Friday, November 27, 2009
Protects Your Open Programs With LockThis!
LockThis! is a small tool which makes it possible to password protect almost any programs or documents that's currently open / running. This tool is perfect for people who often lend their PC to others, because with this tool they can keep the content of some programs or documents from other people eyes without need to close them first.
LockThis! is simple to use.To lock an application, just press Ctrl while minimizing the window that you want protected.You have to provide the Admin Password (The default password for the admin panel is "LockThis!".).You can use your admin password for all protected programs .The window can not be Restored or maximized without supplying the correct password.If the correct password is not supplied, the restore or maximize request is simply ignored and the window stays minimized.
LockThis!Monday, July 6, 2009
Tools to Clean up Empty Folders
Mostly we organize our files into various folders. Sometimes we move our files from one folder to another, but we forget to delete the empty folder. Also we install an application and later we uninstall it, but it leaves behind some empty folders. This leads to cluttering of hundreds of dozens of folders, without a single byte of data in it.By removing such folders ,you can retrieve hard disk space.
It is usually safe to delete empty folders, but you should exercise a little caution with folders belonging to applications that are still installed on your computer.Here are some free tools to remove empty folders from your hard drive
RED (Remove Empty Directories ) scans your drives or directories for empty folders and removes it. By default, it scans hidden folders, but ignores system folders to prevent any harm to your PC.You can create some custom rules for keeping and deleting folders. Empty files in directories can also be ignored.
Folder Destroyer , lets you empty specific folders.With this you can easily empty out the contents of specific folders like cleaning of temporary internet files folder and other custom folders which you clean or empty on periodic basis. It supports command line options for use in the Startup folder, Registry startup keys, or in batch scripting.It’s quite user friendly and light too.
Fast Empty Folder Finder is another useful application that help you find and delete any empty folders from your PC. The built in preview method help you to see what is in the folder so you never delete anything you don't want by accident.
DelEmpty is a useful ,handy and free tool that delete any temporary files and folders. Over time these files can grow to occupy a large chunk of your hard disk. Thus this tool recovers all those wasted space.
Key Features
-Scans all accessible user accounts
-Deletes temporary internet files
-Deletes cookies
-Deletes browser history
-Deletes recent files
-Deletes windows temp folders
Sunday, May 17, 2009
How to Remove 'Groove Folder Synchronization‘ From Context Menu
Those who are using Office 2007 , will notice an extremely annoying option on the right click context menu of everything - “Groove Folder Synchronization”
You can remove the Groove Folder Synchronization from the context menu .For that Start>Run>Type “regedit” without the “quote” marks.Locate the following Registry keys and delete them to remove the Groove Folder Synchronization entries:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\XXX Groove GFS Context Menu Handler XXX
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Hide Folder: A Free Security Software to Hide Folders.
Windows have a folder lock security feature, but this integrated function has a lot of shortcomings, it is hardly usable on network because sys admin can easily view the content of the locked folders, anyone who has an access/login on your computer can open locked folders, it doesn't support FAT32 and it doesn't work on Home edition of Windows. Furthermore, locking folders means that all users that has access to your computers can still see those folders.
Hide Folders, on the other hand is not meant to lock the folders with predefined password, it is meant to simply HIDE them, so no one can even know of their existence. It is simply more efficient not letting anyone know that you even have some confidential folders. Secondly, you can password protect the application so no one can open Hide Folders to unhide your hidden folders. Remove the Hide Folders from the programs menu and 99% of people wouldn't even know that you have a folder hiding program installed on your system.So by using this application hided folders can not be accessed, viewed, searched or deleted .
Hide Folders Features
Sys Req :Windows XP, Vista, 2003|Freeware |1.43MB
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
How to Change the Default Background Folder Image
1) Open notepad
2) Type in the text below (no space)
[{BE0981 40-A513-11D0-A3 A4-00C04FD706EC}]
IconArea_Image ="C:\your picture location.jpg"
IconArea_Text= 0x00FFFFFF
3) Save file as desktop.ini
Save as type : All Files
4) Copy the desktop.ini file you just created, and paste into the folder you want the background to be change
5) Go to START --> RUN..
6) Type Attrib+s "C:\Location of your folder" Click OK
7) Open your folder and the picture should be set by now.
'IconArea_Image' is for you to key in the location of your picture. Let say if your picture is located at 'My Documents' with the file name 'abc.jpg', your location will look like this
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\abc.jpg"
'IconArea_Text' is to set the color of your text, if you have a dark background it is recommended you set the text color to WHITE with is 0x00FFFFFF.
If you have a white background, you can set the folder text color to BLACK which is 0x00000000
Folder text color can be set to any color depends on which color you like, example:
PINK - 0x00FF99FF
PURPLE - 0x00FF99FF
RED - 0x00FF0000
and more
Recommended picture size is at 815 x 585 so that you will see a full picture and not Tile.
You can resize or cut your picture to the size 815 x 585 easily with 'Microsoft Photo Editor'
Windows 98 included a utility called Customize Folder Wizard (ieshwiz.exe) which you can customize folders easily. This utility works fine in Windows XP as well.Download ieshwiz.zip and save it to the Desktop
- Extract ieshwiz.exe to the C:\Windows\System32 folder
- Start>Run >Type cmd and Type:
- IESHWIZ <path:\foldername>
- For example, to customize the folder C:\Tools, replace <path:foldername> place folder with C:\Tools
- Select the background image for that folder, and click Next
- Close and re-open the folder.
Note that the text color in a folder can be customized using the wizard. All of the these settings are stored in a file named Desktop.ini within that folder.
Here are the sample contents:
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=C:\WINDOWS\winnt.bmp
[.ShellClassInfo]
ConfirmFileOp=0
To customize the folder background in Windows Vista, you can try this freeware utility Vista Folder Background from Ave's Vista Apps Website.
Also Read : How I can bring any picture in my pen drives background
Friday, July 25, 2008
Keep Your Private Files into Password Protected Lockbox
Do you have sensitive files that you are afraid that people might browse upon while using they are using your personal computer?If yes, try My Lockbox.
My Lockbox is a free security software enabling you to password protect any folder on your computer. The protected folder (lockbox) is hidden from any user and application of your system and also from the net.
My Lockbox is an very easy in use software. The most important parameters can be configured during the setup procedure.You can set the lockbox location and the password during the setup procedure or later in Folder Lockbox Control Panel. Skinned user interface lets you choose from different skins. Try it - it's free!
- Very easy in use
- Almost any folder on your computer can be password protected
- Instant protection - no file scrambling or moving to another place
- Lockbox folder is inaccessible even by the system administrators
- Lockbox folder is inaccessible both locally and remotely.
- Lockbox folder can be protected in Windows safe mode
- Windows XP x64 support
- Hotkeys support - you can popup Control Panel with a simple keystroke.
- Skinned user interface
- Freeware
My Lockbox Quick Start Guide Homepage
Sys Req: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista Version: 1.2 1.26MB
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
bxNewFolder
Creating a new folder for organizing your data is one of the most common file management chores — so common that Windows has a button for it in common file dialog boxes like Open and Save As.But Explorer makes you dig into a submenu on the context menu or File menu for this common task.
For a quick and easy solution, download and install bxNewFolder. This simple utility adds a New Folder button to Explorer's existing Standard Buttons toolbar, so there's no new toolbar to take up space. Just click it (or press F12) and type a name to create a new folder in the current location.
Freeware | Homepage | Download | 391 KB | Windows 98/ME/XP/NT/2000
