How to create your own Run Command for any specific application?

Today tip will help you to make your own Run Command (program shortcut) to run a program or a document directly. No more need to navigate the location of a program or document to run it, simply click on Start button to open Run box and type the programs shortcut name to open it directly.

Follow the given steps to disable the save settings functionality for desktop:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App paths

Now right click on App Paths and select New > Key, title the key and name it whatever you want your run command to be. In this case, we will try to create a run command for SecueCRT application.

New > Key > SecureCRT.exe

Now select the SecureCRT.exe folder and click right on (Default) string value then click Modify at the right hand side panel.

Here enter the path of the program that you want to execute in the value data field. In our case, the path of SecueCRT application will be C:\Program Files\VanDyke Software\SecureCRT \SecureCRT.exe.

Now again in right side panel, click right to create a new String value with the name SecureCRT and its values as C:\Program Files\VanDyke Software\SecureCRT\SecureCRT.exe.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Protecting Document with Password

You can protect your document by applying password so that unauthorized person can not display as well as modify your document. You can apply two types of passwords:

Password to open the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the document, otherwise you cannot open the document.

Password to modify the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannot modify the document. It means that your document becomes read-only.

To apply a password to document, follow these steps.

* Open Save As dialog box by selecting "Save As" command from File menu.

* Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box and choose "General Options" from drop down menu, "Save" dialog box appears as shown in figure below.

* Enter first password in "Password to open" text box and second password in "Password to modify" text box (if required) and click "Ok" button of dialog box. Microsoft Word will open "Confirm Password" dialog box for the confirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.

* Re-enter the password to open and password to modify and click "Ok" button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.

Useful Adobe Photoshop Shortcut Keys

Shortcut keys with Ctrl+ Combination

Shortcut keys Action

Ctrl + N To open new Document
Ctrl + M Curves Dialogue Box
Ctrl + A Selects all in the currently foreground document or currently
Ctrl + D Deselects all in the currently foreground document or currently
Ctrl + J Automatically creates a duplicate of the currently selected layer
Ctrl + K Preferences Dialogue Box
Ctrl + L Levels Dialogue Box
Ctrl + F4 Closes current document
Ctrl + ' Toggles Grid Lines
Ctrl + Q Quits Photoshop altogether
Ctrl + R Toggles Rulers
Ctrl + U Hue/Saturation Dialogue Box
Ctrl + O Opens New File
Ctrl + P Print Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Z Undo last Action
Ctrl + Tab Toggle between open documents
Ctrl + Shift + C Copy Merged
Ctrl + H Toggle Extras
Ctrl + ; Toggle Guides
Ctrl + Shift + ; Toggle Snap
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + X Pattern Maker
Ctrl + Shift + V Paste into selection
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V Paste Outside
Ctrl + T Transform Tool
Ctrl + Shift + T Repeats the last performed Transform
Shift + F5 / Shift + Backspace (Key) Fill Layer Dialogue Box

Shortcut keys with Ctrl + Shift / Alt Combination

Ctrl + Shift + O Photoshop's File Browser
Ctrl + Shift + P Page Setup Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Shift + S Save As Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Shift + K Color Setting Preferences Box
Ctrl + Shift + F Fade Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Shift + X Liquify Filter Tool
Ctrl + Shift + N Create New Layer Preferences Box
Ctrl + Shift + M Launches ImageReady
Ctrl + Shift + E Merges all layers into a single layer
Ctrl + Alt + Z Step Backward
Ctrl + Shift + - Zoom Out
Ctrl + Shift + + Zoom In
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N Creates a new empty layer
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S Save For The Web Dialogue
Ctrl + Alt (in most Dialogue Boxes) - Changes the 'Cancel' command to 'Reset'
Ctrl + Alt (in the 'Save For Web Dialogue') - Changes the Cancel command to Rese

How to enable the Hibernation feature in windows XP?

In windows environment, the hibernation is a built-in feature used to increases your work performance and also minimizes the windows startup time. For example, if you have to keep open a lot of files and windows applications then you can leave you system in hibernate mode without closing the open programs. When you restart computer after hibernation, all the running files and applications will be restore as you have left them. Windows store the all hibernated information in the Hiberfil.sys file using system root folder. The size of this file is roughly equal to the RAM of your system.

Follow the given steps to activate the hibernation in windows XP:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button> Control Panel, click on Performance and Maintenance then click on Power Options.

A new "Power Options Properties" dialog box will appear, select Hibernate tab and then select the "Enable hibernation" check box to enable the hibernate feature.

If you system does not support the hibernation feature then the hibernation tab will not available there.

Now click on Apply button to implement the changes then click on Ok button to end the configuration process.

After enabling the hibernation feature click on Start button then click on "Turn off Computer". In the "Turn off Computer" dialog box, press the "Shift" for some time and click on Hibernate button. Your system will take some time to complete the hibernation process.

How to enable the Hibernation feature in windows XP?

In windows environment, the hibernation is a built-in feature used to increases your work performance and also minimizes the windows startup time. For example, if you have to keep open a lot of files and windows applications then you can leave you system in hibernate mode without closing the open programs. When you restart computer after hibernation, all the running files and applications will be restore as you have left them. Windows store the all hibernated information in the Hiberfil.sys file using system root folder. The size of this file is roughly equal to the RAM of your system.

Follow the given steps to activate the hibernation in windows XP:

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button> Control Panel, click on Performance and Maintenance then click on Power Options.

A new "Power Options Properties" dialog box will appear, select Hibernate tab and then select the "Enable hibernation" check box to enable the hibernate feature.

If you system does not support the hibernation feature then the hibernation tab will not available there.

Now click on Apply button to implement the changes then click on Ok button to end the configuration process.

After enabling the hibernation feature click on Start button then click on "Turn off Computer". In the "Turn off Computer" dialog box, press the "Shift" for some time and click on Hibernate button. Your system will take some time to complete the hibernation process.