FOLDER OPTIONS ARE MISSING IN XP

Many times we find that the folder options missing in windows explorer

Here is the solution for that

How to Restore folder Option.....
Following a few simple steps to get this problem resolved:

1st Solution  to Fix Folder Options Missing: Edit registry setting1. Navigate to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Policies | Explorer”
2. At right panel, look for a value called “NoFolderOptions”, delete the value.
3. Go to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Policies | Explorer”
4. Repeat step 3 to delete NoFolderOptions entry.

 2nd Solution to Fix Folder Options Missing: Change setting in Group Policy

 

 Go to Start -> Run. Type gpedit.msc and press enter
- Expand User Configuration -> Administrative Template -> Windows Components.
- Click on Windows Explorer
- Locate Removes Folder Options menu from Tools menu in the right pane.
- Doubleclick on it and choose Disabled or Not Configured and click OK.

 

It will 100% work in Windows XP.

Classic Menu for Office Standard 2010

f you have spent a lot of time adjusting yourself to the Ribbon interface of Microsoft Office Standard 2010, or being frustrated by searches for new features on the Ribbon interface, Classic Menu for Office Standard 2010 will help to solve your problem. The software adds a Menus tab to the whole interface of Office Standard 2010, and then brings back the familiar Office 2003 and 2007 toolbars and menus into work. It is developed by Addintools (a company provides professional software, add-ins and tools for Microsoft Office) and helps improve your working manner and efficiency. Don't be afraid that the new feature of Microsoft Office Standard 2010 will be lost. Classic Menu for Office Standard 2010 presents all the new features in the classic style interface. It is very easy to deploy the software to client computers in your enterprise or organization. Your colleagues or employees don't need trainings or tutorials any more after upgrading to Microsoft Office Standard 2010. Supports all languages that are supported by Microsoft Office 2010 including: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, Chinese, and more. The software is fully compatible with Windows 7, Windows 7 x64, Vista, Vista x64, XP, XP x64, Windows 2003 Server and 2008 Server. The Classic Menu suite includes following applications: Classic Menu for Word 2010, Classic Menu for Excel 2010, Classic Menu for PowerPoint 2010, Classic Menu for Outlook 2010, Classic Menu for Publisher 2010, Classic Menu for OneNote 2010. You could find the product at the Microsoft Office Marketplace. Easy to install, uninstall and use. Easy to show or hide the classic menus and toolbars.

Version: 3.50

Date added: April 22, 2011

Price: Free to try (15-day trial); $25.00 to buy

Operating system: Windows XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7

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What's new in this version: v3.50 is released Improved: Better support for multiple languages. Improved: Common users can fully disable the classic menus even if the Administrator enabled it. Improved: If Administrator disabled the classic menus, the common users can't enable it, and they will be prompted "The Administrator has disabled the Classic Menu, please contact Administrator".

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Google Chrome

Google Chrome continues to mature from a lightweight and fast browsing alternative into an innovative browser on the precipice of a potential browsing revolution with the just-released Chrome OS. The browser that people can use today, Chrome 14, offers highly competitive features, including synchronization, autofill, and standards compliance, and maintains Google's reputation for building one of the fastest browsers available.

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• Version: 14.0.835.163
• Date added: September 16, 2011
• Price: Free
• Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
• Total Downloads: 7,402,668
• Downloads last week: 121,577

Chrome 14 represents a major milestone for the browser, but those expecting to see dramatic changes in major-point updates will be disappointed. For a while now, Google has been pushing features over what it calls milestone numbers, which means that as soon as new features are usable in the beta version of Chrome, Google will likely push them to all users in the stable edition.
First Look: Chrome still shines, 10 versions later

Chrome 14 is the first version of the browser to support Native Client (NaCl), an open-source technology that allows C and C++ code to be securely run in the browser. It basically lets software run within two protected sandboxes, which will theoretically cut down on browser-based threats dramatically. When completed, NaCl will power Web apps to run as smoothly as programs that are hosted on your hard drive.

As implemented in Chrome 14, NaCl works only for Chrome Web Store apps, though Google plans to expand NaCl so that eventually it powers the entire browser.

Also new in Chrome 14, the Web Audio API lets developers create advanced audio effects such as spatialization and room simulation in HTML5. Google has put together a page of samples that you can listen to here.

Adobe's Elements turn 10

It doesn't seem all that long ago that Adobe trotted out its first consumer image-editing application, but Photoshop Elements seems to have aged fairly well over the past 10 years. It hasn't changed that much--it still has a task-based interface and modular architecture--though it's gotten a bit glitzier looking and, as it continually absorbs new technology and features from its big sister Photoshop, has gotten a lot more powerful as well.

