Add Items to "Send To" Menu in Windows

Most of the times when we transfer files to a usb pen drive we use the "Send To" feature of windows. This is the most easy way to transfer files instead of copying the file then pasting it in the usb pen drive.

If you often copy files to a particular folder then this trick can be used to copy the files to that folder using the "Send To" menu, similar to the copying to pen drive option.

For this you need to add a item or particularly the folder you copy files to, to the "Send To" menu .

Here is how you do it.

--- You need to see the Hidden files and folders. So if this option is not enabled then go to Tools -->Folder options in explorer. In folder options click on View and look for the show hidden files and folders option and enable it. In Vista hold the Alt key to get the menu bar.

--- Now that you can see the hidden files go to My Computer and then go to C drive (where windows is installed)

--- Now look for Documents and Settings Folder. In that folder double click on your username. In case of Vista you need to take ownership before you can open the folder. Read How to "Take Ownership of folders and Files in Vista". After reading this take ownership of the "Documents and Settings" folder and then the ownership of the "Send To" folder.

--- Now that you can access the "Send To" folder double click on it and then right click in an empty area and select New --> Shortcut.

--- In the windows that comes up click on browse and select the folder you want to add to "Send To" and Click next. In next window, name the folder if you want to or leave it as it is and click Finish.

You created an send to item for that folder. You can check it by right clicking on any files and going to "Send To" menu. Your new folder will be listed there. Just click on it to send the files there.

Similarly you can add Applications to "Send To" menu. Like you can add the Photoshop application for opening image files by right clicking and sending them to Photoshop. This will open the image in photoshop.

Take Ownership of Files and Folders in Vista

In Windows Vista when you try to open certain folders you get "Access Denied" error. Windows gives this error because you don't have the ownership of the file by default instead the system has the ownership. So you are not allowed to open the folders. One such folder is "Documents and Settings" folder.

Now in order to access the contents of these folders you need to take full ownership of them. To take the ownership follow these steps.

--- Right click on the folder you want to take ownership of then go to properties.

--- Now click on the Security tab and then click the Advanced button at the bottom.

--- Now again select the Owner tab in the next windows. There you will see the current owner and also other owners that can be assigned to that folder.

--- Now click on the Edit button. In the next windows that comes up select your username in the 'Change owner to' field. If you see the Replace owner of subcontainers and objects option then tick it.--- Now click Apply and OK on all the dialog boxes that are open. That's it you have taken the ownership of all the contents of the that particular folder.

Sometimes you still get the Access Denied error to some folders within this folder. Just follow the same procedure to take the ownership of that folder also.

Now you can access all your files.

Fix System Files in Vista

Some times when your windows systems starts to give errors the cause may be corrupt windows system files. Many a times when we install third party software they replace some system files which starts the problem. But there is no way to repair these files individually or know which file got corrupted.

Fortunately Microsoft has included an application called System File Checker which does the job of finding these corrupt files and also gives the option to repair them.

There are 2 options that can be used from the SFC.exe application. One option is just to verify if the files are corrupted or not and the other option is to verify and repair those files. Here is what you need to to.

--- Go to Run and type cmd

--- Once cmd is open type sfc /? to see all the options that are provided with it.

--- You can choose the option to verify only by tyoing directly in cmd as follows

sfc /VERIFYONLY

This verifies the files and reports any corrupt files.

--- Other option is sfc /SCANNOW which will verify and then repair the corrupt files.

--- For replacing any file you will be asked to insert the Windows CD/DVD and sfc will continue its work. Progress bar will show the work being done.

That's it your systems files will be restored to original.

This will also work with earlier versions of windows. Like for fixing system files in Windows Xp and more

Increase Max Connections in IE

If you are using Internet Explorer as your default browser you should know that whenever IE downloads files from a single server it allows only two files at a time. This limit is not imposed by the software but it is because of the web standard.

This can be changed because its only a software setting and it can be increased to 8-10 connections to make the downloads faster.

Just a registry edit is required for this. Do the following.

--- Go to registry editor by typing regedit by Run box.

