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Here’s how you can change out the random candy-colored icons for a stylish icon set of your choice. How to Customize Your Windows 7 Taskbar Icons for Any App Change the Windows 7 Taskbar Color Sure, you can hack Windows and install a custom theme if you really wanted to, or pay for a software package to do it for you. Change the Windows 7 Taskbar Color With No Extra Software (Stupid Geek Tricks) Giving a computer to somebody else? 3 Excellent Tools to Customize Windows Context Menu. Whenever you select a file/folder and right-click it, the menu which opens with several options is called the in Microsoft Windows.
Usually the context menu contains a set number of options such as Open, Edit, Delete, Properties, Rename etc. which doesn’t seem to be customizable at all. However, this is not true. You can customize the Windows context menu very easily. Here we list down three software and brief overview of them which can be used to change Windows context menu options easily. 1. CMenuEdit CMenuEdit is a small sized lightweight tool which can be used to customize the default Microsoft Windows context menu. CMenuEdit lets users customize name of the submenu and command, add separators, brief description of the command, attach an icon and select, working directory and window state. Download CMenuEdit 2.
Fast Explorer is a great context menu customization tool thanks to its easy to use and simple User Interface (UI). Download Fast Explorer 3. Download FileMenu Tools. 25+ Best Free Tools To Customize Windows 7. Back in November last year, we listed over 55 free tweaking tools available for Windows 7. Just like tweaking tools, there are tens of good utilities available to customize the default look and feel of Windows 7. In this article, we have covered the best free tools available to customize Windows 7. 1. Windows 7 Boot Updater: One of the advanced tools available for the latest version of Windows which makes the impossible possible. Read our how to change Windows 7 boot screen guide to learn to how to change the default boot screen animation in Windows 7.
Please note that this utility is strictly for power users. We also recommend a complete system image backup before using this tool. 2. Beginners can go for Windows 7 Logon Screen Tweaker which is also another good logon screen changer. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 7Conifier: This is another tool to customize your Windows 7 Taskbar. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Fix a Windows 7 System That Randomly Freezes. Of all the hassles that can plague a PC user (and, trust me, there are many), few are as infuriating as random lockups. There you are, typing along, when suddenly everything just freezes.
No error message, no bluescreen, just a locked-up, unresponsive system. I've been there. I feel your pain. If you're a Windows 7 (or Windows Server 2008 R2) user, you may be in luck: Microsoft recently issued a hotfix for systems that stop responding randomly. What causes the problem? The hotfix is available for both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows 7.
Click Request hotfix, then check your inbox for an e-mail containing a link to the download. If you've encountered this random-lockup problem, let me know if this hotfix fixes it! Remove the 'Test Mode' Watermark from Windows 7. Isn't it cute the way Windows always finds new ways to surprise and annoy you? Like today, for instance, I booted my system and noticed something new in the lower right corner: Huh? I've been using this licensed and activated version of Windows 7 for nearly a year. What's with the bizarro watermark all of a sudden? Who knows? Don't get me wrong--I like Windows 7 a lot. Anyway, if you've encountered that same watermark in Windows 7, here's how to get rid of it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. That should send the watermark packing; it did on my system. Oh, Windows--what exciting surprises do you have in store for me tomorrow?