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Don’t you wish there was an easy way to add custom locations to the Save/Open dialog box? Well, actually, there is. With Direct Folders, you can quickly find frequently used folders in the Save/Open dialog box. After the program is installed, you can right-click in the white space of the window to access your customized list of folder shortcuts.
Of course, there are other ways to tweak this box too - for example, in Windows XP, a registry hack can let you update the box with your own settings:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\PlacesBar]
“Place0″=”e:\\XP Utils”
“Place1″=”e:\\research”
“Place2″=”e:\\Registry Patches”
“Place3″=”e:\\UtilitiesSet 2″
“Place4″=”e:\\UtilitiesSet 1″
TweakUI does it too.
In Vista, it’s a bit different. The Places bar is now the “Favorite Links” bar, so customizing them involves going into your Links folder: User_Profile\Links
In here, you can customize the Windows Shortcut (.Ink) files according to this document.
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If you ask certain people on our team, they will tell you that I am a pretty harsh critic. I have one nice thing to say for every three negatives. It’s interesting because even the work that I produce here at work doesn’t live up to my unrealistic quality bar.
Advertising is an even more tricky subject for me because I have such a narrow-minded view of what I want to be sold, and how it should be presented to me. I want to be entertained by ads, I don’t want to be given information in a dull, humorless manner. I want to be able to relate to the people or situation that I’m watching, I don’t want to feel forced, or fake.
I am happy to point to some Xbox 360 ads that after watching I said, “That was pretty decent. It was funny, informative, and I could relate.” I remember [...]
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Tom Eberspecher article, brought to you using rss feeds. I found it informative and I think you will too.
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Today is a great day for Windows gamers! Gears of War finally ships on Windows today, with full support for Games for Windows — LIVE and, with Windows Vista, DirectX 10! The game retails for an MSRP of $49.99, and for that you get five new campaign chapters, a new “King of the Hill” multiplayer mode, three new multiplayer maps, a robust game editor, and incredible high-res graphics that take even the Xbox 360 visuals to the next generation. Plus, the game is packed with all the content previously released on the Xbox 360 – seven multiplayer maps and the “Annex” game mode.
You’re probably anxious to play, but wanted to let you know of a small problem (fortunately, with an easy fix). When you first play Gears of War for Windows, an automatic update to Games for Windows — LIVE will be downloaded. But after the update is downloaded, you’re [...]
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Attention sports fans! Here are 3 must-have Vista sidebar gadgets that any NFL fan must have:
1. The NFL News Gadget: This gadget can be configured to either show you the latest headlines for the entire league or you can change it to just show you the news about your favorite team.
2. The NFL Scores Gadget: This gadget shows you your team’s current score for the ongoing game or it will display who they are playing next & when.
3. The Sports News Gadget: This gadget displays general sports news but can be customized to just show news from a specific sport like football, baseball, basketball, hockey, etc.
(Thanks to the InsideMicrosoft blog for this!)
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