File & Folder

Adding Flexibility on Quick View

Quick View is a Windows application used to read documents with specific extensions, such as *.DOC, *.BMP, *.XLS, *.TXT, *.PPT, etc. You can force Quick View to open all extensions, just follow these steps:

Run Windows Explorer, click the View, Options (or Folder Options) menu in Win98/95. Go to the View tab, and then select the Show all files option. In WinMe click on Tools, Folder Options, go to View tab and then select the Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Right-click the QuikView.exe file in the Windows\System\Viewers folder, and then drag and drop it to the Windows\SendTo folder. Select Create Shortcut(s) Here from the menu.

From now on, you can right-clicking any files in the Windows Explorer or My Computer and use Quick View to read its content. If you can't see the Quick View option in the menu, you can select the Send To - Quick View menu.

Change Folder Icon

Open any folder, and from the View menu select Options in Win98/95. In WinMe click on Tools, Folder Options. Elect the File Types tab and scroll down the list of Registered File Types to the Folder item. Select the Folder item, click Edit in Win98/95 or Advanced in WinMe, and then click the Change Icon button. Select a new icon (.dll, .exe or .ico format). Save your changes. All your folders will display the newly changed icon from now on.

Closing All Folders

Sometimes, when you are navigating through folders, you can make quite a mess of your desktop. For example, you want to look in your Fonts folder. What you must do is double-click My Computer, double-click Control Panel, and then double-click Fonts--leaving three folders to close when you are finished. It would be great if you could just close them all at once. To do so, hold down the Shift key and then click the Close button (the button with the "X" on it, on the right end of the Title bar). Windows closes the current folder and all its parent folders.

Create Subfolders Using File Manager

Have you ever wanted to create a new folder and include a new subfolder all in one step? You can, just not in Windows Explorer. Use File Manager to do the job by clicking the Start button, Run, type "winfile" (without the quotes) and then click OK. Simply highlight the drive you want to create the new folder on, go to the File Menu, select "Create Folder" and the enter the name of the new folder and subfolder, such as FOLDER\SUBFOLDER. Click OK and it's done.

Creating an Icon from a Mouse Pointer

You can use a mouse pointer as an icon. To do so, right-click on a document or a shortcut icon you want to change its icon. From the pop-up menu, choose Properties. Click on the Shortcut tab, and then click on the Change Icon button. Use the Browse button to switch to the C:\Windows\Cursors folder. Choose All Files from the Files of Type box, select one of the pointers, and then click OK.

On the other hand, you can use an icon as a mouse pointer. To do so, open the Control Panel, double-click on the Mouse icon, and then click on the Pointers tab. Double-click on a pointer you want to use. Select All Files from the Files of Type columns, and then select and double-click on an icon. Finally, click on the OK button.

Creating an Unique File Name

To get an attractive document name, use unique characters. For example, ®WORLD WIDE.doc, ß-Ray.xls, Presentation©.ppt, etc. To find these unique characters, click on the Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tool-Character Map menus. From within the Character Map application, select System font. Click on a character you want to use, such as ß or Ó. At the bottom right corner you can see information that shows the combination keys you must type, for example ALT+0223 for ß.

Go back to your application. Click on the File-Save As menus to save the document and then in the File name box press ALT+0223 to get the ß character.

Creating a Documents Folder using Find

If you have many documents with various types of files, you may use this tips to organize your documents. Just perform these steps:

Click the Start-Find-Files or Folders menu to open the Find dialog box. Alternatively, you can click Windows 9X/Me desktop and press the F3 key. In the Named column type *.DOC, meanwhile in the Look in column select My Computer. Also, select the Include subfolders option.

Click the Find Now button. Windows 9X/Me will find all Word documents in your disk and viewing the result. Right-click the desktop, and then select New-Folder. Name the new folder, for example Word Documents. Select all Word documents by pressing the Ctrl+A key, or you can select several files only. Right-click on this group, drag into the new folder, and then select Create Shortcut(s) Here.