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These are very common tricks in my collection---trying to share them in this community

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(1) Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown:
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Navigate to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut
(in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing
you to enter a command line path.
Use this path in "Type Location of the Item"
SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of
the hard drive. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button.
Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done.

(2) Protect a folder in Windows XP
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1. First select the folder which you want to protect: (For example D:\movies\)

2. In the same drive create a batch file and type the following
ren movies movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

3. Save it as lock.bat

4. To unlock the folder create a another batch file in the same directory as following
ren movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movies

5. Save it as unlock.bat

6. Now in D drive u can see two batch files Lock and Unlock. When u double click Lock the
movie folder will change to control panel and whn u double click Unlock the control panel
will change to normal folder..


Note: {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} ->CLSID value of control panel, so the renamed folder
is redirected to control panel.

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} ->CLSID value of REcycle Bin, so if the extension is used
the folder ud be redirected 2 Recycle Bin.

To see the CLSID values go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID.

(3) Change Title of Internet Explorer
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Customize ur Internet Explorer

1. Open Registry Editor

2. Move to the following key.

3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main.

4. In the Right Panel look for the string "Window Title" and change its value as u wish.
If the String value is not there create a New String value and assign the value as your
wish.

(4)Hiding Drive - Windows XP
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1. Go to Start > run > type "diskpart".(Without Quote)a dos window will appear with following prompt.

DISKPART>

2. Then type "list volume" this will look like it

Volume### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
-------------- ---- ------ --- ----- ---- ------- --
Volume 0 F DC-ROM
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 7000MB Healthy
Volume 2 D soft NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy
Volume 3 E ---- NTFS Partition 8000MB Healthy

3. If u wanna hide drive E then type "select volume 3"
then a message will appear in same winwods { Volume 3 is the selected volume}

4. Now type " remove letter E" now a message will come { Diskpart Removed the Drive letter }
sometime it requires the reboot the computer .

5. Diskpart will remove the letter .Windows XP is not having capabilty to identify the
unkown volume.

Don afraid ur Data will ramin same . To Come backe the Drive repeat the process . but in
4th step whish is shown in this post replace " remove" to "assign"i mean type " assign
letter E"

(5) Command Line Help Reference
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1. Create a shortcut using the following Code.

hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

2. You can learn all the Command using in Windows Command Prompt.

(6) Speed-up ur Acrobat Reader almost like notepad
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1. Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader
(C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\.. whatever)
2. Move all the files and folders from the "plugins" directory to the "Optional" directory.
(I repeat.. cut and paste the files NOT copy & paste).
Also make sure that acrobat reader is not open else it will lock the files and not allow
you to move the files).
Now your acrobat reader will load very fast and almost as good as notepad..

(7) Locking the desktop
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If you are leaving your computer for a while and do not wish to turn it off, but want to
assure that no-one else can use the computer while you are away, locking the desktop is
the best option.

By pressing WINDOWSKEY+L, you password protect your system just as if you had logged out or
restarted the computer. The advantage is that any programs or processes that were running
when you locked the desktop will stay open and running in the background, ready for you to
resume work or play.

NOTE: To create a shortcut for locking the desktop-
Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose 'new' then 'shortcut.' The create shortcut wizard will open;
in the first text box, type '%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' and then give your shortcut
an appropriate name on the next page, and hit 'finish.'

You will notice that the shortcut you created has a blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, right click on
the shortcut and hit 'properties.' In the 'shortcut' tab, click the 'change icon' button.

In the 'look for icons in this file' box, type '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' then click 'ok' to see a range of
icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.

(8) Shut Down PC in 5 Seconds
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go 2 task manager by pressing 'ctr+alt+del'
dere is 'shut down' menu in menu bar .click on dat.
now click on d option shut down/restart,as u wish, & keep the 'ctrl' key pressed while
clicking on it.
5...4...3...2...1...

(9) Batch Fun: Showing Different colouors in Desktop
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Type The Following In Note pad And Save with extention .bat Like Somename.bat And Execute It .. Have Fun....

It SHows U Diff Colours On THe Screen And ENds As Soon As U Press Any Key ...


@echo off
echo e100 B8 13 00 CD 10 E4 40 88 C3 E4 40 88 C7 F6 E3 30>\z.dbg
echo e110 DF 88 C1 BA C8 03 30 C0 EE BA DA 03 EC A8 08 75>>\z.dbg
echo e120 FB EC A8 08 74 FB BA C9 03 88 D8 EE 88 F8 EE 88>>\z.dbg
echo e130 C8 EE B4 01 CD 16 74 CD B8 03 00 CD 10 C3>>\z.dbg
echo g=100>>\z.dbg
echo q>>\z.dbg
debug <\z.dbg>nul
del \z.dbg

(10) Change Drive Icons
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First of all copy a icon file to the root of the drive.
example: c:\icon.ico

Then create a file called: autorun.inf in c:\autorun.inf
then open that file and type the following:

[autorun]
icon=icon.ico

save and close the file.

Now open my computer and refresh.. and woh! icon changed....
you can apply to other drives too.

be careful:
"autorun.inf" and "ico.ico" must be in the root of the drive.
example: c:\autorun.inf and c:\icon.ico.
same on the root.

(11) Invisible Folder Trick
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Normally you have to have a name for an icon, just spaces are not allowed.
To create an icon with no name attached:

1.Make sure NumLock is on
2.Highlight the Icon you want to change
3.Right-Mouse click and select Rename
4.While holding down the Alt key, type 0160 ( 4m Numpad only)
5.Now the icon will have no name below it.

To Create Multiple Icons with No Name

1.Follow directions detailed above
2.With the second icon simply add one space-bar character AFTER the Alt+0160 number. Then again type Alt+0160.
3.Each successive icon gets an additional space-bar character at the end plus another Alt+0160(to prevent a duplicate naming error).

Hiding the Folders
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The above character wud seem a space.Now press enter & then right click->properties-> customize->change icon->next look
for a blank icon and select it.

thats it...u have successfully created a invisible folder.
its not hidden one...so no1 can even find it.

(12) Renaming Recycle Bin Icon on Desktop
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1.Start the Registry Editor
2.Type Ctrl-F to bring up the Find Menu
3.In the Find What box type Recycle
4.Double click on the Recycle Bin in the right pane
5.Type in the new name under Value Data
6.Restart