By default Windows XP searches only inside a handful of selected file types and ignores file types that are not registered in Windows. This means for instance that the Windows search is not searching through php documents. Here is a quick Registry hack that enables searching in all file types and not only a selected few.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Delete Entries in Add or Remove Programs
Every software that is installed using an installation routine will be added to the Add or Remove Programs Windows menu and can be uninstalled by any user who has access to this window. I’m going to explain a trick that removes the entry from the Add or Remove Programs window without removing the software itself.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Change the default Command Prompt directory
Whenever you open the Command Prompt in Windows you are taken to a default directory which is usually your Documents and Settings \ Username directory. Most of the time you navigate away from it because you need to access files that cannot be accessed from there.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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When Mouse Clicks Go Wrong
Did it ever happen to you that a double-click on a file lead to moving the file instead for a pixels in the direction that you moved the mouse ? If you try to double-click a file and move the mouse for more than four pixels after the first click the file will be moved instead of executed.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Add Registry Key Bookmarks
If you happen to work regularly with the registry of your Windows system you might have thought that it would be great to be able to open the most used registry keys using a bookmark like system. It’s kinda funny that I never noticed until now that it is possible to add registry keys to the registry favorites.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How to remove past icons from the taskbar
You have uninstalled the program completly and are sure that no reference is left on your computer. What if there is still one left that you probably did not know about ? Every item that appears on the left side of the clock in the taskbar will be cached by windows which means that the icon of the program is still available on your system. Check this out by yourself by right-clicking the taskbar. Select properties from the menu and click on the customize button at the bottom of that screen. If customize is not active activated it by enabling Hide Inactive Icons.