If you’re routinely switching between apps with open windows, that can get a little cumbersome. This does not work on Windows 11 as of May 2022. This works on PCs running Windows 7, 8, or 10. Right-click theAdvancedkey and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new value “LastActiveClick”. Double-hit the newLastActiveClickvalue to open its properties window. The “Enable Last Active Click” hack creates theLastActiveClickvalue and sets it to 1....

Here’s how to do it. Right-click theshellkey and choose New > Key. Name the new key “Open with Notepad.” Now, you’re going to create another new key inside that one. Right-hit the newOpen with Notepadkey and choose New > Key. Name the new key “command.” This will also delete thecommandkey you created inside. Both hacks are included in the following ZIP file. Double-hit the one you want to use and click through the prompts....

NirSoft’sProduKeylets you viewproduct keys for Windows, Microsoft Office, and many other software programs. You don’t need to back it up or write it down. Write down any product keys you want to keep and store them in a safe place. It’s that easy! Click File > Select Source to choose the secondary drive. To do this, you’ll first need to create yourself a live Linux drive. For example, you’re able to create a Ubuntu drive....

Today we’ll take a look at how to delete a user account in Windows. You must show the account again before deleting it. Also, you will need to log into an account that has administrative privileges to delete user accounts. You cannot delete accounts from within a standard user account. Each user’s account options and data are in the folder under their user name. Back up the user’s folder to another location or an external drive before deleting the account....

You may want to run chkdsk every few months as part of routine maintenance along with using aS.M.A.R.T. toolfor drives that support it. For example: I once had a problem where Outlook suddenly started crashing on me shortly after loading. Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek If chkdsk does encounter problems especially hard bad sectors that it can’t repair, data can become unusable. It’s not very likely, but it can happen....

Right-click thePolicieskey and choose New > Key. Name the new key “System.” Now, you should probably create a new value inside theSystemkey you just created. Right-click theSystemkey and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new value “DisableLockWorkstation.” Next, double-poke the newDisableLockWorkstationvalue to open its properties window. If you want reverse the change, just follow the same steps and set theDisableLockWorkstationvalue back to 0. One hack disables the Lock Workstation functionality and the other enables it, restoring the default setting....

To remedy this problem, it’s possible for you to hide a user account with a registry hack. NOTE: you could only hidelocal Windows accounts, not Microsoft accounts. A quick way to do this is to press Windows+R on your keyboard and enter in the Open box. Then, click OK. On the User Accounts dialog box, double-check the Users tab is active. Click or Cancel to end the dialog box since youre not making any changes here....

Do you spend a lot of time using Windows Explorer? Wouldn’t it be handy if you could start your favorite program right from within the Explorer window? There’s an easy way to add applications to your Favorites List in Explorer. We have previously shown you how toadd your own folders to the Favorites listfor quick access to often-used files. However, you’re free to get around this limitation. Replace “[user name]” with your account user name, as shown below....

Thats exactly what makes this trick work. Well also quickly walk through the Windows way of doing it, for the beginners in the crowd. Now that we have that out of the way, lets move on to the fun part… Before we begin, make absolutely certain that your wallpaper is the same dimensions as your desktop. This wont work very well otherwise. Choose a color, and drop it on there....

Quick Links PowerShell 3 has a lot of new features, including some powerful new web-related features. Since links are part of the HTML of a page they are part of the human readable stuff. All you have to do to get a webpage is use Invoke-WebRequest and give it a URL. Lets suppose we want a list of all articles on the front page.

Note: This only works on a drive formatted with NTFS. Just remember, you have to use the command line to get into the hidden data. For instance, we could use the echo command: echo “Neat!” Of course, this isn’t a secure way to hide data—for that you should useTrueCrypt. Learning is fun, isn’t it?

What can you do? Read on as we help an HTG reader slay his dragon. I can’t update it because my company insists we need to use this specific version. As of now the only thing that kills the program is to reboot the entire computer. This is not a very productivity-friendly solution! Sincerely, Zombie App Hunter Forced into using the app and unable to kill it when it misbehaves?...

Here’s how to make it choose the right name. The trick is just to choose the right one. The file created will be Readme.zip. Of course, you might key in in a new name, but who wants to use extra keystrokes?