Windows Tips & Tricks

Topic:

Adding a "start" listing for a Cliptures-KoolKat catalog.

Tip:

Want to set up a Cliptures-KoolKat catalog so you can start it from the Windows Start button? Here's how: Put the Cliptures CD in your CD drive and give your computer a minute to read it.

Please note: Although this tip works, there are enough variables from computer to computer that we cannot do tech support on this. You're on your own!

1. Click on the Windows Taskbar "Start" button.
2. Go to the Settings option and choose Taskbar... .
3. Click on the "Start Menu Programs" tab.
4. Click on the "Add" button.
5. In the "Create Shortcut" window that opens, click on the "Browse" button.
6. In the file dialog window that opens, locate the _KOOLKAT folder on the Cliptures CD (or on your hard disk if you've copied the _KOOLKAT folder to your hard disk), and double-click on the _KOOLKAT folder to open it.
7. Click on the CLIPTURE.EXE file name so that it is selected.
8. With the CLIPTURE.EXE file name selected, click the "Open" button.
9. Back at the "Create Shortcut" window, click on the "Next" button.
10. The next window that comes up asks you to "Select Folder to Place Shortcut In:" Click on the "New Folder" button.
11. Change the name of the folder to "Cliptures-KoolKat".
12. After you have changed the name of the folder, click on the "Next" button.
13. The next window that comes up asks you to "Select a Name for the Shortcut:" Type in "Cliptures" and the number for the Cliptures volume you are setting up. (Like "Cliptures 33".
14. After you have typed in the name for the Cliptures volume, click on the "Finish" button.
15. And finally, back at the "Taskbar Properties" window, click on the "OK" button.

That's it! You now have a "start" item added for the Cliptures volume.