How to hide a Windows 7 Drive?

  Do you have a need to hide or remove one or more computer drives in Windows 7? Here we explain a simple method to hide a drive in windows, that does not require you to modify the registry or dabble with the DOS editor.
There may be several reasons why you might find a need to hide a computer drive in Windows OS. For example, you might have some important documents or media files saved in a particular drive and you wouldn’t want anyone else, using your computer, to discover or tamper them. It could also be that you don’t want others to easily find and use the CD or DVD drive or any other drive on your computer, when you are away. Whatever may be your reason, here is how you can easily hide or unhide a computer drive whenever you want.

How to hide a drive in Windows 7 or Vista?

The following are the steps to hide a drive in windows 7.

• Click the “Start” ORB, type “disk management” in the text box labeled “Search programs and files…” and select “Create and format hard disk partitions“.

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• In the window titled “Disk Management”, right-click on the computer drive that you want to hide and select “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”. For this tutorial, I chose to hide the computer’s recovery partition.

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• In the window titled “Change Drive Letter and Paths for…”, click the button labeled “Remove” and you will be shown a warning message stating applications relying on that drive letter may not work properly. You may choose to continue by clicking “Yes”, if this drive is used for storing files and not for running any applications.

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That is it. The computer drive will no longer be visible in your windows explorer or “Computer”.
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Assign a Drive letter to the Partition in Windows

To unhide the computer drive, assign a drive letter to the partition (volume), by following these steps.

• Open the disk management utility in Windows, as explained above, select the partition to which you want to assign a drive letter, right-click and choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”.
• Click the “Add” button and in the window title “Add Drive Letter or Path”, assign a drive letter and click “OK”.

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You can now use the computer drive in the usual way.
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Mac OS X Transformation Pack 3.5

FlyakiteOSX is a transformation pack. It will transform the look of an ordinary Windows XP+ system to resemble the look of Mac OS X.The installer simply automates the process of replacing critical system files, setting registry tweaks, and installing extras such as cursors, sounds, visual styles, etc.In case you are not happy with the results of FlyakiteOSX, everything is completely removable. Just run the uninstaller from the Start Menu or from Add/Remove Programs.

FlyakiteOSX does not contain any spyware or ad-ware of any kind. All files needed for FlyakiteOSX are stored in the Windows directory in a folder named ‘FlyakiteOSX’ that is hidden by default.

Download Mac OS X Transformation Pack 3.5

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Sharp World Clock 4.6 free

Try this for  free.You can set up any number of clocks in a line or grid interface. You decide, how many columns and rows the clock grid will have...

-The clock faces can have different colors, design and fonts; choose from a variety of adjustable presets or define your own style!

-Choose analogue or digital display (or a combination of both). Clocks can display country flags and can be resized from tiny to full screen

-It is not just a world clock, but multiple programs in one: a powerful tool collection related to time, geography and information management.

Download Sharp World Clock 4.6

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Vienna Transformation Pack

Windows Vienna transformation pack download, With the Topic of Windows Vienna Growing Hot and more news coming every day,here we share with you about 4 windows seven Transformation packs which will make your Windows XP look like Windows 7 , the awaited Operating System by Microsoft.

Windows Vienna Transformation Pack will change the wallpaper, icons, bootscreen, SheelStyle ,Sounds, Login, Cursors and much more to the predicted parts of Windows 7 ( Windows Vienna) .It also includes some applications which will make your desktop look like XP.

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Seven Transformation Pack 3.0

Windows X live has Released the latest Windows 7 Transformation Pack 3.0 For Windows Xp, Windows Vista And Server 2003 Windows 7 Transformation Pack 3.0 aka Seven Transformation Pack will transform your entire user interface, including a 7 themed Boot Screen, Welcome Screen, and Visual Style, as well as new icons, wallpapers, and more.

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Snow Transformation Pack 1.5

It offers you the desktop look of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I am sure that there are a lot of people that like how Mac OS X look and feel, but prefer to stick with Windows whether it be for gaming, or because you just don’t like Apple.And at last, it’s here. The most versatile transformation pack of Snow Leopard with cooperation from many talent artists in deviantart. Snow Transformation Pack will change the way you look at your Windows Vista/7 to be like Snow Leopard.

