Open a Command Window Anywhere

If you are used to the command line, you will appreciate this tip. In Windows 7, you can use Windows Explorer to navigate to any folder you want and then Shift-right-click a folder and select the "Open command window here" option.

Use Themes for Other Locations

When you install Windows 7, you are asked to select your current location. The location that you select will determine the themes that you will see in Control Panel (under the Personalization application).

For example, if you have selected United States for your location, you should see the Aero Themes.

However, if you now change your location to some other place, such as Canada or United Kingdom, your Personalization control panel will now include themes for these additional locations.

Note If you change to a location that Windows does not have a theme for (such as France), you will not see any changes to the Personalization control panel. You can go online and download additional themes, though.

Besides changing your location to see the additional themes available, you can also go to a hidden folder (C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT) to locate the additional themes.

As you can see, there are five folders, each representing a location-Australia (MCTAU), Canada (MCT-CA), United Kingdom (MCT-GB), United States (MCT-US), and South Africa (MCT-ZA). Within each folder are several subfolders, one of which is the Theme folder. Inside the Theme folder, you will see a .theme file. When you doubleclick the .theme file, the current theme will be changed to the selected theme, and it will also appear in the My Themes section of the Personalization application.