Try this... right click your Start Button then click Open. Then make a folder named Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} This is an easy way launching programs in Control Panel :D
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Try this... right click your Start Button then click Open. Then make a folder named Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} This is an easy way launching programs in Control Panel :D
THATS COOL, and it works (just done it)!! :cool: :cool: :cool:
:D I thought you don't like it :D
way kool, thats even Neato :eek:
I like it!!!
In addition to the Control Panel you can also add:
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
History.{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-bff4-444553540000}
DUN.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
to the start menu. Be sure to include the " . "
That is pretty handy. Any idea what all the numbers in brackets mean?
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Originally posted by GimpBizkit:
That is pretty handy. Any idea what all the numbers in brackets mean?
They are called GUIDs or Globally Unique Identifiers. For lack of better choice of words, they are like serial numbers for applications. . .or at least that is my understanding.
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}Quote:
Originally posted by GimpBizkit:
That is pretty handy. Any idea what all the numbers in brackets mean?
The Control Panel's key is called [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}] and the ID is the last set of number after CLSID, in this case '{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
:D
Randolph, that is the cooledt top that i have ever done....
where didja learn to do that at?
Randolph,
very cool... i'm with Cable Modem Tech...where'd you dig up that reg hack??
I've been using this trick since shortly after Win95 came out. I guess I use it so often I just forgot about it.
ive been using this for awhile,. i even posted it in the tip section of my website.
I learned to do that ny listening to a sunday morning talk radio show, About 3 yrs ago. If you live in the greater LA area listen to KFI 640 (AM) and there is a show on on sunday morning called Jeff Levy on computers. he has lots of tips and tricks.
Ditto especially as WinME & 2K alreay have this function built in to the Taskbar Options.Quote:
Originally posted by MacGyver:
I've been using this trick since shortly after Win95 came out. I guess I use it so often I just forgot about it.
I also believe that this tip was also posted under the WinDrivers Tech Tips section on the Homepage a couple of years back also.
Handy none the less though.
I think its cooooooooooooool...
I was just as pleased when I upped to Win2k and found all these little coooooooool extras :rolleyes:
I have been doing this for several years. My friend's dad (a tech) showed me how to do it originally, then I forgot, and I actually found out how to do it again from a different post on WinDrivers awhile back.
It's great because I often access the control panel!
Yeah that 95 trick has been around for a while. It's great though. It's always been too slow to load on my PC though. It takes about 20 seconds to load all of the icons or something, I find it funny to watch my 233 struggle like that.
Nice, very nice!
That's weird. I did it on a 486 with no problem...Quote:
Originally posted by kingtbone:
Yeah that 95 trick has been around for a while. It's great though. It's always been too slow to load on my PC though. It takes about 20 seconds to load all of the icons or something, I find it funny to watch my 233 struggle like that.
That is too cool! Can't believe I never heard of that before! Thanks!
Cool Using it all the time now.
Can you do this with Network Neighborhood?
Wow, to think MS would actually program something like that and have the possibility of expecting many people to know about it. In any event kick @$$ little trick. I like it.
I saw that a good while ago too. I found it on one of my Tech net cds. I thought it to be really cool too.
Thats funny because I just posted a thread in Tech to Tech asking how to restore the control panel after a policy had been instated. I got flamed by a bunch of the guys because they thought I was going behind the Network Admins back or something. I couldn't believe how defensive they got about it. Anyways, had I known this it would of been a lot easier than the registry hack that I did. <IMG SRC="smilies/tongue.gif" border="0">
Thanx for the info. Great tip!Quote:
Originally posted by xPoseidonx:
<STRONG>In addition to the Control Panel you can also add:
DUN.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
to the start menu. Be sure to include the " . "</STRONG>
When you create a DUN folder for your START button this way in Win98SE, the entire string shows up on the start button. IOW, when you click Start, you'll see
DUN.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}DUN.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}. It will also be empty because you manually have to copy your *.DUN files to the folder.
The way I created a DUN for the the Start button is just create a new folder as outlined above, but just name it "DUN" (without the quotes OR the alpha-numeric string that followed in the above example).
Then open My Computer/Dial-Up Networking then drag-n-drop (copy) your *.DUN files to the folder you just created, otherwise the new folder will be blank. This one is definately worth doing if you use more than 1 dial-up connection.
Yes you can. Go to http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/tune-11.shtml for Network Neighborhood and others.Quote:
Originally posted by kingtbone:
<STRONG>Can you do this with Network Neighborhood?</STRONG>