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FILE MANAGEMENT WITH EXPLORER

Changing the font in Explorer.
Locating files fast in a folder.
How long can long file names be?
What DOS does with long file names.  - updated
Change the file description to anything you like.
What are GID files? (and the Find tab in Help).
Sorting files.
Adding applications to the SendTo folder.
Creating a Quick Viewer for HTML source code.
Disk space occupied by folders, including subfolder.
Two ways to see free disk space for all partitions  
Using Explorer to manage the Start menu
THE TASKBAR

Adding a Control Panel menu to the Start Button
Navigating the Start menu with the keyboard.
Moving, hiding and sizing the Taskbar.
Time and date.
THE DESKTOP

Accessing the Find dialog
Focusing on the Desktop.
Starting a screen saver from the Destop.
Sending email from the Desktop.
Changing the icon spacing.
OTHER
List of keyboard shortcuts  
Creating a Web page of your Favorites.
Installing fax services after a Windows 98 clean install (Please see the maintaining the Windows OS page)
Restoring the Internet Explorer spinning globe after the installation of MSN.
Enabling address bar searching in IE5.
Adding Alexa's "What's related?" to the IE5 Toolbar.
Removing the logon dialog (Win 95 +)
Re-arranging the Programs menu in alphabetical order  
logo.sys and msdos.sys on compressed drives.
Symvnt crashes.
System file backup and restore. (Win 98 +)
Restarting Windows without rebooting.
Viewing info on IRQ's, DMA channels, I/O and BIOS address space.
Dial-Up-Networking does not remember your password.
EASTER EGGGS

Windows 95 (I).
Windows 95 (II)

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