A MISSING SEND TO COMMAND
J. Parker writes, "When I use Find to locate files, and then right-click a selection of files in the Find window, the Send To command is missing. How do I return this command to the menu?"
You can't. According to Microsoft, this problem exists if you attempt to access the Send To command with multiple files selected (in a Find window). The only workaround is to right-click one file at a time and select Send To.

REMOVE YELLOW SPEAKER FROM TASKBAR
See that little yellow speaker in the tray of your Taskbar? If you use it frequently (click it once for volume control), great. If not, there's no point wasting valuable Taskbar space.
To hide this control, right-click the speaker icon and select Adjust Audio Properties. On the Audio tab of the Audio Properties dialog box, deselect Show Volume Control On The Taskbar and then click OK.
Want your speaker back? Open the Control Panel, double-click Multimedia, select the option you just deselected (on the Audio tab), then click OK.

CALCULATOR HELP
In a previous tip, we showed you how to transform a seemingly simple Calculator into a scientific tool: Select Start, Programs, Accessories, Calculator; then select View, Scientific. Not sure what each of these new buttons does? All you have to do is ask. Right-click any button and click What's This? to display a description of that button (and a keyboard equivalent).

PRINT LIST OF CALCULATOR SHORTCUTS
In our last tip, we told you how to display the keyboard equivalent for any Calculator button: Right-click any button, select What's This?, and look below the description.
Want a list of these shortcuts for handy reference? Select Help, Help Topics. On the Contents tab, select Tips And Tricks, then select Use Keyboard Equivalents Of Calculator Buttons. Inside the Calculator Help
window, select Options, Print, Print The Selected Topic, and then click OK. Adjust any printer options, if necessary, then click OK one more time.

CALCULATOR'S MEMORY FUNCTIONS
Suppose you've just completed a calculation (in the Windows 98 Calculator), and you'd like to insert the result into another calculation. Don't waste time writing it down. Store it in memory so you can insert it into the next equation at the click of a button.
With the number you'd like to store in memory displayed in Calculator, click the MS button. (An "M" appears in the gray box above all the "M" buttons.) Now go ahead with the other calculation. When you need to insert the stored number, click the MR button.

MORE ON CALCULATOR'S MEMORY FUNCTIONS
In our last tip, we introduced Calculator's memory functions: To store a number in memory, click the MS button; to insert the stored number later on, click the MR button.
So what do the rest of those "M" buttons do? To clear the number in memory, click the MC button. (Or, click MS to overwrite the number in memory with the currently displayed number.) To add the currently
displayed number to the one in memory, click the M+ button and then click MR to display the result.

SWITCHING BETWEEN SINGLE-CLICK AND DOUBLE-CLICK ICONS
Do you prefer to activate your icons using a single click, as with a Web page link, or a double-click, like in the old days? Regardless of your preference, Windows 98 makes it easy to switch back and forth.
Open any Explorer window and select View, Folder Options. Select Web Style if you prefer the single-click approach. Or, to stick with the classic double-click, choose Classic Style. Click OK, and Windows
applies your choice.
There are other settings that go along with the Web Style or Classic Style desktop. For example, choosing Web Style places an underline below each icon title. In our next tip, we'll show you how to mix and
match settings from these desktop styles.

COMBINE SETTINGS FROM WEB STYLE AND CLASSIC STYLE DESKTOPS
In our last tip, we showed you an easy way to switch between single-click and double-click icons: Open an Explorer window; select View, Folder Options; and select Web Style (for single-click icons) or
Classic Style. We also mentioned that there are other settings that go along with the Web Style or Classic Style desktop. Want to mix and match settings from the two styles? Select the third option under
Windows Desktop Update--Custom, Based On The Settings You Choose--then click the Settings button.
In the resulting Custom Settings dialog box, choose your settings. For example, if you've selected the Web Style desktop, but don't want all your icon titles underlined, select Underline Titles Only When I Point At Them. Select other settings, if desired, click OK, then click Close.

ADJUSTING ICON SPACING
Not happy with the spacing between your desktop icons--in other words, do you wish there were more (or fewer) icons in a row? Then change your icon spacing.
Right-click the desktop and select Properties. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Appearance tab, then click the down arrow under Item and select Icon Spacing (Vertical). Click the up or down arrow next to Size to change the current spacing, then click Apply to see your change on the desktop.
If the icons look too far apart, decrease the Size setting, then click Apply again. Or, if the icons are so close together that they're overlapping, increase the Size setting. (We were able to fit nine desktop icons in each row by changing the vertical spacing to 30.)
Follow the same steps if you want to adjust the horizontal icon spacing (also in the Item list). Then, to save these changes as part of a color scheme, click Save As, name the scheme (or type the name of the current scheme), and click OK. Otherwise, simply click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box.

PRINT DIRECTORY LISTING USING SHAREWARE
We can't tell you how many requests we receive for a way to print a directory listing (a printout of all, or some portion of, the files and folders on your system). There are a number of ways to go about it, but since you're already online, by far the easiest route is a shareware program.
One you may want to try is Directory Printer ($24), available for download from Glenn Alcott Software:
http://www.galcott.com/dp.htm
Don't want to deal with shareware? In the next few tips, we'll show you how to print directory listings using DOS commands.