Premiere Elements' new Three-Way Color Corrector lets you adjust highlights, midtones, and shadows independently.

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Along the way, Adobe paired it up with a consumer version of its Premiere video-editing software. Though not 10 years old, it carries the same version number, and some of the same baggage, which includes an interface that hasn't changed substantially over time, and therefore has a steeper learning curve than a lot of newbies want to climb.

The new versions of both applications don't boast a lot of shiny, gee-whiz new features, but Photoshop Elements continues to evolve in meaningful ways, and Premiere Elements makes the important jump to 64-bit operation, at least on Windows. Plus, the company unified the Organizer to better handle both video and still media.

Pricing remains the same: $99.99 each or both for $149.99. The $79.99 upgrade pricing per product seems a bit steep to me, though.

Read the review of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 for Windows | Mac
Read the review of Adobe Premiere Elements 10 for Windows | Mac

Undelete files and recover lost data

Undelete files and recover lost data

File Scavenger Version 3.2 Download 

File Scavenger is a Windows file undelete and data recovery utility for NTFS and FAT/FAT32 volumes. It can recover files that were damaged by virus or accidentally deleted from Windows Explorer, the Recycled Bin, command line window, or a network share along with original folder names and file Create and Modified dates. It supports reformatted volumes or broken hardware/software RAID volumes as well as file compression, dynamic disks, alternate data streams, sparse files, Unicode file names and more. With the trial version only 64KB or smaller files can be recovered.

 File Scavenger offers 3 different search modes, one for quick access to recently deleted files, one for exhaustive search and also a defunct volume search that can even recover files from compromised striped and RAID volumes. We tested the product on a machine that was reformatted a few days ago, and safely recovered some of the files, old desktop shortcuts and more. File Scavenger can be installed or used in portable mode.

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  Recovers deleted files.
• Recovers files from corrupt, deleted or reformatted partitions.
• Recovers files with the original filename, folder and dates.
• Supports hard disks, floppy disks, ZIP disks, memory sticks, flash cards, RAIDs, and more  Runs on all Windows versions.
• Supports both NTFS and FAT/FAT32.
• Available in English, German and Japanese.
• Reconstructs broken RAIDs and spanned volumes.

Recovered from a reformatted or corrupted volume

With File Scavenger files can be recovered from a reformatted or corrupted volume. This is even possible when the volume has been deleted and its original position and size are unknown. File Scavenger can scan an entire physical hard drive to look for traces of defunct volumes.

Bad sectors and badly corrupted partitions

File Scavenger uses advanced algorithms to transparently handle disks with many bad sectors and badly corrupted partitions. The software can be installed on a hard drive or run from a floppy disk. To run File Scavenger, you must log on as a system administrator to the computer where data recovery is intended.

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Add the Command Prompt to the Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu ...

Add the Command Prompt to the Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu ...

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• Many computer users, specially the programmers, need to launch a command prompt window every once in a while to execute some dos/shell commands. The problem is, when a command prompt window launched, the default path is normally the system path or the user profile's path. The users will then have to do all the "cd" commands to change the directories to the path he/she wants
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• This trick shows you how to add an option called "Command Prompt" when you right-click on a folder in Windows. With this option, a Command Prompt Window will launch and its current directory will be the path to the folder you've selected.
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• Use this trick at your own risk.
• Here's what you'll get:
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• Follow This Instructions
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•    1. Start > Run
•    2. Enter "regedit" and hit Enter
•    3. Expand to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell"
•    4. Right-click on "shell" and select New > Key
•    5. Make sure a new key is created under "shell". Change the name of this key to                 "Command Prompt"
•    6. Right-click on this new key "Command Prompt" and select New > Key
•    7. Change the name of this key to "command"
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•    8. Here's what we should have:
•    9. Double-click on the "(Default)" text on the right window to bring up the edit box
•   10. Enter this text into the Value Data field:
•       cmd.exe "%1"
•   11. Click OK and close the registry. 

How To Make your Folders Private

To Make your Folders Private

Do This...

• 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.

Remember

• To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
• This option is only available for folders included in your user profile.   Folders in your user profile include

My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop,   Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private,   they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
• When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For   example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My   Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its   subfolders unless you make them private.
•You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS For information about converting your drive to NTFS

How to Disable "Send an Error Report to Microsoft"

"How to Disable "Send an Error Report to Microsoft"

 

To disable the stupid feature in WinXP which tries to send a report to Microsoft every time a program crashes you will have to do this:

* Open Control Panel

* Click on Performance and Maintenance.

* Click on System.

* Then click on the Advanced tab

* Click on the error reporting button on the bottom of the windows.

* Select Disable error reporting.

* Click OK

* Click OK