Its quite obvious to the readers, that I love music. Who does not love to hear music? Apple has won the mind of the Music lovers with iPod and other mobile devices based on iOS. iTunes is the heart of all. Although WMP for Mac does not exist, but fortunately Windows version of iTunes exists. You probably know that there are two version of iTunes for Windows - 32 bit and 64 bit. 64 bit version is … [Read more...]
Eject CD DVD from right click context menu in Windows 7
Eject CD DVD from right click context menu or just by a shortcut in Windows 7. No software installation is required. With a simple vbs script, we will use the Windows Media Player's eject function to eject CD DVD or blue ray disk. Here is how the option eject CD DVD from right click context menu in Windows 7 will look like: We will need to create a vbs file, an icon and a registry file … [Read more...]
Cascading list of folders in right click context menu in Windows 7
Our regular reader Roberto has asked in the previous tutorial : Hello, I love your site, follow daily I wonder if it is possible to Cascading list of folders in right click context menu in Windows 7 ? Thanks (Used google translator, Pt to En) Firstly, many many thanks to Roberto for being a regular reader of TheCustomizeWindows and leaving a nice idea. Update on June 2020 : This guide … [Read more...]
Add show/hide hidden files option to right click context menu
In this tutorial we will show you how to add or remove Show/Hide hidden files option in Windows 7 right click context menu. When you click the option in right click, you will hear the default Windows Exclamation sound. You can change the sound too (read ahead). You may need to refresh the current folder in order to view / hide the hidden files. Procedure We will create a vbs file to carry … [Read more...]
Preview songs in WMP 12 on mouse hover in Windows 7
Windows Media Player (WMP) 12 in Windows 7 lets you preview and listen your songs or tracks automatically on mouse hover. The playing stops as soon you lift off the mouse cursor. To enable this, open Windows Media Player 12, click Tools and then Options on the menu bar: in the Options window, go to Library Tab : Now, check the box (where we have placed the … [Read more...]
Play Flash videos (FLV) on Windows media player (WMP) in Windows 7
Flash format (.flv) are getting popular day by day. Windows Media Player (WMP) can not play flash (.flv) files by default. However, by using a plugin called Play FLV, we can play .flv files on WMP in Windows 7. In this tutorial, we will help you to configure your Windows 7 PC, so that you will be able to play Flash videos directly in Windows Media Player. Download this little plugin. It … [Read more...]
Playing Media files and customizing Windows Media Player 12
You can access Windows Media Player 12 (WMP) in Windows 7 from :By Single Clicking the WMP icon in taskbar to open the player.Or By Right clicking over the WMP icon in the taskbar to get more options like above: or By Clicking the Start button then selecting and clicking WMP Or Going to the location where the file is located and double clicking it. Changing file association If you have … [Read more...]
How to modify a Windows Media Player skin and get a customized WMP skin of your own
I thought out this "simple" way of "creating" your own Windows Media Player Skin, without the need of knowing any complex xml and java script programming knowledge. What is a Windows Media Player Skin? It is nothing but a zip folder saved as wmz (Windows Media Player Skin format),which include a xml file, a Java script file and lot of image files. How we will proceed? Technically, we will do … [Read more...]
Change the Background in WMP12
This tutorial will show you, how you can enable and choose the seven backgrounds provided by Microsoft by default (but they are not easily discoverable) in Windows Media Player 12. You do not need any extra 3rd party software. After reading the tutorial, you can do yourself very easily. Step 1: Click Start button, type "regedit" (without quotes), the program will appear at the top of the … [Read more...]
Organizing your Media Files in Windows 7
It is of utmost importance to organize the media files in any computer. Otherwise, you will have all your favourite music, video files in your computer, but, cant find out in the right moment. There are two ways of organizing your media files. First one is through player interface, making them arranged in Artist wise, Album wise manner. Second way is to organize through Windows explorer … [Read more...]
Guide to Create a 3rd Party Theme
We are not talking about changing the wallpapers, changing the taskbar color , saving it and calling it "custom theme"; its about how to create excellent looking third party theme also known as "Visual Style". You must need some tools, in order to create a custom theme. 1. Resource Hacker. Go to the Resource Hacker Page to download. 2. System File Replacer by xuliikoo in Deviant Art. … [Read more...]