Saturday, October 31, 2009

Enable Thumbnail Preview in Windows Explorer for PDF files

Methode

•Open notepad

•Write this entry in the notepad:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document.7\Shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@=”{F9DB5320-233E-11D1-9F84-707F02C10627}”

•Click file save as, in the save as type set to all files.

•In the file names type, write the file name with reg extention (e.g “pdfprvw.reg”, “pdfthumvw.reg or etc) then save the file.

•Double click the file to activate pdf thumnails.

Note:
•You may need restart to take effect this regestry key.
•To disable this feature delete the key named “{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}”

Sometimes Folder Options Missing in Windows Explorer

There are 2 way to fix this problem:

First way: Edit registry setting

1.Open registry editor by click Start menu – Run, type regedit and then press enter.

2.Navigate to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Policies | Explorer”

3.At right panel, look for a value called “NoFolderOptions”, delete the value.

4.Go to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Policies | Explorer”

5.Repeat step 3 to delete NoFolderOptions entry.

Second way: Change setting in Group Policy

1.Open group policy setting by click Start Menu – Run then type gpedit.msc and then press enter.

2.Navigate to “User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer”.

3.At the right panel, look for “Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu”, right click on it then choose Properties, and then disable it.

Change Processor Name in Windows XP


  • Open registry editor


  • Now goto this registry key: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | HARDWARE | DESCRIPTION | System | CentralProcessor | 0”


  • on right Panel right click registry string named “ProcessorNameString” and click Modify, then type any Processor Name e.g from “Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz” to “Intel(R) Pentium(R) Quad Core 2.8 Ghz”