ÜBER-Ribbon on Windows Explorer. Sometimes you may consider the default Windows Explorer Button bar (or ribbon) too lame for your tastes. How about changing it to something like below? The screenshot is from the Windows 8.1 Quick Access Toolbar ("QAT") however this also works on Windows 10 (but not on Windows 11!). How-to. Create a new text… Read More
How to partially automate the Windows Setup. EI.cfg and PID.txt. or how-to automatically specify which Windows version and what Product Key to use. To partially automate the Windows Setup, you can use an ei.cfg and a PID.txt file. The "Edition Configuration" ("EI.cfg"-file) AND The "Product ID" ("PID.txt"-file) are /OPTIONAL/ configuration files that you can use to AUTOMATICALLY SPECIFY: Which Windows®… Read More
Include non-indexed (network) locations to your Libraries. Thanks to the following (awesome) blog post: http://blog.ryankempt.com/2012/09/windows-library-add-non-indexed-location.html, today I was able to add/show non-indexed network locations into my Documents Library. This workaround is especially useful whenever you're storing, say, your family Pictures on a (Linux-based) NAS that does not support indexing. For convenience’s sake, I’ll report what's involved the way "it worked for me":… Read More
Quick and dirty upgrade to Windows 8.1 from MS Store. In case you missed how to get the free Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 upgrade, here's a quick rundown of what's involved: 1) Install http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40098 and restart as requested. 2) Open the Windows Store "As Administrator". 3) Click (or tap) on the huge "Update to Windows 8.1 for free"-tile & Select Download. The download… Read More
[SOLVED] How to correctly integrate Google Drive with "My Documents". Today I was messing with Google Drive and the Windows Libraries. My idea was to integrate both products so I could access my data from everywhere. If you want to skip the details and jump to the conclusion, please refer to the heading named SOLUTION (or How to correctly integrate your "My Documents"… Read More