Add the Command Prompt to the Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu

Add the Command Prompt to the Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu

A hidden functionality in Windows allows you to right click on a directory, and select “Command Prompt Here” from the menu.

Here’s the registry hack to get this working. Make sure you back up your registry just in case. I’ll show you the step-by-step method, but you can skip down to the bottom for the alternate reg file.

Step-By-Step Method:

Type regedit.exe into the Start\Run dialog, and then navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:

Name the key “CommandPrompt” without the quotes and then double-click on the default value. Change the text to “Command Prompt Here” as seen here:

Right click on the new Command key and select New key, as you did before. Name the new key Command as well, and then double-click the default value of that key. Set the text of that key to this:

cmd.exe /k cd %1
You can see what it should look like here:

Now when you right click on the folder, you should see this dialog:

That will open up a prompt like this:

Alternate method:

You can create a text file named anything.reg, and insert this text into it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CommandPrompt]
@=”Command Prompt:”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CommandPrompt\Command]
@=”cmd.exe /k cd %1″

Double click on that file, and the text will be entered into the registry, and you’ll have the same right click command prompt.

Enable Quick Copy and Paste with the Mouse on SecureCRT

Enable Quick Copy and Paste with the Mouse on SecureCRT

SecureCRT uses the Ctrl+Ins and Shift+Ins keys for copy and paste instead of the normal windows defaults of Ctrl+C / V. The reason why this is done is because most unix or linux varieties use those keys as part of the shell.

I was searching for a quicker method of doing a copy and paste than having to use Ctrl+Ins key combination, when I stumbled on a much simpler way of doing it…. just have it automatically copy the text to the clipboard when I select it with my mouse. Pasting is just as simple: just click the middle mouse button.

Here’s how to enable this: Go to Options \ Global Options on the menu:

In the Category listing, click on Terminal, and you should see this section of the configuration screen:

Just check the first two checkboxes, and you are now in business.

For example, I wanted to copy this line into the clipboard, so I just selected it with my mouse as shown, and it was immediately on the clipboard, no questions asked.

           

Disable those annoying "X Application has Encountered a Problem and Must be Shut Down" messages in Windows XP

Disable those annoying "X Application has Encountered a Problem and Must be Shut Down" messages in Windows XP

It’s frustrating enough when your application crashes. Then the annoying dialog expects you to “Send an Error Report to Microsoft”. As if I want Microsoft to know exactly which programs I’m running on my computer.

Here’s two ways to turn off that error reporting. First, you can Right-Click on My Computer, go to the Advanced Tab, and choose the “Disable error reporting” option.

Alternatively, you can navigate to the services console in Administrative tools, find the Error Reporting Service, go into properties and disable it. Either way, those annoying dialogs are gone!

Add Copy To / Move To to the Windows Explorer Right Click Menu

Add Copy To / Move To to the Windows Explorer Right Click Menu

A hidden functionality in Windows allows you to right click on a file, select Copy To Folder or Move To Folder, and the move to box will pop up and let you choose a location to either copy or move the file or folder to.

Update: Downloadable version also available.

Here’s the quick registry hack to get this working. As usual, back up your registry just in case. You will want to browse down to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:

Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Click OK and continue.

If you want to enable Move To, you will repeat the same steps, except creating a new key named Move To, and using this value:

{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see the following options:

Let’s click Copy To Folder just to see what happens….

And that’s it. Useful!

Disable Fast User Switching on Windows XP

Fast User Switching is a way for users to quickly switch between accounts without having to fully log off. This is just one more service that doesn’t really need to be started.

•Navigate to the Services console in Administrative tools.
•Double-click on Fast User Switching and change Startup Type to disable.
•Hit the Stop button if the service is started, and then hit OK.
One more unnecessary service stopped.

writing colourful names of folder

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]

iconarea_text=0x00F007aa



copy this code in notepad and save as desktop.ini

and put the file in any drives folder name will be change

edit 0x00F007aa to switch to different colour.

Change My documents location in xp

I think many of you don't know about this fact that the storage location of "My Documents" can be changed. Its is safe , when crash or need to be formatted
Normally windows save the "My Documents" folder on your C-drive. But when you right-click on it and go to properties, you can change the location where you want windows to save your Documents folder.

Steps

1.Right-click on My documents

2.Go to properties

3.Change your location

This can be very useful when If windows hangs or become crupt and you have to format your C-drive again,Then you documents will not be lost due to formating.

Change the Default Location for Installing Programs

AS you know XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive and/or directory by using a Registry hack. Run the Registry Editor and go to


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion.


Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir.


By default, the value will be C:\Program Files.


Edit the value to any valid drive or folder;


Now XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.This registry hack can be very useful when your c drive is full and you automatically want to change the installing directory.Enjoy this cool windows registry hack

Remove Windows XP system software

XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

Change "StandBy" Button to "ShutDown" Button in Vista

When you click the Windows 7 Start button you will see an actual "Shut Down" button rather than a cryptic icon- an icon that in Vista, puts your system to sleep instead of turning it off. But you can change the icon's function. Here's how.