--- Now in the left pane locate the entry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

--- Now in the right pane look for the entry MaxConnectionsPerServer. If its not present then create it by right clicking in empty area in right pane and then selecting New--> 32 bit DWORD value and give the name MaxConnectionsPerServer.--- Similarly look for the entry MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server or create it as said above.

--- Now to edit their values double click on them one at a time and select decimal as the Base and add a value of greater thatn 2 like 8. This is shown in the image below.--- Now close the registry. Restart your system. You will experience better speed in Internet Explorer.

How To Enter Windows XP Recovery Console

In Windows XP many a times some system files get corrupted, deleted or damaged for a number of reasons. More often you only see the solution to be re-installation of Windows XP.

Before reinstall you can try to restore the damaged files using the recovery console of Windows XP. Many people don't know how to get to the recovery console to recover the files.

Here is how it should be done.You need the Bootable Windows XP CD.

--- Insert the Windows XP CD in drive and restart your PC. During boot you will be asked to press any key to boot from CD. If you don't press any key your system will boot normally from hard disk. If your system does not boot from CD Check How to make your CD/DVD drive as the first boot device.

--- After this don't press any key. Windows will load some files so that you can reinstall or go to the recovery console.

---When you reach the setup screen press you can see you have to press R key to go to recovery console.

--- Once you press the R key windows will start to load recovery console but it will need to know which Windows installation you want to change. Most of us usually have only one Windows installation so the option is clear. Enter 1 and press Enter.

--- Now the recovery console will ask for the Administrator Password. Enter it and press enter. If you don't have a password then just press Enter.

--- The recovery console is now loaded and you will see a command prompt. Do the necessary changes or copy the corrupted files and overwrite them.

--- After all the changes are done remove the Windows XP CD and type Exit to restart the computer.

Disable Low Disk Space Check in Windows Vista

Note: This method also works for Windows XP

When your hard disk runs out of free space windows Vista will start to give you a warning about low disk space. In the beginning its useful to know that you have run out of space. But Windows continues to give warning until you free up some space. This gets irritating and you don't have any setting to stop this.

Vista constantly checks the drives for the low disk space which uses resources and slows down the system.

Follow these easy steps to disable this annoying warning message

--- Go to registry by typing regedit in run box. OR Type regedit in start menu search box and hit Enter.

---Then locate this key in the left pane
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

--- Under policies look for the sub key named Explorer if its not present you have to create the key. To create the key right click on Policies and select New Key. A new key named New Key #1 will be created below Policies. Name that key as Explorer.

--- Now select the Explorer key and in the right pane right click and select New --> DWORD(32-bit) Value and name it NoLowDiskSpaceChecks--- Now to edit its value double click on it and enter value '1' instead of '0' in the value data field. Click OK.--- This is how it should look

--- Close the registry.

No more annoying warning messages for Low disk Space.

To Re-enable the warning messages replace '1' with '0' or delete the DWORD value created.

Note: In XP these entries might be present already you just need to edit the value to from '0' to '1'

Using System Resotre in Windows XP

System restore is a feature of windows which allows you to take your system back to a state to an earlier date. That is it restores your system to a state where everything was working correctly. You can use system restore feature if something goes wrong while you try to install new software or update drivers or simply because your system became unstable after some changes you don't remember doing. System Restore allows you to undo all these changes.

System restore creates snapshots of your system called system restore points. Windows creates these restore points automatically whenever a major event takes place like installing new software or drivers.

You can return to a previous working state of your computer without loosing any document files, emails & Internet explorer favorites. And you will not loose files in My Documents other windows default folders.

Windows allows you to create System restore points manually. So you can create a system restore point when everything in your system is working fine.

Creating a system restore point

--- Go to the start menu --> Control panel

--- Select performance and maintenance and then click on System. If you are using the classic view in control panel then you will see the system option directly in control panel. In the system restore tab check if it is enabled if not click on setting and place a check mark on the drive you want to enable the system restore.

--- If it is already enabled then go to Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools. Then click on system restore.

--- Now on the Welcome page that appears, select create a restore point.

--- When the create a restore point page appears enter a description you can remember like driver update or software install.

--- Now click create on the bottom of the page. The restore point will be created and you will be shown a successfully created confirmation page.

Restore Computer to Working State Using the Created System Restore Point

You have created a system restore point previously. Now you want to restore your system using them. Follow these simple steps.

