AlanHo Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 This applies only to Vista and Windows 7 - both 32 bit and 64 bit.I have been using a little Windows tweaking programme for a couple of weeks now and it has proved to be very useful. In the "good" old XP days you sould use TweakUI but I am not aware that MS have an equivalent for Win7Two of the most useful tweaks for me have been :-* On the desktop - eliminate the little arrows on desktop shortcuts* In Windows Explorer - show the drive letter before the labelMany of the so-called tweaks are already buried somewhere in the menu system or are exe files in Windows - but this little programme gathers them up and presents them in an easy format.Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thanks for that, Alan Another useful little find. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 * On the desktop - eliminate the little arrows on desktop shortcutsIf you do that, then how do you distinguish between desktop shortcuts and genuine desktop items (like 'My Computer' or 'Recycle Bin' etc.), or actual files on the desktop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 If you do that, then how do you distinguish between desktop shortcuts and genuine desktop items (like 'My Computer' or 'Recycle Bin' etc.), or actual files on the desktop?I don't need to - the icon label tells me what it is.I use desktop icons as an easy means of opening programmes, web pages and documents etc. I create some of my own icons using a great little programme called IcoFX (Download link) and the shortcut arrow is often a "spoiler". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Looks fine, but I am happy with the little arrows, and don't want more clutter on the computer to get rid of them. It is something else to potentially go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Don't place too much emphasis on the little arrows - there's a lot more to the tweaker than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Don't place too much emphasis on the little arrows - there's a lot more to the tweaker than that.Looking at the window shown on the page, I can't see much that would be an advantage. For one thing, in Windows Explorer the drive letter show after the arrow, but so what. I think I'll pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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