255 255 255

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


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For Restart , the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe, exit windowsexec

For Logoff , the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE

shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 0

Having your Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically

If your Start Menu Program or Favorites are not sorting alphabetically, it is easy to fixthis:

1. Start Regedit2. Go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explor

er/MenuOrder 3. Under here is are Favorites and Start Menu folders4. In each there is a value called Order 5. Simply delete (or rename this) and restart Windows6. Your Favorites or Start Menus should now sort alphabetically

Increasing the Icon Cache

1. Run Reg edit

2. Go toHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer

3. Create a new string called Max Cached Icons 4. Give it a value of 100005. This will increase response time in windows and give the Shellicon cache file

more elbow room.

Make Icons 256 Color 16-Bit

1. Open the Registry2. Hit Ctrl+F3. Type Shell Icon BPP4. When found, right click the Shell Icon BPP icon5. Click Modify6. Change the value from 4 to 16


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7. Click Ok 8. Close the registry9. Restart your computer

Removing Shortcut Arrows

An easy way to remove those irritating arrows from your desktop shortcut icons and notchange their properties

1. Right click the Desktop / Properties / Appearance tab2. Select Item 3. Scroll for Icon4. The default size is 325. Change this to 306. Clicking Apply

Adding the Control Panel to the Start Menu

1. Open up the Explorer 2. Go to \WINDOWS\Start Menu3. Right click in the right-hand panel4. Add a new folder 5. Name it Control Panel.{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}

6. This makes getting to the Control Panel items a little easier

Making Desktop Changes Permanent

To make changes to the Desktop like window size, positon after rebooting:

1. Start Regedit2. Go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

3. Create a New Binary Value4. Name it NoSaveSettings5. Give it a value of 01 00 00 00

Easy Shortcuts on the Desktop


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Here is an easy way to put shortcuts on the Desktop where they can easily be moved toother group icons.

1. Using the Explorer, create a SHORTCUT to the \Windows\Desktop directory in

your \Windows\SEND TO directory.2. Now whenever you want to make a shortcut and move it to the desktop:3. Just make the shortcut you want using Explorer 4. Right click on that shortcut5. In the pop up menu select the Send To and Desktop shortcut.

Changing a Folder's Icon

To change the icon of a Folder on desktop:

1. Using the Explorer, move the folder from the Desktop directory to another directory on the hard drive

2. Right click on the new folder and select "Create Shortcut"3. Move the shortcut to the Desktop4. Right click and select a new icon

Full Window Drag ( Without Plus! )

1. Start Regedit

2. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER /ControlPanel /Desktop /DragFullWindows3. On "DragFullWindows" properties change 0 to 1

Fixing Corrupted Desktop Icons

Easier way to reset icons then deleting SHELLICONCACHE.

There's no need to exit Win95 and delete the SHELLICONCACHE file in order to reseticons that you may have changed (like Network Neighborhood).

1. Go to Control Panel, Display, Appearance Tab.2. Select Icon from the Item drop down list.3. Change the Size up or down one and apply.4. Change the Size back to your original and apply.

If your Start Menu is slow or your icons are black for some reason, it means your Shelliconcache file is corrupt and should be deleted.


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Delete the hidden file C:\WINDOWS\SHELLICONCACHEIt will be recreated the next time you start Win95

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 theWindows clipboard. Start up a graphics editor and paste it in.

Alt + Print Screen will capture only the active window.

Increasing the Size of the Scroll Bar

How to adjust the width of the scroll bar:

1. Right Click with Mouse on Desktop Area.2. Select Properties3. Select the Appearance tab4. Go to the item list and find scrollbar.5. Increasing the value in the Size field will increase the scrollbar width.

Unable to Create Shortcuts on the Desktop

If you can't create shortcuts on your Desktop, you might have a corrupted registry.

