Adding Control Panel Icons to the Desktop
This is an easy one..
- Simply open up the Control Panel. Right Click and Drag the icon you want to your desktop or folder. This will create a shortcut for that icon.
- It could come in handy if there are always certain items you need to get to quickly.
Create a Control Panel menu directly below the Start Button
- Click the Start Button once with your right mouse button. You should see a right-button menu (called a context menu because it offers different choices in different contexts). You should see the items Open, Explore, and Find on the context menu. Click Explore with your left mouse button. An Explorer file management window should open. A directory tree should appear in the left pane, with the right pane displaying the contents of the Start Menu folder. Right-click any empty space within the right pane. A context menu should appear. Click New and then Folder.
- The Explorer will create a highlighted icon called New Folder. Type in the following string, all on one line, replacing the words New Folder with this new line. You must type the period, the curly braces, all four hyphens, and the hexadecimal numbers exactly as shown. After the closing curly brace, press Enter.
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Other Folders can be added following the same instructions.
- Dial-Up Networking.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
- Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
- Inbox.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
- My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
- Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
- Network Neighborhood.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
- Desktop.{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
- Briefcase.{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
- Fonts.{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}
Minimizing All Windows
To minimize all windows:
- Press Ctrl-ESC ESC to bring up the Task Bar Right Mouse Click on an open area of the Task Bar
- Select Minimize all Windows
This makes it a lot easier to minimize windows when all your open applications are full screen.With the Microsoft Keyboard, you can accomplish the same thing by pressing the Window-M key.
Removing the Shortcut Icon Arrows
- Open REGEDIT.EXE Open the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Open the Key LNKFILE Delete the value IsShortcut Open the next Key PIFFILE Delete the value IsShortcut
- Restart the Win95
Turning on AutoArrange for Folders
To make all folders keep AutoArrange turned on:
- Open up an existing folder Select View / Arrange Arrange the Icons the way you would like, (e.g. Name, Size,etc.) Select View / Arrange again Select AutoArrange Press the Ctrl-key while you close the window.
- This folder should now have AutoArrange always selected.
This should allow you to create new folders that have AutoArrange selected by default.
You only need to specify by Name, Size, etc. if you want to change it from the default you set above.
Note: I have only tested this on a few computers. Please give me feedback regarding any problems.
Creating Document Scraps
If you are using Microsoft Word 7.0,
you can highlight a section of the document then drag and drop the highlighted area to
your desktop. Windows will create a file for you with a name something like
"Document Scrap From..." followed by the first few words you selected
Quick Access to Your Desktop
How do you access your darn desktop when you have a ton of applications open?
Well you could right click on the taskbar and do a minimize all, but that can be slow.
Instead:
- Open a browser window (double-click on "My Computer") If there is no toolbar, select View from the menu and select Toolbar. Then from the dropdown list-box in the toolbar select desktop. Now minimize it and forget about it. The next time you want to access your desktop just click the desktop window on the taskbar.
- As long as you don't close the window when you shutdown, it will reopen when you start windows again.
Additional Note: You can also drag the Desktop folder to the start menu.
Then you just press Ctrl-ESC and click on Desktop
Restoring Corrupted Icons
- If you use a graphic Card and you change the resolution, sometimes the icons are bad. End Win95 and restart. When you see the starting message press F8 then type standard. After this start of Win95 exit and restart. Change back to your Resolution and restart.
- The icons should be corrected.
Turn Off Window Animation
You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows.
This tip makes navigating Windows 95 a lot faster especially for those that don't have
super fast video cards.
- Open Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control panel Desktop WindowMetrics Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane. Select new/string value. Name the new value MinAnimate. Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify" Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit
- Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.
Renaming the Recycle Bin
- Start the Registry Editor Type Ctrl-F to bring up the Find Menu In the Find What box type Recycle Double click on the Recycle Bin in the right pane Type in the new name under Value Data
- Restart Win95
Turning off Desktop Icons
If you want to turn off all the icons on your desktop:
- Start the System Policy Editor Select File / Open Registry Select Local User Select Shell / Restrictions
- Select Hide all items on Desktop
All Icons will now be hidden.Note: One side effect is the your CD will no longer automatically play when it is inserted.
Adding in Old Windows Groups
If you are setup to dual boot between your old Win 3.x and want to add in the old groups, just click on the *.GRP file in your old windows directory. The programs will be added to your list under Programs in the task bar.Note: Any DLL's the programs require will need to be copied.
To speed up the Start Menu
- Start the REGEDIT program Search for the word desktop This should be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / CLSID / {00021400... Right Click on the right panel Pick NEW / String Value. Name it MenuShowDelay, all one word. Select a value from 1-10, 1 being the fastest. Exit REGEDIT
- Restart Windows
To change the My Computer or Recycle Bin icon
- Open Regedit Find My Computer or Recycle Bin Tab to the left panel Double click on the highlighted line Double click on DefaultIcon in the left panel Double click on DefaultIcon right panel Type in the value for the new icon
- Note: DLL files can be used. Specify the location of the new icon with the filename,#
Remove the tildes in short filenames
- Open Regedit Go to Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem Right Click on the Right pane Select New / Hex
- Add the value NameNumericTail= 0
To remove the Network Neighborhood Icon
- Start POLEDIT. It is on the CD in \Admin\Apptools\Poledit Open Registry Select LocalUser Select Shell Select Restrictions
- Select Hide Network Neighborhood
To change the Startup and Logoff screensStartup Screen
- Create a 320x400 bitmap in the root directory and name it LOGO.SYS
- You can use LOGOW.SYS file in the Windows directory as a starter
Logoff Screens
- There are several files called LOGOX.SYS They are actually bitmaps 320x400 that just have a different extension The hidden one in the root directory LOGO.SYS is the startup logo. There are two files in the Windows directory. LOGOW.SYS is the Wait while Shutting down ... screen LOGOS.SYS is the You may now shut-off or Reboot screen To edit them, rename them with a BMP extension and use your favorite graphic editor You can edit these files or create you own
- They just need to be the same size
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