Internet Explorer
a. Tools > manage add-ons, then select to Show "all add-ons"
b. Gear icon > manage add-ons, then select to Show "all add-ons"

FireFox
a. Tools > add-ons > plugins
b. Menu icon > add-ons > plugins

Chrome
a. Type "about:plugins" OR "chrome:plugins" in the address bar
b. Chrome Menu Button icon --> Settings --> Click Show advanced settings --> In the "Privacy section", click the Content settings button

To disable special formating

1. Go to Options > Proofing
2. Click AutoCorrect Options
3. uncheck Replace Straight quotes with smart quotes
4. uncheck Replace Hyphens with dash
5. May need to restart Word

Note:
Auto formatting in Office software is handy, but when not wanted, simply undo immediately after the correcting happens and it will revert to the unaltered text you typed, in most cases.

Windows7/10

1. Locate the file "OUTLOOK.EXE"
2. Create shortcut with the full path as target.
   eg: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\OUTLOOK.EXE"
3. Click finish
4. Right click on the new link and choose properties
5. Add the parameters /recycle /nopreview to the end of the target:
   "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\OUTLOOK.EXE" /recycle /nopreview

Menu > View > message preview > off

Menu > View > reading pane > off

Some software allows adding "shortcut" icons on the title bar (AKA "quick access toolbar"). Adding some of the commonly use but hard to find menu item to the quick access toolbar can help.

1. Find item in ribon
2. Right click
3. "Add to quick access toolbar"

Windows7/10 To remove shortcuts from desktop

1. create a text file with .bat as the file extension
   eg: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\deleteShortcuts.bat
2. Add to the file
   del "C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\Desktop\shortCutNameHere.lnk"

Plan B
Go into your IT department and managers desks every morning and find a stapler and place it on their desk until they change their policies.

To stop the warning on shortcuts on desktop (or other locations) Windows7

1. create a text file with .bat as the file extension
   eg: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\fixShortcuts.bat
2. Add to the file
   cd C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\Desktop
icacls *.lnk /L /SetIntegrityLevel med
3. To include other locations just add as follows
   cd C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\Favorites\Links
icacls *.* /L /SetIntegrityLevel med

The above may only work for Windows 7, here is another way that may work better in Windows 10 Windows10?

1. Go to Control Pannel > Internet Options > Security tab
2. Click [Custom Level]
3. Enable "Launching applications and unsafe files"
   Yes, Enable

Windows7

1. Open File Manager (windows Explorer)
2. Click Folder Options
3. uncheck Hide Extensions for known file types

Windows7/10 To remove shortcuts from desktop

1. create a text file with .bat as the file extension
   eg: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\deleteShortcuts.bat
2. Add to the file
   del "C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\Desktop\shortCutNameHere.lnk"

Plan B
Go into your IT department and managers desks every morning and find a stapler and place it on their desk until they change their policies.

Windows10

1. Find and install old aeroLite.theme
2. Modify theme to restore borders

Yes, this old theme works in Windows10
If the original theme can not be found from a proper source, try this site

1. Right click > new > shortcut
2. Type the directory you want to start in. eg: c:\projects\documents
3. Click finish

Note: This only works if company has not disabled the use of saved credentials

1. create a text file with .bat as the file extension
   eg: C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\Desktop\RemoteDesktopLinks\theWebServer.bat
2. Add to the file
   cmdkey /generic:serverNameORIPAddress /user:serverUsername /pass:serverPassword C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe /v:serverNameORIPAddress

Create a dos batch file and include this. It will delete 5 day old files from C:\BACKUP\daily
WARNING: if there are no new files being generated, this will delete everything in 5 days! echo deleting 5 day old files... set filePath="C:\BACKUP\daily" set delPath="C:\BACKUP\ToBeDeleted" mkdir %delPath% ROBOCOPY %filePath% %delPath% /E /mov /minage:5 del %delPath% /q rmdir %delPath%

I found a batch file full and complete with no need to edit. Must be named pre-revprop-change.bat and placed in the repository /hooks directory:
@ECHO OFF :: Set all parameters. Even though most are not used, in case you want to add :: changes that allow, for example, editing of the author or addition of log messages. set repository=%1 set revision=%2 set userName=%3 set propertyName=%4 set action=%5 :: Only allow the log message to be changed, but not author, etc. if /I not "%propertyName%" == "svn:log" goto ERROR_PROPNAME :: Only allow modification of a log message, not addition or deletion. if /I not "%action%" == "M" goto ERROR_ACTION :: Make sure that the new svn:log message is not empty. set bIsEmpty=true for /f "tokens=*" %%g in ('find /V ""') do ( set bIsEmpty=false ) if "%bIsEmpty%" == "true" goto ERROR_EMPTY goto :eof :ERROR_EMPTY echo Empty svn:log messages are not allowed. >&2 goto ERROR_EXIT :ERROR_PROPNAME echo Only changes to svn:log messages are allowed. >&2 goto ERROR_EXIT :ERROR_ACTION echo Only modifications to svn:log revision properties are allowed. >&2 goto ERROR_EXIT :ERROR_EXIT exit /b 1