Select Details You Want To Display In Folder

Whenever you select Details as the view for your folder, you can actually select the details you want to see in that folder. This can be done on single folders as well. You can select from large range of options and can also select the size of the column. To add/remove items in that view just follow these steps.

1. Open your Folder, and select view as Details.
2. Go to View –> Choose Details.
3. Select the options you want to see.
4. Right click on the options to see what details they provide.
5. You can also move the details up and down according to your needs.
6. At bottom you can choose the width of the column in pixels.
7. When done click Apply, Ok.

You will now be able to see more options and the options of your choice.

Hide “Folder Options” in Xp

It can be done with a simple change in groups policy settings. Last post I made was specifically in case you are hit by a virus, But this is a usual way, and a much better way to hide the Folder Options in your Computer. This is how it can be performed, by groups policy.

1. Go to Start –> Run, Type “gpedit.msc.
2. You will see a Group Policy Editor.
3. Go to User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer.
4. Now click Windows Explorer, and on the right pane, look for option “Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu“
5. Double Click it and Click Enable, this will enable this service, and “Folder Options will no longer be visible.
   
   

In case you want it back, you can “Disable” it, or click “Not Configured“.

Customized Icons for Drives

Bored of your plain and uninterestingly looking icons of your drive? How can you make a private by just looking at it. Well, one of the ways is to give the drives your name. Another way is to give it a customized icon, or even your photo. Now, how is that possible? Here is easy tweak that will take you through the process of placing these icons for your drive. This same tweak will work for Flash drives, and Disks. Here are the steps you need to follow.

1. Choose any image and convert it into an “ICO” file.
2. Download this new “ICO” file and place it in the drive you want to assign this image to.
3. Now, open notepad, and type the following commands
   
   
   [autorun]
   ICON=filename.ico
   
   
4. Save this file as autorun.inf, and make this file and image as hidden.
5. You can hide this file by going into properties, and then selecting the Hidden box.
6. Reboot your computer and you will see the new icons into effect.
   

Minimizing the Office 2007 Ribbon

For those of you who are working with low resolution of 1024X768, or below, you must have felt the need of more space while using office 2007. When I work in my college with same resolution, I always want to get more space, specially while using Powerpoint. Now, some more space can be added by minimizing the ribbon, and thus hiding all the buttons which are expanded. This came to me accidentally when I double click on the ribbon, and the ribbon minimized. (These kind of accidents are good )



This can be minimized either by double click on the tabs names, or right click on then and then choose “Minimize the Ribbon“. After the ribbon is minimized, to access the options in each tab, single click them, and after the work is done, it auto hides. Double click it back, and you will see the expanded tabs once again.
Do try this simple trick, if you face space problem.