Tag: dialog
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Removing the File Association Web Service Dialog
I’m often annoyed by this dialog box when I open unassociated filetypes: Luckily, the annoyance is simply removed thus: Startmenu > Run Type regedit and press enter Find the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Explorer Create a new DWORD value called NoInternetOpenWith, with a value of 1 Update: I’ve tried this on Windows 7, and it works there as…
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Creating a shortcut and hotkey to Windows’ "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog
In a previous post I talked about using Windows’ “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog to avoid losing data from USB drives. Having done some more research, I’ve found a way to create a shortcut to this dialog. The shortcut is simple to create, and uses a RunDll32.exe command that looks like this: RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll …