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Change Windows definition of what a “gigantic” file is

I once tried to organize my files grouping by file size, and discovered that Windows 7 have a very antique thinking of file sizes. There are 6 categories of sizes that shows up here, from very small ...
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Remove Libraries from Windows 8 Explorer sidebar

I had removed the Libraries from my Windows 7 with this registry tweaks, but since the update to Windows 8 the Libraries are back in my Windows Explorer. So I tried to tweak the registry again, but ...
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Possiblity to change default language in windows speech recogniton for Tamil

Usually we used to use English language in windows speech recognition tool to control computer through microphones. now my question is : is it there any possibility to add more languages to to ...
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Can I customize the color scheme in PowerShell?

For example, I'd like blue to be a little bit lighter, or change red to be a bit more orangeish. Is this possible? I know that I can change the background and foreground colors easily. What about the ...
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cmd.exe customizing the “Open Command Prompt here” shell extension

Thought I would see if anyone had any pointers on the following situation. I've been customizing command prompt to my needs, and recently changed the prompt for my user. Instead of displaying the path ...
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Windows 7 apps inserted in middle of task bar, instead of added to the end

When I open instances of the same application in Windows 7 the newly opened instance is inserted in the task bar immediately after the existing instance instead of at the end of the list like Windows ...
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How to set the DNS server use for a VPN connection

I have Windows XP and I connect to a VPN. However for some reason when I'm connected the system is using broken DNS from work. That means I can only go to websites by IP address. I would like to ...
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Can I remove a toolbar title present on the Windows 7 taskbar?

I use the Address toolbar on the windows 7 taskbar using the following shortcut: Is it possible to remove the title of the toolbar displayed in front of the address box? This is just taking ...
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Hide “Logged on”, “# programs running” on Windows 7 Fast User Switching

I want to do the EXACT SAME thing that this question did in Windows XP: Hide "Logged on", "# programs running" on WinXP Fast User Switching However I want to do it in Windows ...
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How do I change the fade color of the Windows 7 Login Screen?

I've customized my Windows 7 Login Screen with a custom background, that is mostly block colour save for a logo. This color is not black. The fade out of the loin screen and fade in of the desktop, is ...
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Win 7 - How to customize window colors?

Is it possible to customize ALL possible colors in Win 7? The same way we did it in Win XP? Because I would like a darker color for applications (for example the panel where you write your text in ...
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Changing the Color of the BSOD

Years ago I became aware of a couple of settings that were purported to allow you to customize the colors of the Blue Screen of Death. Supposedly, by adding the MessageBackColor and MessageTextColor ...
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New Windows 7 Libraries created keep disappearing

I've just got a new laptop that came pre-installed with Windows 7 Professional edition. One of the new features of Windows 7 is Libraries. I'm familiar with how this works and am trying to create my ...
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Hide “Logged on”, “# programs running” on WinXP Fast User Switching

When Fast User Switching is activated on a Windows XP machine, it returns the user to the Welcome Screen and allows logging on to a different account. Any active users have either "# of programs ...
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windows registry entries for default explorer view

I'm making an automated installer for Windows XP, and I want the default view to be the "details" view on all folders - that is, the effect gotten by setting one folder to the details view, then going ...
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I cannot change the order of result columns in Windows Desktop Search 4.0 under Windows XP

I cannot change the order of result columns in Windows Desktop Search 4.0 under Windows XP. When I searched the web for how to do it, I found comments that under Windows Vista you could right-click ...
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Are there any alternatives to swap left/right mouse buttons except control panel->Mouse

I started to use the mouse with my left hand some years ago (It didnt take me that long to learn, a couple of weeks) since I started to get problems with my right shoulder. Ever since I use the mouse ...
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PDF printer that prints each page into it's own PDF file

This is for a friend (lol) they have proprietary software that prints things in batches. They have a choice of printing one thing at a time but in batches of 1 to n customers. So rather than printing ...
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Disable window always-on-top

Is there a handy powertoy-like program I can use to kill the always-on-top mode of the most bothersome windows? Too bad that the programs I find useful and like to co-exist with other open programs ...
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How can I customize the design of an XP or Win 7 Explorer window?

I'm trying to recreate what lots of Mac apps have in their installer dmgs - a custom designed finder window that you see when you open the image. Does anyone know how this is done, and whether or not ...
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Can I customize win xp logon screen without installing any permanent extra “stuff”?

I want to customize the Win XP logon screen on one of my virtual machines, but I don't want to install any permanent software to do this, is it possible? By permanent I mean, I wouldn't mind ...
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Customised command prompt

Is it possible to customise command prompt to open at a particular directory? For example, my mercurial repositories are all stored at C:\dev\repo. Obviously it makes things easier if I can customise ...
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Create a Static Google Chrome Desktop Icon in Windows 7

Is there an easy way to make it so the Google Chrome icon on the desktop cannot be deleted? I want it to appear just like Internet Explorer does by default.
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Filetype icon sets

Even though I'm into customizing windows to be quite pretty, this is more of a usability issue. Can anyone recommend a filetype icon pack, so one could tell which files he is looking at at a glance ...
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How to disable this useless message in Windows 7?

Every time I click Network, I get a message in a pale yellow drop-down box that says, Network discovery and file sharing are turned off. Network computers and devices are not visible. Click to ...
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Desktop Space reservation

This might be a bit of a stretch, but is there some software or method available to reserve desktop space, but allow certain programs to use it? Sort of like dividing the desktop so that maximizing a ...
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Beginners detailed guide to customising Miranda IM?

I want to use Miranda IM as my client of choice for IM. Despite being a relatively advanced computer user and doing a lot of google-ing and reading of guides etc out there I can't find a good guide ...
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Launch Chrome as application

I am writing a web app. I would like the users to be able to launch a Chromium browser (SRWare Iron) without an address bar or tabs, just a frame. Is it possible? How would I go about doing so?