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How to Sort the Registry Editor Favorites Menu?

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

The Favorites menu in the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) is very useful especially if you’re someone who loves playing with the Registry Editor all the time. If you’ve noticed, the favorites menu in Regedit doesn’t have an option to sort the entries alphabetically. If you have many entries in the favorites menu, finding an item from … Read more

Hidden “Snapshots” Sound Event for Print Scrn key (Fun Tip!)

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

It’s a nice feeling when you come across a hidden setting in Windows, be it a small tweak or a big usability feature. One such little feature is the Snapshot (screenshot) Sound Event that I’m going to write about today. In Windows, you can set a .wav file to play every time you use the Print Screen key for taking screenshots. Doesn’t that lovely camera shutter sound come to mind when talking about screenshots?Read more

How to Fix Base Filtering Engine Service Startup Problems

Last Updated on: April 6, 2024 by Ramesh

The Base Filtering Engine (BFE) service is a crucial network component targeted by malware. If the BFE service doesn’t start, many services, such as Windows Firewall, Routing, Remote Access, and others, fail to start.Read more

Open .URL files (Internet Shortcut) with any Browser via Right-click menu

Last Updated on: April 1, 2024 by Ramesh

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Double-clicking a .url file (Website shortcut) always launches it using the default browser. But, there are situations where you need to open different website shortcuts in various browsers. Adding browser choices to the right-click menu for .url files allows you to choose a non-default web browser from the list and launch the website in it.

One way to make this possible is by adding the Open with context menu option, which does not exist by default for internet shortcut files. Apart from Open with, there are other ways to launch a website shortcut using a non-default web browser.Read more

Send To Menu Empty or Shows Only “Bluetooth Device”

Last Updated on: August 8, 2022 by Ramesh

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When right-clicking a file and clicking the Send To menu in Windows, only the Bluetooth Device shortcut may be displayed, although the other shortcuts, including the default ones, such as Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create shortcut), Mail Recipient, are intact in the user’s Send To folder.

On some systems, the Send To menu may be completely blank:

Let’s see how to fix these issues.

How to Change the Inactive Title Bar Color in Windows 10?

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

The title bar color in Windows 10 is plain white by default, both for active windows as well as for inactive windows. Using the Personalize app, one can change the accent/color of the active title bar, but inactive title bar remains white as usual. However there is a registry setting to change inactive title bar color easily.Read more

Setting the Photos Screensaver As Logon Screensaver in Windows Vista and Windows 7

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

The Photos screensaver that comes in-built in Windows Vista and higher, can be used as the logon screensaver as well. The logon screensaver kicks off after the specified wait time in the logon screen when no user is logged on. There are instructions all over the web on how to apply the screensaver settings to the logon desktop in Windows 2000 and XP systems. The steps meant for Windows XP don’t work in the latest Operating Systems, and if you apply those steps for Windows Vista/7 and higher, all you get is a blank screen in the logon desktop after the wait time.

For Windows Vista and higher, implementation of the logon screensaver setting is slightly different. This post guides you through the process.Read more

How to Prevent “Shortcut” Suffix Added for New Shortcuts in Windows 7 and Above

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

Few days back we covered how to change the new folder naming template in Windows 10. Likewise you can change the naming template for shortcuts as well. We’ve written how to do prevent "shortcut" suffix from being added for new shortcuts in Windows Vista few years back. That registry edit for Windows Vista does not work in Windows 7 and higher. Here is a tip that comes courtesy of a poster at SuperUser, to remove the annoying "- Shortcut" suffix for newly created shortcuts in Windows 7/8/10 systems.Read more

Jump to a Registry Key (Stored in Clipboard) Directly Using RegJump

Last Updated on: September 16, 2020 by Ramesh

RegJump is a super tool from Windows Sysinternals that exists for a very long time, launches the Registry Editor automatically and jumps to the specified registry path. The registry path needs to be mentioned as a command-line parameter for RegJump.Read more

Delete Confirmation Dialog – Show Detailed Info About the File or Folder You Delete

Last Updated on: November 18, 2022 by Ramesh

The delete confirmation dialog that appears when you attempt to delete a file or folder displays the file/folder name and date-created information by default. For files, it also shows the file type and the “date modified” info. Windows allows you to customize this dialog such that you can include additional metadata or property value in that dialog. For example, you can add the property value System.FileOwner so that the owner name of the file or folder you’re trying to delete is shown.Read more