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DESKTOP.TXT Driver File Contents (W95-11D.ZIP)

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DESKTOP.TXT Contents:


EMPTY DOCUMENTS FOLDER
CHANGE FOLDER ICON
LEFT MOUSE BUTTON DRAG & DROP
RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON DRAG & DROP
DRAG OBJECT TO BACKGROUND WINDOW...
... OR TO MINIMIZED APPLICATION
OPEN ALL WINDOWS IN SINGLE WINDOW BROWSE MODE
DISABLE STARTUP PROGRAMS
MORE DISK SPACE
RIGHT-CLICK IN "SAVE AS" DIALOG BOX
PROPERTIES
DLLS USED BY AN EXECUTABLE
REDUCE DESKTOP CLUTTER
DISABLE AUTOPLAY
SOUND CARD VOLUME CONTROL
SPEED UP BACKUP
CLOCK + CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT
SHORTCUT TO A SPECIFIC POINT IN ANY DOCUMENT
DRAG & DROP FROM ANYWHERE
EXPLORE FOLDER
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EMPTY DOCUMENTS FOLDER


Click the Start button, select Taskbar from the Settings folder (or
alternatively, right-click the Taskbar and select Properties). On the "Start
Menu Programs" page, click Clear. The files listed there are left from
opening documents in Win32 aware applications via Explorer. Any older 16-bit
files will NOT show up here. They are stored in a hidden folder called
C:\Recent. Deleting the files in this folder will not only accomplish the
same thing, but it also allows you to be more selective about which files to
keep.


CHANGE FOLDER ICON


Open any folder, and from the View menu select Options. In the Options dialog
box, select the File Types tab and scroll down the list of Registered File
Types to the Folder item. Select the Folder item, click Edit, then click the
Change Icon button. Select a new icon (.DLL, .EXE or .ICO format).
This involves a global icon change for ALL your folders!


LEFT MOUSE BUTTON DRAG & DROP


I'm sure you have discovered you get different actions during file operations
depending on whether you use the right or left mouse button. I prefer to use
the right mouse button because it's harder to make a mistake when you need to
access a drop-down menu, which you ALWAYS get by using the right button.
To understand the differences, here's what the left button does:
- Left-dragging objects from one directory to another on the same drive
results in a move. Holding down Shift while using left-drag forces a move.
- Left-dragging objects from one directory to another on a different drive
results in a copy. Holding down Ctrl while using left-drag forces a copy
regardless of the source or destination.
- Left-dragging an executable file to a new directory results in a shortcut
to that file.
Right-dragging any object from one directory to another, then selecting the
Create Shortcut(s) Here option, will result in a shortcut to that object.
Small annotations on the icons while dragging will indicate the drop behavior:
a plus sign for copy, a hooked arrow for a shortcut, and no symbol for a move.
To abort such an operation hit Esc while dragging.


RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON DRAG & DROP


Right-drag & drop works like left-drag and drop except that when you drop, you
are given a menu of choices depending on the object itself.
For Folders, you'll see Move Here, Copy Here and Create Shortcut Here.
For OLE Objects, you'll see Create Scrap Here, Move Scrap Here and Create
Document Shortcut Here. It is recommended to get used to using right-drag &
drop for all file/folder operations as it is much easier than trying to
remember various behaviors of left-drag & drop.


DRAG OBJECT TO BACKGROUND WINDOW...


If you want to open another file in an application that is already running
but covered by other windows, drag the object over the application's button on
the Taskbar and hold it there for about a second. The application window will
come up to the top, allowing you to drop the object into the application
without rearranging the other open windows.


... OR TO MINIMIZED APPLICATION


If you want to open another file in an application that is already running
but minimized, simply drag the object over the application's minimized button
on the Taskbar and hold it there for a second.
The application will reopen, allowing you to drop the new file onto it.


