- Open registry editor
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Extensions
- In the right side delete the key Exchange Extensions
- Exit registry editor and open outlook
- Your problem will be solved
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
outlook 2003 error in registry for extension "exchange extensions"
When you open outlook 2003 the error message displayed as error in registry for extension "exchange extensions" then sometimes you have to close error message several times to go to the mail box, you can solve this problem by following these steps.
Monday, September 14, 2009
how to gain extra free disk space for C:Drive
Does your pc's windows partition (C: Drive) running low on disk space, then consider the following thing and you can gain more extra disk space.
Clear temporary files
Turn off system restore
Disable hibernation
Empty recycle bin
Change page file to another drive
Change temporary folders path
Change my documents path
Extra tips
Clear temporary files
- In run window type temp and press enter, now delete all files and folders inside the temp folder
- In run window type %temp% and press enter, now delete all files and folders inside the folder
- Delete temporary internet files, for internet explorer read this for mozilla firefox read this
Turn off system restore
- If you want you can disable system restore feature, this saves some disk space, click here to read how to disable system restore
Disable hibernation
- Open control panel, double click power option, click hibernation tab, then deselect "enable hibernation" click apply and ok
Empty recycle bin
- Always delete files from recycle bin
Change page file to another drive
- Right click on my computer
- Click properties
- Click advanced tab
- Under "performance" area click settings
- Click advanced tab,
- Click change under "virtual memory"
- Now in the drive list select another drive (that has more free space)
- Click custom size and enter value (megabytes) for initial size and maximum size, then click set
- Now select the C:Drive, click no page file and click set
- Restart pc, this will clear page file from C:Drive and move page file to the drive you specified
Change temporary folders path
- Right click on my computer
- Click properties
- Click advanced tab
- Click environment settings button
- In the upper area (under user variable) you see variables for temp and tmp, click on each one and select edit, in the variable value field specify new locations for temporary folders
- (ex - for temp -D:\temp and for tmp D:\tmp)
- Now in "system variable" you see variables for temp and tmp, click on each one and select edit, in the variable value field specify new locations for temporary folders
- (ex - for temp -D:\temp and for tmp D:\tmp)
- After all done click apply and ok
Change my documents path
- Right click on my documents, click properties
- Under "target folder location" click move and specify new path (drive that has more space)
- When prompt click yes and files begin to moving to new location
Extra tips
- Use disk cleanup frequently
- Do not save files on desktop
- Change email store folder path to another drive
how to disable error reporting service
This process will show how to disable error reporting service from your pc
- First right click on my computer
- Click properties
- Now click advanced tab
- Click on the error reporting button under the "startup and recovery"
- Now select disable error reporting by clicking it
- Click ok, then apply and ok
clear entries from run command
When you using commands in run window, it is stored in a registry (ex- when you type regedit to open registry, this command saved in a registry location) you can remove this commands by deleting them from registry, follow these steps.
- Open registry editor
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
- Now delete the keys that you dont want
- Now restart pc or Press F5 to refresh windows, this will do changes go into effect
how to remove program entry in add/remove programs
Follow these steps to remove program entry from add/remove programs
- Open registry editor
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
- Find the unwanted program key under uninstall key and delete it
how to turn off system beep sound
System beeps are useful, but you can disable this feature anytime by doing the following tweak.
- Go to registry editor
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
- In the right pane double click Beep key
- Change its value to No (default value is yes)
- Now close the registry editor and restart your computer to changes go into effect
Sunday, September 13, 2009
how to add administrator to welcome screen
No need to press Alt + Ctrl + Del twice to get login for administrator account, with a simple edit or registry you can add administrator login in welcome screen. follow these steps.
- Open registry editor
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
- Right click on the key and add new DWORD value
- Open the key and put 1 for value data field
- From the next restart you can see administrator login in welcome screen
add " copy to , move to" for context menu
When you right click on file or folder you will see "send to" in a context menu point to different locations, imagine you want to copy or cut the selected file or folder to another location, then you have to copy the file and go to the target folder and paste the file there, that is a long way, isn't it? but instead of taking long way you can add "copy to , move to" in the context menu that appears in right click, from there you can directly copy or move the selected file with easily, here is how to add "copy to , move to" in the context menu.
Add copy to for context menu
Add copy to for context menu
- Open registry editor
- Navigate to the key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
- Right click on key, click new key
- Name it as Copy To
- Double click to open key and enter value {C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
- Open registry editor
- Navigate to the key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
- Right click on key, click new key
- Name it as Move To
- Double click to open key and enter value {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
- Exit the registry editor
how to create keyboard shortcut for programs
Using keyboard shortcut to open specific program is easy , you can open the program by pressing combined keystrokes from keyboard, this saves time for taking long way to open program, here is how to do it.
- Right click the program shortcut (ex - ms word, skype) and click properties
- In the shortcut properties (in shortcut tab) you will see area "shortcut key"
- In the typing area (usually set as none) type a key you want to use for shortcut. (ex - type W to create shortcut for ms word)
- You will see, it automatically set as Ctrl + Alt + W
- Then apply and ok
- From now on, when you press combination keys of Ctrl + Alt + W ms word will start automatically.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
how to disable right click functionality
This registry tweak can disable right click funtion, after doing this you cant right on my computer, folder or file. for example you cant do changes in system desktop appearance, themes, and screen saver as well as other display settings.actually this prevents the menu that displayed on right click, here's how to do it.
Note - if you want to enable right click functionality again on desktop then simply change the value data to 0 or delete the NoViewContextMenu DWORD key.
- Open registry editor
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
- Now right click on the key and create new DWORD value
- Rename the key as " NoViewContextMenu "
- Double click to open the key and edit value data to 1
Note - if you want to enable right click functionality again on desktop then simply change the value data to 0 or delete the NoViewContextMenu DWORD key.
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