Snow Transformation Pack will set a new standard for what transformation pack should become. The program is redesigned on latest update from Seven Transformation Pack branch with easier and better in every aspect.

It will change the appearance of your whole system, including the login screen, icons, wallpapers, sounds, dock, dialog boxes, and other UI elements. You will need to disable User Account Control to install it, so you may have to run the installer twice—once to disable UAC and then again, after restarting to install the package. On installing, you will get a few choices as to whether you want to install a few extra background apps that add extra graphics, which is nice if your computer isn’t necessarily a powerhouse (so you can turn them off to keep performance up).

If you’re tired of the usual Windows GUI and want to get a Mac-like experience for a while, it’s a neat and easy tool to help you do so. Also, when you’ve decided you’re sick of the OS X look, you can uninstall it just like any other program through Control Panel > Uninstall a program.

This program version brings forth few improvements and fixes such as: Fixed reboot prompt to restore Windows Explorer shell if user choose not to; Fixed system files modification compatibilities with non-English edition OS; Fixed Desktop Theme Enhancements being checked even they aren’t checked; Changed Dock application from RK Launcher to RocketDock with older; Fixed x64 system files modification compatibilities.

Snow Transformation Pack is completely free, now you can download, install and use without any charge what so ever.

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2011 Calendar Windows 7 Theme

Calendar Windows 7 Theme is our calendar theme for the years of 2011. We are releasing this calendar theme as we have been doing for the last several months on the request of our visitors. However, it was a bit late in releasing the monthly Calendar Windows 7 Theme this time round due to some problems and so we would like to apologize for the same. We have released two Windows 7 Themes today itself and will be releasing several new themes in the upcoming days and weeks.

This Windows 7 Theme contains 10 calendar backgrounds for the years of  2011 and all the backgrounds are of 1920 x 1200 pixels resolutions. The backgrounds in this Windows 7 Theme are of very high quality and would fit very well into laptop and desktop screens of all sizes. Hope you like this theme and our upcoming themes too.

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Xp Theme Final Fantasy

Final fantasy,Visual Styles downloads like Screensavers and Desktop Themes the contents of the file for copyright infringements.We assume that the authors have given full credit where required.However, sometimes an infringement can still occur.If this is the case, and you own the copyright and wishto have the file removed, please inform us, and wewill notify the author and remove the file.

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Win 7 Dark Theme

Windows 7 Dark Theme is a theme dedicated to the awesome Windows 7 Operating System. This a dark theme with 10 high resolution 1920 x 1200 Windows 7 backgrounds and hopefully this theme would be liked by all Windows 7 and dark theme fans. We will also bring out a light version of the Windows 7 Theme very soon.

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Win 7 Glass Themes

Themes Win 7 Glass. Very clear and elegant for use on your computer desktop, with a unique look, you'll feel like dealing with glass.

Notes :

1. Patch your system files if you haven’t already. There are several ways to do this, but this is easiest: [link]

2. Place the folder Longhorn Full Glass and the file Longhorn Full Glass.theme into your C:WindowsResourcesThemes folder.

3. Now, double click open the file called Longhorn Full Glass.theme to apply the theme.

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Top 14 Windows Windows 7 Theme pack

Top 14 Windows Windows 7 Theme pack is an attempt to change the look & feel of Windows 7  by Windows Vista Club & Into Windows.This theme comes with a new Welcome Center, Task Pane, Desktop Icons and five cool ‘OneWorld’ images as sideshow to make your Windows 7 desktop better than ever.

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Greece Windows 7 Theme Pack

Greece Windows 7 Theme Pack a beautiful theme for your windows 7 desktop with 5 very awesome wallpapers from Greece. I hope you like it! Just double click it and your theme is installed ! have fun!

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Windows 7 Themes Master Pack

lots of themes for windows 7, I would now like to share Windows 7 Themes Master Pack, Here there are many themes for windows 7 you please try one by one might have that match your tastes.

