Windows 7 context menu 'New' show only "folder" option

Windows 7 - New context menu has "folder" option only

Couple of months ago when 1 day i do right click on a folder trying to add a new Rtf document but  the option was not there together with other options except Folder on New menu. Hence i thought it was the problem with New menu missing Rtf only.

Later i have found out that this problem has happened also but in different folder. Some folders work but other doesn't.

2 days ago i have found it very inconvenient so i have decided to fix it. 1st i try to check where are those folder that affected but it seems to be in random folders. So i google for more info about "Windows 7  right click new rtf missing" hopefully to can find a fix. One of the top search result show a site about remove and restore default "New" context menu in Windows 7 and Windows 8. 

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/28677-new-context-menu-remove-restore-default-menu-items.html.

There is a note at the website about only Folder available in the New context menu is in the root directory of the C: drive, C:\Windows folder, C:\Programs Files folder, C:\Program Files (x86) folder, and C:\User folder.

EXAMPLE: "New" Context Menu in Root Directory


NOTE: In the C: drive, C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86), and C:\Windows root directory folders and all of their subfolders, you will only have New - Folder available.




But those affected folders at my computer apparently does not belongs to the folders stated above.

A further note about Libraries folder.

NOTE: In the Libraries folder, you will only have New - Library available. However, in the included folders in a library, you will still have the default New context menu items available.



Than i check with regedit.exe to see whether the following string value is there
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rtf\ShellNew\NullFile to confirm if Rtf document option is in context menu. The key value existed therefore this is not the cause.

So i google more about 'win 7 why some folder has only "New folder" option in the New context menu'. A site Option to create a new text document is missing from the right click menu on the desktop suggested that to use SFC /SCANNOW command to repair corrupted system files. Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files.

I did that and have discovered from the %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log ufat.dll and uexfat.dll is corrupted. The site also suggested to download DllEscort to fix the corrupted dll. Repair Corrupted ufat.dll Files For Windows. After the fix and restarted the computer, the same problem still exist.

Now i was forced to go back again to check where are those folders that have been affected and why? I started to browse through partition by partition instead of folders. To my surprise other than Drive C: with certain specify folders mentioned earlier, only Drive E: (one of my partition in the harddisk) is affected and it stored mostly my documents, and which is why i have problem creating new documents using context menu most of the time.

Since only one partition (Drive E:) is affected, so i decided to check all the drives if they have the same properties especially Drive E:. What i have discovered from all the drive's properties is that they have the same number of users access in security tab.



But Drive E: has extra 2 users, Everyone & CREATOR OWNER, which both does not have any permissions access option to select either Allow or Deny.



And the previous google search also suggest that user's right to access folder will affect New option to create varies new document in context menu.

The next thing is try to remove that two users in Drive E: and see if the problem can be solved. After done that finally context menu in Drive E: is able to show all option for New to create new documents.

This has concluded that the user access permission actually will affect the New option in context menu.

The last note is that how did that two users were added to security access in Drive E:.

eMule V0.50a eD2K

eMule V0.50a eD2K cannot connect to server

I haven't used eMule for more than a year, before it was OK. Last week when i start eMule the eD2K server cannot be connected but Kad works fine, connected.

eD2K not connected

Kad connected

I than Google for eMule servers cannot be connected and found someone suggested to fix serverlist as below.

In 'Servers' right click on a server, choose 'Remove all' click in the space under 'Update server.met from URL' and press Ctrl and Del, used serverslists should desappear, click here and choose 'Add to eMule', use only these servers, otherwise you probably have a faked serverslist.

Here is the servers address list

Than i add the 1st IP to the New Server IP or Address column with Port # and Name of server than click Add to list button but eMule reject the add.

So i look at another help on eMule forum. A member suggest to fix the serverlist also. Here the steps.

Options - Server, be sure options number 4,5 and 7 are checked, remove all other checkmarks.
So options that have to be checked are only: "Use smart LowID check on connect", "Safe Connect" and "Use priority system".
In Servers click on a server and use Ctrl and A to select all servers, choose, if possibile, "Remove From Static List", rightclick on a server and choose "Remove All Servers".
In "Update server.met from URL" paste one of the following (or them all if you like, one at a time):

http://shortypower.org/server.met
http://gruk.org/server.met.gz
http://serveurs.emule-french.org
http://upd.emule-security.org/server.met
http://peerates.net/servers.php

And hit Update

After pasted the first web address 'shortpower.org/server.met, eMule servers list has been filled. Click Connect to have server connect now.


