31st May 2002

From the "Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a crash, crash, crash" department: Lockergnomie Terry Eden may have a solution for a long-standing Windows quirk. "When Explorer crashes, it can take away all your lovely System Tray icons. But there may be a way to prevent this from happening! Before you hit the "Close" button on the application error, load up one or two more copies of Explorer... then hit the Close button. Sadly, your browser window will be gone, BUT all your System Tray icons should still be intact." From the "I'll Stick By Your Side" department, Lockergnomie Bill Colmer enlightens us with a nifty tiling trick. Two windows are better than one, especially if you'd like a nice cross breeze. When you need to drag & drop objects from one Explorer window to another, it's nice to have both of them side by side. However, you probably don't want to waste your time doing this. So, close all open windows, and fire up two (or more) instances of the Windows Explorer (left-double-click 'My Computer'). Then, right-click on your taskbar and select either 'Tile Windows Horizontally' or 'Tile Windows Vertically' from the menu. Voila! You're ready to rock. When you're finished manipulating those files and folders, you can right-click on your taskbar again and select 'Undo Tile' from the menu.