OPEN ALL WINDOWS IN SINGLE WINDOW BROWSE MODE


In any Explorer window, if your View/Options are set to "Browse Folders Using
a Single Window for Each Folder", you can open an additional window for a
particular folder by holding Ctrl while double-clicking it.


DISABLE STARTUP PROGRAMS


Hold down the Ctrl key while loading Windows to keep the items in the Startup
folder from launching.


MORE DISK SPACE


Windows 95 only: if you don't need the extra animation in your Help files, you
can free up to 7 MB of disk space by deleting the .AVI files from the
%windir%\Help folder (usually C:\Windows\Help), if you originally chose to
install the Online User's Guide.
Also, if you upgraded over an existing Windows 3.xx copy, you have the choice
under Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs to "Delete old DOS and Windows
files". This option will wipe out all unnecessary Windows 3.xx system files
and will remove your old DOS directory as well. That is if you don't want to
keep your old copy of Windows/WfWG 3.xx, or still play DOS games. :)


RIGHT-CLICK IN "SAVE AS" DIALOG BOX


If you are saving a file and right-click in the dialog box, you can change
the view, arrange the icons, or create new folders prior to saving the file.
This is useful if you decide (while saving) that you want to save the file in
a folder that doesn't currently exist.


PROPERTIES


To quickly access the Properties dialog box for any object, hold the Alt key
and double-click the object, as opposed to digging through the drop-down menu.


DLLS USED BY AN EXECUTABLE


Right-click on an application (.EXE) file name and select QuickView.
Look for the "Import Table information". You'll find this feature useful if
you want to clean up unnecessary files, and you suspect a particular .DLL is
no longer needed by ANY other applications.
BACKUP FIRST and DELETE with CAUTION!


REDUCE DESKTOP CLUTTER


If you have opened many windows under My Computer (assuming you're set up for
Separate Window Browse under View/Options), you can quickly close them all by
holding the Shift key while clicking the close window box [x] on the topmost
window.


DISABLE AUTOPLAY


To temporarily disable AutoPlay from automatically playing an audio CD, hold
down the Shift key for a few seconds after closing the CD-ROM drive door.


SOUND CARD VOLUME CONTROL


Single-click the speaker icon in the Taskbar tray to bring up the Master
Volume Control. Double-click that icon to bring up the full Mixer Controls.
While you're in here, check out Options -> Properties. You can add/remove any
available Playback/Recording items and adjust their volume control sliders.


SPEED UP BACKUP


The Backup tool that ships with Windows 9x/ME (located in the System Tools
folder if you installed it) may run 10-20% faster if you keep it minimized
during a backup/restore operation.


CLOCK + CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT


Double-click the Clock in the Taskbar tray to display the Calendar and change
your system Date/Time.


SHORTCUT TO A SPECIFIC POINT IN ANY DOCUMENT


You can drag a paragraph from a Word document or a single cell from an Excel
worksheet and drop it anywhere to create an instant shortcut to that info
just as you would for any object.
Right-drag a selection from any OLE document onto the Desktop or folder, then
select the "Create Document Shortcut Here" item, and a shortcut (bookmark)
will be created. Opening this document shortcut at a later time will open the
original document and return you to the place in the document that the
shortcut originated. You can also send e-mail with this shortcut.
When the recipient double-clicks on it, it will open the spreadsheet, scroll
to that cell and select it.


DRAG & DROP FROM ANYWHERE


From the File Open dialog box of any Windows 9x/ME application (or even F3
for the Find dialog box), you can drag and drop documents or folders onto
the Desktop, into Explorer, or anywhere else that can handle objects,
including Exchange and Outlook e-mail.


EXPLORE FOLDER


You can "explore" a folder/drive in detail instead of in icon view mode.
Normally, you would open Explorer, click here, click there, and finally get
to where you want.
But the fastest way is to Hold down the Shift key and double-click on the
drive/folder of your choice. This will bring up a detailed Explorer window
of that particular drive/folder.