WINDOWS VISTA TIPS
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How to Customize Files and Folders
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When,for some reason,you have to change one or all your personal folders location,just follow these steps..
By the way,Personal folders are Document, Picture, Music ecc.
- Click on Start and then ,If your Account Name is Joe click on it at the Top of the Start Menu(Figure 1)l
- Right-click the personal folder you want to change,Picture in this case,but it's the same with any other personal folder and click on Property from the drop down menu(Figure 2)
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Click on the Location Tab and,if you know the new path,just Type it in the TextBox or else click on
Find Target,browse to the new location and press OK.(Figure 3)
- To undo just click Restore Default
Tips
- To back-up your files easyly,it might be convenient to make top-level folders,for example, C:\WorkDocuments and C:\Personal
Documents
- On Vista all your personal folders like My Documents and My Pictures,don't have My anymore and became Documents and Pictures
.
- To open a personal subfolder click on the link below your account name
.
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- Right-click the Folder you want to share and choose property from the dropdown
menu
- On the Property window(Figure 4) click Sharing tab and Share button
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Follow the prompts
Tips
- To add a user you want to share files with
on the File Sharing Dialog box (Figure 5)Type the name of the user and click Add
- If your computer is part of a Workgroup
Click the arrow on the left, choose the user and click Add
.
- If your computer is part of a Workgroup and you don't see the user in the list
Click the arrow on the right and choose Create a New User to create a new Account
.
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- Open the folder with the files you want to group or sort
- Click the arrow on the right of the heading you want to group or sort
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Choose the option you like from the dropdown menu(Figure 6)
To stack the Files
- Open the folder with the files you want to stack
- Click the arrow on the right of the heading you want to
stack and the click stack by
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Choose the option you like from the dropdown menu (Figure 8)
Tips
- To add or change any column heading
Right-click any column heading and check or uncheck the heading you want and click OK(Figure
7)
- Or you can click More and choose from this list what to show and what to
hide.
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You can easily customize the any folder in Vista,you can apply your custom
image or images template.
- Open the Folder you want to customize and Right-click
an empty area and choose Customize this folder from the
dropdown menu
- Or you can choose View > Customize This Folder, then Choose
a Template from the dropdown menu
(see Figure 9)
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Here you can choose the options to place a Picture on the folder icon,click
Choose File then browse and get the picture you like.
- To Replace the Whole standard folder icon,click
Change icon and then Browse your HD to find an icon Click OK.
Tips
- To Revert your changes to the Windows Vista default
settings,click Restore Default
- Customize this folder is not available in all the System and Programs
folders.
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There is a big offer of options that you can choose to change the appearance
and behavior of the folder, here following how to :.
- Go to Start > ControlPanel > Appearence and
Personalization > Folder Option View tab,
(see Fig
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- select, by ticking the box,the option you want and
click OK
(see Figure 10)
- To Restore back to the Vista default , click on
Restore Defaults button.
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If you have Hard Drives 300 Gig or bigger, the default space Vista allocates
to the Recycle Bin of 10%,might be to much, but you can change all this.
- Right-click the Recycle Bin and choose
Properties
(see Fig 11)
- select the Drive in the list and click Custom Size and
the specify how much drive space you want to allocate to the Recycle Bin
(see Figure
11)
- Click OK or Apply
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