Change Program that Opens a File

If you have a file that can be opened with the existing application, but when click on that file can not be opened. To be able to open it, follow the trick below:

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Click on the file to be opened by a different program.
3. On the File menu click Properties.
4. On the General tab next to Opens with: click on the Change button.
5. Click on the name of the program that is to open the file, or click Other to select a program that is not listed.

Notes :

This change affects all files that have the same file name extension as the file you selected. For example, if you change the program that opens a .jpg file, all .jpg files will open in this program.

You can also specify a different program by selecting a file that you changed, clicking the File menu, clicking Open With, and then clicking a program name, or clicking Other, and then selecting the name of the program.

Hide Hidden Files with ACDSee 8

Windows recognize two types of attributes to handle the file, that is show and hidden. Show option is used to display the file, hidden options will hide files.

This is different from ACDSee. This picture program manager, the attribute will not be, so if you have a file with hidden attribute, the file will still appear on ACDSee. So, hide the file with the "Do not show hidden files and folders" option in the Folder Options will not be useful in this program.

Therefore, the necessary tricks in order to keep your files secure hidden. As below:

1. Run ACDSee
2. After the ACDSee window opens, click the View-> Filters ..
3. Remove the check in front of Show hidden files and folders.
4. Click Ok to save the changes.

Send To Menu Modifications

Most people will use the Send To menu to send the data to the flash disk quickly. Unfortunately you can only send data to the root directory so that all the data you send will be mixed.

To overcome this, you can create folders on the flash disk as needed. Eg you create a Music folder to store your mp3 data. To make Send to menu display the folder options in your flash disk, follow the trick below:

1. Create a folder on the flash disk according category (music, application, etc).
2. Create a shortcut to each folder with the right click the folder and then create shortcut.
3. Select all the shortcuts, right click-> Copy.
4. Entry in the Folder Option. In the Windows Explorer menu click Tools-> Folder Options. Select the View tab and select Show hidden files and folders.
5. Copy all the shortcut to C: \ Documents and Settings \ your_account \ SendTo.

Now, if you select the Send To menu, you will get a directory that refers to the folder that you created earlier.

Scandisk on Locked Drive

When perform scandisk, sometimes appear warning that scandisk can not be performed on the selected drive. For that trick needs to be done as below:

1. Open the Command Prompt (Run type cmd, press Enter)
2. In the Command Prompt window, type chkdsk /X /F /R [drive_name]:
3. Ex: If you want to do scandisk on drive E, then the command is written chkdsk /X /F /R E:
4. Then press Enter, then the scandisk will run as usual.

Change Screen Resolution Windows XP

Follow the tips below to change the sreen resolution on your monitor.

1. Right click on Desktop, select Properties.
2. In the Display Properties window, select the Settings tab.
3. In the Screen Resolution section, move the slider to the right to higger resolution and slide to the left for lower resolution.
4. Then click Apply.
5. If there is confirmation, click OK.

Tip: To monitor CRT 15-inch select 800x600 and 17-inch select 1024x768, but you can choose according to your taste.

Note: A higher screen resolution reduces the size of items on a monitor screen and increases the size of the desktop. Monitor and display adapter determine whether the screen can be changed