Changing the Location Of Special Folders

Changing the Location Of Special Folders

You can modify the registry to change the location of special folders like:

My Documents
Favorites
My Pictures
Personal
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Double click on any locations you want to change and alter the path
Logoff or restart for the changes to go into effect
Note: TweakUI from Microsoft will allow you to make these changes from a dialog box as well

Turning off System Beeps

Turning off System Beeps

If you want to turn off all system beeps (like the ones that go through your computers' internal speaker):

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
Edit the key Beep and give it a value of No

Opening a DOS Window to either the Drive or Directory in Explorer

Opening a DOS Window to either the Drive or Directory in Explorer

Add or Edit the following Registry Keys

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew]
@="Dos Prompt in that Directory"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew\command]
@="command.com /k cd %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew]
@="Dos Prompt in that Drive"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew\command]
@="command.com /k cd %1"

These will allow you to right click on either the drive or the directory and the option of starting the dos prompt there will pop up

Adding Open With to the Right Click in the Explorer

Adding Open With to the Right Click in the Explorer

To add the option Open With when you right click on a file in the Explorer:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ CLASSES \* \ shell \ openas \ command
If this key isn't there then just create it
Give it the value of C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1