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Revision as of 10:52, 26 July 2007
The guide to making Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate configured in a way that is almost tolerable by experienced "old school" personal computer users.
Remember, Vista is the same ugly girl hidden under a new pretty dress. You will find most of the classic dialogs running the same legacy Windows programming code hidden under new menus. The book has a new cover, but the same tired story inside.
Contents
Files and Folders
show file extensions
- Open a folder or open explorer
- Click "Organize" to open the menu and select "Folder and Search Options"
- Click the View tab
- Uncheck Hide extensions for known file types
- Click OK
The classic "Folder Options" dialog is hidden under ORGANIZE, FOLDER AND SEARCH OPTIONS.
Profiles look a bit different under Vista. If you look in c:\users\<username> you will see a shortcut to "sendto." Clicking on the shortcut produces a permission denied error. Access the sendto folder via the complete profile path. For domain users look for "sendto" contents under the full profile path (hidden).
- c:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\sendto
To make the classic menu items visible from an explorer window simply press and release the ALT key. They can also be configured to remain visible.
