Miscellaneous One

In the Annoyances section you have the following options:

Show animated "<- Click here to begin": This option allows you to remove the annoying "Click here to begin" that points to the Start button when you start Windows.

Disable Tip of the day: When you start Windows there is a Tip Of The Day showing. Use this option to remove that dialog.

Use Windows Update without registration: This option allows you to use the Windows Update functionality at Microsoft's web site, without having to register.

Save window settings: This option make Windows "remember" the size and position of the windows when you close them, and can the next time you open the window be at the same place and be the same size.

Enable live scrolling in MS Word 97: When you drag the scrollbar in MS Word 97 the text doesn't update until you release the mouse button, to get the text to follow directly when you drag the scrollbar, then use this option.


Cursor blink rate: Choose what rate you want the cursor to blink in. If you don't want the cursor to blink then set it to the max value which is "65535". The lowest value is "1", Windows default is 500. NOTE: Setting the value to less than 5 might make the cursor disappear on some systems.


Windows Explorer Toolbar Skin: Use this option to add/change the skin you can put on the toolbar of Windows Explorer. By pressing the "..." button next to the edit field, you can browse to select the bitmap you want as skin. To remove a skin leave the field empty and press apply. You will need to close all Windows Explorer windows and open them again to remove/change the skin.


The Windows Open Dialog Options section lets you modify the Open/Save as dialogs found in Windows Me/2000. You can change the following:

Hide Places bar: Lets you hide the "places" bar, that is the toolbar that is places on the left side of the dialog.

Hide Back button: Lets you hide the back button that is located on the toolbar of the dialog.

Hide recently used files: Hides recently used files, normally shown in the filename window.


The When right-clicking unknown file types section offers the following options:

Show "View with Notepad": Adds the option "View with Notepad" to the pop-up menu when you right-click on unregistered files.

Show "View with Wordpad": Adds the option "View with Wordpad" to the pop-up menu when you right-click on unregistered files.


The When right-clicking all files section offers the following options:

NOTE: There is a "side-effect" to this option. If you use the Office shortcut bar then you shouldn't use this option!!

Show "Open with Notepad": When you right-click all files, you can open the file in Notepad by choosing Open with Notepad.

Show "Open with Wordpad": When you right-click all files, you can open the file in Wordpad by choosing Open with Wordpad.

Show "Open with...": When you right-click all files, you can use the basic "Open with..." dialog.

Show "Quick View": When you right-click all files, you can use the Quick View option provided by Windows.


The When right-clicking a directory section offers the following options:

Enable "Explore From Here": By using this option an extra line called "Explore From Here" is added to the menu when you right-click on a folder. By using that option, the explorer opens that folder like it was a root folder.

Enable "DOS Prompt Here": When you right-click a directory you can then select "DOS Prompt Here", then you will get a command prompt from that directory.


In the Fonts section can you clear the Font cache by pressing the "Clear Cache" button. Good to use incase the cache gets corrupted.