Since the release of Windows 8, I have been increasingly frustrated by Windows settings being stashed in all sorts of strange places, and having to trawl in the deeps of Microsoft's labyrinthine thinking. Going looking for power settings, for example, can take us to four different places, through four different access points. Confusing. Annoying. A huge time waster.
However, there is a way to get all your Windows 10 settings all together, and that is by using "God" mode. And - even better - it is very simple to set up a folder on our desktop so we can access all the MS settings from this one location. While it looks budget, search enables us to find whatever it is that we seek. Bliss.
First we need to check that we have administrator rights on our account (here for details). Once we have done that, then all we need to do is to simply right click on an empty space on our desktop. From the pop-up menu, select "New", then Folder. We then rename the folder as follows:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
We can now see that the folder icon is replaced by a settings icon (like the accompanying image), and - when we click on the folder - we get a list of all the things that we can now access, grouped into helpful sections.
... and that's all there is to it.
Sam
read more "Windows 10 master settings"
I still use a very old piece of kit for working with images, called PaintShop Pro 9. The last update was in something like 2003.
However, it works.
There has just been one niggle that I have had, and I FINALLY got around to solving it recently. Each time I 'save as' on an image, the programme defaults to a 'psp' file, which is a format that I don't use.
I wanted to know how to always save as a jpg.
And now I know how.
Go to File | Preferences | General Program Preferences | Display andCaching | select "Re-use last type in file save-as dialog".
Once you tick that, when you save the next file as a jpg, the programme will remember. Who knew it was SO easy.
So much time wasted in changing file types for so long!
Sam
- NB: If you are using PaintShop Pro 7, the path is File | Preferences | General Program Preferences | Dialogs and Palettes | select "Remember last type used in file save-as dialog"
read more "PaintShop Pro save as file type"
