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Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Adding your own sub-option to [Right Click/Send to] option

  1. Create a shortcut to the location of the place whose sub-option you want to add.
  2. Cut this shortcut.
  3. Paste it on the following address : C:\Documents and Settings\Username\SendTo
Username can be replaced by whatever your username in your PC is.

Sunday, 3 July 2011

Removing Options From Start Menu That Refuse To Be Removed

  1. Open Registry Editor by inputting Regedit in StartMenu/Run.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Advanced.
  3. If you want to remove My Music from start menu, change the value of REG_DWORD Start_ShowMyMusic from 1 to 0. If you want to remove My Pictures from start menu, change the value of REG_DWORD Start_ShowMyPics from 1 to 0. If you want to remove Recent Documents from start menu, change the value of REG_DWORD Start_ShowRecentDocs from 1 to 0. You can try others on your own.
  4. Restart Explorer and see the change.

Clearing Recent Documents Automatically While Exitting In Windows XP

  1. Open Registry Editor by typing Regedit in StartMenu/Run.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Policies/Explorer.
  3. Make new DWORD named ClearRecentDocsOnExit.
  4.  Set its value to 1.
  5. Refresh by pressing F5.