By default, if you open the Windows Explorer you will get the standard sidebar like picture below

and if you want to add more shortcut (Administrative Tools, Schedule Tasks, Printers and Faxes, Network Connections or Fonts) at there, follow these steps:

1. Open Notepad, to open it you just click Start -> Run menu and then type notepad in textbox.
   
2. And fill the Notepad with this script(you may copy – paste it):
   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
MyComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}]
@=”Printers and Faxes”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
MyComputer\NameSpace\{D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153}]
@=”Administrative Tools”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
MyComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]
@=”scheduled Tasks”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
MyComputer\NameSpace\{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}]
@=”Network Connections”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
MyComputer\NameSpace\{D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524152}]
@=”Fonts”


3. Save it and give the name that whatever you like and I give it the name ExtrasOptions.reg.
   
4. And open the folder that contain you saved file from notepad and double click it.
   
5. You’ll get a confirmation box and click Yes button.
   
6. And you will get success message box.
   
7. Restart you computer.
8. Reopen your Windows Explorer and you can see the result like these both pictures.
   

   

(article no:0079)

1. Check your Add/Remove program at Control Panel to make sure that your list still available at there, click Start -> Control Panel.
   
2. Click Add/Remove Programs icon.
   
3. And find your troubled program at lists, if you don’t find it it means you have been uninstalled the program successfully but if you don’t, you have to remove it manually.
   
4. To remove it manually, I will using Registry Editor tool, to open it just click Start -> Run, enter regedit in textbox and then press Enter key.
   
5. And locate the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SOFTWARE | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Uninstall.
   
6. Start to find your program and pay attention at DisplayName value, for example if you want to remove CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 you must find it until you get it on DisplayName like picture below:
   
7. And if you have found it, just right click on registry string and then choose Delete or you can press your Delete button directly.
   
8. You will confirm to delete it, click Yes.
   
9. Your program has been gone…

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To hide Control Panel, we’ll modify registry value.

1. Open Registry Editor by click Start -> Run, enter regedit in box and then press Enter.
   
2. Navigate to path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policices \ Explorer.
   
3. Find NoControlPanel value, if you don’t find it, create it. To create it, right click Explorer key (or empty space on right panel), and then click New -> DWORD value menu.
   
4. Then replace the original value with NoControlPanel value.
   
5. Double click NoControlPanel value and replace its value data from 0 to 1.
   
6. Close Registry Editor and restart your computer.
7. The Control Panel has been disappeared.
   

To show Control Panel, just give NoControlPanel value data to 0 or delete NoControlPanel value.

And these are steps to modify it:

1. Create a new picture or pick your existed picture which has picture size approx. 140 x 140 pixels and if you have a bigger one, just resize it by your picture editor
   
   and then save it with file name: OEMLOGO.BMP in C:\Windows\System32 folder.
   
2. Then create a new text with Notepad application (You can open Notepad by click Start -> Run, enter notepad in box and then press Enter), and enter this script (you can to modify it with yours):

[General]
Manufacturer=”OtakAtik.com”
Model=”Sharing computer tips and tricks!”
[Support Information]
Line1=”Visit it everyday to get newest trick.”
Line2=”Don’t forget www.otakatik.com”



3. Then save it with file name: OEMINFO.INI in C:\Windows\System32 folder.
   
4. Restart the computer.
5. To see the result, right click My Computer and then choose Properties menu.
   
6. In General tab you can see the result
   
   and don’t forget to click Support Information button to see it completely.