when the folder is listed in Frequent list

Right click the folder icon in taskbar to see the jump list. This jump list will show frequently visited folder and pinned folders. If the folder you want to pin is listed in frequently visited list, simply click the pin icon of that folder.

when the folder is not listed in Frequent list

But how to pin when the folder you want to pin is NOT listed in frequently visited list. Open that folder. Now drag the folder icon from address bar to the folder/ explorer icon in taskbar. This pins the folder to the Jump List of explorer / folder.

How it is useful

I personally find it useful. This saves my time and extra work. No need to press an extra key every time I want to delete a file / folder.

If accidentally I have deleted wrong file / folder, I can always recover it from recycle bin.

How it is not good

Many people are used of old style of deleting files. They just want to confirm and make sure that correct file / folder will be deleted.

How to enable delete confirmation dialog box in windows 8

1. Go to desktop version of windows 8
2. Right click Recycle bin and select Properties.
   
3. Enable Display delete confirmation dialog and click Apply button.
   

Done!!
Now windows 8 will show a confirmation box before deleting any file / folder.

I started getting this error message after I installed WampServer on my Windows 8 Pro. This is actually not application problem, but because your computer do not have Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed.

Cause Of Problem

Your windows 8 / windows 7 do not have Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed.
The Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run applications developed with Visual C++ on a computer that does not have Visual C++ 2010 installed.

Solution

Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. Restart your computer after installation.
Download 32 bit Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5555
Direct Download link of 32 bit Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
File Size: 4.8 MB

Download 64 bit Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=14632

Direct Download link of 64 bit Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
File Size: 5.5 MB

To take screenshot of only active window in windows 8:

Press ALT + Print Screen buttons.

To take screenshot of entire desktop:

Press Print Screen button.

Extra Tip

Step 1:

Go to Desktop version of windows 8.
Drag your mouse to top right corner of screen and click settings. Or simply press windows Key + I buttons on keyboard.

Step 2:

Click PC info

Step 3:

Click Change settings under computer name, domain, workgroup settings.

Step 4:

On next windows click change.. button as shown in below image.

Step 5:

On next pop-up windows you will get option to enter new name of your windows 8 computer.

Step 6:

After entering new name click ok button to save the change. You will also need to restart your computer to apply the change.

Done!!

Step 1:

Search for command under apps.

Step 2:

From search results, right click command prompt and run as administrator.

Step 3:

In command prompt type following command and press enter.

The sfc /scannow command will scans all protected windows 8 system files and replaces incorrect versions with the correct versions.

Reboot the computer will asked. Done !!!

There’s no way to control the volume of only windows 8 music app independently. Infact there is no way to control volume of any individual Metro-style apps. There is no separate volume control for Windows Music App. You can adjust volume of music app only through master system volume control.

Control volume via system volume

1. Drag mouse to top right corner. Keyboard shortcut is windows button + I
2. Click settings.
3. Click on volume icon.
4. Adjust the volume.

For the first time when you start any function (example battery charge), xperia will ask you to select a program to start automatically with this function.

Example:
Alarm will automatically start when you plugin battery charger.

I find this function very annoying. Here is how you can disable this feature on sony xperia phones.

Step 1:

Tap LiveWare Manager in apps list.

Step 2:

Tap on the function for which you want to disable / enable / change start-up app.

Step 3:

On next page, you can enable / disable start-up app for this application. You can also change / add / remove start-up app.

what is Live Mail

Using windows live mail client you can manage multiple email accounts, calendars, and your contacts, even when you’re offline. It support POP, IMAP incoming mail server.

How to add a Hotmail, Yahoomail, Gmail ID in Windows Live Mail

Adding an email account in windows live mail is very easy and its just 2 step process.

1. Start windows live mail client on your computer.
2. Click Accounts tab and then click Email icon.
   
3. Enter your full email address (like you@gmail.com, you@yahoo.com, you@hotmail.com), your email ID password, and name you want to display when email is sent using this email ID. And click next button.
   
4. Done!!! You have added your email account in windows live mail client.
   
5. Now windows live mail will download all mails from server. You can now manage your email account from your desktop.
   

There are lots of free and paid software to create and save backup on our computer. In-fact windows itself has an inbuilt feature of creating backup and restoring the computer.

But advanced users need advance backup software to make things easy. Handy Backup Professional is a very good backup solution. It is very easy to use but packed with powerful features.

where backup are saved

Handy Backup Professional offers you to save backup at three location.

1. Online Backup
2. On your computer
3. Another location like External Hard disk, USB drive, FTP server etc.

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• Create Full, incremental, differential & mirror backups
• Fully automatic
• Schedule backup
• Save on external storage like USB drive, external hard disk etc
• Transfer to FTP / SFTP
• Create recovery drive
• Restore full system or selective files, folder, drive
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