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RENAME OUTLOOK EXPRESS
Do you use Outlook Express? Are you up for a little tweaky personalization of your e-mail/news client? Well then, here's a quick tip.
- For OE4, launch Regedit and drill down to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express.
For OE5, go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{4E1C0E20-7990-11D4-83F9-863152C67F2B}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
- Right click a blank part of the right pane and choose New/String Value.
- Name the new value WindowTitle.
- Now right click the new value and select Modify and type in whatever name you'd like.
Something catchy like Bob's E-mail Client would be just smashing, no?
- Close Regedit and reboot.
- Enjoy!
TAKE CONTROL OF SCAN DISK IN WIN98
The standard settings for Scandisk are probably best left as they are, however, if you have some special circumstance that calls for a modification this is how you do it:
- Find a file called MSDOS.SYS the root directory of your hard drive.
- Right click it and change the attributes so that is no longer a "Read only" file.
- Make a copy of it as a back up just in case something goes wrong. Right-click MSDOS.SYS and select Copy. Then right-click an empty spot and select Paste. You'll see a new file called Copy of MSDOS.SYS. Leave the copy right there in the root directory.
- In MSDOS.SYS, find and then change the value of 'AutoScan=' to:
AutoScan=0 : Scandisk is Disabled
AutoScan=1 : Scandisk Prompts First
AutoScan=2 : Scandisk Runs Automatically
- Remember, do not make these changes unless you have good reason to do so. The changes take effect on the next reboot.
- Good luck!
GET THE SENDTO POWER TOY TO ACTUALLY WORK IN WIN9X AND WIN2K
In this case, all around swell guy (and author of the excellent FixPx.inf fix listed elsewhere here) Steve Yandl, has come through with yet another winner for all you nice surfers and surfettes out there. (Important note: The .inf files in this package assume your respective Windows installations, whether Win9x or Win2K, are in the default locations; C:\WINDOWS for Win9x and C:\WINNT for Win2K. If your OS is located elsewhere, regardless of the reason, either do not implement this tweak, or edit the applicable .inf file using Notepad accordingly.)
How many of you have tried to install Microsoft's free SendTo Power Toy in Win9x? The Any Folder feature is a great addition to the Send To menu for power users like yourselves, but unfortunately it adds a number of other useless flotsam to the mix. Even worse, it disables the existing standard Send To Desktop (create shortcut) feature while it's at it. Bummer. But thanks to Steve, the solution is at hand. This is what to do:
- Download SendTox.zip to a temporary directory and unpack it.
- You should now have six files in your temporary directory, Instructions.nfo, Killsndtoy.inf, Readme.txt,Sendtox.dll, Win2K_KillSndToy.inf and Sendtox.inf.
- Right click on Sendtox.inf and select Install from the context menu. Allow it to complete the installation.
- Test the installation by right clicking any file in Windows Explorer. You should see several new additions to the Send To menu, one of which is Any Folder.... If you check further you should find that your Desktop (create shortcut) menu item is no longer functional. It's OK, don't worry. Read on.
- Now, you Win9x folks right click on Killsndtoy.inf (Windows 2000 folks should use Win2K_KillSndToy.inf) and select Install. Allow a few moments for the file to complete it's job.
- When you check your Send To menu now you'll find that the Desktop (create shortcut) item now works again, just as it did before. Additionally, those other entries to the menu are dead. The now defunct files added by Sendtox.inf are:
Clipboard As Contents.ContentsOnClipboard
Clipboard As Name.NameOnClipboard
Command Line.CommandLine
Internet Mail Recipient.InternetMailSend
Mail Recipient CMC.CMCSend
Mail Recipient MAPI.MAPISend
You can delete them from the SendTo subdirectory (location dependent on your OS).
- Enjoy!
(Source: Steve Yandl)
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