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Download Ultimate Windows Tweaker, a Tweak UI for Windows 7 & Vista

If you have used the TweakUI in Windows XP then you must have guessed what this Ultimate Windows Tweaker could do for you. It is a freeware that works on Windows 7 and Windows Vista on both 32 and 64 bit.

The tool is a freeware with size of around 345Kb and requires no installation before [...]

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Increase or Decrease Thumbnail Size in Explorer

For the people with bigger screens who like to see the bigger Thumbnails for the Images, documents and folders etc, here is a trick to change the size (increase or decrease) of the Thumbnail Preview in Windows Explorer.
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Increasing the preview size will show a bigger preview of the Thumbnails preventing the need to open the [...]

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Remove Shortcut Arrows from Icons

For all those who wanted to change how their Desktop Icons looked, here is a post that can either remove or change the shortcut arrows on the desktop icons without any registry editing (read this for registry tweak)

Not only you can remove the arrow but you also have the option to select a smaller arrow [...]

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Hide a Drive or Partition with TweakUI in Windows

One of our readers wanted to know how to hide any drive or partition in Windows? Well if you also want to hide yours or just wish to fool someone, then this can be easily done.
The advantage of hiding a disk drive is that this method not only hide your data but also make it [...]

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[Solved] System Tray Icon Missing from System Tray in Windows

This was the problem faced by one of our readers that when he booted the PC, the system tray icons were missing from the system tray, also known as notification area. Along with this, the Hide Inactive Icons button was also disabled or greyed out.

It is because of this the icons including the pen drive [...]

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[Solved] Missing Install New Font Option in Windows

Windows lets you install your own favorite fonts with ease but here is a problem reported by one of our readers that the option of install New Fonts was missing from the File Menu of the Windows/Fonts folder.

Causes of the problem:
•    The System and Read Only attributes are no longer set for the Fonts folder.
•    [...]

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