So paste more web address to add more eMule servers.

Change fonts in Lenovo P780

How To Change Fonts On Lenovo Devices

Changing the system font of my the system is one of such blocked features. On my Lenovo Yoga 8 B6000-HV Tablet and P780 phone, I can't change the default font at all thus I've had to rely on third party apps to change the fonts

#HiFont is the only app that seems to work flawlessly on my Lenovo P780 and even after deleting the app, the font change stays put.

Note: This app requires root access. Rooting your Lenovo device is pretty easy using Framaroot v1.9.1 which I've written about in the past. You can find it by using the search bar.

40tube Dialog

Error using 40tube Dialog in Win7

1. Error message keep poping out regulary.

It looks like file open issue, permission not granted since it is used by another process.

2. Can check new header but cannot update to group.

Try to install new & clean 40tube Dialog. 

(Special note to Win7, Win8 and mostly Win10 for installing 40tube Dialog)

Rename existing folder "40tube dialog" at C:\program files\ to another name. Downloaded file from http://dialog.datalist.org/, (4d2b38.exe) 40tube Dialog  2.0.15.1 Installer.

Installed to "C:\Program Files\40tube Dialog" folder. Download (dialog.84.zip) Dialog.exe 2.0.15.84 to replace Dialog.exe 2.0.15.1 for update. 

To use this update, first install Dialog 2.0.15.1 using one of the installer files above. To update to Dialog 2.0.15.84, download the "dialog.84.zip" file above. Rename the existing "dialog.exe" file in the "\Program Files\40tude Dialog" folder to "dialog.exe.old", and then extract the updated "dialog.exe" to the same folder.

Same error also. Google for answer found some sites like https://www.w7forums.com/threads/40tude-dialog-on-windows-8.17658/ suggested that 

Dialog doesn't work well on Windows 7 unless it is installed into a non-Program Files directory, i.e., it has to be installed in a directory which is not one of the two Windows 7 standard program file directories. Maybe the same problem in Windows 8.

Moved folder "40tube Dialog" to Drive G (3PP APP) and finally it is working now. 

Copy all data in previous 40tube dialog folder to "40tube dialog" folder in Drive G. Further test confirm it worked accordingly

The solution is to move 40tube Dialog folder to a non-Program Files directory for Win7, Win8 or even Win10.

Error printing a PDF file

Error "The Document Could not be printed" & "There were no pages selected to print" when printing a PDF file

Last week i have had problem printing PDF file to Brother MFC-J200 using Acrobat Reader XI V11.0 running on Win 7 32 bits. It will always prompt with the error above.



Printing with other software like Word doesn't has any problem. However printing to PdfCreator (generate a copy of Pdf file from any software) works. So the problem must have been lied on the Acrobat Reader itself.

I don't have any other printer to test with but using Chrome to open the Pdf and print works also.

I guess it may have caused by the last update with Brother full driver to fix the problem on "Control Center 4 unable to connect to Brother MFC-J200 Scanner" or other fix.

Googling on that error has some suggestion like uninstall and reinstall Acrobat Reader again but that doesn't help (Now i am using latest Adobe Reader DC 2015.023.20070). Some suggest to Print as Image but that doesn't work either.

1. Open the PDF file in Acrobat.

2. Choose File > Print.

3. Click Advanced at the bottom of the Print dialog box.

4. In the resulting Advanced Print Setup dialog box, select Print As Image and click OK.

Other suggest to check make sure printer drivers are up to date that it is a common problem with new software and printers not being compatible and indeed the driver is the latest version.

Some also suggest to delete the Acrobat preferences folder

1. Close Acrobat

2. Choose Start > Run and Type %APPDATA%Adobe\Acrobat\ in the Open Text box. Click OK.

3. Right-click either the 6.0 or 7.0 folder and choose Delete.

4. Start Acrobat and print.

Note: Acrobat preference files contain application settings such as toolbar arrangements. Once Acrobat is restarted, new preferences will be created automatically based on application defaults. Deleting preference files will not result in the loss of saved documents.

Still it doesn't work.

Other suggested to disable setting at the Preferences.
1. Open Adobe Reader > Edit > Preferences
2. Under Documents > change 'View documents in PDF/A mode' to Never.

3. Under Security (Enhamced), disable Protected Mode at startup

And this doesn't help also.

But there is a site suggested to disable additional setting at Preferences
1. Turn off one or more of the following settings:
    - Enable Protected Mode at startup
    - Protected View
    - Enable Enhanced Security


By going so to disable the Enhanced Security, finally the error message disappear when printing a PDF file in Acrobat Reader.