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Windows 7 Ultimate Theme Pack

We have already covered various good quality themes for Windows 7. We have also written on how to create and save a theme pack in Windows 7. Creating themes in Windows 7 is much easier when compared to Vista and XP. Based on the high resolution Windows 7 wallpapers created by Zawir Rahim, Redmond Pie has made them into themes for Windows 7. These are high resolution themes with Windows 7 wallpapers in different flavors.

Download Windows 7 Ultimate Theme Pack

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Mortal Kombat Windows 7 Theme

One of the best fighting games in history is without question Mortal Kombat. If you are looking forward to the next installment of Mortal Kombat, download this Mortal Kombat themepack for Windows 7!

Download Mortal Kombat Windows 7 Theme

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Win 7 Halloween Theme

Looking forward to Halloween? This theme will get you started. It includes 2 halloween wallpapers, 4 halloween desktop icons and several halloween sounds.This Windows 7 theme is totally free, so feel free to share it with everyone who’s running Windows 7 and loves desktop themes. Let’s customize this theme a little bit ..

Customize your Halloween Theme
After downloading the Halloween Theme, you might want to customize it a little bit. Add some sounds here and some new icons there. Let’s look at the stuff that’s currently included in the theme:

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ClocX-Full.1.5.2

This time I wanted to share a desktop application to beautify your desktop display. name of the display is ClocX Full.1.5.2. application form at the desktop that can remind of time on your computer. please try if you are interested. Do not forget to comment here for the progress of this blog.

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All About Resource Hacker in a Brief Tutorial

NOTE: This tutorial has been featured by Microsoft, Wikipedia and official Resource Hacker website. AskVG.com was the first website posting this tutorial.
Resource Hacker is a small but excellent tool to modify system files like DLL, EXE, CPL, etc. You can even change Windows look by editing various Windows files and replacing their resources using Resource Hacker.
You can download it using following links:

Download Link | Mirror | New 3.5.2 Beta Version

Its a portable application, so you don't need to install it. Simply extract the ZIP file and run the extracted EXE file.
This tutorial will help you in understanding this tool and will teach you how to use it. For your convenience, we have divided this tutorial in 2 parts:

• PART 1: BASIC INFORMATION
• PART 2: ADVANCED INFORMATION

Part 1 provides basic details like viewing or replacing existing resources in a file, etc. Part 2 covers some advance information for geeks, like adding new resources, using scripts, etc.

PART1 : BASIC INFORMATION

[Using Resource Hacker]
When you open a file in Resource Hacker, it shows various directories in left-side pane, like:

• AVI - Contains AVI files
• Cursor - Contains Cursor files
• Bitmap - Contains BMP files
• Icon - Contains Icons
• Menu - Contains Menus
• Dialog - Contains Dialog boxes
• String Table - Contains Strings
• Accelerators - Contains Shortcut keys
• Version Info - Contains Version information of the file

[Viewing Resources]
You can view resource present in the file by expanding the directory given in left-side pane and clicking on the name of the resource. Each resource contains 3 important attributes:

• Resource Type
• Resource Name
• Resource Language

[Changing Resources]

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How to Add / Remove Entries in Context Menus in Windows

In this tutorial, I'll tell you how to add your own customized entries in context menus and how to remove unwanted entries from context menu: A. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\* (for adding an option in All files context menu)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory (for adding an option in folders context menu only)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive (for adding an option in Drives context menu only)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown (for adding an option in unknown files context menu)

B. Now under the above mentioned keys, u'll find "Shell" and "Shellex" keys. Both keys contain various entries, which are displayed when you right-click on a file, folder or drive. We'll use "Shell" key in this tutorial:
1. Right-click on the "Shell" key and select "New -> Key".
2. Give it any name. suppose we gave it name "vishal".
3. Now in right-side pane, double-click on "Default" String value and set its value to the Label which you want to display in context menu. Like if you want to add "Winamp" in context menu, then you can give it name "Open with Winamp" or similar.
4. Now create another key under this newly created key "vishal" with the name "command" and in right-side pane set value of "Default" to the path of application. For ex, for winamp you can set its value "%programfiles%\Winamp\winamp.exe".
That's it. Now you'll get in the context menu.

