Disable or enable items from New submenu in Explorer context menu

February 3rd, 2010

When we install programs, many items get added to the right click context menu of explorer.exe, in the ‘New’ submenu. This submenu is requeired when you want to open a new file (or command or item) of that type on, say, your desktop. [Read More...]


How to Remove Start Orb Button in Windows 7 or Vista

January 27th, 2010

For those of you who dont like the start orb and want to do away with it, you now have two easy ways to do it. [Read More...]

Change the color of Windows 7 & Vista explorer navigation button

January 18th, 2010

Vista/7 Navigation Button Colorizer is a tool which can easily change your Windows 7 & Vista’s explorer navigation button colour in one click. The app now seems to have been updated to run on Windows 7 too! [Read More...]

Synchronize Navigation pane of Windows 7 explorer with Main pane.

January 18th, 2010

When you open Windows explorer, you notice that it has a left pane called as the Navigation Pane, which includes links to Drives, Special Folders, Favorites, etc and the main or right pane which contains your files and folders. [Read More...]

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BinManager: A Manager for your Recycle Bin

December 28th, 2009

BinManager is shell context menu command for deleting old items from Windows Recycle Bin, as well as a scriptable component for managing the Recycle Bin. [Read More...]

Add SkyDrive To Your Windows Explorer with SkyDrive Explorer

December 28th, 2009

Windows Live SkyDrive is part of Microsoft’s Windows Live  online services. SkyDrive is a file storage and sharing service that allows users to upload files to the computing cloud, then access them from a web browser. [Read More...]

A Double Explorer for Windows 7 !

December 1st, 2009

Windows Double Explorer for Windows 7, from CodePlex, manages two or more Windows Explorer in one application. [Read More...]

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How to add Tabs to Windows Explorer

November 28th, 2009

Like the tabbed browsing feature in Internet Explorer, you can also add tabs to your Windows Explorer. [Read More...]

Explore as Administrator PowerToy released.

November 24th, 2009

Have you ever tried to use Windows Explorer to create a folder within or copy a file into a protected folder such a Program Files or Windows and had to deal with the confusing “File Operation” dialog box before you could complete your task.  This is one of the most confusing and poorly understood features of User Account Control. [Read More...]

Display any file, folder, program in Computer folder of Windows 7 easily

October 18th, 2009

You can, if you wish to, display your favorite file or its shortcuts directly in the (My) Computer folder of Windows 7 & Vista. [Read More...]

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How to move a window, when its title bar goes off screen

September 14th, 2009

On occasions it may have happened that the title bar of your open explorer window may have moved off screen, as a result of which you are unable to move the window with the help of your mouse pointer. [Read More...]

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How to customize the Save As dialog box in Windows 7

September 13th, 2009

Simpli Software’s Places Utility allows users to customize the Windows ‘Save As’ dialog box. [Read More...]

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Roll up and manage open windows easily with WinRoll

August 31st, 2009

WinRoll easily manages multiple open windows. With this portable freeware, you can make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the back or make it stay on top. [Read More...]

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Make confirmatory dialog windows appear near mouse cursor.

August 30th, 2009

If you have a large monitor, and you always get  irritated when you have to keep moving your mouse cursor to the center of the screen to acknowledge small dialog boxes that appear, and if you’d rather prefer, that the small dialog window move itself automatically to fall somewhere under where your mouse  cursor is at the time of clicking the button that caused the small dialog window to appear, then this portable freeware app maybe what you are looking for. [Read More...]

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Troubleshooting Games Explorer in Windows 7

August 29th, 2009

If you find that you are unable to access the Games folder in Windows 7 or its link does not open or you cannot run a game from it, here are a few things you may want to try. [Read More...]

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Explorer.exe won’t start at boot in Windows.

August 28th, 2009

If every time your Windows computer starts, your explorer does not start and you are left seeing the wallpaper only, and you are left with no choice, but to start explorer.exe manually, then here are a few troubleshooting steps you may want to try. [Read More...]

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Create new folders in Windows 7 with hotkey.

August 26th, 2009

Windows 7 includes the ability to add new folders with a keyboard shortcut key combination. [Read More...]

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How to display Recyle Bin in Computer folder in Windows 7

August 14th, 2009

You may not want to clutter up your desktop with a Recycle Bin. You perhaps also do not want to pin it to your Start Menu, and yet want easy access to it. [Read More...]

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How To Disable Recent Search Suggestions in Windows 7

July 8th, 2009

Windows Explorer shows suggestion pop-ups as users type into the Search Box.  These suggestions are based on their past entries into the Search Box. [Read More...]

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How to remove the Universal Focus Rectangle in Windows

June 23rd, 2009

The Universal Focus Rectangle in Windows lets you know where you were before you current click. It is as such, quite useful at times. But if you would like to remove this, try this: [Read More...]

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