Windows 7

Tips

Windows Explorer

• Press shift then right click, to get more options in context menu / SendTo folder
• Enter shell:sendto to configure SendTo menu

Change location of special shell folders (desktop, favorites, my documents)

• Method 1 — Right click on the folder → properties... → Location pane → change location
• Method 2 — Edit registry locations

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders ([1]).

• Note there is also

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders, but apparently it does not need to be modified.

Cleaning up Windows 7

Windows 7, as any Microsoft product, comes with a lot of bloat and crap. Unfortunately design is so bad that there is no way to clean it up. Here some links to help a bit.

Best Guides

• Tutorial: Reclaim disk space in Windows Seven, Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded      # To run in admin, and in sys32

• Move the Users Directory in Windows 7
  Using Junctions (hard symlink)

Disable hibernation

• Disable it as follows

powercfg.exe -h off

winsxs

• Disk Cleanup update
  Microsoft issued an update of Disk Cleanup that allows to reduce a bit the winsxs folder.
  • Breaking News! Reduce the size of the WinSxS Directory and Free up Disk Space with a New Update for Windows 7 SP1 Clients
• How to reduce the size of winsxs in windows 7 ultimate x64

ctts.exe C:\Windows        # Get real size of windows folders (handle soft links / hard links)

• Engineering Windows 7 - Disk Space
  Windows engineering trying to justify what cannot be justified, with bad arguments.

DriverStore

• How do I delete folders from the Windows 7 DriverStore?
  This was of no help for me on pc-112-597. I had to delete the folder manually

Other links for general information:

• How to Reduce the Size of the Winsxs directory and Free Up Disk Space on Windows Server 2012 Using Features on Demand