A few Important points:
1. If you add just the path in "Command", then it'll open the application but if you append "%1" (without quotes) in the path, then it'll open the selected file with the application. So in case of setting the value to "%programfiles%\Winamp\winamp.exe", set it "%programfiles%\Winamp\winamp.exe %1" and now it'll open the file in winamp.
2. Step 3 can be omitted and you can assign the application name directly to the new key. i.e., either set "Default" String value to the name of application or directly set the key name to application name. e.g. instead of setting the key name to "vishal", you can directly set its name to "Winamp", in this case leave the "Default" as it is.
3. With the help of this tut, you can add application shortcuts in any filetype context menu. e.g., if you like to play with "*.txt" file context menu, then go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile

so you can follow this tutorial for any filetype.
C. Same methods applies for removing entries from context menu. Just goto "Shell" or "Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers" and delete the unwanted key under these keys.

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How to Get Extra FREE Space in Windows?

Most of us face lower disk space problem in Windows. Many times Windows notifies us about the lower disk space and we are forced to delete some useless files or to resize the partition to get some free space. We are posting this tutorial to share some simple methods to get as mush FREE space as we can. Following are some ways to get free space in Windows:
1. First thing is to use windows built-in "Disk Cleanup" application. You can right-click on a drive in My Computer and select "Properties" now click on "Disk Cleanup" button. Now select all given options, like "Downloaded Program Files", "Temporary Internet Files", "Compress old files", etc. Sometimes you can get more than 1GB FREE space after using Disk Cleanup.
Alternatively you can run "Disk Cleanup" directly from RUN dialog box by giving "cleanmgr.exe" command.
2. Now open Windows Search and copy paste following code in Search box and perform a search:

*.tmp;*.log;*log.txt;*readme.txt;file_id.diz;*.bak;*.old;*.syd;*.prv;*.grp;*.gid;*.fts;*.cnt;*.~mp

You should check all files before deleting. You'll get 100's of files after searching, simply select all and press and delete them.

PS: Please check the files before deletion! It'll delete all Readme files, Backup files, Log files, etc. So deselect the files first, which you don't want to delete.
3. You can also disable WFP (Windows File Protection) service in Windows XP using WFP Switcher. This service runs in background and checks for system files status, and whenever it finds a system file has been changed/modified, it replaces the file with the original file stored in "DLLcache" folder. So we can disable this service and can get lots of FREE space.
After disabling the service, open "%windir%\System32\DLLCache" folder (it'll be HIDDEN & System Folder, so copy paste the path in address bar and press <ENTER>). Now you can safely delete all files present in this folder. It'll make aprrox. 1GB FREE space.
4. Open "System Properties" by right-click on "My Computer" icon on Desktop and select "Properties", now go to "System Restore" tab and select "Turn Off System Restore on all drives" option and apply it. Don’t use this trick if you use System Restore.
5. You can also delete several BMP files present in %windir% (Windows) folder, which are used as wallpapers in Desktop Properties. You can also delete all files in %windir%\Web\Wallpaper folder, all files in this folder are also used as wallpapers.
6. You can also empty TEMP (just type "TEMP" and "%TEMP%" one by one in RUN dialog box), Prefetch (in %windir% folder) folders to get free space.
7. Disable Hibernation from "Power Settings" (powercfg.cpl), if you don't use this feature.
8. Empty Temporary Internet files of your web browser to get some free space.
9. You can also delete all video files present in %windir%\system32\oobe\images folder, these files are used when windows runs for the first time after installation.
10. You can also delete all updates Uninstall Folders, which can be found in %windir% folder and all these folders' names will start from $NtUninstall (or something like that. Also all folders would be HIDDEN). But keep in mind that after deleting these folders you'll not be able to uninstall any windows update!
You can apply all above mention methods to get lots of FREE space without any problem.
You can also use 3rd party Utilities, like Tuneup Utility, System Mechanic, etc to FREE some space but these utilities also use most of the above mentioned techniques.

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