When emptying the contents of your Recycle Bin, you’ll be asked for confirmation as below. Here is a registry edit to turn off the prompt in Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10, using NirCmd. This registry edit replaces the Empty Recycle Bin command in the right-click menu and the ribbon button action with NirCmd, so that the Recycle Bin can be emptied silently.Read more
Month: June 2009
How to Add Icon to a Context Menu Item in Windows
When working with Windows 7 RC this week, I stumbled upon another nice and useful feature that I thought I should write about. In Windows 7 and higher, you can add icons to your custom right-click (static) menu entries.
Usually, to display a right-click command with an icon, one needs to write a context menu handler Shell Extension (DLL). Now, you can assign icons for static menu items as well, without having to program anything.
The instructions in this article apply to Windows 7 through Windows 10.
Checkbox Text Contain Words “ON” or “OFF” in Various Dialog Boxes in Windows
When you open a dialog box containing checkbox or radio button controls, such as the Folder Options dialog’s View tab, the checkbox text labels may be appended with the word “-ON” or “-OFF” depending upon whether the option is enabled or not.Read more
Fix: Cannot Change the Connected State of Registered Office Add-Ins
When you attempt to enable or disable an Office Add-In, the following error message may be displayed and the Add-In state does not change.Read more