How to Delete Photos from Whatsapp

How to Delete Photos from Whatsapp Group, Erase Media, 

Images, Videos, Pictures on Android, iPhone

Lately my Samsung Galaxy S7 (32GB internal Ram + 32GB SDRam) has kept complaining about insufficient memory space.

When I checked where my 32 GB utilized, I found major share in Whatsapp media. I immediately tried to find how come Whatsapp has used more than 10 GB? And found, there are few Whatsapp group where I have more than 4000 medias!! 

First question came in my mind was, How I can Delete Photos from Whatsapp group which is taking huge space of my Phone’s memory? I thought for a while and found 2 options as per below, which will help you to delete all images or media from your Whatsapp group if you are using iPhone and Android based mobile. This may also help you to understand how you can apply similar solution for your Java, Windows, Nokia or Blackberry too.

Option 1: Delete Photos From Whatsapp Group at Once

Yes, you can do this!! Let me teach you how?

Best way is, you can click “Clear Conversation” from group options which will clear full conversation, but still you may follow lengthy way as described below if you wants 

1. Contact Whatsapp Group Admin that you are leaving group as you would like to erase all group medias which is taking huge space on your iPhone or Android mobile phone. So request him to Add you back immediately after you leave the group
2. Before leaving the group, send Whatsapp conversation in email. which will send you all medias in your email for backup purpose
3. Leave/Delete and Exit whatsapp group

That’s it. All the photos, images, videos was saved on your phone because of this group is deleted and you will have free space.

Even though, this method is fastest and best to Delete photos from whatsapp; there are few problems like below

• If admin of the group will not add you back :p
• If you are the Admin of the group, you may lose your role 
• In case, you would like few of the medias out of all.

If you think above points is important and you don’t want to take a chance by deleting all photos from whatsapp group at once, you may use 2nd method as described below.

Option 2: Delete Photos from Whatsapp Group one by one

Well, I know this method is boring specially when you have hundreds or thousands of media pictures and videos stored by your whatsapp group. But if option 1 is not suitable, you have only this option.

Well, even with this option, you may go inside “All media” section of the group and select all photos/videos you would like to delete and click “Delete” icon to delete all of them. But still you need to spend time behind selecting those thousands medias. 

Anyways, I hope these 2 options will be useful for you and will surely help you to know How to Delete Photos from Whatsapp group and remove medias, pictures, images, videos from Whatsapp group to release free space for your mobile’s internal memory.

1

Open WhatsApp. You can remove all photos and videos saved from a single chat in WhatsApp. This will remove all media from that chat without deleting its text messages.^[2]

2

Tap the “Chats” tab.

3

Tap a chat from which you want to remove all media.

4

Tap the ⁝ icon.

5

Select “Media.”

6

Tap and hold a thumbnail. This will select the photo or video for deleting. You’ll know its selected when you see a checkmark over the image.

7

Tap (without holding) more photos you want to delete.

8

Tap the Trash icon. It’s at the top right corner of the screen.

9

Make sure there is a checkmark next to “Delete media from phone.”

10

Tap “Delete.” The selected media is now removed from your device.

• If you no longer want WhatsApp to save copies of photos and videos to your Android, disable the feature in WhatsApp.

Control Center 4

Control Center 4 unable to connect to Brother MFC-J200 Scanner

My 1st all in one multi function printer was a Brother MFC-240C. A year ago on last February 2016 it has encountered a problem with the printhead. While waiting for the printhead replacement and there is a urgency to print & scan account documents, i have decided to buy another new model MFC-J200 and the previous model can be use as backup.

Brother multi function printer usually bundled with Control Center scanner & fax software. I have used Control Center 3 in MFC-240C until Control Center 4 in MFC-J200.

2 days ago suddenly Control Center 4 was no able to scan any things anymore. There is an error (CC4-202-00000008) whenever i try to click the scan button.

However, import from scanner in Paintbrush



And scan a document in Brother printer device software


are able to connect to the scanner.

A installation diagnostics check, from the Brother menu "MFC-J200" at startup, shown that the scanner installation has failed.


Some google has suggested to uninstall & reinstall the brother printer software again but it is still doesn't solve the problem.

Another google search has recommend that to remove the TWAIN file.




After the rename for Twain001.Mtx to TwainOld.Mtx, a new file Twain001.Mtx is created and now Control Center 4 has finally works again.