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You'll learn how to use the Registry Editor; how to customize the interface beyond Microsoft's own intentions; and how to master Windows' built-in networking capabilities, including advanced technologies such as Internet Connection sharing, Remote Desktop sharing, and virtual private networking. To change or hide these entries, right-click the Start button, select Properties, click the Start Menu tab, and click Customize.
On the General tab, change the settings in the Show on Start Menu section. Back on the General tab, in the Programs section, you can choose how many icons can appear here at once; choose zero to hide the list completely. Doubleclick any item on the right and click the Disabled radio button in the Setting tab; then click Apply, then OK. Finally, you can add programs to the top-left zone.
One way to do this is to drag any program or shortcut over the Start button and hold it for at least a second. The Start menu will open, and you can then drop the item in the top-left zone. The easier way is to right-click a shortcut or program executable. Is there a way to keep this list tidy? In some cases, this may require messing with the Registry. EXE for Microsoft Word. On the right, type NoStartPage for the name of the new value.
How do I hide this list? Click Apply, then OK. You may want to re-sort the list each time you install a new program, as described next. Is there any way to make Start menu programs appear in alphabetical order? After a few fits of frustration, I eventually stumbled upon the tiny arrow at the bottom of the menu Figure that, when clicked, shows the rest of my programs. Fortunately, this feature is easy to turn off: right-click the Start button, select Properties, click the Start Menu tab and then the Customize button, and uncheck the Use Personalized Menus checkbox.
To turn off this feature, right-click the Start button, go to Properties, click the Start Menu tab, and then click the Customize button.
I have to wait while Windows slowly scrolls the list to the one I want. THE FIX : You have a few options here: you can either reduce the size of the menu by deleting unwanted items or organizing them into subfolders, or you can display the icons in multiple columns, as shown in Figure For this trick, right-click the Start button, go to Properties, click the Start Menu tab, and then click the Customize button.
Once installed, it shows a preview of each window Figure , rather than just the icon. You can switch between multiple documents in the same application in a similar fashion, by pressing Ctrl-Tab or Ctrl-F6. Some applications such as Word show documents in separate windows, so they appear individually in the Alt-Tab sequence. Instead of being able to activate a window by clicking once, I now have to click two or three times to get the window I want Figure Make it stop! To have the Taskbar work the same way all the time, right-click an empty area of the Taskbar and choose Properties.
Not all icons have these. The problem is that removing a Tray icon varies from program to program. However, in some cases the program will reappear the next time you start Windows. To get rid of it permanently, you may have to hunt for the setting that controls whether or not the program starts with Windows. Look in the Startup folder in your Start menu, and if you find the Tray icon there, remove it.
The Customize Notifications dialog will appear. The first section, Current Items, lists the icons that are currently appearing in your Tray; all others are shown in the Past Items section. The options in this list are, unfortunately, not terribly intuitive. Start by selecting an entry in the drop-down list that appears next to the title. There are three choices:. This is the default for all icons, and simply means that the icon is only shown when the application in question tells Windows to display it.
Click the arrow to temporarily expand the Tray to show the hidden items. The Tray automatically collapses when you move your mouse away, hiding the icons once again. How can I make it look like an ordinary button, like in earlier versions of Windows? How do I get it back on the bottom?
How come? Luckily, you can use the Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! Among other things, the Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! To find out if an application has opened off-screen, click its Taskbar icon so that it appears pushed in, and then press Alt-Space. If a little menu appears, use the cursor keys to select Move, and then press Enter. With any luck, the missing window should magically appear. Still no luck? Contact the manufacturer of the misbehaving application for help. Underneath the purring Windows interface is a wellhidden facility called DDE short for Dynamic Data Exchange that allows applications to communicate with one another.
DDE frequently comes into play when you double-click documents in Windows Explorer, in an open folder window, or on the desktop. If the application associated with a document is not running, Explorer launches the application and the document simultaneously. But if the application is already running, Explorer merely sends a DDE message to the application, instructing it to open the document on its own. This should ensure that only one copy instance of a program is open at any given time.
Unfortunately, DDE ends up causing the exact problem it was designed to prevent. The solution? Disable DDE.
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