Your My Computer window may have lots of whitespace if you only have a few hard drives and optical drives connected to your PC. The idea to use this space to display links to favorite folders or programs is not new, but it has never been added natively by Microsoft. Third party programs like Computer [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Remember Computer Customizer, the free program to add system tool links to the Windows Explorer My Computer display? The developer has renamed the application to Companel. The new version, as the name would suggest, has been improved so that it is now possible to add items not only to My Computer but also the Control [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows has several areas that are not as customizable as I would like them to be. The start menu comes to mind with its static links that cannot be changed, or Windows Explorer. I and several other users I spoke with would like more customization options, while the general Windows user base seems to be [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

If you are the guy that is getting all the tech calls from friends and family members whenever they encounter a computer problem you probably have heard about my computer icon related problems. Problems like “my computer icon is gone”, “my computer icon missing” or “my computer icon changed” are common and fixed easily with [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Some programs, like Nokia’s PC Suite or Sony Ericsson software, install additional icons that are shown when a user opens My Computer in Windows Explorer. The thinking is that this makes it easier for the user to access the programs. Many users on the other hand feel that they do not need these icons in [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The Windows XP operating system displays several user related system folders in the My Computer overview. These system folders include Shared Documents and user folders. Some users, especially those who are working on single user computer systems, might want to get rid of these folders to receive a better overview of the connected hard drives [...]

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

I always thought that it would be pretty nice to be able to add the most used folders and applications to My Computer. I personally use My Computer to achieve two goals. First I use it to access my DVD and virtual drives to start applications for instance. The second use is that I access folders that I tend to use very often. Folders like my mp3 collection, profile folders and several applications fall under this category as well.

Categories: Operating Systems, Tools, Windows

This little tweak is really helpfull if you happen to have many windows open and would like to access a hard drive on your computer quickly. Sure, you could hit the left windows key and M and all windows become minimized but you still have to double click the my computer icon and the hard drive icon before you are there – that is if you have my computer on your desktop at all.

Categories: Operating Systems, Windows