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HowTo: Clear XP MRU List

Clearing the Windows XP Map Network Drives MRU List

If you frequently use the Map Network Drive command in Windows XP, you probably have a lot of network paths displaying in the MRU (Most Recently Used) list, which appears in the Folder drop down menu. If so, you may at some point in time want to clear that list — especially if it contains UNC paths that you no longer use.

Here’s how to clear the Map Network Drive’s MRU list:

1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe)
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Map Network Drive MRU
3. One-by-one, delete each string value associated with a drive mapping by selecting it and pressing the Delete key. (Each entry will have the name of a letter of the alphabet, e.g. a, b, c, etc.)
4. Double-click on the entry titled MRUList to open the Edit String dialog box
5. Delete the text in the Value Data text box and click OK
6. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows

MS .NET Framework

The steps below resolve the following error, or a similar error, when attempting to install Microsoft .NET v2.0 -

Error creating process.
Reason: C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll

1. Save the .NET Framework setup on your local drive - dotnetfx.exe
2. Extract the package by executing the following: dotnetfx.exe /c
3. You will be prompted to enter a path to extract the files to, i.e. C:\Temp\MS.Net
4. Go that that location and launch install.exe

HowTo: Register OS Files

To re-register Windows XP OS files:

1. Launch a CMD prompt
2. Change directories to C:\Windows\System32
3. Issue "REGSVR32 xxxxx.xxx", where xxxxx.xxx is the name of the file, i.e. comdlg32.oc (issue without the quotes).

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Add Pop-up Folder Descriptions

Add Detailed Pop-up Descriptions to Folder Icons in Windows XP

When you hover your mouse pointer over a folder icon, you see a pop-up that contains the folder's size and the names of the first few files or folders it contains. There are cases when this information, along with the folder's name, is helpful in identifying the folder's contents; however, there are other times when you have to open the folder to really see what's in it.

You can add a detailed explanation about the folder's contents to the pop-up by creating a Desktop.ini file, which is a straight text file, and adding a special entry to it. In order for this technique to work, you have to assign an icon to the folder. Here's how:

1. Right-click the folder and select Properties.
2. From the Properties dialog box, select the Customize tab, and then click the Change Icon button.
3. In the Change Icon dialog box, select an icon from the selections and click OK.
4. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
5. Open the folder, locate the Desktop.ini file, and double-click it.
6. Add InfoTip= to the end of the Desktop.ini file.
7. Type your detailed description immediately after the = sign.
8. Go to File Save and close Notepad.

You'll see your detailed pop-up description the next time you mouse over that folder.

Note: If you don't see a pop-up when you mouse over a folder, you need to enable a couple of settings. Go to Tools Folder Options and then select the View tab. Then, in the Advanced Settings list, select the check boxes for Display File Size Information In Folder Tips and Show Pop-Up Description For Folder And Desktop Items. Click OK.

Registry Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP

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