1. Start Regedit2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew\Command3. Make sure it has a value of:4. RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %1 if you don't have IE 45. or RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2 if you have IE 4.0 or IE 4.01

Removing the InBox from the Desktop

A faster way to remove "Inbox" from the Deskop is to

1. Right mouse click on "Inbox"2. Select delete3. It will then tell you "you cannot store the inbox in the recycle bin. . .etc"4. Click "Yes"5. Wait 2 secs and it's gone.


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Customizing Individual Folder Icons

To change a folder's icon:

1. Open Notepad and enter two lines,

[.ShellClassInfo]IconFile=file name,number (e.g. IconFile=C:\Icon\CustomFolder.ico,0)

2. Save the file as DESKTOP.INI in the folder you wish to change.3. Click Start -> Run, type in the command line,

ATTRIB +S "folder name"(e.g. ATTRIB +S "C:\Custom Folder")

4. 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 Windows98/NT 5.0.

Removing the Recycle Bin

To remove Recycle Bin from the desktop:

1. Run REGEDIT.2. Find NAMESPACE key in left pane (HKEY_Local_Macine \ Software \

Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Explorer \ Desktop \ Namespace)3. Expand NAMESPACE (click '+' box)4. Delete the value RECYCLE BIN in right pane

Adding Send To the Recycle Bin

Add a SHORTCUT TO THE RECYCLE BIN in your SEND TO folder.

That way you can just right click on a file you want to delete, and send it to the recycle bin without having to confirm each time.

Having Icons with No Name

Normally you have to have a name for an icon, just spaces are not allowed.To create an icon with no name attached:


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1. Make sure NumLock is on2. Highlight the Icon you want to change3. Right-Mouse click and select Rename 4. While holding down the Alt key, type 0160

5. Now the icon will have no name below it.

To Create Multiple Icons with No Name -

1. Follow directions detailed above2. With the second icon simply add one space-bar character AFTER the 0160

number.3. Each successive icon gets an additional space-bar character at the end (to prevent

a duplicate naming error).

Moving the Start Button

How to move or close the start button!

1. Click on the Start button2. Press the Esc key3. Press the Alt and the - keys together 4. This will give you a menu, you can move or close5. But if you move it you need to use the arrow keys and not the mouse.

Aligning Drop-Down Menus to the Right

All dropdown menus can be aligned to the right.This features becomes useful when trying to accessmenus with submenus that appear directly to the right.

1. Open the Registory editor (e.g. regedit.exe)2. Goto \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop3. Create a string entry called "MenuDropAlignment"4. Set its value to 15. Reboot

Note: Will not work under NT 4.0.

Repositioning a Background Bitmap


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Normally, you only options for displaying a background bitmap are tiled, centered, or stretch to fit (with the Plus Pack).You can edit the registry and have a third option which is to place the bitmap anywhereon your screen by specifying the X and Y coordinates.

1. Start Regedit2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Control Panel / Desktop3. Create new Strings called WallpaperOriginX and WallpaperOriginY4. Give them values to position them around your desktop5. The bitmap must be smaller than your desktop size

Changing Drive Icons

To change a drive's icon when you open My Computer

1. Create a file called AUTORUN.INF on the root of your hard drive2. Enter the lines

[autorun]ICON=Name of the ICON file

For the name of the icon file you can either specify the path and name (e.g.ICON=C:\WINDOWS\ICONS\MY_ICON.ICO) or

a specific icon in a library (e.g. ICON=ICONFILE.DLL,2)

Adding AnyFolder and Mail to SendTo

Previous examples of adding items to the SendTo usually require editing the Registry.An easy way around this is to use the following methods.