1. Click Start, type Power Options, and press [Enter]
2. Click Change plan settings for you selected power plan, and then click Change advanced power settings.
3. Expand, first, the "Power buttons and lid" tree, and then the "Start menu power button" tree.
4. Change the setting from Sleep to Shut Down.
5. Click OK; close the remaining windows.

Now, when you click Vista's little Power icon in the Start menu, it will truly Shut Down your Computer.

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How To Remove and Add Right-Click Menu Items from Files and Folders

                                                          REMOVING ITEMS


A lot of programs you install will add themselves to the right-click menu of your files and/or folders. And most times, you have no choice in the matter and, as a result, your right-click menu can get very long with added items you don't even use. The last person I was helping with this had a right context menu so long that the Rename option was no longer visible!
Fortunately, you can easily remove those unwanted menu items, if you know the registry values to edit. And it's not at all difficult once you know the keys responsible for the additions.

For Files, the secret lies in the "context menu handlers" under the shellex subkey for "All Files" which, in the registry, is nothing but an asterisk - like a dos wildcard, which means the values entered apply to all files. It is at the very top of the Root key, right here:


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers


Click the the + sign next to the ContextMenuHandlers key, to expand it.
Now you will see some of the programs that have added items to your right-click menu. Simply delete the program keys you don't want.
Yup! It's that simple. If deleting makes you uneasy, just export the key before deleting it. Or, instead of deleting the values, disable them. Simply double click the default value for the program on the right hand pane and rename the clsid value by placing a period or dash in front of it.

ie; - {b5eedee0-c06e-11cf-8c56-444553540000}

Then exit the registry, refresh, and right click a file to see if the item was removed from the menu.
Some programs - like WinZip or WinRar - will add several items to your right click menu but all of them will be removed by deleting or disabling their one context menu handler.

Note:- that the above key only applies to the right click menu of files.

To remove entries from the right click context menu of folders, you need to navigate to the Folder and Drive keys:


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers


All you have to do is follow the same procedure as for Files - either disable or delete items you wish to remove.



                                                       Adding Items


Adding Items to the right click menu of Files and Folders is also fairly simple using the Registry. It just involves the creation of a few new keys for each item you wish to add. You edit the same keys used for removing items. Let's use Notepad as an example of an item you'd like to add to the right click menu of all your files or folders.

For folders, go to this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder

Click the + sign next to Folder and expand it so that the Shell key is visible. Right click the Shell key and choose New>Key and name the key Notepad or whatever else you'd prefer (whatever the key is named is what will appear in the right-click menu). Now right click the new key you made and create another key named Command. Then, in the right hand pane, double click "Default" and enter Notepad.exe as the value.
Exit the registry, refresh, and right click any folder. Notepad should now be on the context menu.


For files, go here again:


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*

Expand the * key and see if a Shell key exists. If it does exist, follow the same procedure as for folders. If it does not exist, you'll have to create a new Shell first. Just right click the * key and choose New>Key and name it Shell. Then right click the Shell key and continue on the same way you did for adding items to the right click menu of folders.
Once done, Notepad should appear as an option in the right click menu of all your files.

Make Your Own Startup Logo

The pompous Microsoft Windows Vista logo that appears for the 30 seconds or so it takes to boot your computer can be replaced with any image you choose; it just takes a little hacking.

First, find an image you’d like to use. It can be a photo you took with a digital camera or a picture you got off the Web. When you’ve got one, use your favorite image-editing application—or, barring that, Vista’s Paint program (mspaint.exe)—to convert the file to the .bmp format. You’ll actually need two .bmp files, one resized to 800 × 600 and the other resized to 1024 × 768, but both must have a 24-bit color depth. (If your photo doesn’t conform to the 4:3 aspect ratio, you’ll need to crop it or add padding so that it does.)

Next, download and install the free Vista Boot Logo Generator from http://www.computa.co.uk/staff/dan/. (Note that at the time of this writing, this program only works with the 32-bit edition of Vista.)

Start the program, click Browse for image on the left side, and locate the 800 × 600 .bmp file you just made. Then, click Browse for image on the right side, and locate the 1024 × 768 version. When that’s done, select File ➝ Save Boot Screen File As, name the file winload.exe.mui (the default) and save it to your desktop, and then close the Vista Boot Logo Generator.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\en-US\ folder (if you’re not using the United States–English edition of Windows Vista, choose the appropriate folder in place of en-US). Take ownership of the winload.exe.mui file in this folder, as described in “Set Permissions for a File or Folder” in Chapter 8, and then rename it to winload.exe.mui.backup. Now that the original file is out of the way, drag your custom winload.exe.mui file into the C:\Windows\System32\en-US\ folder.

There’s one more step: open the Start menu, type msconfig in the Search box, and press Enter to open the System Configuration window. Choose the Boot tab, and from the Boot options section, turn on the No GUI boot option. Click OK and then close the System Configuration window when you’re done.