WinXP super function My document also has a secret

"My Documents" is a system folder in Windows XP, but many friends don't use it often, or just use it to store some daily work files. In fact, "My Documents" is not just a simple way to store files, it also has a lot of secrets and features not used!

1. Change the path to save the file

The default path of "My Documents" is "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Username\\My Documents", and for security reasons, usually everyone The working files are not saved on the system partition, so it is necessary to transfer the "My Documents" path.

Right-click on the "My Documents" icon on the desktop and select the "Properties" command to open the Properties Settings dialog. Move to the "Destination Folder" tab and click the "Move" button. In the pop-up browsing folder dialog box, select the common working folder path. In this way, when editing a file later, it can be conveniently saved to the working folder at any time.

Sometimes you need to copy multiple files of different paths, move to a specified folder, you can set the "My Documents" path to point to the folder where you want to save the file. Then right-click on the file you want to move and select the "Send to → My Documents" command in the pop-up menu to quickly copy files from different paths to the specified location.

2. Create a "no window" resource manager

By setting, you can view the contents of "My Documents" in the "Start" menu. This function can be used to create a convenient Resource manager.

First right click on the "Start" menu, select "Properties", click the "Customize" button, open the "Advanced" tab, find "My Documents" in the "Start Menu Item" list ", and set to "Show as menu". After setting, select “My Documents” directly in the “Start” menu, and the next sub-menu will pop up automatically, from which you can see “My Music”, “My Pictures” and so on.

Now, according to the above method, set the default path modification of "My Documents" to the common work drive letter, for example, it can be set to "D:\\". After setting, click "Start → All Programs", move the mouse to "My Documents", you can see all the folders and subfolders in the D drive. And it can conveniently display the next sub-menu, jump in each sub-folder, copy the moving files and other operations. This "mini" type resource manager has no window, it will be closed automatically after opening, no need to click the mouse when jumping to the directory, and it can be called at any time when there are other program windows on the desktop to maximize the work, it does not affect at all. Use of other programs.

3. "My Documents" can also make screen savers

In "My Documents", there is a "Picture Collection" folder by default, and in Windows XP, I use the Picture Collection folder. Dynamic screen protection can be easily created.

First copy the pictures you want to make as screen saver into the "My Documents → Picture Collection" folder, then right click on the desktop and select the "Properties" command in the pop-up menu. Click the "Screen Saver" tab, select "Picture Collection Slideshow" in the drop-down box, and then click the "Settings" button. In the settings dialog box, you can set the display effect of the screen saver. When you're done, click "Preview" to see the effect.

Check the "Use transition effect between photos" option, in order to have a beautiful picture switching effect.

4. Fast network sharing files

Sometimes some documents need to be shared on the network for other users to view, or edited by multiple people, then "My Documents" can be defaulted. The path is set to network share. Right click on "My Documents", open the Properties dialog in the pop-up menu and select the "Share" tab. Set a share name, and the number of users that can be accessed. Click the “Permissions” button to set the user's read and write permissions for “My Documents”. When you are finished, when you want to share the file with other network users, right click on the right button and select “Send to → My Documents”. The operation is very convenient.

5. Document Index Accelerated Search

If you often want to search for data in "My Documents", you can open the "My Documents" indexing function, so the search speed will be very large. improve.

Right-click "My Documents", select the "Properties" command, then click the "Advanced" button in the "General" tab, under "Archive and Index", set the "My Documents" The files in the "index" to speed up the search.