--- G0 to Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools.
Then click on system restore.

--- Again you will see the welcome screen. But this time you have to choose Restore My computer to an earlier time. And click next.

--- Now you will be asked to select a restore point. Select the one you want and click next. Just confirm that you have selected the correct restore point.

--- Close all the running programs and click next. Your computer will automatically restart. After the reboot a restoration complete page will be shown.

Your system will be free from any problems you were having. If you are still experiencing the problem then you can select a different restore point.

Faster Windows XP Shutdown

Windows will take some time while shutting down to close all the applications running in the background. But if you want to make the shutdown process faster then you should reduce the time it takes to close all those applications.

There are many tricks that can be applied to make Windows XP shutdown faster. Follow these steps.

Kill tasks automatically at shutdown
If you have applications running in your system then, while shutting down windows will ask you if you want to end the process. It will wait for some time before you select to end the task. This trick will automatically end that task without you having to confirm it. Here is what you do.

--- Go to registry by typing regedit in the run dialog box.

--- Then look for this key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
--- Now in the right pane look for the entry AutoEndTasks and double click on it and set the value to 1.

Reduce time taken to kill open applications
When you shutdown windows, it will wait for some time before it starts closing the open applications. In this trick you will reduce that time. Her how you do it,

--- Again go to registry by typing regedit in run box.

--- Now navigate to the key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
--- In the right pane look for the entry WaitToKillAppTimeout and change the value to something like 1000.

--- Now in the same place look for the entry HungAppTimeout and double click on it and set the value to 1000. This entry is the time for which windows will wait before a hung application is closed for shutdown.

You need to change these value which are also present at this location

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

And set the value of WaitToKillAppTimeout and HungAppTimeout to 1000 as before.

Reduce the wait time for closing services
This trick is similar to the one I gave in the earlier post about faster Vista shutdown.So follow the same procedure as given in that post. Only difference is that you are using Windows XP instead of Windows Vista.

Note: If any of the entries given in the above tricks don't exist then create them in the specified locations.

Launch Applications Using Run Command

Windows allows you to open applications using the Run command. You need to just type the name of the application in the Run dialog box to open it. But all the applications you install cannot be started this way. But using the run command to open applications is helpful or you can say less time consuming then to go to that program to start it.

There is way to start any application you want using the run command. You just need add some entries to windows registry to get this working. But first backup you registry before changing anything.

Now to get the application you want to open using the run windows follow the instructions below.

--- Open the registry by typing regedit in the Run command box.

--- Then find the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

--- You will see many entries under the App paths key. These are the programs you can launch using the run command. Like you will see a entry called IEXPLORE.EXE, this is the entry which lets you open Internet Explorer by typing iexplore in the run box.

--- Now you want to create a entry for your software or application the same way then follow the steps.

--- Right click on the App path key found at the above given location and Create a new key


--- Now name the key anything you want. Remember this is the name you will be typing in the Run box to open your application. So use a name that is similar to the application you are going to use. For example I want to use it to create a entry for my Foobar player then I will name it something like Foo or Foobar. Don't forget to add the .exe extension to the name, otherwise it will not work. It should look something like this.

--- Now click on the entry you just created. In the right pane you will see a string value named default. Double click on the default value and enter the location of the application file in the value data field i.e. the exe file used to start the application. For example in my case for foobar it is
C:\Program Files\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe

--- Now in the right pane create a new string value by right clicking in a empty space and selecting New --> String Value. Name it as Path.

--- Double click on the path string just created and in the value data field give the location of the program folder where that program is residing. i.e. the folder where the program is installed.
In my case it is C:\Program Files\foobar2000
It looks like this.

--- Now the work is done. Close the registry.

--- Type in the name you just used in the Run box and hit enter and the application will start.


If it doesn't you went wrong somewhere. Follow the steps again carefully.

