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Alt + F4 from Desktop

Needless to say, this isn’t a very comforting message to get when you try to clear the Recycle Bin. What made it even weirder was there was nothing in the Recycle Bin.

To fix:

Start / Run / %systemdrive%\Recycler – this will give you the weird folder names for Recycle Bin – Something like : S-1-5-21-507921405-527237240-1801674531-1029

I had two folders under c:\recycler – went to CMD – cd \Recycler – then deleted all files / folders in Recycler and then deleted the c:\Recycler directory and rebooted.

That fixed the issue.

To add a destination to the Send To menu, you must add a shortcut to the SendTo folder. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type sendto, and then click OK.
3. Add a destination by doing one of the following:
* Use the drag-and-drop operation to move the item that you want to the SendTo folder; to do so, right-click, and then click Create Shortcuts Here.
-or-
* Point to New on the File menu, and then click Shortcut.

Follow the instructions in the Create Shortcut Wizard.
A new shortcut is created in the SendTo folder, and it is displayed on the Send To menu.

MS article

By default Windows XP displays the Graphic login screen with icons and usernames at startup.

If you would like to use the more traditional Windows NT login screen you can get to that screen by pressing Ctrl Alt Del (Reboot key sequence) twice.

If you would like to change to the traditional screen at login, instead of the graphic login screen, do the following:

1. Log in with administrator access.
2. Click on Start, Control Panel, and select user accounts.
3. Click on Change the Way Users Log On or Off.
4. Click on the Box “Use the Welcome Screen” so that there is not check mark.

If you would like to switch from the traditional login screen to the more graphic screen just click on the box in step 4 above so the “Use the Welcome Screen” box is checked.

Open folders in Windows Explorer mode by default (i.e. with folder pane enabled)

When you double-click a folder, it opens the folder Window without the Explorer bar enabled (default setting). When you right-click on the folder and choose Explore, it does. To set Explore as the default action, follow these steps:

* Open My Computer window.
* Click Tools, Folder Options, then click File Types.
* From the list, locate the entry FOLDER with extension of (NONE).
* Click Advanced, select Explore, then Set Default
* Click OK and close the dialog.

After installing SP3, Windows Update kept failing when trying to install an IE7 update. I found this resolution.

Open a command line.

Type “Regsvr32 Wups2.dll” and hit enter.

The .dll will register with a confirmation pop-up.

No reboot is required.

Solution

An oldie, but a goodie. Whenever I build a new box, I seem to forget all the tweaks I have added.

This tweak gets rid of the annoying Compress old files process when you first start a disk cleanup.

Remove the Compress Old Files Key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches

Here is the detail from Microsoft.