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How to add Defragment to the Right-Click Menu for a Drive

khan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:59:54 +0000

After manually applying or downloading the hack, you’ll have a new item on the right-click menu for your drives…

Which will start up the command-line version of Disk Defragmenter (after accepting the UAC prompt)

Manual Registry Hack

Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

Create a new key under shell called “runas”, and then set the (Default) value to “Defragment”. If you want to hide this menu item behind the Shift key right-click menu, then add a new string called Extended with no value.

Next, you’ll need to create a key called “command” and set the default value to the following, which is the command to run defrag with the default options but show verbose output.

defrag %1 -v

You can alternately choose from one of the other defrag switches here if you’d like.

Downloadable Registry Hack

Simply download, extract, and double-click on either AddDefragToDriveMenu.reg (for the regular menu) or AddDefragToExtendedDriveMenu.reg (to hide behind the Shift key). There’s also an included removal script that will remove either one.

Download AddDefragToDriveMenu Registry Hack

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Find Driver’s Automatically

khan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:06:09 +0000

Demo: Find drivers for your hardware
Watch this demo to learn how to set up Windows to automatically find and install missing or updated software drivers for your hardware.

Click Here To Watch Demo

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Installation and Getting started

khan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:07:27 +0000

Your guide to installing and beginning to use Windows Vista

1.Install, upgrade, and activate Windows Vista
Learn how to perform a clean installation, upgrade your computer, and activate Windows Vista
2.First-week checklist
Follow this checklist to connect to the Internet, get your computer up to date, transfer files and settings, set up a network, and more.
3.Security checklist
Check Windows Security Center, get your computer up to date, turn on a firewall, and set up other security features.
4.Set up hardware and get drivers
Find information about setting up hardware, such as printers, and get the latest drivers for your hardware and devices.
5.Install programs
Install programs, check program compatibility, and learn how to work with programs in Windows Vista.
6.Personalize Windows Vista
Make Windows Vista yours by personalizing your desktop background, changing themes, and choosing your language settings.

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