To keep legacy apps running, Vista lets them pretend to write to their familiar file locations often under their installation folder in \Program Files or in \Windows itself. INI files, data files, templates, or even music might wind up there.
But when you go to look for those files, you won’t find them! Vista actually stores the files in a “Virtual Store” under the AppData store in your user folder. Fortunately, you don’t need to hunt around for the files, just turn on “Compatibility Files” in Explorer. When you browse to a folder that has these hidden files, you’ll see a Compatibility Files toolbar button. Read More»
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February 26, 2007 by
Jason Even if you turn on show hidden files in Windows Explorer some files will remain hidden. These files are super hidden. Set the registry value below to 1.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
“SuperHidden” = 1
You will need to reboot after changing this setting for it to work.
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February 03, 2007 by
Jason Windows XP is a very powerful operating system, but unfortunately a lot of the very useful functionality is hidden away.
These hidden gems can be unlocked by using the Windows XP Hidden Application Enabler. This great piece of freeware unlocks 43 hidden applications and adds them to the Start menu for easy accessiblity. Read More»
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February 03, 2007 by
Jason You may think a certain program is slowing your system down or actually hanging it for a few moments as soon as it boots. If so, try starting Windows in “lite” mode. Click Start | Run, then type msconfig and press Enter. When the System Configuration Utility loads, click the Startup tab; you’ll be surprised to see all the programs you’re loading at start-up. For info, Google the ones that are questionable or otherwise annoying before unchecking them, and reboot
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February 01, 2007 by
Jason
Open My Computer
Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.
Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
Double-click your user folder.
Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
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