My RTM top 10

[Jared \(Home\)]

Hi. Here is a few annoying features I would like to see fixed..

1. desktop shortcuts have to large shortcut arrow
2. explorer can't display icons 32x32 but displays them as something larger
3. trying to open unkown file with notepad..repeatly takes 5 or so steps
4. cant remove bluetooth icon from systray
5. cant remove "UAC is off" warning from systray
6. no menus in explorer to quickly toggle hidden files
7. cant seem to display contacts in treeview of windows mail easily
8. cant see way to turn off stupid welcome screen
9. windows mail tAkes far to long to load
10. task scehduler appears under administrative tools as well as system
tools

 

[Dale]

If that's the worst of Vista, then it must not be too bad. I can't fix most
of those for you but I do have a fix for #3.

In Windows Explorer, go to C:\Users\YourUserName\.

Paste a copy of a shortcut to Notepad.exe in the Send To folder you find
there. You can't, by default, open the Send To folder but you can right
click it and paste the shortcut.

Now, to open anything in Notepad, just right-click and select Send To and
then Notepad.

Dale

 

[Robert Firth]

Well, you could always remove the "UAC is off" warning by going into the
Security Center, on ther left selecting "Change how windows informs me" or
the like.

#8, by welcome screen, do you mean the welcome center? There is a check box
in the bottom left that says "don't load Welcome Center on startup".

Can we argue putting task scheduler in both admin tools and system tools
makes it easier to find? I suppose it belongs in both lists.

Windows Mail does take far too long to load. In fact, after downloading
about 100,000+ ng messages, it began to "stop responding" on every startup.
Odd, I had to delete all those messages.

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[Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]]

Hi,

If that's the worst of Vista, then it must not be too bad. I can't fix
most of those for you but I do have a fix for #3.

In Windows Explorer, go to C:\Users\YourUserName\.

Paste a copy of a shortcut to Notepad.exe in the Send To folder you find
there. You can't, by default, open the Send To folder but you can right
click it and paste the shortcut.

Now, to open anything in Notepad, just right-click and select Send To and
then Notepad.

That's a pretty handy trick - thanks!

I did some looking around - the folder is
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

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[NewFox]

Number 6
download and install this small app, it gives you a "hidden file" toggle
option when you right click on an empty space of windows explorer or the
desktop.. I use it all the time

http://fileho.com/download/860a70808494/HiddenFilesToggle-1.0-Setup.exe.html

 

[Alexander Suhovey]

Number 6
download and install this small app, it gives you a "hidden file" toggle
option when you right click on an empty space of windows explorer or the
desktop.. I use it all the time

http://fileho.com/download/860a70808494/HiddenFilesToggle-1.0-Setup.exe.html

Apparently, there's a newer version available (2.0):
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=52524&st=0

 

[Alexander Suhovey]

That's a pretty handy trick - thanks!

I did some looking around - the folder is
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

And to see where all other juctions like 'Application Data' and 'Recent'
point to, issue following command at the command prompt:

dir /a %userprofile% | find "<JUNCTION>"

 

[NewFox]

I know that page... the links however are dead..

if you can find me a mirror for those extensions it would be great

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Q1 The shortcut arrows are simple enough to remove with a freeware third
party application. Visit my website http://vistasupport.mvps.org Click the
Vista Faq button and take a look at question 42

Q2 Another simple solution. (well i assume you are referring to the desktop)
Again, on my website look at question 50 and use Method Two


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[Robert Blacher]

Your FAQ 42 ends up linking to Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover - FxVisor 1.2.

The Frameworks utility to remove shortcuts from desktop icons ends up
producing back holes in the icons for lots of folks. See the comments
posted on his download page and I can confirm it happened to me to (Vista
RTM x64, Nvidia GE Force 7300).

It obviously doesn't cause that problem for everyone, but ...

Using the program itself to put the arrows back and then, why not, removing
the program and rebooting gets rid of the black holes.

The author seems like a nice guy -- hey, it's free! -- and I'm sure he'll
figure out the problem eventually. But, for now, handle with care.

 

[Robert Blacher]

And to see where all other juctions like 'Application Data' and 'Recent'
point to, issue following command at the command prompt:

dir /a %userprofile% | find "<JUNCTION>"

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When I first did a "dir /a", I thought the "junction" subdirs meant I had
cross-linked files/directories. It took some searching in techie docs for
figure out I was ok! lol

Just my "proves I ain't so smart" posting of the day.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Thanks for that update, Robert. It worked for me without any probems, hence
its inclusion on my Vista Faq page, but without feedback from people like
yourself, it is difficult to know whether every recommendation i make is
actually doing what it should be doing.

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