I have a small niggle with Explorer.   When it opens, the My Documents folder
is selected and expanded.  Is there anyway to have explorer open with My
Computer selected?
I cant quite remember, but am sure this didnt happen on our old NT system.....

I recently migrated from a  Win2K computer to XP Pro, and most of my
appliction-specific templates and preferences have been ported over, but
because of that I have a problem with folder customizations.
In Win2K, it was possible to apply a folder background image and text color.

G'Day All,
I need to move the 'Documents and Settings' folder from C: drive to D: drive
on a new PC that now has a second HDD.
I have the KB details of how to go about it. One step entails searching the

Is there a single command I can assign to a shortcut to launch the
Volume Control display?
I think this "Volume Control display" is sometimes called the "mixer".  
Whatever it is called, I mean the one you get to like this:

I am using precentation director(IBM) to contol display schemes, I have
this script to create new schemes and add them to the registry
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Hi, I work for a computer company and my boss wants me to put our
wallpapers onto every machine and make it so whenever a new user is
created windows will use one of our wallpapers as the default. What
registry key need to be changed and what values do I enter into the

Is there any way to change the default from stretch to center?  I am not
speaking of the Display Properties, Desktop, Position (stretch, center, tile)
function.  I want the default to always be center.
I use VirtuaWin and a module called vbackdrop.  I can have different images

I was checking the Display folder and Mouse folder in the Control Panel in XP
Home Edition and somehow managed to underline all of my file and folder
names.  How did that happen?  How do I undo it?

How do I temporarily turn off Outlook Express, so I can download a game?  
Also, does anyone know how to find out what is running in the background all
the time on your computer?  I have Windows 2000.

When I do a clean install of Windows XP, I set up folders view to my
preferences and go to Tools > Folder Options > Apply to all folders.
This saves me from having to format the view of each folder on 12
virtual drives.

Is it possible to add items to the taskbar context menu? I am referring
to the menu produced when right clicking on the time within Windows XP
(ie "Toolbars" to Properties").
I want to add items onto this menu, but have not found a guide on how to

Is there a way to get Windows Explorer to show just the C: drive?
                       Thanks, CMA

Local machine OS = WinXP, SP2
Server OS= Win2K
I have to create a BAT or script file that will copy ONE folder (and ALL of
the files within it) to the server.  BTW, which would be better, a BAT or a

I have my power options icon resident on my taskbar (in the system tray). In
my regular power
options drop down menu, I have the default options available, as well as a
few custom settings. When I left-click the systray icon, the popup menu

There is a common Open File or Save File dialog box that is used throught
windows xp (and previous versions). There is Look In dropdown list that
allows to select a drive and in the main box you can select the folders. On
the top next to this dropdown list there are a few icons. ...