To add ANYFOLDER:

1. Open the Explorer

2. Go to \Windows\SendTo3. Right click in the right hand panel4. Select New / Text Document5. Name it anything with a .otherfolder extension

When you want to send files to another folder:


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1. Select the files with Explorer 2. Right Click 3. Select Send to and the name you just created4. You them have the option of copying or moving the file to a folder of your choice

To add Mail:

1. Open the Explorer 2. Go to \Windows\SendTo3. Right click in the right hand panel4. Select New / Text Document5. Name it anything with a .MapiMail extension (ignore any warnings about the file

extension)

When you want to Mail files as attachments:

1. Select the files with Explorer 2. Right Click 3. Select Send to and the Mail name you just created4. This allows you to easily mail multiple files

Adding Shortcuts to Desktop Without "Shortcut To" text

1. Start Regedit2. Go to:HKEY_USERS \ .Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \

CurrentVersion \ Explorer 3. Add binary value to Explorer:link="00,00,00,00"4. Now You can make Shortcuts to desktop without Shortcut To" text.

Easier User Interface

Add a menu item named "Open THIS folder!" to each of your cascading menus off of theStart menu.This makes it easier to put items wherever you want them!

1. Go to Windows \ Start Menu \ Programs \ (etc.) in the Explorer 2. Start right click/dragging folders to the desktop, one by one.3. Rename them and left click/drag them back to the same folder.


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It takes a little while, but when you are finished you have a much easier interface to work with.

Removing the Start Button

1. Click on the start menu button twice, so there is a dashed line around the button2. Press Alt and the minus sign3. Choose Close to make the start button disappear, or move to move it to the right!

Note : - You have to re-boot to get it back again, or:

1. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete2. Highlight Explorer 3. Click on the End Task button4. Select No to doing a full shutdown5. Wait a few seconds and the click on the End Task button

Changing the clock to 24-Hour Time

1. To change the display of the clock on the taskbar to 24-hour format:2. Open the Control Panel3. Double-click on the Regional Settings icon4. Click on the Time tab

5. In the Time style section select H:mm:ss

Removing the InBox and Recycle Bin Icons from the Desktop

To remove the InBox from your desktop, without needing to run the Policy Editor:

1. Start Regedit2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \

CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Desktop \ NameSpace3. Below that should be a few keys4. Rename the key {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}. I usually put

another character before or after the curly braces.5. Restart Windows and the InBox icon should be gone6. You can do the same for any other items you don't to show such as the Recycle

Bin or The Internet icons


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Changing or Removing the Start Menu Icons

1. Download Microangelo and install it.2. Create a blank.ico file.

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Put it in a directory (C:\Windows. Then double click on the MicroangeloEngineer to run it.4. When you get it up on the screen click on the "start" tab. You will see a list of all

the icons in the start menu.5. Highlight the first one (programs) and select "Change". It will bring up a dialog

box - select "browse".6. Go to the directory that contains the blank icon and select it. Hit OK until you get

back to the main7. Engineer window and do all the rest exactly the same way.

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When you have finished changing them all to the blank icon, Hit "Apply".9. Hit your start button and look to see if all the icons are invisible. (They should be.)

10. Close out Micro Engineer and you're finished.

Adding Drive to the SendTo List

I have recently found that if you want to send something from A: drive or fromany where to any drive, you can just make a short cut of that drive in subdirectorySENDTO.

For example I have two hard drives, a Floppy Drive, and a CDROM After I have make a copy of each of my drive I will be able to send a whole

directory of E:\XXX from the CDROM drive to A: drive or any other drive that ihave had made the short c t in the SENDTO subdir of WINDOWS.

Adding a Protected Briefcase

You can make your briefcase a shortcut on the on desktop so if you have multiple userson your PC and you don't want to have a password for your briefcase, you can at least

protect it from inadvertent deletion by just making the briefcase a hidden file or in adifferent location other than \Windows\Desktop\My Briefcase, then send a copy or shortcut to the desktop.

Customizing the Start Button's Name and Icon

To change the name of the Start button:


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1. Copy EXPLORER.EXE in your Windows directory to another directory2. Start a hex editor (I've been using Diskedit from Norton)3. Edit EXPLORER.EXE 4. Search for the string 53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74

5. This is the word Start with the letters separated by a null character 6. The section you are in should also have the words "There was an internal error..."

also separated with the null character immediately following7. Now just replace the Start letters with any of your choice (up to 5 characters only)8. Exit Windows9. Boot to DOS10. Copy your new Explorer file over the original

To change the Start button icon:

1. Copy USER.EXE in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to another directory2. Use an icon editor that can replace icons in executable files3. Edit USER.EXE and replace the flag icons with the icon of your choice4. Boot to DOS5. Copy the new USER.EXE

The same can be done with NT 4.0, just the offset will be different but the location to just before "There was an internal error..." is the same.

