A theme is a combination of desktop background pictures, Window colors, sound scheme and a screensaver. Windows 7 introduces a new file format (.themepack) which is basically a .cab file that can contain images, audio files for sound scheme, mouse cursors, icons and the .theme file itself. This file format was introduced so that it’s easier to share themes to other Windows 7 systems. (more…)
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How to Share a Theme With All Users in a Windows 7 Computer?
Why Is There a Lock (Padlock) Icon on Some Files and Folders in Windows 7?
Ever wondered why there is a lock icon overlay appearing for some of your files and folders, as in the image below:
And for some folders:
Fix Error “There Was a Problem Starting PhotoViewer.Dll” When Editing Image Files in Windows 7
After upgrading your Windows Vista computer to Windows 7, when you right-click on a JPG/JPEG image and click Edit, the following error message may appear:
There was a problem starting C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Gallery\PhotoViewer.dll
The specified module could not be found.
Fix Special Folders Showing Up With Generic Yellow Icon in Windows 7
If a shell folder in your Windows 7 computer has lost its special icon and showing up as a generic (yellow) folder, you need to create/fix the Desktop.ini file for the shell folder. For Windows Vista, use the instructions in article Shell folders are displayed with the standard folder icon in Windows Vista. The default contents of the desktop.ini file for various shell folders in Windows 7 are provided below. For each shell folder (that’s missing the special icon) create a file named desktop.ini and add corresponding content. (more…)
How to Create a Password Reset Disk and Use It to Reset Forgotten Password in Windows 7
You can create a password reset disk in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP, so that you can regain access to the system quickly in the event of a forgotten password, without having to use third-party boot environment CDs and tools. Microsoft suggests that you create a password reset disk after creating the user account and assigning the password. Here is a walkthrough on how to create a password reset disk in Windows 7. (more…)
Taskbar Reset With Automatic Logon Enabled in Windows 7 [Obtaining the Hotfix]
Microsoft has made available a hotfix that’ll resolve a problem where the taskbar customizations are lost and reset to defaults when automatic logon is enabled in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. More details are available at FIX: The Taskbar is reset to the default settings when you use the "Automatically Log On" feature in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. (more…)
How to Increase the Taskbar Thumbnail Preview Size in Windows 7
Until last week I was thinking that increasing the taskbar thumbnail window size is not possible natively in Windows 7 (and Windows Vista). Well! Windows 7 supports the ability to increase the thumbnail preview size natively, through registry edits which I’m covering in this article.
This is how the taskbar thumbnail preview window appeared prior to applying the following edit.
How to Add “Merge (as User)” Right-Click Menu Option for REG Files
When logged on to an administrator account in a Windows Vista or Windows 7 PC and attempt to merge a .REG file, you’ll see the User Account Control (UAC) prompt asking for your consent to allow the process to start. Regedit.exe uses the highestavailable execution level (as specified in its manifest) and thus it prompts for consent to launch with the highest available privilege.
No Preview Available for Certain Files in Zip Folder View in Windows 7 and Vista
Recently when browsing a Compressed (zipped) Folder containing some JPG images, I observed that the preview pane displayed the message "No Preview Available" when selecting an image file. However, preview worked fine if the files were extracted to a folder and then viewed from there.
Fig 1: Compressed (Zipped) Folder View
I extracted the images to a folder, and preview works just fine. (more…)
How to Disable Full Row Select in Explorer in Windows 7?
I’m writing this article specifically for Windows 7, because the FullRowSelect registry value that you used in Windows Vista, doesn’t work in Windows 7. (REF: Enable or Disable Full Row Select feature in Explorer in Windows Vista). After some of our readers reported that setting FullRowSelect to 0 doesn’t do anything in Windows 7, I decided to have a look at this issue. Playing with different bitmask values, I finally got what I wanted – to disable full row select feature in Windows Explorer (Details mode) in Windows 7, but with a minor side-effect which is explained in the later part of the article. (more…)
