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| Changing Common Icons |
| Thursday, June 7, 2007 |
You can change many of the common Windows icons.
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Start Regedit
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Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Shell Icons
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The default icons are numbered in the right panel from 0-40
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Double click on the number of the particular icon you want to change. See the chart below.
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Enter the name of the icon file you want to use followed by the number of the icon in that file.
Note: The numbering starts with zero.
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If you use a single .ICO file, it should be followed by a 0.
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e.g. - filename.dll,4 - This would actually be the 5th icon since it starts with 0.
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Make sure you delete the hidden file C:\WINDOWS\SHELLICONCACHE
0-13 Are the Drive and Application Icons
0 - To change the Unknown Application Icon
2 - To change the Default Application Icon
3 - To change the Closed Folder Icon
4 - To change the Open Folder Icon
5 - To change the 5 1/4" Floppy Icon
6 - To change the 3 1/2" Floppy Icon
7 - To change the Removable Disk Icon
8 - To change the Hard Drive Icon
9 - To change the Network Drive Online Icon
10 - To change the Network Drive Offline Icon
11 - To change the CD Drive Icon
12 - To change the Ramdrive Icon
13 - To change the Entire Network Icon
19-27 Are the Start Menu Icons
19 - To change the Programs Icon
20 - To change the Documents Icon
21 - To change the Settings Icon
22 - To change the Find Icon
23 - To change the Help Icon
24 - To change the Run Icon
27 - To change the Shutdown Icon
Other Icons
33 - To change the DUN Folder Icon
34 - To change the Desktop Icon
35 - To change the Control Panel Icon
37 - To change the Printer Folder Icon
40 - To change the Audio CD Icon
43 - To change the Favorites Icon
44 - To change the Logoff IconLabels: registry Tips |
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| Automatic Screen Refresh Tips |
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Automatic Screen Refresh Tips
When you are working on your local computer and want to refresh any changes in your system automatically. For example some times you are watching sports results, online Stock Exchange rates and any changes to your hard drive but these changes are not usually refreshed until you press the F5 key on your keyboard.
To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.
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First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
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In Registry Editor panel go to the path:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /
Control / UpdateMode
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Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.
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Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.Labels: registry Tips |
| posted by Admin @ 11:38 AM |
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| How to add Items to the Start Button using Registry? |
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How to add Items to the Start Button using Registry?
The best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.
Follow the given steps to change the Start button setting.
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First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.
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In Registry Editor go to left hand panel, and find HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell
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Here Right click on Shell folder option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.
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Now Right click on that key and give the full path of that program you are interested to add in start button. For example if you want to add MS excel, then full path may be C:\program file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE.
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Now close all open programs and check the changes in your computer Start button.Labels: registry Tips |
| posted by Admin @ 11:37 AM |
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| Improving browsing performance for Internet Explorer. |
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Improving browsing performance for Internet Explorer.
You can improve Internet Explorer's browsing performance by disabling graphics, sound, music, video, and other multimedia files. This will allow you to browse faster and more efficiently if you are just interested in getting text. To do this:
* Click Options from the View menu.
* Click the General tab (it should be the default tab).
* Now you can deselect the options you don’t want to have from the Multimedia section. This way you can speed up your browser performance.
Another option is to disable ActiveX controls and plug-ins. To do this:
* Click on the Security tab.
* Deselect the options you want here (preferably all 4).
* Click OK to save your settings.Labels: internet tips |
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