Disable Delete Confirmation Dialog Box for Windows 7

When deleting a file or folder in Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP, the default behavior will prompt you for confirmation verifying you actually want to go forward with the delete.  Some people call it the “second chance”.  Personally, I find the prompt annoying.  If you agree and want the dialog removed, follow the  steps in the how-to below for Windows 7, XP or Windows Vista

Before we begin let me quickly demonstrate the default functionality.  Be default when you delete something, the following Delete Confirmation Box displays:

By following the 2 steps below, the above dialog box will no longer be displayed.

Disable Delete Confirmation Dialog Box in Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista

1:   Right Click the Recycle Bin Icon on your desktop

2:   Uncheck Box Display delete confirmation dialog, Click OK

That’s it, your all done!  You will no longer be prompted when deleting files and folders

Add Any Folder to the Favorites Menu in Windows

The Favorites folder in Windows 7 and 8 Explorers is a quick way to organize and access commonly used folders. By default, there are only three folders which include Desktop, Downloads and Recent Places. Here’s how to  manually add any other folder you want to Favorites

First, open the folder you want to pin to your Favorites menu in Windows 7.

Right click on the Favorites menu and select Add Current Location to Favorites.

Now, it will show the folder you selected in the Windows 7 Favorites menu.

At any time if you want to remove the folder from favorites menu, simply right click on it and select Remove

This tip works in Windows 8 too.

How to Change the Default Web Browser in Windows 7

Although you’re always free to use whichever Web Browser you like, the default browser is launched by Windows when clicking on Links in email or Office documents. Here’s a quick guide for changing your default web browser in Windows using the Control Panel or from inside Firefox or Chrome.

Change your Windows Default Browser from the Control Panel

Click the Start button and Click Control panel

Click on Programs

If you cant see the Programs option, change the view style of Control Panel. Click on View option in top right corner of control panel and select Category view.

Now, click on Default Programs.

Click Set Your Default Programs if you want to change default programs which windows should use to open specific file types.

It will load the list of installed programs. Select the browser you want to use as your default and Click on Set this Program As Default.

Click on Choose Defaults for this Program

It will show you the list of all the supported file types. Select the ones you want to open with the specific browser and click on save button

Set the Default Browser Inside the App

As I mentioned, normally I set the default browser inside the app. Here’s a few examples of this.

Mozilla Firefox

Go to Options by clicking on Firefox button and go to options.

Click on Advanced tab and under System Defaults, click on Check Now button to check your default browser

If Firefox is not your default browser, it will pop a dialog box to confirm your choice. Click Yes.

Google Chrome

To make Google Chrome your default browser, click on the Wrench Menu and go to Settings.

. Under Default Browser section, you can make Google Chrome your default browser

There you have it folks if you have question or problem, feel free to ask me using the comments section below.

How to Remove Ads in Skype On Windows

We’ve written a few articles on how to get rid of ads in Microsoft Messenger, and they’re no less annoying in Skype. Here’s how to get rid of that top banner ad in Skype by adding a simple line to your HOSTS file.

Update: It looks like this trick will work for a few days, sometimes less — depending on your computing environment. For example, in my home office it came back after three days. It looks like it ends up pulling the ad from a different server. After the ad came back, I flushed my DNS — details below on how to do it — and the ad is gone again.

Remove Skype Banner Ads

To remove them you’ll need to add an entry to your HOSTS file. You can get there by visiting the following location:

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\

In Windows 7, right-click the HOSTS file and open it with Notepad.

You’ll need to run Notepad in Administrator mode. To do that, open Notepad by right-clicking it and select Run as Administrator.

In Windows 8.1, the easiest way to do it is search for Notepad from the Start screen, right-click and Run as Administrator.

Then go to File > Open and browse to  C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\

To see the files you’ll need to change the dropdown in the lower right corner to All Files.

Once you have the HOSTS file open, scroll down to the bottom and add the following line at the end:

127.0.0.0                   rad.msn.com

Then make sure to save the change.

Restart Skype and the banner ad at the top is gone!

Flush DNS if Ad Comes Back

If the ad comes back after a few days you can easily get rid of it again by flushing your DNS. To do so, open the Command Prompt and type:  ipconfig /flushdns  and hit Enter.

After that restart Skype and the ad should be gone again.

If you have anything to share about what happens when you get rid of the ad, how long it takes to come back or if you’ve figured out a way to permanently remove them

Windows Tip: Automatically Clean the Temp Folder During Boot

Windows always has temp files and other junk that’s just taking up space on your hard drive. We’ve covered several ways to clean up the extra junk by using Disk Cleanup to using third-party utilities like CCleaner.

Windows Temp File

First, let’s take a look at the Temp folder in Windows. To get to it in Windows 7 type: %temp% in search field in the Start menu, or on Windows 8.1, hit the Windows Key and type the same thing from the Start menu and hit Enter

That opens the Temp folder, and if you want to clean it out manually, just hit Ctrl + A to  select everything in it, and then Delete. Not all of the files and folders will be deleted though as those files are currently in use.

In fact, you really don’t want to delete any temp files that were created since you booted up the PC for performance sake.

Create a Batch File to Automatically Clean Temp Folder

A lot of space can end up being saved on your hard drive by clearing out the Temp file. And if you shut down your PC every night, you can safely delete the temp files from the previous day during boot.

rd %temp% /s /q

md %temp%

Now, save the file exactly as the path below:

%appdata%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\cleantemp.bat

That will create your batch file and save it inside the Startup folder

After creating the batch file, I rebooted my PC and opened the Temp folder, you can see there’s far fewer files in it compared to the image above.

While Windows 8.x doesn’t have a Start menu, it has the Startup folder 

Create a password reset disk in Windows using USB Flash Drive

Let us see how to make ourselves one password reset disk. Follow the steps below :

1.Open User Accounts in Windows Vista. To do that you can either open Start menu and type “User Accounts” and then click on the proper search result or you can go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts

2. Insert your USB drive and wait until it is listed under My Computer (Windows Explorer) with a proper drive letter.

3. Go to the User Accounts window and then click on the “Create a password reset disk”. (Refer Screenshot)

4. When you see the Forgotten Password Wizard window take a look at the information and proceed pressing Next.

5. In the next step, select the drive on which you are willing to create the password reset disk. In my case, I will be selecting the USB drive “O: HSoumen“. Once you have selected it properly press Next to go to the next step

6. On this step you will need to enter your current password. Provide the correct password and press Next.

7. You will notice a progress bar rapidly moving to 100%. Once it reaches the end (100%) press Next to proceed to the final step.

8. Here you will be asked to label the disk as “Password Reset”. You can ignore doing that but it is recommended to do this to make this change so that you can identify the proper reset disk. To rename the USB drive open My Computer, right click on the drive and then rename the label to “Password Reset” (without quotes). You can also rename it into something that may help you recognize it in future.

Now that you have successfully created the Password Reset Disk, remove the drive properly and keep it in a protected place because anyone who gets to this drive can break into your computer easily. 

How To Take Backup And Restore Windows 7 Registry

Take Backup Windows 7 Registry :

You should take Backup of Windows registry before making any changes to the Windows Registry as its health is crucial for the proper functioning of Windows.

 How to backup Windows Registry :

1.     Type regedit in Start menu search box and then hitting enter.

2. Click Yes if you are prompted with User Account Control message.

3. Next, in the Registry Editor, select Computer icon from the upper-left side and go to File and click Export option.

4. After specify save location, enter a name for your Registry backup and click Save button.

5. Done.

How to Restore Windows Registry :

1. Again, open Windows Registry Editor.

2. Go to File and then click Import option