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[Fixed] Problem with Desktop Shortcuts (.lnk-files) opening in wrong program

The other day I got a call from a user who had somehow managed to make all his desktop shortcuts open i Word. I suspect he had used the “open With” option in the context menu, thus telling Windows to “Always use this program to open...

Posted to Minty White by on Thu, Dec 13 2012
Filed under: Filed under: how to, resource, registry, Best of Windows Guides, shortcuts, modify, desktop, windows, user, error, in, current, link, lnk, regedit, hkey, filext, program, wrong, open
Use Start Menu/Run Dialog Commands to Access Windows Programs and Tools

If you like to use shortcuts to get tasks done in the most efficient way, there is a large collection of commands you can run from the run dialog (XP/Vista/7) or the Start Menu (in Windows Vista/7.) In this guide, I’ll show you how to run the commands...

Posted to Minty White by on Thu, Feb 10 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Vista, how to, Windows XP, ultimate, Windows 7, security, shortcuts, Hardware
Best Technology Blog Posts of the Week (December 12th, 2010)

Because the internet is more than just Windows Guides, we have prepared a selection of the best technology posts of this week. Problems with hard disk space? Read this article by Brink on Seven Forums: How to Free Up and Recover Hard Drive Space in Windows...

Posted to Minty White by on Sun, Dec 12 2010
Filed under: Filed under: free, how to, Internet, News, shortcuts
Accessing Folder Options in windows 7 [The Easy way]

Back in windows XP setting folder options was always easy to find no matter which folder you were viewing or using. From the menu bar on top of each window you could find it in the View tab. In Windows 7 that menu-bar isn’t there anymore (at least...

Posted to Minty White by on Tue, Jul 6 2010
Filed under: Filed under: free, how to, Customize, Windows 7 Customization, Windows 7, enhance, tool, shortcuts, modify, microsoft, folder options, hidden, menu
PhotoMagician, Convert Images at the drop of a Hat [Freeware]

If you constantly need to convert and/or resize pictures to use them in your blog, or twitter, Facebook etc. This is the ultimate tool. Photo magician allows you to set your preferences and it will convert your single photos or folders by Drag’n'Drop...

Posted to Minty White by on Fri, Mar 26 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Vista, free, how to, typography, Windows XP, Graphic and Publishing, Multimedia, Windows 7, tool, downloads, graphics, shortcuts, improve, convert, microsoft, taskbar, image, photo, drag and drop, jpg, photoshop, bmp, tif, drop, dra, png
Enable or Disable Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows 7 [How To]

One of the better improvements to the Windows 7 taskbar is the thumbnail preview – at least that’s my opinion. I also like the group function and that I can close a running application directly from the thumbnail view. However, should you...

Posted to Minty White by on Sun, Mar 7 2010
Filed under: Filed under: free, how to, Customize, wallpapers, resource, ultimate, Windows 7 Customization, registry, tool, shortcuts, improve, microsoft
Really Take Control over Your Right-click Context Menu [How To]

In a Previous post we showed you how to add CopyTo and MoveTo functions to the Context Menu (Read it Here). One of our readers asked: “Where would one find the values associated with different functions? What other kinds of functions could be added...

Posted to Minty White by on Fri, Mar 5 2010
Filed under: Filed under: free, how to, Customize, dock, resource, design, Windows XP Customization, Windows Vista Customization, Windows 7 Customization, Maintenance and System Tools, tool, software, security, shortcuts, modify, performance, improve, freeware, microsoft, technology, Open++, internet explorer, NirCMD, contextmenu

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