Reset Save/Open Option in Internet Explorer

When you are using Internet explorer to download something you get the option to open the file or save the file. You can select what you want to do. If you choose to save the file you will be asked to select a location for it and if you choose to open, the file will be in the temporary folder and it will be opened when its completely downloaded. But while doing this you will see a option on the File Download dialog box that says 'Always ask before opening this type of file'
like this

If you uncheck this box then internet explorer will use the option you select after that as a default action whenever you downloaded that type of file. Means if you are downloading a zip file and you uncheck the box and click the save action and save the file somewhere. Then after that when you want to download any zip file, internet explorer will save that file directly to the location you selected earlier without asking you, if you want to open the file or save it. If you want to get this option back then you need to edit the registry. Backup the registry before you do this.

--- Now go to registry by typing regedit in the run box.

--- Then look for the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\AttachmentExecute\{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

--- Now in the right hand pane look for the entry you want to delete the setting for in our case its the zip file.

--- Delete that entry and exit the registry.

--- If you want to get the option to save or open the file while downloading any files then you have to delete all the entries present there.

Or you can download the registry file given below and double click on it. Download this file Reset save/open option in IE double click on it and add it to your registry.

That's it you will have the option to save or to open the file you want while downloading.

Disable Control Panel

You have a PC which is used by many people and your friends know a thing or two about windows and keep changing options using the control panel. And you get uncomfortable with those changes. You can fix this issue. What you need is a registry hack and you can disable the control panel altogether. So no more lost setting for you.

--- To disable control panel, type regedit in Run box and hit enter.

--- Now look for the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

--- In the right pane create a new key by right clicking in the empty space and selecting 32 bit DWORD value.

--- Name this key as NoControlPanel. Now double click this key and enter a value of 1 in the value data field.

--- Click okay and exit the registry.

--- You can check the change in setting by going to Start menu and clicking on Control Panel. You will see this message


Now you know this was a success and your settings and programs are safe.

Menu Show Delay

In windows xp when you take your mouse pointer to any menu items the menu appears after some delay. This delay is called menu show delay. It gets irritating if you are used to work faster. But you have the choice to reduce this delay or also have the option to increase the delay if its getting too quick to handle. Okay to do this you have to edit the registry. Be sure to backup the registry before you do anything.

--- Go to registry editor by typing regedit in the Run dialog box.

--- Now go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop in the left pane.

--- In right pane look for the entry MenuShowDelay.

--- Its default value is 400 milliseconds you need to edit this. To do this double click on it to open key. Now enter a value which is lower than 400, like 4 to reduce the time it takes to show the menu. Or enter a value greater than 400, like 4000 to increase it.

--- Now click OK and exit the registry. Logoff or restart windows for the setting to take effect.

This trick works in Windows XP only and not in Windows Vista. Because in Vista the MenuShowDelay setting is bypassed by the Windows Aero and the changing the value doesn't have any effect.

This trick has the chance to work in vista only when Windows Aero is disabled and Windows classic theme is selected. But disabling Vista's aero interface just to get this setting is not worth. So if you still want to apply this setting you can follow the same procedure as above.

If you have any questions ask them in comments. I will be glad to answer them.

Restore Show Desktop Icon

Once i accidentally deleted the show desktop icon from the Quick launch bar but didn't know how to get it back. I searched every folder in Windows to look for the file but it was gone. So I had to restore it by creating it again. Here is how you do it.

--- Open Notepad .

--- Paste this text as it is.

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

--- Now go to File menu in notepad then save as. Set the save as type to all files or a .txt extension will be added to the file created.

--- Now name the file as Show Desktop.scf and save it where you want it.

--- Once you have created this file, go where it is saved and then drag it to the quick launch bar.

That's it your Show Desktop icon is back in the quick launch bar.

Change "My Documents" Location

The most important folder on every computer is the My Documents folder. Your every important file or personal file is saved in this folder. But unfortunately its located in the your Windows drive and it will be overflowing with all those files. Your drive performance may be reduced due to the fragmented files. Also there might not be enough space left in your windows drive.

In any of these cases you may want to change the default location of My Documents folder. Fortunately its very is to do that nothing special is required.

--- Go to the folder where your My Documents folder is located. The default location is C:\Documents and Settings\UserName

Where C is the drive where windows is installed and Username is the login name of your account.

Or you can just use the Start menu where a link to the My documents folder is available.

--- Now once you reach the folder containing My Documents folder or use the Start menu, just right click on it and then click properties.

