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Quickly Open Files with the Non-Default Application
Bored for always using the same application to open your files? Now you can make one as default application and put others in the C:\Windows\SendTo folder. When you want to open a file with the non-default application, right click on the file and send it to the other application.
Handle The PCX Format
If you are a Windows 3.x veteran probably you have noticed that Paint, Windows 9x/Me bitmap editor application, can only handle BMP format. Meanwhile Paintbrush (Win 3.x bitmap editor application) can also handle PCX format. So what do you do if you still have PCX files around? Here are the tricks:
Copy the Pbrush.exe, Pbrush.dll and Pbrush.hlp files from your Windows 3.x files to your Windows 9X/ME hard drive. Copy Expand.exe from your Installation disk 2 or CD to your Windows installation folder on the hard drive. Use this command to expand Paintbrush:
expand a:pbrush.ex_ c:\windows\pbrush.exe
Powerful Text Editor
Probably you didn't realize that Microsoft Word 2000 uses a small application called Microsoft Script Editor to edit a Web page source code. This is a powerful text/code editor compared with Notepad. If you want to use all the features of this program, you can get it from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\IDE\IDE98 and look for the program: MSE.EXE. Create a shortcut on your desktop for faster opening it.
Send Notes over the Network
WinPopup is a small messaging program, lets you send notes over the network. WinPopup pops up on the recipient's screen, getting their immediate attention. If you have not installed WinPopup yet, you can install it by opening the Control Panel and choose Add/Remove Programs. Select the Windows Setup tab, double-click Accessories in the list of components, and select WinPopup. Click OK to complete the installation.
To run the program simply type 'winpopup' (without quotation marks) in the Run dialog box.
Finding and Selecting The Hidden Useful Programs
Tons of applications in your hard drive and great chances you have useful programs on your computer you didn't realize about it. To get around this situation create a folder on your desktop called Hidden Applications, and then launch the Windows Find utility (Start/Find/Files or Folders). Continue with typing *.EXE *.COM in the Named box, and then click on the Find Now button. After Find is finished with its task, choose Select All from the Edit menu and drag and drop all the files in the Find window into your new desktop folder. Now you have a folder with shortcuts to every executable program on your Windows PC. Now, one at a time, double-click on each shortcut to find out what it is. Once it's identified, you can find and delete the program if you don't want it (be careful while doing this since several small programs are parts of other bigger programs) or move the shortcut to another folder if you want to keep it.
Quick Access to All Help Files
First create a folder on your desktop, and then use Find facility to find all help files and .txt files with useful information. Use your SendTo "make a desktop shortcut", or right drag and drop onto desktop and select make shortcut. Once they are on the desktop, pop them open to get an idea of what they are and rename them accordingly. Drag them into the new folder named "Useful Help Collections" or similar.
Completely Disable Task Scheduler
Want to know how to get rid of the Task Scheduler in your System Tray (the area next to your Windows clock)? Double-click the Task Scheduler icon, and then select Advanced, Stop Using Task Scheduler. Close the Scheduled Tasks window, and this utility will no longer run at start-up.
Most Often Used Applications Toolbar
These are the steps to create your favorite applications toolbar on the top of desktop:
Create a folder on your hard drive called Applications Toolbar. Then, copy shortcuts to the applications you use most often to this folder.
Right-click on an empty spot on the taskbar. Select the Toolbars/New Toolbar command, and browse to Application Toolbar folder. When the new toolbar appears on your taskbar, place your mouse pointer over the vertical toolbar handle at the front of the toolbar. When the pointer turns into a double-headed arrow, click and drag the toolbar to the very top of the desktop and drop it. When you do, the new toolbar anchors itself to the top of the desktop.
General Editing Shortcuts
Try the following general shortcuts in almost all of your applications, including MS Word, Write (Win 3.1), WordPad, or even Notepad.
Moving
One word to the right Ctrl+
One word to the left Ctrl+
Start of line Home
End of line End
Up one screen PageUp
Down one screen PageDown
Top of Screen Ctrl + PageUp
Bottom of Screen Ctrl + PageDown
Beginning of Document Ctrl + Home
End of Document Ctrl + End
Deleting
Delete word to left Ctrl + Backspace
Delete word to right Ctrl + Delete
Clipboard
Copy selection Ctrl + C
Cut selection Ctrl + X
Paste selection Ctrl + V
Undo last of the above Ctrl + Z
Dots on Application Menus
Pay attention on your favorite application, for example WordPad. Click on File menu, and you will see several commands like New..., Open..., Save As..., etc. What do all those dots next to those menu commands mean?" A menu command followed by an ellipsis (...) means it will open a dialog box.
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