Digital Streets

I rarely used XP’s My Computer for anything more than a mere entry point into my various drives. However, after using a few easy-to-do registry hacks, My Computer has become very useful and saves me time and mouse clicks. One such tweak will allow you to add any combination of the following to the My Computer window: Printers and Faxes, Administrative Tools, Scheduled Tasks, Network Connections, Recycle Bin, My Network Places (See Expand The Functionality Of My Computer). To give My Computer even more functionality, you can add many different applets to the context (right-click) menu. You can add any or all of the following (click the link to see how to add it):

• Add/Remove Programs
• Control Panel
• Services
• Disk Defragmenter
• System Configuration Tool
• Regedit
• Device Manager
• Command Prompt

Remember to back up your registry before making any changes.