Monday, September 14, 2009

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
  • 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}
Add move 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 Move To
  • Double click to open key and enter value {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
  • Exit the registry editor
Now when you right click on a file or folder, above the send to option are two new options available, they are Copy to Folder and Move to Folder You can copy or move files or folders to other folders with this. right click and select copy to folder or move to folder, then it open small window named as copy items, in there select the location expanding the folder tree and click copy or move.

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.