Remove Burn Button in Windows Explorer

Remove Burn Button in Windows Explorer

You may want to remove the Burn button in Windows Explorer for a variety of reasons including security ( not allowing staff to burn in a secure Windows Environment) through to the fact that it just gets in the road. The Burn icon in Windows Explorer is shown below:

The good news is that its very easy to remove with some knowledge on how to manipulate the registry.

1. open the start menu and enter regedit either in the search bar of Windows 7 or just type it into the start menu on Windows 8. 
2. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer .
3. right click in the white pace in the right hand window and choose new then Dword
   
4. name the dword NoCdBurning and set the Value to 1
   
5. Close the registry editor and restart the computer.

The above article details how to remove the Burn icon from Windows Explorer.

Opening a window in full screen mode in a batch file

Opening a window in full screen mode in a batch file

this can be done using the start /max statement at the start of the command.in context this can be used to open an IE window in full screen for portal access or similar.


start /max "%programfiles%\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.dizzyit.com

 the same can be used to start in minimized mode with start /min

How to delete corrupted Windows Update Files in Windows 7

How to delete corrupted Windows Update Files in Windows 7

If you have an update file cached on  a windows 7 machine that is causing issues, or that you want to tidy up for imaging purposes,  the process is really straight forward to clean it up.

the files are located at c:\windows\C:\windows\SoftwareDistribution\download . if you delete the contents of this folder, the cached copy should no longer be an issue.

if you wanted to script this in a batch file, it could look something like this:

rmdir /s /q C:\windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

rmdir /s /q C:\windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

as you can see, pretty straight forward issue to a common problem!

this guide can also be found on our sister site, DizzyIT.com at: http://dizzyit.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=74&action=edit&message=1

Create Network and Sharing Center Shortcut in Windows 7

In windows 7, it can be troublesome getting a Network and Sharing Center Shortcut for the desktop, which in my case is something i wanted for an SOE i was building. after some research i came across the following sollution:

1. go to the desktop, right click and select create new shortcut

2. In the create shortcut text box paste the following text:

C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{8E908FC9-BECC-40f6-915B-F4CA0E70D03D}

3. Choose Next and then type in a name for the shortcut. I normally just use Network and Sharing Center as that’s what your creating a shortcut for in the first place!

4. Choose Finish and you’re done! from here if you wanted you could go and chance the icon and name from within the properties for the shortcut.

this is also repeated on our sister site www.dizzyit.com at: 

http://dizzyit.com/2011/11/13/network-sharing-center-shortcut-windows-7/