How To Create a Shortcut To Restart Explorer.exe

If we want to restart explorer, we just kill explorer.exe in Task Manager and restart it again by entering its name in New Task. But wouldn’t it be easier if we had a shortcut to do this? Luckily,  we can do this by creating a batch file.

How to Create

1.Open Notepad. You can open it by Start->Run->(type & enter) notepad.exe

2.Now copy paste the following code into notepad.

@ECHO OFF
echo.
echo.
echo ==========================================
echo Simple Script to Restart Windows Explorer
echo.
echo PC Tricks@2011
echo ==========================================
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 1: Closing Explorer . . .
echo.
TASKKILL /F /IM explorer.exe
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 2: Starting Explorer . . .
start explorer.exe
echo.
echo SUCCESS: Explorer is running.
echo.
echo.
PAUSE

3.Now in Notepad open File->Save As

4.Name the file anything just remember to set the file type to ‘All Files’ and the most importantly add

.bat

behind the file name or it won’t work.

5.Click on the shortcut and it will start restarting explorer.exe

Change The Icon (Optional)

1.If you want, you can change the shortcut icon by

Right clicking on it-> Properties->Shortcut. Below the shortcut tab, click ‘Change Icon’ button.

2.Now choose any of the icon available or you can create one yourself. Just make the image small, convert it to ico. Then repeat step 1 and browse to the icon you make. Set it as the shortcut icon.

Place to Put the Shortcut For Easy Access

1.Quick Launch

2.Desktop

3.Put the Shortcut in a Toolbar

4.Start Menu

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How To Unlock All Angry Bird Game Levels

Its just less then one day after released in Chrome Web Store, there already a hack to the popular game, Angry Bird.

To unlock all Angry Bird Game Levels:

1.Open the game if you haven’t and wait for it to fully loading.

2.Paste the code below into the addressbar then press enter …

javascript: var i = 0; while (i<=69) { localStorage.setItem('level_star_'+i,'3'); i++; } window.location.reload();

3.Now check all of the levels. They should be unlocked and ready to play!

To revert back just:

Paste the following code into the addressbar like the first code and press enter

javascript: var i = 0; while (i<=69) { localStorage.setItem(‘level_star_’+i,’-1′); i++; } window.location.reload();

Enjoy the game!

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SRWare Iron The Google Chrome Alternative For Total Privacy

SRWare is a Chromium based browser and is free and open source. Chrome, Rockmelt, ChromePlus are also build on Chromium frame. SRWare Iron is said to be the solution to Google Chrome controversy over its ‘built in user browsing habit spyware’.

Below is a table which differentiate Chrome and SRWare.

	SRWare Iron	Google Chrome
Automatic Update	N/A	Available
Privacy	Available	N/A
Speed	Same (not tested)	Same (not tested)
Safety	Partialy Available	Partially Available
Extensions	Available (might experience incompatibility)	Available
In-Build Advertising Blocker	Available	N/A (and will never do, EVER)
Portable Version	Available	N/A
Total Mark	SRWare (5  1/2)	Chrome (3  1/2)

Explanation

1.SRWare must be update manually and what’s more you have to download the full installer. In Chrome, it is taken care of automatically and only require small donwload.

2.Privacy is the reason why SRWare is built. Chrome as I told you before has legal spyware tracking you browsing habit, history, cookies and even possible your computer file index.

3.Speed is the same for both of this browser as both were built on the Chromium framework. Although I have not scientifically test it, SRWare feel a lot faster than Chrome.

4.Both browser has some flaw of its own. SRWare were not updated as frequent as Chrome and they did not have the large resources to do that as Google have. So SRWare security vulnerabilities will be patch much slower than Chrome. For Chrome, well it is the prime target for today’s hacker. In fact, Chrome is so easy to hack, there’s even a competition for it. So, it is very much the same. Chrome also have some security fail history. Just like a rouge ads in one of British bank pages, Google Chrome were ‘Owned’ by it and some other browser too but Firefox, not even a binary code edited.

5.Chrome extensions is compatible with SRWare but there will be a slight chance that an extensions are written specifically for Chrome and cannot work on SRWare.

6.Ad-Blocking is something Chrome user begging for years. But Google will never allow it since ads is their ‘food source’. No ads, no business, no money. Google Chrome does have AdBlock extensions and has been a top add-ons in Google Webstore. SRWare on the other hand have in built adblocker. You only need to adjust its adblock.ini file and done. But I wish there will be an easier method with GUI.

7.SRWare has its own portable version. Google Chrome, none at the moment.

This table is not fair in my opinion…(you think so?)

The table looks fair too me as all of the additional feature above is actually what Chrome users have been asking again and again. It’s just Google stubborn to add them.

Is SRWare Iron to be trust or just another big ‘G’?

Some people suggest that SRWare might be a scam and is collecting its own user browsing habit or similar act. And my imagination even tell me that this might be Google own fake company so that Chrome user who turn away will use this instead. Hope not or I’ll never trust any software like this.

Conclusion

SRWare Iron is a great browser and has some special feature of its own. For example, if you want a portable version of Chrome, you can give SRWare a try with no speed loss. Also, if you a privacy paranoid, SRWare Iron is a not proved but trusted by a growing community around the world.

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Google Music Beta Invitation Only Version Launched

Google Music is a new ‘innovation’ by Google which lets you upload your personal music collection to be listen and enjoy anywhere anytime in world, keep everything sync and forget the hassle of cable and files.

You can access your personal music collection at home or anywhere. Listen them from the web or enabled device with the Music app from Android Market. What’s more, even if you are online you can still access your song. Your recently played song will be automatically available offline. There’s also an option to specifically choose which albums, artists, and playlists you want to available when not online.

Spend more time listening to music and less time organizing them. Once you music is online its always available. Playlists are automatically kept in sync so no worry about cables, file transfers or running out of storage spaces.

Upload your file to a single library even if it’s scattered across multiple computers. You can upload music files from any folder or add iTunes library and all of your playlists.

Create custom playlists with a few clicks. Or use Instant Mix feature to automatically build new playlists of songs from you collection that go great together.  All the changes and playlists you create are automatically available everywhere your music is.

Unfortunately for all of us, Google Music Beta invitation is only available for United States citizens at the moment.

Google Music Beta

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