Adding the Device Manager to your Desktop

This allows you to quickly see all the devices attached to your computer.I use it a lot to select Refresh when I add new external SCSI devices that were not

powered up at startup. This way you do not need to restart the computer. To add theDevice Manager Icon:

1. Right click on an open area of your desktop2. Select New / Shortcut

3. Type in C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL SYSDM.CPL, SYSTEM, 1 4. Replace C:\WINDOWS with whatever directory you installed Windows955. Click on the Next box6. At the next dialog box type in Device Manager 7. Click on the Finish when you are done

Note: Replacing the 1 with a 3 will bring up the Performance Status


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Adding Options to the Right-Click of the Start Menu

To add an option to the Right-Click of the Start button:

1. Go to Control Panel, View, Options2. Click on the File Types Tab3. Scroll down until you see File Folder 4. Click on Edit5. Click on New6. Type in the Name you want to in the Action box7. Type in the Application you want to use

A good option to add is an MS-DOS Prompt:

Try this c:\command.com /k cd %1It also puts the shortcut on a regular folder.This command will open a DOS window with that folder as the current directory.

How to make the task bar Auto Hide

1. Click the right button on a blank area of the task bar 2. Select Properties3. Select Autohide

4. Click OK

This will make the task bar slide off the screen when the cursor moves away from it,and it will slide back on when the cursor is moved near it again.

The same can be done for the MS Office task bar. The "sliding" effect is nice, and canfree up some desktop space.

More Removing Shortcut Arrows

'lnkfile', 'piffle' and 'internetshortcut' are the three placesthat I have seen the isshortcut arrow.The best way to deal with this is to rename the 'isshortcut' to'isshortcutbak' by right clicking on the 'isshortcut' thenselect rename and add 'bak' to the end.

Closing Nested Folders


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If you have several nested folders (folders within folders) and want to close them all,simply, hold the Shift key while closing the last folder This will close all previous ones as well.

Changing Application Icons

To have a wider choice of application icons:

1. Right click on the icon shortcut2. Chose Properties 3. Click on the Program tab4. Chose Change icon 5. Click on Browse 6. Select Files of type All Files 7. Browse to the directory where your icon files are kept8. You can even use some bitmap files for you icons

Moving and Resizing the Taskbar

You can move the taskbar by pointing on a corner panel and dragging itIt is easier to move if you close all your windows first

You can also resize it by moving the mouse to the edge and dragging it larger or smaller.

Correcting Corrupted Fonts

If you have a problem with your non-true type fonts, here's what you do:

1. Open the Control Panel2. Double click on Fonts3. Search for the "Monotype Sorts" font4. Delete this Font

Changing Desktop Folders - With No Registry Changes

1. From the Explorer, create a folder somewhere OTHER than the desktop, and callit something like "Desktop Folders."

2. Move all your desktop folders into that folder.3. Create shortcuts to all of those folders on your desktop.


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4. Now, you are free to change the icons of each shortcut individually, to anythingyou like!

Updating the Desktop

If you want to update the desktop, for example after you've been changing the registry.

1. Right-Click anywhere on the desktop2. Press F5

Adding the Desktop to your Start Menu

Create a shortcut to the Explorer on your Desktop

1. Right click on the Start button2. Choose Open 3. Go into the Programs Folder 4. Drag the Windows Explorer Icon on your Desktop using the RIGHT Mouse

button5. Choose copy here

Change the command line switch

1. Right click on the Shortcut you created2. Choose Properties 3. Choose Shortcut 4. Type in following command line as target:

o C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n, /root,o The last "," is vital!

