If you have moved your music around on your hard drives, Windows Media Player continues to add new entries into it's library instead of modifying the existing ones. This means that you will now have multiple entries for the same song, half of which will not work now because you have moved the files to their new location. To delete the current library and build a new one, do the following:
1. Close Windows Media Player, wait about 3 seconds for the database to close.
2. Using "My Computer", navigate to the following folder:
F (or whatever drive is appropriate for you):\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index
3. Delete the "wmplibrary....db" file here. This is not your actual music, only the database which Windows Media Player uses as a listing.
4. Start Windows Media Player
5. Hit "F3" and enter the location where you have moved your music to. If it is on muliple drives, check "All Drives". Let it finish.
You're Done!
All the old listings will now be gone, and you will only have the new accurate ones.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Delete Unwanted Screen Savers Loaded w/XP
If anyone else was wondering how to get rid of the annoying Screen Savers that Microsoft feels you have to have with XP they made it a little more difficult than normal.
1. First navigate to “C:\windows\system32\dllcacheâ€. Cut and paste or type in your address bar to get there because it is a hidden folder . Once there, delete the Screen Savers in that folder . Otherwise, you will find that they will come back no matter how many times you delete them from your system 32 folder.
2. Then you have to go to C: \Windows\system32 and delete the Screen Savers you want to get rid of . (Answer the file protection popups with cancel and yes.)
3. Voila---no more Screen Savers!!!!
1. First navigate to “C:\windows\system32\dllcacheâ€. Cut and paste or type in your address bar to get there because it is a hidden folder . Once there, delete the Screen Savers in that folder . Otherwise, you will find that they will come back no matter how many times you delete them from your system 32 folder.
2. Then you have to go to C: \Windows\system32 and delete the Screen Savers you want to get rid of . (Answer the file protection popups with cancel and yes.)
3. Voila---no more Screen Savers!!!!
Customize Desktop Icons - IE, My Computer, My..
Right click an empty area of the desktop and choose properties. Select the "Desktop" tab and click "Customize Desktop".
On the General Tab place a checkmark in the icons you wish to appear on the Desktop.
On the General Tab place a checkmark in the icons you wish to appear on the Desktop.
Creating 'App Paths' in Windows XP
To create an app path, so you can run an application in Windows Xp from the Run dialog box you need to:
1. Run regedit and go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
2. Create a new key with the what ever you want to use as your run command, ie HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\whatever.exe
3. In the key folder that you created, create a new string, call it 'Path' and modify the value to point the specific folder of your executable your running. ie C:\ProgramFiles\whatever
4. Use the default string and modify it's value to point to the executable you want to run.
1. Run regedit and go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
2. Create a new key with the what ever you want to use as your run command, ie HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\whatever.exe
3. In the key folder that you created, create a new string, call it 'Path' and modify the value to point the specific folder of your executable your running. ie C:\ProgramFiles\whatever
4. Use the default string and modify it's value to point to the executable you want to run.
Creating a Keyboard Shortcut
1. Right-click a shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu, and then click Properties .
2. On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box.
3. Press the key you want to use. Windows will add Ctrl+Alt to it. So if you choose U the combination will be Ctrl+Alt+U.
You can also choose one of the function keys you don't use otherwise, F7 as example. Just one button to click then.
4. Click OK .
2. On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box.
3. Press the key you want to use. Windows will add Ctrl+Alt to it. So if you choose U the combination will be Ctrl+Alt+U.
You can also choose one of the function keys you don't use otherwise, F7 as example. Just one button to click then.
4. Click OK .
Create SendTo menu items
Open Explorer and type the following into the address bar:
X:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo (Where X: is your System Drive letter and "username" is your Username)
Add a shortcut to the file or program of your choice.
X:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo (Where X: is your System Drive letter and "username" is your Username)
Add a shortcut to the file or program of your choice.
Copy to... and Move to... Context Options
To add Copy to... and Move to... context menu options (similar to Win95 Powertoys send to folder option) create the following registry keys
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\
ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\
ContextMenuHandlers\Move To
For Copy To set the default value to {C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
and for Move To set the default value to {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Now when you right click on a file or folder, above the send to option are two new options: Copy to Folder and Move to Folder
You can copy or move files or directories to other folders with this.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\
ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\
ContextMenuHandlers\Move To
For Copy To set the default value to {C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
and for Move To set the default value to {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Now when you right click on a file or folder, above the send to option are two new options: Copy to Folder and Move to Folder
You can copy or move files or directories to other folders with this.
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