If your Start Menu Program or Favorites are not sorting alphabetically, it is easy to fix this:

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MenuOrder
3. Under here is are Favorites and Start Menu folders
4. In each there is a value called Order
5. Simply delete (or rename this) and restart Winodws
6. Your Favorites or Start Menus should now sort alphabetically

To create the icons, create a shortcut on the desktop.
For Shutdown, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows
For Restart, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec
For Logoff, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 0

You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Colors
3. Make sure the following setting are there:

• ButtonHilight=128 128 128
• ButtonShadow=255 255 255

To create a shortcut that will open your default e-mail program starting a new e-mail,

1. Right click on an open area of the desktop
2. Select New / Shortcut
3. For the Command Line, enter mailto:
4. For the title enter something like New E-Mail
5. When you click on this your default e-mail program should start with a new e-mail form.

If you ever lose the Desktop but Explorer is still running with the Start Button,
you can do this to bring back your Desktop in a Windows box.

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type a period " . "
4. Then press Enter

1. Start the Explorer
2. Go to Windows / Start Menu / Programs
3. Create new folders with the categories you want (e.g. Graphics, Utilities, Internet etc.)
4. Now move the shortcuts to those programs in Windows / Start Menu / Programs to whichever category you decide.

This can greatly reduce clutter and make it a lot easier to find your programs.
Note: Windows2000 and WindowsXP Users will need to go to the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs directory

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F1	Display the Internet Explorer Help, or when in a dialog box, display context help on an item
F11	Toggle between Full Screen and regular view of the browser window
TAB	Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
SHIFT+TAB	Move back through the items on a Web page, the Address bar, and the Links bar
ALT+HOME	Go to your Home page
ALT+RIGHT ARROW	Go to the next page
ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE	Go to the previous page
SHIFT+F10	Display a shortcut menu for a link
CTRL+TAB or F6	Move forward between frames
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB	Move back between frames
UP ARROW	Scroll toward the beginning of a document
DOWN ARROW	Scroll toward the end of a document
PAGE UP	Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments
PAGE DOWN	Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments
HOME	Move to the beginning of a document
END	Move to the end of a document
CTRL+F	Find on this page
F5 or CTRL+R	Refresh the current Web page only if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are different
CTRL+F5	Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same
ESC	Stop downloading a page
CTRL+O or CTRL+L	Go to a new location
CTRL+N	Open a new window
CTRL+W	Close the current window
CTRL+S	Save the current page
CTRL+P	Print the current page or active frame
ENTER	Activate a selected link
CTRL+E	Open Search in Explorer bar
CTRL+I	Open Favorites in Explorer bar
CTRL+H	Open History in Explorer bar
CTRL+click	In History or Favorites bars, open multiple folders

 Using the Address bar

Press this	To do this
ALT+D	Select the text in the Address bar
F4	Display the Address bar history
CTRL+LEFT ARROW	When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break (. or /)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW	When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break (. or /)
CTRL+ENTER	Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar
UP ARROW	Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
DOWN ARROW	Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches

 Working with favorites

Press this	To do this
CTRL+D	Add the current page to your favorites
CTRL+B	Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+UP ARROW	Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box
ALT+DOWN ARROW	Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box

 Editing

Press this	To do this
CTRL+X	Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard
CTRL+C	Copy the selected items to the Clipboard
CTRL+V	Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location
CTRL+A	Select all items on the current Web page

With the advent of long directory names, it can be difficult to open up a DOSbox and CD to the directory you want
particularly if it is several layers of long names deep.
An easy way is to:

1. Open up Explorer and highlight the directory you want to be in
2. Select Run / Command from the Start Menu
3. Your DOS prompt will now be in the directory you highlighted in Explorer

Normally, you can move up one directory level by typing CD ..
The DOS with Windows95 allows you to continue moving up beyond the firstdirectory by simply adding more periods
For example, to move up two levels, type CD ...

Expand full path/file name with defined char using Command Prompt in Win NT4.0
You can expand the full name of a file or directory using a character of yourchoice.

1. Close all Command Prompts
2. Start the Registry Editor
3. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
4. If not present, add Key: CompletionChar
5. If you like to use TAB-Key for expand: set value (REG_SZ): "9"

You can test it:

1. Open up a DOS window
2. Type: CD (followed by TAB)
3. The first available directory will appear
4. Press TAB again, the next one will appear
5. The same can be done with the DIR command

Want to start DOS fast outside of the START button? Drag it to your desktop.
Want to start it even FASTER without the mouse?

1. Change the shortcut properties of the DOS icon to something unique, like Ctrl-Alt-Z.
2. Then to start DOS from within Win95/98?/NT just enter C-A-Z and poof! it's there.
3. If you toggle away, and hit the shortcut sequence again, you'll get the "old" DOS box, not a new one

By default, when you open a DOS window, the Microsoft Copyright notice shows.
To disable it, add the /K switch in the Program tab
For example: C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /k

There are two additional switches that can be used when doing a DIR

1. /B - Shows only the long filename, no details
2. /Z - Shows the short filename, with details
3. /B /Z - Shows only short filename, with no details

If you use DOSKEY in either your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or as part of theproperties of your DOS Window,
you can show and recall the history of commands you enter and the DOSprompt.

• To recall previous commands, use the up arrow key.
• A complete list of previous commands can be shown if you press the F7 key
• To use one, press F9 and the number of the command you want to use
• To clear the cache, press Alt+F7