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ContextMenu Really Take Control over Your Right click Context Menu [How To]In a Previous post we showed you how to add CopyTo and MoveTo functions to the Context Menu (Read it Here).

One of our readers asked:
Where would one find the values associated with different functions?
What other kinds of functions could be added in this manner?

Well, Alan – I think I’ve just come up with an answer.

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Acer Gridvista Enables Aero Snap Features

Posted by Thomas On February - 28 - 20106 COMMENTS

grid info1 Acer Gridvista Enables Aero Snap FeaturesIf you are still using Windows XP or still haven’t moved up from the Windows-we-all-love-to-hate: Vista , and you are just a little, a tad, envious of the Aero Snap Function in Windows 7 … Or…

If you have Windows 7 and would like to enhance the way Aero Snap works , then This is the freeware for you: Acer Gridvista.

Read on for download link.

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tunerfree 1 220x220 Stream TV to Windows Media Center with TunerFree MCE PROS: Streaming TV, for free, to your media center with little thought on your part — magical. CONS: This program is still relatively new and, partly due to availability, does not have a huge host of choice for TV shows. Not compatible with XP Media Center. VERDICT: This software has great potential and, I’m sure, as it continues to improve, it will become a key and in for Windows Media Center. PRICE: Free VERSION REVIEWED: 3.4.1 DOWNLOAD: TunerFree MCE

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Windows Media Center Customization Series

Posted by Rich On February - 22 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

w7mc internet tv 15 Windows Media Center Customization SeriesIf you would like to give Windows Media Center a makeover and make it more functional for your needs, this series is for you. This week I’ll cover various customization and enhancement topics for Windows Media Center. See a run down of the guides below.

Note: these guides are written for Windows Vista Media Center and Windows 7 Media Center unless otherwise noted. If you find any incompatibilities, please let me know.

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komalo over at deviantart has shared a tool that will give you an Aero look to your command prompt.

GlassCMD1 Glass CMD is an Aero Style Command Prompt for Windows Vista and 7

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Add MoveTo-function to you Context Menu [How To]

Posted by Thomas On February - 4 - 201019 COMMENTS

Toolbox icon 220x220 Add MoveTo function to you Context Menu [How To]When teaching people how to use Windows I always tell them that the Right-Click menu (also known as the context menu) is the most important Windows Tool they should ever learn to use. You are no doubt familiar about the SendTo function available in the context-menu. But we don’t always want to COPY our files from one place to another, sometimes we want to move it. Of course you can use the old CTRL+X and CTRL+V trick, but that wouldn’t be neat tip to show you so, this is how you put the MoveTo function into your context menu:

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