Password - Deletion
Password - First Time
Password - DUN
Place ? on start menu
PowerToys Microsoft Windows 95
Print Directory listing from an Explorer window
Print Screen
Printer Status
Print Driver - "Print To File"
Printer Troubleshooting
Properties View
Program Remove
Password Deletion
To delete your password information, find the .PWL file in the Windows directory with your username in it (such as STEVEJ.PWL). Delete it and restart Windows
First Time Password
When Windows asks you for a password when it boots for the first time, just enter your user name and skip entering a password. Then, you'll never be bothered by it again. A password in this box won't protect any of the files on your local machine. It's only useful for logging onto network resources on a LAN.
Getting round the Save password in Dial-Up Networking
In the no-Password mode, the dial-up networking is unable to save the password and remember it. You can get around this by going to settings, control panel and then to passwords. Then, set it so that you can personalise the desktop. Now, when you shut down windows, there will be another option, Log on as another user. In this mode, you will be able to remember Passwords, so the Dial-up networking will be rememberd. Enter your password in and save password. Once it's been saved, go back to Passwords and change the configuration to anyone can use the same settings of the desktop, and don't use any password at all. Windows will now switch back to the normal mode, but somehow, the Dial-up networking save password is unchanged. So, your password is now saved and you won't have to type it in again.
Place ? on start menu
First, open or explore the Start Menu. Then select New/Folder from the File menu. Name the folder exactly as below, including the braces. Or just copy from here and paste into the name space of the new folder.
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Dial-Up Networking.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
Network Neighbourhood.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
URL History.{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}
PowerToys Microsoft Windows 95
Here's what's presently available "Use at your own risk".
SEND TO ANY FOLDER
This utility adds an "Any Folder" entry to your win95 "Send To" menu. You can then right-click on any file or directory, choose "Send To Any Folder" and type an MS-DOS path to move or copy the file into.
High-end users who miss the File Manager's Move and Copy dialogs will love Send To Any Folder.
If you have user profiles set up on your computer and would like separate SendTo folders for each user, see my Registry section SendTo for each profile.
FAST FOLDER CONTENTS
With this handy-dandy context-menu extension, you can hold down the SHIFT key whenever you right-click on any folder, and you'll get a cascade menu that shows you all the contents of that folder, one-level deep. It works on shortcuts-to-folders, too.
QUICK CD
Quick CD is a taskbar notification icon that makes controlling audio CDs a breeze. When an audio CD is in your drive, Quick CD gives you convenient single-click play/pause control, a tooltip that tells you which track and time you're on, and a right-click menu that provides commands for starting, stopping, and moving around the tracks on your CD.
CABFILE VIEWER
You know those *.CAB files that you'll find on the Win95 CD and floppies? (These are files containing one or more compressed files.) Well, with the CABFILE Viewer shell extension, you can browse right into a CAB file and see all of its contents, and perform normal shell operations like drag/drop, etc. on the files inside.
ROUND CLOCK
This version of CLOCK.EXE takes advantage of win95's region windows, so your analog clock will be round, just like a real clock would. (Note.. you just need to copy this EXE to use the clock. No setup file is provided.)
Tweakui
Tweak UI" allows you to fine-tune ("tweak") the Windows User Interface ("UI"). and is intended for the advanced user.
Changes made in TweakUI change settings in the registry and can affect the behavior and appearance of Windows.
While this provides a greater level of customisation, it also presents a greater risk of making changes that will leave Windows in an unusable state.
It is recommended that you backup you registry before making any changes in TweakUI.
To backup your registry, you can click on Start/Run and type in "Scanregw" (without the quotes).
The Microsoft Windows 95 PowerToys are easy to install, and because they're FREE, they are absolutely worth having on your system. I particularly recommend "Any Folder," "Cabfile Viewer," and "Round Clock" seems to "fit" the Windows 95 Desktop better than it's square Win 3.1 cousin.
Download Powertoys.zip
Print Directory listing from an Explorer window
This will let you right click on any folder icon and tell Windows to print a list of all the files and subfolders it contains.
Use Notepad or another text editor to create a new text file that contains this three line DOS program and save it as: Dirlist.bat
dir %1 /-p o:gn > "%temp%\Dir Listing"
start /w notepad /p "temp%\Dir Listing"
del "temp%\Dir Listing"
Open Windows Explorer, choose View, Folder options, and click on the File Types tab.
Select File Folder, then click Edit and New.
Fill in the New Action dialogue box as below;
Action:- Print Directory Listing
Application Used to perform action:- "C:\n\dirlist.bat" (including quotes)
Where n is the name of the folder that contains the dirlist.bat file
And Save your Changes.
Right Click on any folder icon and choose Print Directory Listing to send a detailed list to the default printer.
Print Screen
To print the screen from the Explorer,press your Print Screen (PrtSc) button. Then open Microsoft Paint, select Edit, Paste, and print your screen.
Create a "Print To File" print driver
To create a generic driver for printing text to a file, go to the Printers folder in Control Panel. Double-Click on Add Printer, choosing "Local Printer" and "Generic" from the Manufacturer menu, and "Generic/Text Only" in Printers.
Choose "FILE:" from Available Ports, clicking Next a few times to create the Printer. Right-Click on the new printer icon when it appears, choose Properties, select the paper tab, changing the Paper Source to "Continuous-No Page Break" and click on OK. You might also wish to change the name of this printer to "Print To File."
Printer Troubleshooting
The Windows 95 installation CD-ROM has a printer troubleshooting program that may help in the even of printer problems. Put the CD-ROM in your drive, and browse to the d:\other\misc\epts folder (where d: is your CD-ROM drive). Double click on EPTS.EXE, and follow the instructions that the program gives.
Checking Printer Status
When you print a document, a printer icon appears on the Taskbar. Double-click it to see a list of documents waiting to print.
Properties View
To view the properties of a file or folder, select the item, and then press Alt+Enter.
Program Remove
To remove a program from your HPC without using the Remove Program control panel, tap Run on the Start menu, or press Winkey+R, and then type the command unload filename.