5. If you want the two pane Explorer view ad the switch ,/e6. Then rename the Shortcut to "Desktop" or whatever you choose and drag the icon

onto the start button.

Removing shortcut arrows

One problem when removing shortcut arrows is thatif you delete a desktop item, it will remove it.If it is a shortcut it will just remove the icon.


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If it is not a shortcut, then it will remove the program.Having the little icon arrow is one way to tell the difference

Getting rid of Click Here to Continue

1. Start the Registry Editor 2. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Microsoft / Windows /

CurrentVersion / Policies / Explorer 3. Create a binary value and call it NoStartBanner 4. Double-click on it and give it a value of 01 00 00 005. You will need to repeat the same steps for HKEY_USERS / .Default / Software /

Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies / Explorer

Changing the Desktop and Explorer Folder Icons

The following steps will change the icon that is displayed as the default Folder icon.

1. Start the Registry Editor.2. Search for "Shell Icons".3. This will bring you to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft /

Windows / CurrentVersion / explorer / Shell Icons.4. Double-click on the one has the value name of "3" in the right pane.5. Type in the new icon you want to use.

6. If you have a DLL file specified, you need to count for the location of the particular icon you want to use, starting at 0.

7. To reset the icon cache, use a program such as Tweak with comes with thePowerToys from Microsoft.

Note: I haven't experimented with too many of the other icon changes possible.

Adding Control Panel Icons to the Desktop

This is an easy one..

1. Simply open up the Control Panel.2. Right Click and Drag the icon you want to your desktop or folder.3. This will create a shortcut for that icon.4. It could come in handy if there are always certain items you need to get to

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Create a Control Panel menu directly below the Start Button

1. Click the Start Button once with your right mouse button. You should see a right- button menu (called a context menu because it offers different choices in different

contexts).2. You should see the items Open, Explore, and Find on the context menu. Click Explore with your left mouse button.

3. An Explorer file management window should open. A directory tree shouldappear in the left pane, with the right pane displaying the contents of the StartMenu folder.

4. Right-click any empty space within the right pane. A context menu should appear.Click New and then Folder.

5. The Explorer will create a highlighted icon called New Folder. Type in the

following string, all on one line, replacing the words New Folder with this newline. You must type the period, the curly braces, all four hyphens, and thehexadecimal numbers exactly as shown. After the closing curly brace, press Enter.

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Other Folders can be added following the same instructions.

Dial-Up Networking.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48} Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} Inbox.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} Network Neighborhood.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} Desktop.{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} Briefcase.{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D} Fonts.{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}

Minimizing All Windows

To minimize all windows:

1. Press Ctrl-ESC ESC to bring up the Task Bar 2. Right Mouse Click on an open area of the Task Bar 3. Select Minimize all Windows


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This makes it a lot easier to minimize windows when all your open applications are fullscreen.

With the Microsoft Keyboard, you can accomplish the same thing by pressing the

Window-M key.

Removing the Shortcut Icon Arrows

1. Open REGEDIT.EXE 2. Open the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT 3. Open the Key LNKFILE 4. Delete the value IsShortcut 5. Open the next Key PIFFILE 6. Delete the value IsShortcut 7. Restart the Win95

Turning on AutoArrange for Folders

To make all folders keep AutoArrange turned on:

1. Open up an existing folder 2. Select View / Arrange 3. Arrange the Icons the way you would like, (e.g. Name, Size,etc.)

4. Select View / Arrange again5. Select AutoArrange 6. Press the Ctrl -key while you close the window.7. This folder should now have AutoArrange always selected.

This should allow you to create new folders that have AutoArrange selected by default.You only need to specify by Name, Size, etc. if you want to change it from the defaultyou set above.Note: I have only tested this on a few computers. Please give me feedback regarding any

problems.

