100 Tips about Windows system (Part 6)

51. Automatically open Windows Explorer

In some cases, use Windows Explorer to browse folders open than direct each folder and view them as more intuitive convenience. In general we can click on the folder from the right mouse button and choose resources management, but if you have the operation of customary double-click the mouse, then we can also in a more efficient way open folder. First open My Computer, choose from the Tools menu "folder options", click "file type" tab. The file type list, select "Folder" and click "Advanced" button in the edit file type dialog box, choose Resource Management, and click "Set Default" button. Click "OK", then click Close. Now, when you arbitrarily double-click on the folder, will automatically open the Windows Explorer view.


52. Dustbins to delete hidden documents

Windows XP is the default location of litter bins in the lower right hand corner of the desktop, system tray in the bottom of the above. If users open multiple windows, litter bins will be blocked, so that users can not drag documents and folders to litter bins. To this end, Microsoft specialized done a very humanistic design, a number of documents when a user drag the lower right hand corner and moved to the desktop, users can drag the mouse moved to the desktop and all documents under the mandate of the regional gaps, and there remain a few seconds, then opened all the windows will be automatically minimized, allowing users will be towed to the paper containers. In addition, regardless of whether the open window to maximize the number of users implement the above operations can be realized for all window minimizing effect.


53. Set up a shared folder competence

Windows 2000 operating system, users set up folders in the sharing of property, is very convenient to operate only with the mouse right-click the folder and choose Properties, we can find a shared set up labels to set the folder access, allowing only specific user access, in Windows XP can not find this feature in the. Is Windows XP can not use this feature? Actually, this is untrue, you can operate: Open "My Computer" in the "tools" select "folder attributes," out of "View" label "files and folders" will be part of "the use of simple file sharing ( recommended) "abolition of the choice in front of this revised users can use Windows 2000 the same as the folder attributes facilitate amended.

54. Copy files fast

We are generally a period of time put on the hard drive to classified documents, pictures on the picture folder, MP3 files on the music folder, and so on, back and forth copying, pasting really cumbersome, let us use a simple method is rapid-copy documents. Select a folder such as music, the creation of a right-point mouse shortcuts, copy the fast-track approach, in the C: \ Documents and Settings \ user name \ SendTo folder paste the shortcuts.
The system is WindowsXP SendTo folder, "Send to" function is achieved by it. Now we arbitrarily selected a mp3, point to send the right mouse button to select the "Shortcut to music," and this mp3 document was copied to the music folder, is not very convenient! We also can be produced according to their own needs software, txt and so on.


55. Customize your new folder icon

A directory on your very important? It has a distinctive icon bar, this is easy to identify. With your notebook in a new list of documents, called for Desktop.ini, the two firms will be lost into the following:
[. ShellCl [inappropriate words] Info]
IconFile =
Iconindex =
IconFile is your document icon, it can be taken. Ico,. Exe,. Dll, and other documents such as a logo. Wrote absolute or relative path can be, Iconindex is choosing an icon, if you specify the EXE or DLL contains more than one icon, it needs to choose, if you wish to use the first icon, wrote on Iconindex = 0 can, in the absence of the bank definition, the default is to use the fourth icon that Iconindex = 3, which is not a lot of time to show that the reasons for ICO (inside only one icon ah), and then the free DOS this directory will be set up under the system attributes, and methods are: ATTRIB + S folder, press the F5 refresh it soon, a new icon on the folder on your behalf.


56. Completely hidden files

Everyone's machines are more or less it is not willing to see things other people, how do directly hide? Show hidden files opened to see anything, in fact, as long as you HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ Advanced \ Folder \ Hidden \ SHOWALL, DWORD value Checkedvalue set to 0 (if not this can be a new one), so when users open the illicit hidden documents show that after the function, your document will not be displayed.

57. Cancel share documents

By default, Windows XP open My Computer, will see the hard disk icon above some folders. These are the "shared folder", where there is a document used by households to share the folder. We can let these folders in my computer disappeared, principle is very simple, as long as the following position open registry found: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ MyComputer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders, (59031 a47 - 3f72 - 44a7 - 89c5 - 5595fe6b30ee) keys deleted, I open the next computer, these annoying folder on cease to exist.

58. Start at designated folder Resource Manager

In Windows XP, you can use the "resource management" and "My Computer" folder and document management, but I also prefer the use of "resource manager." Because the use of "tree" structure, can quickly find the required documents or folders, if it is copy or move files or folders is even more convenient. But in By default, each defined as "resources manager," always open "My Documents" folder, can designate a folder?
First in the "Start / All Programs / annex" found "resource management," and "Resource Manager" on the right-click, right-click menu to choose the "Properties" orders "shortcuts" tab target text box contains "% SystemRoot% explorer.exe" (If your Windows XP installation disc in C, should be "c: Window say anything plorer.exe"), as long as some minor changes to the requirements can be met. For instance, I always opened and the user is h intraday folder, the target text box content was revised to "% SystemRoot% explorer.exe / e, h: user", "exe" and "/ e" to increase between a blank space. Good! Done, and now you can open the "Explorer" on the user direct access to the folder. There is yet another solution to it, or to start the "user" folder for example, for the first folder on the desktop "user" to establish quick start, right-click, pop-up menu choose "Resource Manager" orders opened "Explorer" after direct access to the "user" of the folder.

59. Displayed on the task bar in the week and date

In fact, without this provision, as long as pull up the task barthat will be on it. Method: The above screen will be moved to the mouse task bar on the sideline of the location, when the mouse indicator of a double arrow, press the button, drag up to two lines of high position can be. That shows that the system tray at the time, date and week.
Note: due to the default Windows XP task bar is locked, so you may move the pointer to the task bar at the border, the mouse will not deformation, not that you drag. Then please column space in the mission right-click the mouse, the menu will be significantly faster in its "lock task bar" before removing the hook.

60. Quickly lock the computer

If you because there are emergencies and need to leave, not wanting computer system written off. At this time you can choose "New / Shortcut," and then the system will be activated to create Shortcut wizard, in the text box enter "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" click "next step" in the pop-up window enter the name of shortcuts. For instance, we named it can be "locked computer" or use your favorite any name, click "completion." Later, we can simply click on the fast-track approach, lock computer.