--- In the properties dialog box go to the Location tab in case of Windows Vista and In case of Windows XP go to the Target tab. Now click on move button.

--- Now a select destination box will appear select your desired location where you want Your Documents folder to be. You can create a new folder like My Docs if you don't have one already. Just use that folder and click select folder button.
Or
You can create a folder from Explorer and enter the location of that folder in the field given and press find target to make sure its the correct folder.

--- Now click apply and OK to use your new location for My Documents.

To restore the default location go to the same location as earlier but instaed of move button click on Restore Default button and Click Apply and OK to restore the My documents folder to its default location.

Defragmenting Drive with a Click

All the time we copy/cut & paste files and folders in from different locations to organize them as we like. The folder system looks organized but in the background all the parts of the files are scattered on the hard disk. This is called fragmentation. And this is where defragmentation comes in.

Fragmentation lowers your performance as the system needs to time to search through all the scattered files. Fortunately Windows has a defragmentation software inbuilt. You can access this by going to Start Menu --> Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools and then selecting Disk Defragmenter.

Another way is to right click on the drive you want to defragment and then select properties and select the tools tab. There you will find the option to defragment the drive.

Here I am going to show you how to add the degragment option to the right click menu or the context menu when you right click on any drive. You have to edit the registry to get this option, so be careful.

Now to do this

--- Go to registry editor by typing regedit in start menu --> run and hit enter.

--- Then in the left pane find this key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

--- Now right click on the key Shell and create a new key and name it Defrag.

--- Now create a sub-key under defrag by right clicking on it ans selecting new key and name it Command.

--- Now select command and in the right pane double click on the default valued entry.

---Enter defrag.exe %1 in the value data field for Windows XP and enter dfrgui.exe %1 for Windows Vista.

--- Click OK and close the registry editor.

You can check by right clicking on any of your hard disk drives. You will see this option.


Now you can easily defragment your drives by just right clicking on them.

Add Copy To & Move To in Windows Vista & XP

I don't remember in which OS the feature of copy to and move to was present, I think it was Windows 2000 but I am not sure. But we didn't see this feature in the latest windows editions like Windows XP and Windows Vista. This feature was a boon to copy or move files. I used to open 2-3 windows to do this copy/pasting task. But with this feature integrated in the right click menu it was easy to carry out those operations from a single location.

This function can be easily used in Windows XP as well as Windows Vista and is just a registry trick away. So you want to get these features then read on.

--- Go to the registry editor bu typing regedit in the run menu or the start menu search box and hit enter.

--- Find the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

--- Then right click on it to create a new key as shown here

--- Name it as Copy To.

--- In the right pane double click on the default value and enter this number {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

--- Click OK.

Now to get the move to option

--- Follow the same procedure of creating a key then name the key as Move To.

--- Double click the default value in the right pane and enter this value
{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

--- Again click OK and exit the registry.

--- Now when you right click on any file or folder you will get this option.

--- Click on those option to copy or move the selected file to a different location.

You have your own custom context menu.

If you have any trouble just ask.

Hide Drives in Vista and XP

Many a times we have some drives which we never access or some times we want to keep the drives hidden from the prying eyes. If you have a USB drive which you use just for ReadyBoost or a floppy drive which is rarely used these days then you might think of hiding these unused drives to keep down the clutter in your My Computer screen.

This trick will only hide the drives from My Computer and you can access these drives from software or command prompt or you can manually type the drive name in the address bar of explorer to access it.

Okay now to the actual procedure.

--- Go to registry editor by typing regedit in the start menu.

--- Then go to this key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

--- Then in the right pane look for the entry NoDrives. Most of the times it is not present and you have to create it.

--- Right click and create a 32 bit DWORD value and name it NoDrives.

Now you created the NoDrives entry but you need to know decimal or hexadecimal values of the drives to hide them.

As this is a 32 bit number, the values are arranged in binary as below in reverse order. If you want to hide the A drive and D drive then see the values below. A has 1 and D has 1 and all other values are 0. For hiding only a single drive give that drive a value of 1 and others 0.

