| Change the color of Compressed Files and Folders | | 2008-07-10 12:38:42 | | windows uses a special color to identify compressed files in Explorer. By default,this is blue. You can set this to any color of your choice by following some simple steps :
Go to My Computer > Tools > Folder Option > View. Scroll down to ” Show encrypted or compressed NTFS Files in Color”; Check the [...] | | By: PC's Place | | |
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| Hide your folders without actually hiding them!! | | 2008-06-24 03:49:34 | | You ever have a folder on your computer that you don’t want any one to find? You can make this folder hidden but then you have to un-hide all the folders when you want to find and access the folder.
SO how can you make a folder truly invisible? Follow these simple steps and your unmentionables [...]
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| How to Give Your Windows XP Folders Background Images? | | 2008-06-08 21:05:03 | | Most of you know how to customize your Windows desktop background ( Piece of cake, right? ) and some of you may even know how to add wallpaper to your USB drive. But how about giving your windows folder a background image? To be honest, I never came across people who has background image on [...] | | By: My Tech Quest | | |
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| How To Create Start Menu Shortcuts to Disk Drives,Files & Folders | | 2008-04-27 09:41:33 | | Adding shortcuts to start menu or desktop help you quickly access your favourite programs/applications ,disk drives ,files and folders.You may already know how to add your favourite programs shortcuts on the desktop.If you don't ,right clicking the icon/folder/file/program/drive and selecting create shortcut adds a shortcut on the desktop.But adding shortcuts to start menu needs a few more steps.This tip isn't a new one but quite useful to handle frequently accessed programs,files or folders.I w | | By: Blogging,Software Reviews,Computer tips,Internet,F | | |
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| Minitab Folders | | 2008-04-20 04:46:09 | | Have you ever used Minitab and been overwhelmed by the amount of worksheets and graphs you have open at any one time? If so, then you need to use the following:
The Project Manager
All the worksheets, session commands, graphs and reports of a Minitab session constitute a Project. The Project Manager provides a means of viewing, [...] | | By: learn about lean & six-sigma | | |
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| How to Show Hidden Folders in Windows XP | | 2008-04-14 12:33:56 | | This quick tutorial is for all you control freaks out there that want to know exactly where every file and folder is and be able to do whatever you want to it.
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| How to lock your private folders without any software | | 2008-04-10 12:28:00 | | If you want to lock a folder, say pictures in C: which has the path C:\Pictures, then in the same drive create a text file and type in it (without the quotes):"ren pictures pictures.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"Now save this text file as loc.batCreate another text file and type in it(without the quotes):"ren pictures.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} pictures"Now save this text file as key.batNow you can see 2 batch files loc and key. Press loc and the folder Pictures will change to control panel and you cannot view its contents. Press key and you will get back your original folder.Just go to my computer->tools->folder options->go to the view tab. Now uncheck the 'Hide extensions for known file types'. Press apply.Now rename your text files as bat files. | | By: Blog Traffic-Blog Guide | | |
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| How to protect your files and folders on home pc: | | 2008-03-12 20:39:46 | | How to protect your files and folders on home pc:I have protected my user account with a password.Nobody can access my files and folders .Do you think like that? If yes, you are wrong..If you share your computer with your friends or family they can easily access all the files and folders you stored on the desktop and on my documents folder(even if your account is password protected).Here is how they can access...My computer ->c:\ (drive where windows is installed) -> Documents and Settings -> Us | | By: Blogging,Software Reviews,Computer tips,Internet,F | | |
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| Making undeletable, unreadable folders | | 2008-03-06 16:26:24 | | Tested on Windows 95/98
By holding down alt, then typing numbers on the number pad (right of the keyboard) you can create special characters. If you hold down alt, then press 1, then let go, you got the ascii character 1. You try some randomn numbers. This goes all the way up to 255. Open a dos prompt, and type md (alt+1+9+4)someword. md is the dos command for creating a new directoy, now try | | By: Computer tips & tricks, computer tricks, pc ti | | |
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| How to Password Protect your Files and Folders in WIN XP | | 2008-03-06 01:24:02 | | Windows XP offers a nice feature which allows you to protect your files and folders with a password.It also uses less drive space and especially useful when you move data between home and office computers , attach it to an e-mail message ,where you don't want others reading or you aren't allowed to use 3rd party apps like winzip(or something else ) 1.Right-click on desktop and select Compressed (Zipped) folder2."Cut and paste" all the files and floders you would like to protect with a passwor | | By: Blogging,Software Reviews,Computer tips,Internet,F | | |
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| 5 Free Tools to Lock/Hide Your Files and Folders With Ease | | 2008-03-05 03:31:00 | | Do you share your computer or laptop with your other family members or friends? If yes, then you are risking your private data from unauthorized access or your data may get deleted by mistake. I am sure that you don’t want other peoples to peep into your confidential things, right? I don’t like either. [...] | | By: My Tech Quest | | |
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| How to keep folders hidden? | | 2008-03-04 09:02:18 | | Want to keep your private folders hidden?
