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Shortcut Key to Create New Folder

This free add-on, bxNewFolder, lets you use a shortcut key to create a new folder within Windows explorer. Optionally, it adds a “New Folder” button to the toolbar of Windows explorer. If pressing F12 isn’t the fastest way to create new folder in certain situations, then clicking on the button will do the same thing.

Once you press the shortcut key or clicking on the button, a small window pops up. Enter the name of the folder into the provided space and click the “Ok” button to instantly create a new folder. If you hold down the Shift key while you click the “Ok” button, the new folder will be opened immediately after it is created.

No more crawling to the context menu again to access the option to create new folder. With a click on a button or shortcut key, you can instantly create a new folder. bxNewFolder works on Windows XP, 2000, 98, ME, NT.

bxNewFolder (Scroll down to the middle of the page to find the download link)

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Display Calendar On Tray by Shortcut Key or at Mouse Hover Over the Clock

The standard way to display calendar on Windows is double-clicking the clock at the tray. If this isn’t enough, there are two options you can choose. First is to use the excellent calendar freeware Rainlendar that provides many customization features and many free calendar themes, and the second option is to use QuickMonth Calendar freeware.

QuickMonth Calendar enables you to display a small calendar whenever you hover mouse over the clock tray. Optionally, you can display tray calendar using your own shortcut key. How long the delay should be before the calendar is displayed can be adjusted as well as the position of the calendar.

QuickMonth Tray Calendar Screenshots

There is no theme customization ability provided like what you can get from Rainlendar, but the calendar theme changes everytime you change Windows theme. Moreover, if you change the taskbar location from bottom to top, left or other sides of the desktop, the calendar will still be displayed over the tray whenever you hover mouse over the clock tray or pressing the shortcut key. However, you may need to restart Windows after you change the taskbar location.

QuickMonth Calendar

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View Windows Explorer in Full Screen

Viewing Windows explorer in full screen is useful if you happen to have lots of files and folders to be processed and that you want to be focused on the window. You won’t see the option to display the window in full screen because it is hidden by default. Depending on the option you take, you can view it in full screen simply either by pressing a shortcut key or button.

View Windows explorer in full screen with a shortcut key

Why move your mouse to hit a full-screen button if you can do it simply by hitting a single button on your keyboard? Just press F11 and the window will be displayed in full screen. Press F11 once more to restore the size.

View Windows explorer in full screen with a button

Some people are reluctant to memorize shortcuts. If this is the case, Windows explorer has a full-screen button that is hidden by default. To display the button you should right-click the toolbar and select “Customize…”.

A small window will open. On the left panel, scroll down until you find the button. Select it and click the “Add” button to move it to the right panel.

After you move the button, click “Close” to close the window. Now you can find the full-screen button on the toolbar. Click it whenever you want to work with your Windows explorer in full screen mode.

How to make it “more full screen”

Once you press the shortcut key or click the button, the menu bar and taskbar will be hidden from the display, leaving only the toolbar. If you don’t need this toolbar all the time, you can hide it so you will get more space in your full-screen mode.

In full-screen mode, right-click the toolbar and select “Auto-hide”. The toolbar will hidden instantly. To view it you just need to move your mouse to where it is located, which is on the top.

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Hide Yahoo Messenger Windows With Shortcut Keys

So, what happens if your boss caught you chatting on Yahoo Messenger while at work? Though this is not the main reason of why Yahoo Messenger Hider is made, the purpose is indeed to hide Yahoo Messenger windows so no one will know that you are chatting. It depends on how fast you press the shortcut key to hide Yahoo Messenger when someone comes near you, of course:)

Beside hiding all of the running Yahoo Messenger windows with a shortcut key, you can also choose to hide the tray icon as well or just change it to another icon as a signal that the status of your Yahoo Messenger is being hidden. If you are interested, Yahoo Messenger Hider is a freeware that also supports Yahoo Messenger 9.0 BETA and 9.0.0.2034 beside Yahoo! Messenger 8.1. It works under Windows XP / Vista.

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