Change Folder Colors and Themes with Folderico

If you are tired of the bland vanilla folders in Windows or want to color code them for faster access, today we will look at Folderico which allows you to easily change folder appearance.

Folderico is a free utility from Shedko software and is quite easy to use. Launch the program and browse to the folder you want to change the color of. Here you can also put in a custom tooltip for the folder that will be displayed when hovering over it.

Next click on Select icon to bring up the multiple choices of colors and styles to choose from. After you choose the look of the folder click on Apply.

Now when you go to the location of the folder you will notice the change that was selected.

If you don't find something you like with the default themes they also offer several other user made themes to download.

After you download the new theme folder just move the file with the ".icl" extension into the Samples folder where Folderico is installed.

The default language for Folderico is English but there are several more to choose from and even more you can download online.

If you are looking for a way to color code your folders or spice up the look and feel of the folders, Folderico is free and easy to use.

Download Folder Folderico from Shedko Software

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How To Manage Action Center in Windows 7

In Windows 7 it can get annoying seeing the Action Center icon pop up notifications every time you turn on your computer. Today we will look at changing the messages that it displays and even completely disabling it.

New in Windows 7 is the Action Center which is an activity center that allows you to control system notifications. This is definitely an improvement to previous versions so you can control the amount of annoying messages the OS pops up from the taskbar. To get to Action Center select it from Control Panel or simply type "action center" (no quotes) into the search box in the Start Menu.

By default the Action Center notification icon will be displayed in the taskbar and display messages about security and maintenance settings.

While in Action Center you can view which settings are enabled or not and change them by clicking the different hyperlinks.

Click on Change Action Center settings to turn messages on or off.

If you are an experienced user and don't care to see the Action Center icon in the taskbar at all, here is how we disable it. Click on Start and go to Control Panel.

Now in Control Panel select All Control Panel Items and then click on System Icons.

The Turn system icons on or off window will open and here you change Action Center to Off. Notice you can also turn other system icons on or off as well.

Also if you click on Customize notification icons in the screen above you can select the behavior of other tray notifications individually.

If you are new to computers to Windows 7 you might not want to disable the Action Center entirely until you get a better feel for it. With these tips you can definitely control the amount of notifications that pop up.

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Friday Fun: Play Bubble Quod

Hey another Friday! Time to play a relaxing flash game on the boss's time. Today we look at Bubble Quod a fun physics game which should waste time until the whistle blows.

The basic idea is you're stuck in a bubble but you need to get out of it by traversing different obstacles and scenarios to get to a pin to pop the bubble.

You use the arrow keys to maneuver through obstacles in different levels. You need to get objects moving to bounce off them to get to different areas.

Points are determined by the amount of time it takes to get through the level.

This is truly a relaxing game with a cool jazzy music loop in the background.

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Import Microsoft Access Data Into Excel

Microsoft Access is a great place to store and organize data into tables, and creating queries to generate specific reports. Excel simplifies the process of presenting the data into single worksheets. Here we will show the steps to import an Access table into Excel.

Open up a new or existing Excel worksheet that you want to add the data to and click Data Get External Data From Access.

Next, browse to the Access database you want to get table information from and double click.

Now you will be able to scroll to the table within the database you want to add to Excel and double click.

The Import Data dialog box will open up for you to make various selections, in this example we are importing the table data so we can leave the default settings and select the cell to start the data import. Click Ok.

The data from the table will now be shown on the Excel worksheet in the same order as the table.

Related Article: Embed An Excel Worksheet Into PowerPoint or Word 2007

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Automatically Move Daily Emails to Specific Folders in Outlook

If you subscribe to daily email news letters they can quickly fill up an inbox. You might want to save them to read or reference at a later time. Keeping these emails in specific folders is a good way to keep organized. Today we will take a look at how to create a rule in Outlook to automatically place regularly received email messages in specifically assigned folders.

First right click on the email message you want to move to automatically move to a folder and select Create Rule.

This will open up the Create Rule screen so we can choose the conditions for this email. Depending upon how you have your mail set up (Exchange, Gmail, etc) will determine what to select for the conditions. Most of the time I set the rule by sender to one of my email addresses. Also, you can add visual and sound notifications. After you have selected the conditions the next thing to click is “Move the item to folder”.

Now browse the folder location you want the email to be sent to or create a new one.

Click OK in the Create Rule window then OK on the following confirmation dialog box. That’s it, now all daily emails will be sent to a specific folder.

This is just one of many helpful rules you can create in Outlook to stay organized.

Also Related: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/use-outlook-rules-to-prevent-oh-no-after-sending-emails/

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