Firstly, create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive
when you name it hold down “Alt” and press “0160″ this will create and invisible space so it will appear as if it has no name.
then right click in and select “Properties” select the tab “customize” and select “change icon” [...]
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| Tarylynn, Free Folders Synchronizer | | 2008-02-26 22:10:00 | | Tarylynn synchronises two folders and all subfolders within. Good for a quick backup to a network drive, or copying files to a laptop. No need to spend time trying to setup a windows briefcase. Because Tarylynn does not depend on a database like briefcase does, backups are more portable, and there is no single point of failure.If files exist on both sides, the file modified dates are compared and the newer one is copied across. When deleting, files existing on both sides are ignored regardless o | | By: Computer Stuff | | |
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| Access All Shared Folders In One Single Window With ‘fsmgmt.msc’ | | 2008-02-05 05:00:12 | | Microsoft has some hidden snap-ins which are many times very useful to accomplish some tasks very quick. Like, to manage all your shared folders in one window you can use one of the Microsoft’s snap-ins.
Click on Start > Run and type fsmgmt.msc and hit enter. This shows to you all the shared folders of the [...] | | By: CompuWorld | | |
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| Cool Way To Hide Folders Without Using The Hidden Attribute | | 2008-01-22 05:00:11 | | Right-click where ever you want the invisible folder to be and select create a new folder. Right-click on the folder and hit rename. Erase the name completely than hold ALT key and press 0160 (make sure the Num Lock is on), release ALT. You should now see a blank name with nothing but a folder [...] | | By: CompuWorld | | |
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| Windows XP Delays When Opening Folders | | 2008-01-16 00:49:35 | | You might notice that when you open folders there is a slight delay between when you click them and when they open. This is because your computer is automatically searching for network folders and printers every time something is opened.Here are the steps to disable this:Click StartClick "My Computer"Click "Tools" to pull down the Tools menuClick "Folder Options"Click the "View" tabUncheck the box next to where it says "Automatically search for network folders and printers"Click "Apply"Click "OK" | | By: Windows XP Security Tips | | |
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| Organise Folders by colouring them | | 2008-01-05 09:52:23 | | many of us like to make as many folders as possible in order to divide and categorise the data in a detailed manner. While some of the users prefer to make less folders in Windows to find the content stored within them easily.
Making a huge number of folders can be a good productive strategy as [...]
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| Handy Folders – Quick Access To Your Drive, Folder, and File | | 2007-11-09 02:42:23 | | If you have many files distributed among different folders, and do not like to expand each time the same multi-level structure to reach your files, the Handy Folders utility is for you! Create a list of your favorite folders like you do in the Internet browser - but expand it to your own PC drives, [...] | | By: Software Review Blog | | |
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| Optimize windows, turn off the ‘last accessed’ service on folders | | 2007-10-01 23:01:14 | | Every time you access your folders, windows will always update the ‘last accessed’ on your folders and all the sub-folders. Not to mention how many folders or sub-folders we have. For faster computer, this is not a problem, but for average or slower one, this simple thing could slower your access through folders and sub-folders. [...] | | By: The Bun Inspirations | | |
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| Zip Folders Of Mixes... | | 2007-09-10 18:49:18 | | Just to let you know guys, as of the Thursday Theme post this week all my scheduled posts will have a 'Give me the Zip' link at the end of them so you can (if you want) take everything in one cute, shiny zip folder. At the weekend I'll put up a post offering zips for all the posts so far.:) | | By: Wolf Lullaby | | |
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