Creating Document Scraps

If you are using Microsoft Word 7.0,you can highlight a section of the document then drag and drop the highlighted area to


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your desktop. Windows will create a file for you with a name something like"Document Scrap From..." followed by the first few words you selected

Quick Access to Your Desktop

How do you access your darn desktop when you have a ton of applications open?Well you could right click on the taskbar and do a minimize all, but that can be slow.Instead:

1. Open a browser window (double-click on "My Computer")2. If there is no toolbar, select View from the menu and select Toolbar.3. Then from the dropdown list-box in the toolbar select desktop.4. Now minimize it and forget about it.5. The next time you want to access your desktop just click the desktop window on

the taskbar.6. As long as you don't close the window when you shutdown, it will reopen when

you start windows again.

Additional Note: You can also drag the Desktop folder to the start menu.Then you just press Ctrl-ESC and click on Desktop

Restoring Corrupted Icons

If you use a graphic Card and you change the resolution, sometimes the icons are bad.

End Win95 and restart. When you see the starting message press F8 then typestandard.

After this start of Win95 exit and restart. Change back to your Resolution and restart. The icons should be corrected.

Turn Off Window Animation

You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows.This tip makes navigating Windows 95 a lot faster especially for those that don't havesuper fast video cards.

1. Open Regedit2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER


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3. Control panel4. Desktop5. WindowMetrics6. Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.

7. Select new/string value.8. Name the new value MinAnimate.9. Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify"10. Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit11. Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.

Renaming the Recycle Bin

1. Start the Registry Editor 2. Type Ctrl-F to bring up the Find Menu3. In the Find What box type Recycle 4. Double click on the Recycle Bin in the right pane5. Type in the new name under Value Data 6. Restart Win95

Turning off Desktop Icons

If you want to turn off all the icons on your desktop:

1. Start the System Policy Editor 2. Select File / Open Registry 3. Select Local User 4. Select Shell / Restrictions 5. Select Hide all items on Desktop

All Icons will now be hidden.

Note: One side effect is the your CD will no longer automatically play when it is

inserted.

Adding in Old Windows Groups

If you are setup to dual boot between your old Win 3.x and want to add in the old groups, just click on the *.GRP file in your old windows directory. The programs will be added toyour list under Programs in the task bar.


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Note: Any DLL's the programs require will need to be copied.

To speed up the Start Menu

1. Start the REGEDIT program2. Search for the word desktop 3. This should be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / CLSID / {00021400...4. Right Click on the right panel5. Pick NEW / String Value .6. Name it MenuShowDelay , all one word.7. Select a value from 1-10, 1 being the fastest.8. Exit REGEDIT 9. Restart Windows

To change the My Computer or Recycle Bin icon

1. Open Regedit2. Find My Computer or Recycle Bin 3. Tab to the left panel4. Double click on the highlighted line5. Double click on DefaultIcon in the left panel6. Double click on DefaultIcon right panel7. Type in the value for the new icon8. Note: DLL files can be used. Specify the location of the new icon with the

filename,#

Remove the tildes in short filenames

1. Open Regedit2. Go to Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem3. Right Click on the Right pane4. Select New / Hex

5. Add the value NameNumericTail= 0

To remove the Network Neighborhood Icon

1. Start POLEDIT. It is on the CD in \Admin\Apptools\Poledit2. Open Registry3. Select LocalUser


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4. Select Shell5. Select Restrictions6. Select Hide Network Neighborhood

To change the Startup and Logoff screens

Startup Screen

Create a 320x400 bitmap in the root directory and name it LOGO.SYS You can use LOGOW.SYS file in the Windows directory as a starter

Logoff Screens

1. There are several files called LOGO X .SYS

2. They are actually bitmaps 320x400 that just have a different extension3. The hidden one in the root directory LOGO.SYS is the startup logo.4. There are two files in the Windows directory.5. LOGOW.SYS is the Wait while Shutting down ... screen6. LOGOS.SYS is the You may now shut-off or Reboot screen7. To edit them, rename them with a BMP extension and use your favorite graphic

editor 8. You can edit these files or create you own9. They just need to be the same size

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