All Posts Tagged With: "Vista"
New Shortcut Wizard does not work or the option is missing in Windows Vista
When you right-click on the Desktop and click New, the Shortcut option may be missing. In some cases, the Shortcut option would exist but nothing may happen when you click on it, except for the mouse pointer changing to an hourglass for a brief time.
15Jul2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | ContinuedTurn On or Off Thumbnail Display on Network Folders in Vista
There is a new Policy setting in Windows Vista which allows you disable the display of thumbnails on network folders in Windows Explorer. I don’t know if this speeds up the access of network folders, but thought I’d add this tip anyway.
14Jul2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | ContinuedMove button missing from the Location tab for Public folders in Windows Vista
When you right-click one of the Public folders, click Properties and select the Location tab, the buttons Restore Default, Move, and Find Target may be missing. As a result, you’re unable to move Public folders such as Public Desktop, Public Documents, Public Music, Public Pictures and Public Videos.
12Jul2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | ContinuedAdd “Downloads” folder to the Windows Vista Start menu
We saw how to add the Videos folder to the Windows Vista Start menu. Here is another registry hack to add the Downloads folder to the Start menu by replacing Games.
10Jul2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 3 comments | ContinuedRun dialog AutoComplete drop-down feature does not work
When you type a letter in the Run dialog (WinKey + R), the AutoComplete feature may not work (the drop-down box may not be displayed). However, when you hold the ALT key and press the DOWN arrow, the Run history is displayed correctly in a drop-down box.
8Jul2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | ContinuedFix Desktop.INI files in Special Folders using DesktopINIFix for Windows Vista
Desktop.ini a text file that allows you to specify how a file system folder will be viewed. Sometimes one of the shell folders (say, "Pictures") in your system may show a generic yellow colored icon instead of the special icon originally assigned to it. This happens if the Desktop.ini file in that folder is missing [...]
5Jul2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 1 comment | ContinuedHow to Rename the Recycle Bin in Windows Vista
Sometime back we saw how to rename the Recycle Bin in Windows XP. This is possible in Windows Vista, but you need to modify a different registry key.
2Jul2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | ContinuedFix for Windows Installer errors 2738 and 2739 in Windows Vista
When you try to install a program using Windows Installer (.msi) Setup package, you may encounter error 2738 or 2739 and the setup fails.
Errors 2738, 2739 occur if the Windows Installer Setup uses Windows Script (.vbs or .js) custom actions, and the VBScript or JScript runtimes are not registered in the computer.
How to Backup the Message Rules, Safe Senders and Block Senders list in Windows Mail
Windows Mail stores the account specific settings such as Message Rules, Junk Mail options etc, under the following registry key and its sub-keys:
25Jun2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | ContinuedRemove, Disable and Enable buttons are grayed out in Windows Defender
When you open Software Explorer section in Windows Defender and select a startup item, you may note that the three command buttons Remove, Disable, Enable are grayed out for certain items.
24Jun2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued
