Windows For Beginners

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One of the characteristics of Vista is that there might not be any File menu in some of the applications such as Windows Explorer for example.
1. At any time to access this menu, press [Alt].
2. To permanently enable the menus, open “Windows Explorer“.
3. Go to Organize > Folder and Search Options.
4. Click on the “View” tab and check the box for “Always show menus“.
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If you want to show or hide the “Common Tasks Panel” (blue bar with additional options on the left side) you may simply need to turn on Common Tasks to do it.
1. Click on the “Start” Button.
2. Select “My Computer“.
3. Go to Tools –> Folder Options.
4. Check ” Show common tasks in folders” option.
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Remember we are going to place a icon and not a shortcut.by doing this we can access the “internet options” and “Start Without Add-ons” by right clicking on it, which will not be on a shortcut.
To do this,
1. Open regedit.exe using the Start menu search box.
2. Navigate to the following key.

In order to Add the encrypt/decrypt options in the right click menu, do the following.
1. Click the “Start” button.
2.Open “regedit.exe” by typing it in the search box.
3. Find the following registry key.