windows explorer stopped working

Source: http://www.computertooslow.com/windows-explorer-has-stopped-working.asp

My Computer > click on "Organize" tab (top left) > folder and search options > view tab. Check "Always show icons, never thumbnails" option and uncheck "Display file icon on thumbnails". 
This stops windows from generating the images and solved the problem

Windows 7 Open All Users

Open All Users
In Vista you can Open All Users by Right clicking the Start Orb but in WIN7 it's a little different: Open the start menu and Right click on All Programs and you have the option from there.

Remove Extra Space Between Paragraphs in Word 2007

If you don’t want Word to add the extra space, you can turn it off. However, you will need to turn it every time you open a new document unless you alter the Normal.dot template.

To turn off the space between paragraphs, follow these steps:

1. On the Home ribbon, find the Paragraph section
2. In the bottom right corner of the section, click the button to show the Paragraph dialog box
3. Select “Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style”
4. Click OK

Extract .msi files

To extract files from a .msi file at the command line, type:

msiexec /a PathToMSIFile /qb TARGETDIR=DirectoryToExtractTo

For example, to extract files from f:\zenworks\zfdagent.msi into c:\zfd701 you would type:

msiexec /a f:\zenworks\zfdagent.msi /qb TARGETDIR=c:\zfd701

The destination directory does not need to exist prior to running this command.

Cisco VPN works with Windows 7 (32bit)

I successfully installed VPN client 5.0.03.0530-k9 on my Win7 32bit pc.
Note: If former installations were not successful, first do an uninstall again
The steps I did:
Go to the Citrix website and download the winfix.exe and dneupdate.msi for 32 bit or 64 bit depending on your system.
Run the winfix.exe. When it is done you must reboot the machine.
After this reboot run the dneupdate.msi. This will also require a reboot of the machine.
Reinstall the Cisco VPN Client

Vista: Remove file association

Vista's File Association Mechanism doesn't let you simply remove an association, you can only replace an application with another one; anyway there is a trick.

Choose your association from the registry under the following KEY (for example .dll)
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.dll\OpenWithList".

Change Default Folder of Windows Explorer

Note: this will not work for explorer.exe from the START Button

1. Click on Start button, then go to All Programs, and finally Accessories. If you’re using Windows Explorer shortcut at other location, such as Quick Launch bar or Desktop, skip this step.
2. Right-click on Windows Explorer (or its shortcut) and then clickProperties.
3. In Windows Explorer Properties, click on Shortcut tab if you’re not already there.
4. The text box after “Target” by default will shown the value as below:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
Change the Target text box parameter to the following:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e,
where represents the full path to the new different folder that you want Windows Explorer to open as default folder on launch. The spaces must not be omitted.
For example, if you want Windows Explorer to run and show C:\ folder, the Target path should be like this:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, C:\
Or you if you want Windows Explorer to go directly to C:\MyFolder\directory, the line should read as below:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, C:\MyFolder\
A special case is to change the default setting so that all top–level drives and folders are shown. To show this folder view, use the following as Target shortcut so that when Windows Explorer is opened, you can choose from all the folders and drives, not just My Documents:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, /select, C:\
The above syntax for the Target with “/select” to open parent folder of the destination folder so that you can “select” from all folders (or drives) that are available on the same level of directory structures.
5. Click OK.
The trick works on most Windows operating system, including Windows XP and Windows Vista.