Registering a program with the "Open With" dialog
When you right-click a file and choose Open With, and click the Choose Program... option, the list of registered applications are displayed in the Open With dialog.
In some cases, when you browse to locate a file, it may not get added to the Open With dialog. To resolve the problem, you may use the utility discussed in this page to add a program to the Open With dialog.
OpenWithAdd utility for Windows® XP
Download OpenWithAdd.zip and run it. Locate the application that you want to add to the Open With dialog.
Type the command-line parameter (if the application requires one) in the appropriate text field. And optionally, type the personalized name text. This text will appear in the Open With dialog, describing the application. Once done, click the Add to Open with button.
Your application is now added to the list.
Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login
After downloading fixes from Windows Updates page or via Automatic Updates, you may notice that Windows XP no longer logs into your account automatically. This is usually caused after the installation of .NET Framework from Microsoft. It creates an additional user account called ASP.NET, which you can see in the Control Panel User Accounts applet. But, you neither need to remove this update nor delete this account. You can still configure Windows XP to automatically login using these methods:
Method 1
Click Start, Run and type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2, and click Ok. Select the user account from the list (the account to which you want to automatically logon). Uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer option, and click Ok. Type the user account password and complete the process.
For Windows XP Home, don't try to auto-login as the built-in Administrator, as you'll receive an error message.
DISABLE CD AutoPlay
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesCdrom]
"AutoRun"=dword:0000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000b5
Create a duplicate user profile with a different name
To create a duplicate of an user profile with a different user name, try this:
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Create a new user account
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Logon to that account to initialize the newly created profile
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Log off from the newly created profile
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Login as built-in Administrator
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Open Control Panel System applet
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Click the Advanced tab
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Click Settings under User Profiles
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Select a profile to copy from and choose Copy To
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Browse to the profile to copy to (C:Documents and Settingsusername)
A new profile is now created which is the duplicate of your user profile.
Manually re-create the Show Desktop icon
Click Start, Run, and type Notepad.exe. Copy the following contents to Notepad.
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
Save the file as Show Desktop.scf. Now, drag the file to the Quick Launch Toolbar. (Notepad might automatically append a .txt extension to the file name. Remove this extension if present.) The file name should be Show Desktop.scf
Method 3: Using the Regsvr32 command
Click Start, Run and type the following command:
regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll
The Show Desktop icon file should be available now.
Hide The Recycle Bin from Desktop
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerHideDesktopIcons]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerHideDesktopIcons
ClassicStartMenu]"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerHideDesktopIcons
NewStartPanel]"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001
Removing the Recent Documents link from XP Start Menu
To remove the My Recent Documents folder from XP Start Menu, try this:
- Right-click Start, and then click Properties
- Click Customize
- Click the Advanced tab
- Under Recent documents, uncheck List my most recently opened documents
- Click OK, and then OK.
How to login as Administrator in Windows XP?
The built-in Administrator account is hidden from Welcome Screen when a user account with Administrator privileges exists and enabled. In Windows XP Home Edition, you can login as built-in Administrator in Safe Mode only. For XP Professional, press CTRL + ALT + DEL twice at the Welcome Screen and input your Administrator password in the classic logon window that appears.
To have the Administrator account display in the Welcome Screen, try any of these two methods:
Method 1: Using TweakUI Power Toy for Windows XP
Download TweakUI from here:
v2.00 for Windows XP | v2.10 for XP SP1 and above
Open TweakUI and click "Logon" option in the left pane. Put a checkmark against the option "Show Administrator on Welcome Screen". Click OK to close TweakUI. Logoff and see if Welcome Screen lists Administrator login. Changes are immediate and you can use the Winkey + L to switch back to Welcome Screen to see Administrator account is listed.
Use this procedure to hide/unhide any user account from the Welcome Screen. Please remember, you can still login to a hidden account using CTRL+ALT+DEL classic logon method, but cannot Fast User Switch to a hidden user account.
Method 2 - Manual registry edit
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Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
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Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon SpecialAccounts UserList
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Use the File, Export option to backup the key.
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Right-click in the right pane and select New DWORD Value.
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Type-in Administrator as the value.
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Double-click Administrator, and assign a value of 1
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Close Regedit
You may use this procedure to hide/show users in the Welcome Screen for any user account. Type the account name accordingly in step 5.
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