Category: "Tricks and Tweaks"

How to Add Disk Cleanup to the Right-Click Menu of your Drive

Today I will share to you a simple registry hack that will help you to easily access disk cleanup by a simple right click. Open Regedit by typing “regedit” at the start menu search box then browse down to the following key. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell Create a new key and name it “diskcleanup” set it’s default value [...]

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How To Show Recycle Bin On Windows 7 Windows Explorer

I’ve been using Windows 7 for months now when I realized that the Recycle Bin that is usually present on Windows Explorer on previous of Windows is missing. I just found out about this when a friend ask about on how he can reveal the recycle bin on windows explorer, when he asked that I [...]

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How to Search the Internet from the Start Menu

In Windows 7 the Start Menu’s search box are mainly use to search for any files and applications on your PC but did you know that you can also make your Start Menu search box search the internet? Windows 7 has this, follow the steps below to enable this feature. Important note: This tip will [...]

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How To Make Your Internet Explorer 8 Load Faster

Here is a very easy way on how you can make your Internet Explorer loads much faster. I actually like this new version of Internet Explorer because of it’s new features but even for it’s new features I’m still a Firefox user primarily because of all the features were better in along with its add-ons. [...]

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How to Display Hidden Files and Folders

This tip is for beginners only and for people that don’t know about this tip. I’ve been ask a lot of times on how they can see files or folders that are hidden. So here is a  quick tip on to show those windows hidden files. By default, windows hides important files to keep them [...]

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How To Speed Up Disk Access by Disabling Windows XP Last Access Updating

Do you know that you can speed up disk access in Windows XP by simply disabling the Last Access Updating? Windows XP updates files with the last access update time when they are opened by any application. This feature for me is not entirely useful. Disabling this will not also affect any applications from running [...]

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How to Change The Default Location For Installing Applications

When you install a certain software or game it normally installs them to the default location of installed programs which is C:\Program Files. Most application installer gives you the option to change the location where you will place the software, but some applications don’t give you the luxury to do that. You may want to [...]

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How to Remove Recycle Bin Icon on Desktop

If you don’t use your Recycle bin to store deleted windows files then you might want to remove it from your desktop. Here is a quick trick to remove it. This trick involves registry editing so I highly suggest that you make a backup first on your registry before proceeding with the steps below. 1. [...]

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How to Run Multiple Rediff Bol Account

One of my regular blog reader ask if it’s possible to run multiple intances of Rediff Bol messenger. Rediff Bol  is a messenger from India that has similar functionalities as Yahoo Messenger and Gtalk. I’ve downloaded different versions of Rediff to try and test if it’s really possible luckily I found the way to run [...]

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Quick Trick: How to Enable “No to All”

Sometimes when you are copying or moving files or folders, your Windows XP gives you only four options Yes, Yes to All, No, and Cancel. But what if you have hundreds of files to move, it would take a lifetime clicking the No button. Don’t you just wish you have the fifth option which is [...]

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