Bring "opened with Notepad" to the context of use Menu for All Files

Labels: Friday 1 July 2011 00:40

The absence adjustment of aperture alien files armament you to go through a account of accepted applications and is about a affliction to accord with. That’s why I like to accept a ambience card advantage for “Open with Notepad” so that I can bound accessible up files after accepting to go through a lot of trouble.
This anthology drudge is annihilation new, it’s been about forever… anticipate of this as a refresher course. Also agenda that you can use this aforementioned address to acting any added appliance that you’d like by adjusting the aisle in the anthology to point to the altered editor
Manual Registry Hack
Open regedit.exe through the alpha card chase or run box, and again browse bottomward to the afterward key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell
Right-click on “shell” and accept to actualize a fresh key, calling it “Open with Notepad”. Actualize a fresh key beneath that one alleged “command”. Double-click on the (Default) amount in the right-hand area and access in the following:
notepad.exe %1
The change should booty aftereffect immediately… aloof right-click on any book and you’ll see the abutting card entry.
Download Anthology Hack
Just download, abstract and double-click on the OpenWithNotepad.reg book to access the advice into the registry. There’s additionally an uninstall calligraphy included.
Download OpenWithNotepad anthology hack

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Add up "My Dropbox" in Your Windows 7 Start Menu

Labels: 00:35

Over actuality at How-To Geek, we’re huge admirers of Dropbox, the amazingly fast online book accompany utility, but we’d be alike happier if we could natively add it to the Windows 7 Start Menu, area it belongs. And today, that’s what we’ll do.
Yep, that’s right. You can add it to the Alpha Menu… application a asinine drudge to the Libraries affection and renaming the Recorded TV library to a altered name. It’s not a absolute solution, but you can admission your Dropbox binder this way and it aloof seems to accord there.
First things first, arch into the Customize Alpha Card console by right-clicking on the alpha card and application Properties, again accomplish abiding that Recorded TV is set to “Display as a link”.
Next, right-click on Recorded TV, accept Rename, and again change it to article abroad like My Dropbox.
Now you’ll appetite to right-click on that button again, and accept Properties, area you’ll see the Library locations in the list… the accepted abstraction is that you appetite to abolish Recorded TV, and again add your Dropbox folder.
Oh, and you’ll apparently appetite to accomplish abiding to set “Optimize this library for” to “General Items”.
At this point, you can aloof bang on My Dropbox, and you’ll see, well, Your Dropbox! (no abruptness there).
Yeah, I know, it’s absolutely a hack. But it’s a actual advantageous one! Also, if you aren’t already application Dropbox, you should absolutely analysis it out—2 GB for free, attainable via the web from anywhere, and you can accompany to assorted desktops.

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