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In this, the final part of the ‘Exploring The Explorer Navigation Pane’ articles, I will show you just how easy it is to add system shortcuts to the actual pane. The default pane has just the drives and removable storage devices showing. Items that can […]
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In part one of this series I showed you how to hide the Navigation Pane and how to Show all Folders. In Part 2 I will show you how to remove individual links from the Navigation Pane. This will involve editing the registry so use
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The Windows 8 Navigation Pane in Windows Explorer can, just as in Windows 7, be twisted and tuned to your preferred view. Some people use the navigation pane, others don’t. I fall into my own category of ‘I hate the Navigation Pane’! Why? because, in
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Should You install a RAMDrive? RAMDrives (also called RAMDisks) use, uh… RAM (Random Access Memory). That means that if you don’t have enough to begin with then a RAMDrive is not for you. What is enough? If you’re running Windows 7 (64-bit) then the sweet spot
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All Windows 8 users must be familiar with the Charms bar hint/pop-out and it must get on the nerves of at least some of them. The idea in itself is okay but I find the reality of it very annoying. It doesn’t matter what you
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Its no big secret that I like to customize my computer and I change it all around at least once a week. Icons play a big part in personalizing my computer and making it mine. I have written an article on icons and how to
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As I am sure you’ll know, clicking the explorer shortcut on the Windows 8 desktop taskbar opens up the Libraries folder. Why? I cannot see any reason why I would want a shortcut to open my Libraries folder. And! Oddly enough, neither could any of
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A new program out of the Stardock stable is called ModernMix. What it does basically is add the Caption buttons back into the Windows 8 apps. Caption buttons for those that don’t know, are the Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons which generally sit in the
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Over the different Microsoft operating systems the ease of renaming the Recycle Bin has been somewhat varied. In the last version, Windows 7, it was just a case of right clicking on the Recycle bin desktop shortcut and then choosing Rename. In the latest version
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I am on record as being a fan of Windows 8 and I reject many of the criticisms aimed at the new operating system as downright misinformation. It would appear however, that I am a member of an underwhelming minority. It’s no secret that adoption
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Windows 8 has made it easy for those with multi-monitor setups. They have also made it easier to extend the taskbar across multiple monitors in desktop view… … and by default: To explore these settings, open your Control Panel by typing Control on the Start
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In a previous article I explained how to remove your ‘Lock’ screen. If you want to take it a step further and speed up Windows 8’s boot time even more, you can bypass the logon screen quite easily. This procedure will automatically logon to your
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If you like to change the little sounds associated with various Windows system events, such as starts and stops, logging off or shutting down, then you probably will have noticed that in Windows 8 you can’t! I say you can’t but that’s not strictly true,
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In the pre-windows 8 days it was very easy to customize things like icon spacing. It was just a case of opening up the Classic Appearance Options where you could play with the windowmetrics. But Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom decided to remove that option
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