The Start Menu's search box is a convenient way to search through your PC -- but you can also have it do double-duty and perform Internet searches as well. To enable this feature:. From now on, when you type a search term in the Search box on the Start Menu, a "Search the Internet" link will appear.
Click the link to launch the search in your default browser with your default search engine. If you want to use the button for another action, such as restarting your PC, you click the arrow to the right of the Shut down button and select an action from the drop-down menu. What if you rarely shut your PC down completely but frequently restart it?
To change your default, right-click the Start button and select Properties. On the Start Menu tab, click the "Power button action" drop-down menu and select which action you want to be the default.
Then click OK, and OK again. If you watch a lot of videos and want a link to them on your Start Menu, here's what you can do:. In the dialog box that appears, scroll to the bottom, look for the Videos section, select "Display as a link," and click OK and then OK again. If you'd prefer that Videos display as a menu, with links to files and submenus, instead select "Display as a menu. Windows Explorer is the heart and soul of the Windows interface, and overall it works quite well.
But you can make it better. In order to select multiple files for an operation such as copying, moving or deleting in Windows Explorer, you generally use the keyboard and the mouse, Ctrl-clicking every file you want to select. But if you're mouse-centric, there's a way to select multiple files in Windows 7 using only your mouse, via check boxes. To do it:. In Advanced Settings, scroll down and check the box next to "Use check boxes to select items.
From now on, when you hover your mouse over a file in Windows Explorer, a check box will appear next to it; click it to select the file. Once a file is selected, the checked box remains next to it; if you uncheck it, the box will disappear when you move your mouse away. Command prompt fans will welcome this tip.
With it, when you're in Windows Explorer, you can open a command prompt to any folder. To use it, hold down the Shift key and right-click a folder, then choose "Open command window here" from the context menu that appears. Note that this tip doesn't work in the Documents folder. When you search through your PC from Windows Explorer, you can see the most recent searches that have been performed.
If you share a PC and don't want others to see what you've searched for, you can turn off the recent searches feature:. Double-click "Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box" and select Enabled from the screen that appears. Then click OK. The recent searches feature will now be turned off. When you run Windows Explorer, it always opens to the Libraries folder. That's fine if you use Microsoft's default file organization, which designates Libraries as the overall container for your folders.
But what if you don't? You might prefer to have Windows Explorer open to Computer or any other folder you choose. Here's how to do it:. Right-click the Windows Explorer icon on the taskbar it's the one that looks like a folder , and then right-click the Windows Explorer icon from the context menu that appears and select Properties.
The Windows Explorer Properties dialog box appears. Lets see some tricks and hacks with which you can unveil hidden features of windows 7 and extend your days of trail. Download the bit or bit tools as per your requirement and place it into the Windows directory. Note: This hack will work after every days of use, so try these commands 2 times just some days before your 30 days trail is going to end. It is also possible to activate Windows 7 by using a Vista beta version activation key.
It still expires in August , though. There are many other tricks and commands in the Command Prompts that are worth exploring, and our list should be good enough to get you started. If you know any other cool Command Prompt tricks, let us know in the comments, we might even add it!
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