Z	Y	X	W	V	U	T	S	R	Q	P	O	N	M	L	K	J	I	H	G	F	E	D	C	B	A
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Now the would be 1001 in binary format. You need to convert it to Decimal or Hexadecimal. You can use the windows calculator in scientific mode. Select binary format and type the number 1001 and then select decimal or hexadecimal. This will convert that binary number in to decimal or hexadecimal as you selected. In our case the decimal for 1001 is 9.

--- Now you got the value you want to enter. Just go to the entry NoDrives you created in the registry and double click on it and enter the value which you got by converting the binary number and select the appropriate format; decimal or hexadecimal. Here I entered 9 with Decimal option selected.

--- Now close the registry and restart explorer or log off and log back in.

--- The drives will be hidden from My Computer. You can still access them by typing the drive letter in the explorer address bar.

This trick will hide the drives for all the users. For a particular user you are logged in as you need to follow the same procedure but you need to create the NoDrives entry in this key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Here are some other values for the drive letters.

Drive Letter	Decimal	Hex
A	1	1
B	2	2
C	4	4
D	8	8
E	16	10
F	32	20
G	64	40

Follow the same procedure to Hide Drives in Windows XP. No change is required. If you have any questions or suggestions then shoot them in comments and I will get back to you.

Remove Shortcut Arrow

When using Windows you must have noticed that the shortcut icons of all the applications have a arrow on the icon. This arrow indicates that it is a shortcut to the original file and not the original application file. But it doesn't look good on the desktop especially if your desktop is full of shortcuts. And whenever you create a shortcut by sending a file to desktop it comes with a arrow.

You can remove this arrow from the icon with just a registry trick

--- Go to registry editor by typing regedit in the run dialog box.

--- Then in the left pane go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and look for the key named lnkfile (don't confuse L with I its Lnkfile). Click on it.

--- Before making any changes, backup the registry. Now in the right pane look for IsShortcut entry and delete it.

--- This is how this will look

The arrow is removed and your icons look better.


If you are using windows xp you can use the Tweak UI power toy from Microsoft.

--- Download TweakUI from here. Install it.

--- Now start Tweak UI and on the left side click on Explorer and then on shortcut.

--- In the right side in shortcut overlay select none to remove the arrow. Click apply and OK.

That's it the arrow is gone.

Enable Run Command

I have seen on many forums people ask about how to enable the Run dialog box in the start menu which was disabled after a virus attack. Also pressing Windows Key + R gives a error message saying it is disabled by Administrator or some other message saying its been disabled. When this kind of virus infects your system all the system settings like Folder options, Registry editor and task manager all get disable. And you cannot access them as Run command also doesn't work.

Now to get the system back to normal, first scan your PC with a good anti virus software like ESET NOD32 or Kaspersky. You can download the trial versions from the links to get the job done.

Now to get the run command back

--- Go to the drive where windows is installed then go to this folder Windows/System 32.

--- Then find the file gpedit.msc in that folder.

--- You can also search for the file in your windows drive using the search option.

--- After you find it double click on it. This is the Local group policy editor.

--- Then in the left pane go to User Configurations --> Administrative Templates --> Start Menu and Taskbar.

--- Now in the right pane look for "Remove Run menu from Start Menu", double click on it.

--- In the setting tab, select disabled and click Apply and OK and exit the Group policy editor.

--- Log off or restart the system.

That's it the run command is active again. Now if your other settings are disabled then to get them back follow these instruction given to enable registry, task manager and hidden files option.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Keyboard Shortcuts for folders

You use some folder more than others and want to get to them as quickly as possible. You create shortcut on desktop for quick access. But the fastest way to these folders would be a keyboard shortcut assigned to them.

So here is how you do it

--- Go to the folder you want to create the keyboard shortcut for, then right click on it and go to the send to menu and send it to desktop (Create shortcut).

--- Now go to the desktop and right click on the shortcut just created and click properties.

--- Now you will see a shortcut key field in the properties dialog box.

--- Now hold Ctrl and Alt keys and press any letter key of your choice or Press and hold Ctrl and Shift key and press any letter key you want as the shortcut. Like Ctrl+Alt+X or Ctrl+Shift+X.

--- Click apply and OK.

Your keyboard shortcut for your folder is created. Just press the keyboard combination you entered in shortcut key to open that folder.