Change the Folder of “Default Wallpaper” to “My Pictures” Folder

In order to Change the “Default Wallpaper folder” to the “My pictures” folder you can follow the below trick in order to use your own images right from the “Desktop Properties“.

To do this

1. Click on the “Start” Button.

2. Open the “Run” menu from it and type “regedit.exe” in order to bring the registry editor.

3. Then navigate down to the following key.

4. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

5. On the Right hand side you should see a value called “WallPaperDir“. If the key does not exist, then you can create a new string value with the same name.

6. Double click on the value to change the path to your My Pictures folder. (or any other folder)

7. If you dont want the images present already in the list, You can delete these images to make them stop appearing in the wallpaper selection list from the c:\windows.

If you like this Post and get Benifitted by it , Don't forget to subscribe to my RSS feed and comment below. Thanks for visiting!

Clear Browsing History From the Command Line for IE7

In order to clear the browsing history , its easy to clear it from the menus of ie7.but if you are a command line junky then you can use this following codes to clear it from the command line.

1. Temporary Internet Files :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

2. Cookies :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

3. History :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Read more

Rename Multiple Files inside a folder

If you want to rename multiple files in the same folder, then follow the below steps.

1. Go to the folder in which you want to rename files.
2. Select all the files you want to Rename.
3. Press “F2” or “Right click” and select “Rename“.
4. Enter the prefix for the name you want (e.g. Picture)
5. This will automatically rename the rest of the files Picture (1).jpg, Picture (2).jpg etc.

Disable Windows Tour

If you want to disable the “Take Tour of Windows XP” that comes up after you install WindowsXP, then follow the below tips.

1. Click on the “Start” Button.
2. Select “Run“
3. Type “Regedit” and press enter.
4. Go to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour“.
5. Create a new “DWORD key” called “RunCount“.
6. Give it a value of “0“.

Windows Vista - Shortcut Overlay Remover

www.frameworkx.com introduces the new Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover, allows you to either way to remove the shortcut overlay arrow or to even customize it in Windows Vista.

In the new version 2.0, Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover now called as Vista Shortcut Manager has added many new welcome features like:

Custom overlay icons,

Enable/Disable “-shortcut” extension,

full support for x64 platforms,

and direct upgrade from version 1.3.

Next Page »