Emerson BAR598- User Manual

About the Author Paul McFedries is a full-time technical author who has worked with computers in one form or another since 1975 and has used Windows since version 1. He is the author ofmore than 60 computer books that have sold over three million copies worldwide. Hisrecent titles include the Sams P...

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2 Introduction the focus from components (Internet Explorer, Mail, and so on) to subjects: customization,performance, power tools, security, troubleshooting, and networking, and scripting. Youget in-depth and useful coverage of these seven areas that will help you unleash the fullpotential of Window...

3 How This Book Is Organized . I assume that you’ve used Windows for a while and are comfortable with conceptssuch as toolbars, scrollbars, and, of course, windows. . I assume that you have a brain that you’re willing to use and a good supply ofinnate curiosity. How This Book Is Organized As I menti...

4 Introduction Par t V: Unleashing Windows 7 Troubleshooting Windows 7 may represent the state of Microsoft’s operating system art, but it is still Windows, which means problems, bugs, and glitches are pretty much inevitable. The fourchapters in Part V can help when the Windows demons strike. You le...

5 Conventions Used in This Book Conventions Used in This Book To make your life easier, this book includes various features and conventions that helpyou get the most out of this book and Windows 7 itself: Steps Throughout the book, I’ve broken many Windows 7 tasks into easy- to-follow step-by-step p...

6 CAUTION The all-impor tant Caution box tells you about potential accidents waiting to happen. There are always ways to mess things up when you’re working with computers. These boxes help you avoid at least some of the pitfalls. How to Contact Me If you have any comments about this book, or if you ...

C H A P T E R 1 Customizing Windows Explorer IN THIS CHAPTER . Returning the Menus to TheirRightful Place . Changing the View . Viewing More Proper ties . Turning On File Extensions . Stopping Delete Confirmations . Running Explorer in Full-Screen Mode . Exploring the View Options . Moving User Fold...

8 CHAPTER 1 Customizing Windows Explorer have several useful commands that simply aren’t available through the taskbar, keyboardshortcuts, or even by right-clicking. Still, it sticks in my craw that accessing the Windows Explorer menus requires the extrastep of Alt, particularly if I’m in mouse mode...

9 V iewing More Proper ties . Content— This view, new to Windows 7, displays a vertical list of objects, and for each object it displays the object’s icon, name, last modified date, size (files only), and any metadata associated with the object, such as author namesand tags; the album name, genre, a...

11 Turning On F ile Extensions 1 FIGURE 1.3 With file extensions turned off, it’s tough to tell one file from another. Turning On File Extensions Microsoft figures that, crucial or not, the file extension concept is just too hard for newusers to grasp. Therefore, right out of the box, Windows Explor...

12 CHAPTER 1 Customizing Windows Explorer The need to become an expert in Windows iconography is bad enough, but it gets worse.Not being able to see file extensions also leads to two other problems: . You can’t rename extensions— For example, suppose you have a text file named index.txt and you want...

13 Stopping Delete Confirmations FIGURE 1.4 With file extensions turned on, it’s much easier to tell the files apar t. Stopping Delete Confirmations My biggest Windows pet peeves center around tasks that require you to jump throughextra hoops that are totally unnecessary. In Windows XP, for example,...

15 Running Explorer in Full-Screen Mode policy. If you don’t have access to the Group Policy Editor, open the RegistryEditor and create a DWORD setting named NoPropertiesRecycleBin with the value 1 in the following key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer NOTE The Remove...

16 Restore button.) This mode takes over the entire screen and hides the title bar, menu bar,status bar, address bar, and search bar. To work with the address bar or search bar, moveyour mouse pointer to the top of the screen. To restore the window, either press F11 againor display the address bar a...

19 Moving User Folders 1 Reading pane. For example, when you display a video file in the Reading pane,Windows Explorer includes playback controls such as Play, Pause, and Stop. . Use Check Boxes to Select Items— Activate this check box to add check boxes beside each folder and file. You can then sel...

20 CHAPTER 1 Customizing Windows Explorer TIP An ideal setup is to have Windows 7 and your programs in one par tition and your docu- ments (that is, your user folders) in a separate par tition. That way, your documents remain safe if you have to wipe the system par tition. Taking Ownership of Your F...

22 CHAPTER 1 Customizing Windows Explorer Running Custom Searches When you open a folder window, you know that you can click inside the Search box, typesome text, and you get a list of files and folders that match your text. This worked well inWindows Vista, but it really rocks in Windows 7 because ...

25 Running Custom Searches 1 NOTE The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT must appear with all-uppercase letters in your quer y. Using Natural Language Queries In the preceding section, I showed you how to use advanced query syntax to createpowerful search queries. The only problem is that it’s a cho...