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Uninstall Windows Messenger
For those people who are baffled
at the fact that you can not install MSN Messenger over
Windows messenger, here is the answer.
Click Start > Run and in the Open: box type the following command (press OK when done):
You can just copy/paste the command above in the Open: box.
Note: If you have Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed, you may receive this error message:
Just click OK, Windows Messenger will still be removed.
"Copy to" and "Move to" to
Explorer Context
Menu
Useful for copying files and folders to different places on your computer
without dragging and dropping. Follow these steps.
- Start the Registry Editor
- Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ AllFilesystemObjects \ shellex \ ContextMenuHandlers \
- Right-click the ContextMenuHandlers entry, and from the menu select New > Key
- Name the new key Copy To
- Repeat step 3, but this time for the name (step 4) choose Move To
- Change the (Default) string value found in the Copy To key to {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
- Change the (Default) string value found in the Move To key to {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
- Close the registry editor
Add TweakUI to Control Panel
If you are fed up of looking for your
TweakUI Power Tool in your programs menu, use this
small application to add it to your Control Panel.
Click here to run the program or alternatively right click and select "Save Target as..." to save the application on your computer and run at a later date.
Remove NetMeeting from Windows XP
Click Start > Run and in the Open: box type the following command (press OK when done):
You can just copy/paste the command above in the Open: box.
To reinstall:
Open the Windows\Inf folder (this is a hidden folder, so you may need to adjust your Folder Options to show hidden files and folders. Or you can click Start, Run and enter %systemroot%\Inf). Locate the msnetmtg.inf file in the Inf folder. Right click and select Install. Have your XP CD handy.