How to Move / Show “Navigation Pane” at Right in Windows 7 Explorer?

Here is another interesting stuff for Windows customization lovers. We have told you in past how to move "Details Pane" at top in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Explorer:
How to Move / Show “Details Pane” at Top in Windows Vista and 7 Explorer?
Today its turn of "Navigation Pane"! Navigation Pane is shown at left in Windows Explorer and helps you in switching to drives and directories with the help of a single mouse click.
This article will help you in moving Navigation Pane to right in Windows 7 Explorer. Following is a preview of the output:

Believe me it looks great and I found it quite easy to use. If you also want to move Navigation Pane to right-side area of Windows 7 Explorer, simply follow these simple steps:
1. To move the Navigation Pane to right-side, you'll need to edit "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" in Resource Hacker and replace lots of occurrence of "Left" test string with "Right". You'll need to replace it in following sections of the file while editing it in Resource Hacker:

UIFILE -> 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 31, 46, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58

It'll require expertise and a small mistake will make your system not bootable.
For your convenience, we are sharing ready-made Shell32.dll file. This file is available for both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) Windows 7 editions.

Download Shell32.dll File for Windows 7 (32-bit)
Download Shell32.dll File for Windows 7 (64-bit)

2. Once you download the file, extract it using 7-Zip or WinRAR and you'll get the required Shell32.dll file.
3. Now you'll need to replace existing Shell32.dll file present in "Windows\System32" folder with this new downloaded one.
4. Once you take ownership, rename original "Shell32.dll" file present in "System32" folder to "Shell32_backup.dll".
5. Now copy your new downloaded "Shell32.dll" file to "System32" folder.
6. Restart your system and after restart Windows will start using your new Shell32.dll file and you'll get Navigation Pane at right-side of Windows Explorer.

[Direct Download Links] Windows 8 Release Preview (RC Build)

As you know that Microsoft has released "Release Preview" (Release Candidate) build of Windows 8 to public which can be downloaded using following topic:
Windows 8 Release Preview (RC Build) Released, Download Now
For your convenience, we are going to share direct download links for Windows 8 Release Preview build so that you don't need to go anywhere else. Just click on the download link and it'll start downloading Windows 8 Release Preview to your PC:

English

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Arabic

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Chinese (Simplified)

64-bit (x64) Download (3.4 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.6 GB)

Chinese (Traditional)

64-bit (x64) Download (3.4 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.6 GB)

French

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

German

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Japanese

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Korean

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Portuguese (Brazil)

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Russian

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Spanish

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Swedish

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)

Turkish

64-bit (x64) Download (3.3 GB)
32-bit (x86) Download (2.5 GB)
When you'll run Windows 8 Release Preview setup, it'll ask for a product key. You can use following product key provided by Microsoft:

TK8TP-9JN6P-7X7WW-RFFTV-B7QPF

3 Application Compatibility Registry Tweaks to Boost Windows Vista and Windows 7 Performance

We all know about "Application Compatibility" feature of Windows Vista and Windows 7. It helps you in running old software programs which are not compatible with new Windows versions. It monitors your system and whenever you run a program, it looks through a compatibility database. If it finds a match for the running application, it offers you the solution or compatibility fixes. If a match is not found, it shows a message that the application has a known problem with current Windows version.
Application compatibility feature comes with 3 main components:

• Application Compatibility Engine
• Program Compatibility Assistant
• SwitchBack Compatibility Engine

Application Compatibility Engine is the main part of the system loader and performs the check through program compatibility database.
Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) monitors user initiated programs for known compatibility issues at run time and provides recommended solutions to the user.
SwitchBack Compatibility Engine provides older system behavior to older applications and new system behavior to new applications.
All these 3 components are enabled by default in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Turning off these features will boost your system performance. However it may degrade the compatibility of older applications and may not block known incompatible applications from installing. Also you'll not receive solutions to known compatibility issues when running applications.
Turning off "Application Compatibility" feature is useful for people who like faster systems and want to achieve maximum performance from their systems and are aware of compatibility of the applications they are using.
So if you want to make your Windows faster and don't care about application compatibility, you can follow these instructions to turn application compatibility feature off:
1. Type regedit in RUN or Start Menu search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\

3. Create a new key AppCompat under Windows key.
4. Select new AppCompat key and in right-side pane, create following 3 new DWORD values:

• DisableEngine
• DisablePCA
• SbEnable

5. Set values of DisableEngine and DisablePCA to 1 and value of SbEnable to 0

6. If you are using 64-bit Windows edition, you'll also need to follow the same steps 3-5 for following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\

7. That's it. Close Registry Editor and restart your system to take effect.
Now you should notice faster system performance but you'll be unable to enjoy application compatibility feature.
PS: If you want to restore default settings and want to enable application compatibility feature, just remove the 3 DWORD values created in step 4.
NOTE: If you don't want to modify Registry manually and want a ready-made Registry script to do the task automatically, download following ZIP file, extract it and run the extracted REG file. It'll ask for confirmation, accept it:

Download Registry Script

Download Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta Version for Free

Adobe Photoshop is one of the best and most popular image editing software available for Windows and Mac. It allows you to modify and enhance your photographs like professionals. You can create awesome images using this great tool.
Windows theme creators like me use Adobe Photoshop to create image resources to put in themes and skins.
Adobe Photoshop is not a freeware and you need to purchase it but now you can test it for free. The latest beta of Adobe Photoshop version CS6 is available absolutely free to download.
This free beta version is available for Windows and Mac. The final version is expected to release in first half of 2012.
What's New?
According to Adobe, Photoshop CS6 comes with huge performance enhancements, imaging magic and creativity tools that offer users a new experience in digital imaging.
Some of the key features include new additions to the Content-Aware tools. Content-Aware Patch allows greater control by letting users select and duplicate an area of an image to fill in or "patch" another and Content-Aware Move lets users select and magically move an object to a new place in the image.
In addition, the Photoshop CS6 beta offers all the features of Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended, such as new 3D editing features and quantitative imaging analysis capabilities.
System Requirements:

• Processor: Intel P4 or AMD Athlon 64
• RAM: 1 GB
• Hard Disk Space: 1 GB for Windows, 2 GB for Mac
• OpenGL 2.0 capable system
• Screen Resolution: 1024x768 (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit color and 256MB of VRAM
• OS: Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 SP1, Mac OS X v10.0.8 or v 10.7

This free download of Adobe Photoshop is available in English and Japanese languages.
Please note that the setup does NOT require any product key or serial number to enter. Simply select "Try. I want to try Adobe Photoshop CS6 for a limited time" option in the Welcome Screen when you start the installation process. But your Adobe ID login and online activation are required either at installation or within seven days after your first launch of the Photoshop CS6 beta. You can register for a free Adobe ID without any problem using the wizard.
You can download the free beta of Adobe Photoshop CS6 using following direct download links:
Download Adobe Photoshop CS6 Free Beta for Windows (1.7 GB)
Download Adobe Photoshop CS6 Free Beta for Mac (984 MB)

Windows 8 “Win+X” Menu in Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu

When you right-click on extreme bottom-left corner of screen, you get a new hidden menu showing shortcuts to lots of useful system tools such as Task Manager, Control Panel, Run, Power Options, Command Prompt, etc. You can also access this hidden menu using "Win+X" keyboard shortcut, that's why its also called "Win+X Menu".
Following is a screenshot of Win+X menu present in Windows 8:

If you are not using Windows 8 but want to have a similar thing in Windows 7, here is something interesting for you!
Today in this topic, we are going to provide some ready-made registry scripts which will bring Windows 8 "Win+X" Menu to Windows 7 Desktop.
Although we can't get the Win+X Menu at the same location in Windows 7 but we can add it to Desktop context menu so that you can access it quickly and easily by just right-clicking on Desktop.
We have used the same method in creating this Win+X Menu for Windows 7 which was mentioned long time back in following exclusive tutorial:
Add Cascading Menus for Your Favorite Programs in Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu
Using the above mentioned tutorial, we have created a few Registry scripts which can add a new cascading menu in Desktop context menu containing all the shortcuts present in Windows 8 "Win+X" Menu. You can put this Win+X Menu at top, middle or bottom of Desktop context menu.
You can also select whether you want to show icons for all shortcuts or want to have a clean menu without icons similar to Windows 8 Win+X Menu.
Following is a preview of Win+X Menu added in Windows 7:

And following is an example of how the "Win+X" Menu looks in different positions:

To add Win+X Menu in Windows 7 Desktop context menu, you just need to download following ZIP file, extract it and run the appropriate REG file:

Download Registry Scripts to Get Windows 8 Win+X Menu in Windows 7

Once you extract the ZIP file, you'll get 3 folders:

• Add Win+X Menu with Icons
• Add Win+X Menu without Icons
• For German Language Users

All these 3 folders contain REG files to add Win+X Menu in Windows 7 Desktop context menu at top, middle or bottom. Just run the desired REG file, it'll ask for confirmation, accept it. That's it. It'll immediately add "Win+X" Menu at desired position in Desktop context menu. "For German Language Users" folder contains the same registry scripts to add Win+X Menu in German language.
An extra REG file "Uninstall.reg" is also available in ZIP file to remove the Win+X Menu if you don't like it and want to remove it.
You can also watch following video showing this "Win+X" Menu in action in Windows 7 along with a working demo:
Feel free to share your feedback or suggestions in your comment...

Facebook Messenger for Windows Released, Direct Download Link Inside

If you are a Facebook user, here is an exciting news for you. Facebook team has released the official Facebook Messenger for Windows users.
Facebook Messenger is basically a chat client for Windows which allows you to chat with your Facebook friends without going to Facebook website using a web browser. So you can consider it similar to Windows Live Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger.
Using Facebook Messenger, you can:

• Chat and message with your friends on Facebook
• See the latest updates from your friends in ticker
• Get quick notifications about what’s going on

Facebook Messenger can only be installed in Windows 7 at the moment. When you install it, it asks you to login using web browser. As soon as you log into your Facebook account in web browser, the messenger application automatically logs you in.
The interface looks as shown in following screenshot:

As you can see the UI is very simple and similar to Facebook website UI which helps you in getting the same feeling which you get while browsing Facebook website.
The messenger window also allows you to dock it to the right-side of your computer screen which makes it look-like a Desktop sidebar. To dock it, you just need to click on the small icon given at the extreme bottom-right corner of messenger window. Or you can right-click on messenger icon in system tray and select "Dock Window to Right" option. To put it back, you can either deselect the option or click on the same icon present in bottom-right corner of messenger window.
You can log out anytime by right-click on its system tray icon and select "Log out" option. Keep in mind, it'll also log you out from main Facebook website in your browser.
You can download it using following direct link:
Download Facebook Messenger
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