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Desktop Tips
Desktop
Restoring
a Lost Desktop
Making Desktop
Changes Permanent
Easy
Shortcuts on the Desktop
Unable to
Create Shortcuts on the Desktop
Repositioning
a Background Bitmap
Adding
Shortcuts to Desktop Without "Shortcut To" text
Removing
Items from NEW on the Desktop
Adding the
Device Manager to your Desktop
Changing Desktop
Folders - With No Registry Changes
Updating the
Desktop
Minimizing all
windows
Turning on
AutoArrange
Quick access to
your Desktop
Turning off
Desktop Icons
Removing the
Network Neighborhood icon
Changing the
Startup and Logoff Bitmap screens
Icons
Creating
Shutdown, Restart and Logoff Icons
Increasing
the Icon Cache
Make Icons 256
Color 16-Bit
Removing
Shortcut Arrows
Changing a
Folder's Icon
Fixing
Corrupted Desktop Icons
Removing the
InBox from the Desktop
Customizing
Individual Folder Icons
Removing
the Recycle Bin
Having Icons with
No Name
Changing
Drive Icons
Removing the
InBox and Recycle Bin Icons from the Desktop
Modifying
Default Desktop Icons
More
Removing Shortcut Arrows
Changing
Application Icons
Removing the
shortcut arrows (potential problem)
Removing the
shortcut icon arrows
Restoring corrupted
icons
Renaming the
Recycle Bin
Start Menu
Organizing
the Start / Programs Listing
Having your
Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically
Adding
the Control Panel to the Start Menu
Moving
the Start Button
Aligning
Drop-Down Menus to the Right
Removing
the Start Button
Customizing
the Start Button's Name and Icon
Adding Options
to the Right-Click of the Start Menu
Adding
the Desktop to your Start Menu
Getting rid of
Click here to continue
Changing or
Removing the Start Menu Icons
Adding the
Control Panel icons to the Desktop
Adding the
Control Panel to the Start Menu
Speeding up the
Start Menu
Misc
Easy
Access to Folders from the Toolbar
Creating a New
E-Mail Shortcut
Creating
3D Window Effect
Full
Window Drag ( Without Plus! )
Getting
Screen Shots
Increasing the
Size of the Scroll Bar
Adding Send To
the Recycle Bin
Adding
AnyFolder and Mail to SendTo
Easier
User Interface
Changing the clock
to 24-Hour Time
Adding Drives to
the SendTo List
Adding a
Protected Briefcase
How to make the
task bar autohide
Closing Nested
Folders
Moving and
Resizing the Taskbar
Correcting
Corrupted Fonts
Creating document
scraps
Turing off
Windows Animation
Using old Window's
Groups
Changing
the My Computer or Recycle Bin icons
Removing the
Tildes in filenames
Removing shortcut arrows
One problem when removing shortcut arrows is that
if you delete a
desktop item, it will remove it.
If it is a shortcut it will just
remove the icon.
If it is not a shortcut, then it will remove the
program.
Having the little icon arrow is one way to tell the
difference
Changing the Desktop and Explorer Folder Icons
The following steps will change the icon that is displayed as the
default Folder icon.
- Start the Registry Editor.
- Search for "Shell Icons".
- This will bring you to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft /
Windows / CurrentVersion / explorer / Shell Icons.
- Double-click on the one has the value name of "3" in the right pane.
- Type in the new icon you want to use.
- If you have a DLL file specified, you need to count for the location
of the particular icon you want to use, starting at 0.
- To reset the icon cache, use a program such as Tweak
with comes with the PowerToys from Microsoft.
Note: I haven't experimented with too many of the other icon changes
possible.
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}
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
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