Step 1: Go to "Start," "Run," (told you we use it a lot) and type regedit .Step 2: Navigate to the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionApps Path Step 3: Create a new folder/key under Apps Path. (Right-Click Apps Path and click "New," "Key.")Step 4: Title the new folder/key the name of the application, e.g. firefox.exe.Step 5: Right-Click the default string value (the thing automatically created in your new folder) and click Modify .Step 6: Change the value to the path of the executable you are attempting to run. E.g. C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe .Step 7: Create a new "String Value" by right-clicking under the default value (the thing we just edited) and select "New," "String Value." Name it Path and enter the value as the same path you previously ente

I personally find JetPhoto Studio to be very helpful, and my Flickr free account is already showing the limitation nags. What's your personal favorite for all-in-one photo management tool? Spill everything in the comments be

In order to be preventative, it would be nice to maybe give some of these products, which usually have a trial version, a run for their money before making the plunge and purchasing the full product. I've found a few tools to give each of these a test run, and see how well they actually are protecting

With Vista there is no new features or changes to the User Interface but the Windows indexing technology will be working significantly faster . (If you are using XP then you will see a whole new search interface, and I would suggest you download this update if you haven't alrea

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article in which I described some of the features I particularly liked about Vista. However in the comments Justin and anob pointed out that a couple of the features I had mentioned were not actually Vista speci

A good way to find what files you don't need is to run a unspecific search and take a look at the results. Chances are you will see some kinds of files included which are fairly irrelevant and unnecessary, right-click these and take a look at the file types in the properties pa

Don't want to use Bittorrent for some reason? Well no problem you can try "Windows File Sharing" just as you would do on a LAN. Just that it is a lot more simple here. When I clicked on it I was hoping to go through a messy workgroup setup and complicated network settings, but what did I see? I saw the shared printer and shared docs (in other words, it's already done and I did nothing). Yes that's how simple it is. Depending upon your situation you may be prompted for a password or do some minor configurations h

And these days, we rarely see "viruses". They typically fall into the spyware category. Pop-Ups, porn and fake AV products seem to be the most popular of malicious material presently. While your AV sits in the system tray hanging out and doing absolutely nothing to protect

Click one of the computer names that you want to access. Choose "Remote Control" from the menu that shows up. Enter your buddy's password and you'll get remote access to that computer. The whole password situation used for Remote Control bothers me a bit. While this is fine if you are in a work/home scenario, this might not be a good idea in the "buddy" scenario as the Remobo password and the Remote Control password are the same. So if you know someone's remote control password, you know their account password. Kinda l

In the folder, you will see all of the items that show up in the drop down. Most of these are actually shortcuts to those places, though a few are drives, commands to zip, or special system shortcuts to places like the Desktop or 'My Documents'. Because they're shortcuts, any other shortcuts you place in this folder will also show up in your Send To drop d

All in all a great application. There is the password issue that I mentioned and some dialogs that I feel are redundant, but overall it greatly simplifies the whole process or sharing files, using BitTorrent to send files, VPN setup and Remote Desk

When Remobo starts, it asks you for the account details you just set up. Log in and then click on the button labelled "Menu" and then add one of your buddies on the Remobo network. You would have to enter the username of your buddy and your buddy will have to approve your request. This is unlike Hamachi where you create a network where others can j

What happens when BitTorrent meets Hamachi meets remote desktop meets networking? Well you get something similar to Remobo (no longer available). Remobo lets you create an IPN which is an Instant Private Netw

As you can see above, I cleaned out my folder so it only has a few items in it. Now I have the ability to create shortcuts to the Desktop, zip files, and send files to My Documents, My Pictures, and Screenshots. This last folder, 'Screenshots', I added by holding the Alt key while dragging Screenshots into the 'Send To' folder. This created a shortcut of the selected folder instead of moving it. If you don't feel comfortable with that hotkey, simply right click the desired item, click "New->Shortcut" and Windows System Optimization|Https://Windowsmastery.Com/ drag your new shortcut into the 'Send To' fol