Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
ADDING YOUR OWN DRIVES TO YOUR "SENDTO" MENU
Ever
wanted a quicker way to send a file to a thumb or external hard drive
than via drag and drop? Or maybe you want a quicker way to open a
family photo in your image editor instead of your default image viewer.
While Windows 7 provides a few different options for opening and
transferring files quickly, one of the most convenient methods for many
users is through the good old “Send To” option.
For those who don’t know, “Send To,” as the name implies, allows a user to send a file to be opened in a specific program or transferred to a specific location, simply by right clicking on the file and choosing where you would like to send it in the “Send To” list. While this handy feature saves time by allowing files to be copied to, or opened in, a specific location in just two clicks, many find Windows 7 default implementation of this feature – particularly the way in which it decides what programs and locations will show up in the “Send To” option – leaves much to be desired. However, with a bit of tinkering, virtually any program, drive, or folder can be added to the “Send To” list by following these simple steps:
For those who don’t know, “Send To,” as the name implies, allows a user to send a file to be opened in a specific program or transferred to a specific location, simply by right clicking on the file and choosing where you would like to send it in the “Send To” list. While this handy feature saves time by allowing files to be copied to, or opened in, a specific location in just two clicks, many find Windows 7 default implementation of this feature – particularly the way in which it decides what programs and locations will show up in the “Send To” option – leaves much to be desired. However, with a bit of tinkering, virtually any program, drive, or folder can be added to the “Send To” list by following these simple steps:
MAKING A DVD THAT WILL PLAY IN DVD PLAYERS WITH WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER
How
do I make a photo/music/data CD using Windows 7 Movie Maker, that will
play on DVD/CD players? The ones I make will only play on computers. I
am using an Acer Aspire with Windows 7 Home Edition.
Jack, if you thought you were missing something, you weren’t. Currently, there is no way to burn a DVD directly from Movie Maker so that it will play on a standard DVD player. However, there is another free program on your computer called Windows DVD Maker, that was designed to do just that. Here’s how you do it.
1. Create your movie(s) or photo slideshow(s) as normal in Windows Movie Maker, then click the options menu in the top left hand corner of your screen and select Save Movie, then Burn a DVD. Choose where you want to save your file, and click Save.
2. Once your file is saved, you need to open Windows DVD Maker. So, type Windows DVD Maker into the search bar on the Start menu, and click on the icon to open the program.
Jack, if you thought you were missing something, you weren’t. Currently, there is no way to burn a DVD directly from Movie Maker so that it will play on a standard DVD player. However, there is another free program on your computer called Windows DVD Maker, that was designed to do just that. Here’s how you do it.
1. Create your movie(s) or photo slideshow(s) as normal in Windows Movie Maker, then click the options menu in the top left hand corner of your screen and select Save Movie, then Burn a DVD. Choose where you want to save your file, and click Save.
2. Once your file is saved, you need to open Windows DVD Maker. So, type Windows DVD Maker into the search bar on the Start menu, and click on the icon to open the program.
SHORTCUT KEY FOR GETTING FILE NAME YOU WANT IN CMD PROMPT
Did you know that there’s a key you can press that will auto complete a
path or file name in the Windows 7 Command Prompt? Yeah, me either –
that is, until I was messing around the other day and stumbled across an
article on Microsoft’s site detailing how to do it.
Here’s how!
Open a Command Prompt by clicking Start, then typing cmd in the Search Box. Click the Command Prompt icon in the results that appear or just hit Enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type in the change directory command, like this:
Here’s how!
Open a Command Prompt by clicking Start, then typing cmd in the Search Box. Click the Command Prompt icon in the results that appear or just hit Enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type in the change directory command, like this:
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