::: Desktop Tips 2 :::

>>> Creating Shutdown, Restart and Log off Icons <<<

To create the icons, create a shortcut on the desktop.

• For Shutdown, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows
• For Restart, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec
• For Logoff, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 0

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>>> Having your Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically <<<

If your Start Menu Program or Favorites are not sorting alphabetically, it is easy to fix this:

• Start Regedit
• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MenuOrder
• Under here is are Favorites and Start Menu folders
• In each there is a value called Order
• Simply delete (or rename this) and restart Winodws
• Your Favorites or Start Menus should now sort alphabetically

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>>> Increasing the Icon Cache <<<

• Run Regedit
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer
• Create a new string called Max Cached Icons
• Give it a value of 10000

This will increase response time in windows and give the Shellicon cache file more elbow room.

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>>> Make Icons 256 Color 16-Bit <<<

• Open the Registry
• Hit Ctrl+F
• Type Shell Icon BPP
• When found, right click the Shell Icon BPP icon
• Click Modify
• Change the value from 4 to 16
• Click Ok
• Close the registry
• Restart your computer