DOS COMMAND TO SEND DIRECTORY LISTING TO *.TXT FILE
In our last tip, we mentioned a shareware program that allows you to print directory listings on your Windows 98 system. Directory Printer ($24) is available for download from Glenn Alcott Software:
http://www.galcott.com/dp.htm
But if you don't want to bother with shareware, you can use DOS commands to create a text (TXT) file, then print it from your application of choice.
Suppose you want to print a directory listing for drive C. First, create a text file, such as C:\My Documents\DirListing.txt, from this listing. Select Start, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt, and type the following
command line:
dir C:\ /S > C:\MYDOCU~1\DirListing.txt
(Note: The /S switch searches all folders and subfolders. Also, since the Windows name of the My Documents directory exceeds the DOS eight-character limit, we used the directory's DOS name, MYDOCU~1.")
Now print the listing. Close the MS-DOS Prompt window and use your word processor to open the TXT file you just created. (Don't use Notepad--it can't handle large files.) Print the file as you would any
other document. The nice part is, you have access to all of that program's commands, such as page breaks.
In our next tip, we'll show you how to send a directory listing right to the printer without creating a TXT file.

DOS COMMAND TO SEND DIRECTORY LISTING TO PRINTER
In our last tip, we showed you one way to print a directory listing: Use DOS commands to create a text (TXT) file, then open and print the file from any word processor. Would you rather send that information
directly to the printer (for example, if you don't need any word processing commands)? If so, you can forget the TXT file.
Simply exit to a DOS prompt, type
dir C:\ /S > prn
and press Enter. (Note: The /S switch searches all folders and subfolders.)
In our next tip, we'll discuss some handy switches for these DOS commands.

SWITCHES FOR PRINTING DIRECTORY LISTINGS FROM DOS
In our last tip, we showed you how to send a directory listing directly to your printer: Exit to a DOS prompt, type the command line
dir C:\ /S > prn
and press Enter. (Note: The /S switch searches all folders and subfolders.)
Now let's look at a couple of switches to customize these listings. To print a listing of all the directories and subdirectories on a drive, but not the files inside them, use the /AD switch:
dir C:\ /AD/S > prn
To print a detailed listing (for example, including long filenames) of all the files in a folder, not including the folder's subdirectories, use the /V switch:
dir C:\{path to directory} /V > prn
To add subdirectories and their files to the above detailed listing, add the /S switch:
dir C:\{path to directory} /V/S > prn
Finally, to send the information to a TXT file instead of directly to the printer, just substitute the "prn" in any of the above commands with the path and name of a TXT file.

MULTICOLOR TITLE BARS
Want to see a neat trick? Right-click the desktop, select Properties, and in the Display Properties dialog box, click the Appearance tab. In the dropdown list under Item, select Active Title Bar. To the right of
that option, you'll see two settings, Color and Color 2. Use them to select two colors (or change only one color), and check out the title bars in the preview area! They fade from one color to the other. Pretty slick. When you find a color combo you like, click OK to keep the change. (Note: You can also select two colors for the Inactive Title Bar component.)

MULTICOLOR TITLE BARS
Want to see a neat trick? Right-click the desktop, select Properties, and in the Display Properties dialog box, click the Appearance tab. In the dropdown list under Item, select Active Title Bar. To the right of
that option, you'll see two settings, Color and Color 2. Use them to select two colors (or change only one color), and check out the title bars in the preview area! They fade from one color to the other. Pretty slick. When you find a color combo you like, click OK to keep the change. (Note: You can also select two colors for the Inactive Title Bar component.)

TURNING OFF MENU AND WINDOW ANIMATION
Try this: Right-click the desktop or select a minimized Taskbar item (to restore it). In Windows 98, menus and windows don't just appear, they ROLL onto the screen.
If you're like us, you find these special effects dizzying after a while. To turn them off, right-click the desktop, select Properties, and click the Effects tab. Deselect Animate Windows, Menus And Lists,
then click Apply or OK.

CHANGING SHORTCUT ICONS
Not happy with the icons Windows 98 has chosen for your favorite shortcuts (any icon with a little arrow in the lower-left corner)? Then change them.
Right-click the shortcut you want to change and select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, then click the Change Icon button. In the Change Icon dialog box, select a new icon and click OK. (If you don't see one you like, click the Browse button, select another icon file--for example, Windows\System\Shell32.dll or
Windows\System\Pifmgr.dll--and click Open to display its contents in the Change Icon dialog box.) Click OK one more time to apply the selection to the shortcut.

CHANGING FOLDER ICONS
In our last tip, we showed you how to change the icons Windows 98 uses to represent your shortcuts. Many of you have asked how to change the look of folder icons, but unfortunately, it can't be done--not without shareware, that is. One program you may want to try is AiryFolders, available for download from AirySoft at
http://airysoft.hypermart.net/AiryFolders.html
Once you've installed the program, right-click a folder you want to change and select Properties. Select the New Icon tab, choose Closed or Open, and click the Change Icon button. From here, the technique is
identical to the one for changing a shortcut icon: Select a new icon and click OK twice (or click Browse, select another icon file, click Open, and so on).

MINIMIZE WINDOW USING KEYBOARD
Have you ever clicked the "X" caption button by mistake, when you intended to minimize a window but not to close it? Talk about frustrating! If you tend to be a little click happy, stick with the keyboard: Press Alt-Spacebar, then press N to send the active window to the Taskbar.

STOP STARTUP PROGRAMS
Is there a program that starts whenever Windows starts--one that drives you crazy because you don't need it, but can't figure out how to turn it off? The Windows 98 System Configuration Utility allows you to turn off any auto-start program with the click of a check box.
Select Start, Run, type
msconfig
and click OK. In the resulting System Configuration Utility dialog box, click the Startup tab to display a list of all programs that start whenever Windows 98 starts. Deselect the pesky one (making certain you know which one it is), then click OK. The next time you start Windows, that program is nowhere in sight.

TURN OFF WINDOWS PASSWORD
How to get rid of the Windows password every time you start your computer. If you're the only user, having to press Cancel every time your computer starts is a real pain. Fortunately, it's easy to turn off the Windows password. Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel and open the Passwords icon. Then click the Change Passwords tab and click the Change Windows Password button. Make sure all three fields are completely blank and click the OK button to save changes.