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ADD ANOTHER HTML EDITOR TO THE EDIT BUTTON ON THE IE5 TOOLBAR
This for your hacking pleasure. All you have to do is create another key similar to the default ones of Front Page and Notepad.
- Open Regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\.htm\OpenWithList
- Create a key under that and call it whatever you want to appear in the Edit list under the toolbar button. In the example below you will see the program's icon (UltraEdit32) and it will say "Edit with Ultra Edit" When you're all done. It will also show up in the Tools/Internet Options... under the Programs tab, in the drop down list for HTML editor:.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\.htm\OpenWithList\Ultra Edit]
- Under the new key you created, create another key called shell.
- Under shell, create another key called edit.
- Finally, under edit, create a key called command.
- Now down to business, in the right Regedit pane of the command subkey you just created, right click on "Default Value", choose Modify and enter the path of the editor's exe that you want to use and add a space and %1. The example for our purposes is:
"C:\Progra~1\Ultraedt\Uedit32.exe %1"
- Enjoy!
FORCE WINDOWS EXPLORER TO REFRESH CORRECTLY
Do you have trouble with Auto Refresh not ... well, refreshing all the time. Ever notice that when you create a new directory or move stuff around in the right pane that Explorer sometimes will not reflect these changes until you press F5? Auto Refresh should handle this chore, but for some reason delays doing so occasionally. Here's the fix:
- Launch Regedit and drill down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControl Set\ Control\ Update.
- Right click UpdateMode and choose Modify.
- Change the last two digits of the string of numbers in the lower pane to 00.
- Enjoy!
CONTROL WHICH PROGRAMS RUN AT STARTUP IN WIN2K
If you are annoyed by a program that starts every time you boot and you've already checked your Startup folder, try this:
- Launch Regedit and drill down to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- Make the Run key active and look in the right pane for the program that's bedeviling you.
- Export the offender by highlighting it in the right pane and selecting Registry from the pull-down menu, and then click Export Registry File...
- When you're done saving that key as a REG file, delete the suspected entry and reboot. If you have any problems, just double-click the REG file you exported to restore that key.
- Note: Don't delete Registry keys unless you know they belong to the program that's bothering you. Also, this Registry path is the same for Win98, but it's easier and safer to use MSconfig to modify these settings in that operating system.
- Enjoy!
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