Customizing Windows 7 for a Happier Life

For more PRODUCTIVE MS Windows

MS Windows 7 is a weak OS and I've never thought it's user-friendly because a user should touch many miscellaneous parts to make it usable or productive.

This article is about some tips including how to bring my apps or windows back onto the screen automatically after restart of Windows 7 for higher productivity.

Open 'My Computer', not Libraries when Windows Explorer clicked

1. Right click on the icon of Taskbar
2. Right click again on the small Windows Explorer icon
3. Properties
4. Type at the end of the Target textbox content, ' shell:MyComputerFolder', without the small quotation marks, including the space at the beginning.

 

Bring opened Windows Explorer windows back after restart

1. Go to Folder Options (via Control Panel, for instance)
2. View tab at top
3. Scroll down in 'Advanced settings:' area
4. Check 'Restore previous folder windows at logon
5. Don't close any Windows Explorers when shutdown/restart

 

Bring your always-used apps back after restart

1. Click Start button
2. Type 'shell:startup'
3. Drag & drop (making shortcuts) any program you want from Start Menu or from the application's folder (for example, C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3)
4. If possible, make the app's settings as it opens/recover all opened files/tabs (for example, set up your Chrome/Firefox to open all tabs back when it starts)

 

Typing Tips after Start button

1. shell:appdata to open hidden Appdata folder
2. shell:startup to open Startup Programs folder
3. shell:programfiles to open C:/Program Files folder
4. appwiz.cpl to open Programs and Features dialogue