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Printing a Directory from Explorer
26 January 2007

To make a Print Directory option from a right-click in Explorer:

  1. In Explorer, choose View / Options / File Types
  2. Highlight Folder (not File Folder)
  3. Click on the Edit button
  4. Click on the New button
  5. In the Action box, type &Print Dir
  6. In the Application use to perform action box type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /C DIR %1 /S /A /O:N > PRN

You can use other switches for COMMAND.COM (COMMAND.COM /?) or DIR (DIR /? | MORE) to customize to your preference.

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Defrag the Hard Drive

I do this fairly frequently. Once a month or so. There are a few things I do first to make sure I don't waste time defragging unnecessary files.

  1. First is to delete the Internet Explorer Temporary Files and History.

  2. Second is to delete TMP and BAK files.

  3. Third is delete any files and directories in the \TEMP and \WINDOWS\TEMP directories

  4. Windows98 has a built-in utility called Disk Cleanup. You can run it from either the Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Disk Cleanup or directly run CLEANMGR.EXE

  5. Lastly if u are using windows me or xp go to start>programs>accessories>system tools>disk defragmenter.
  6. this wont be of any use if u dont have a minimum 15 of free space in each and every drive or atleast in teh rive that u wanna defrag

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Removing Unnecessary Programs from Starting Automatically

Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.
This can be either in the Startup Folder or the Registry.

One easy way to tell is by looking at how many icons are in your system tray. If you have a large number, perhaps unnecessary resources are being allocated them as well as increasing your boot time.

Typical examples are Microsoft Office, Office FindFast, Real Player, ATI Video setting etc.

You can remove them in one of three main ways:

  1. In the Start / Programs / Startup Folder

  2. In the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run

  3. If you have Win98, WinME or Windows2000 you can use MSCONFIG to easily remove programs. This is my preference since it allows you to toggle them back on again in case you make a mistake

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