When you open the Control Panel, you are presented with a few dozen icons allowing you to control many aspects
of the Windows environment. Here is atip that not only makes these Control Panel Applets more quickly accessible,
but allows you exclude the ones you don't want, and add your own custom icons:

     Solution #1:
Open Control Panel and Explorer.
Make a new folder directly underneath the Start Menu called "Control Panel".
Select some or all of the icons in Control Panel, and drag them into this new
folder.  Windows will make a shortcut to each icon you drop into the folder, forming a
new menu right off the Start  Menu.

Not only can you rename or remove any of the entries you wish, but you can add
non-Control Panel items to the list, such as the Volume Control and Dial-up
Networking (which should have been in the Control Panel in the first place).

     Solution #2:
Create a new folder in your Start Menu, and name it
"Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"   (without the quotes)
This has the same result as the above, except that it is automatic, and you can't change its contents.

You can also do the same with the following virtual folders:
     Dial-Up Networking.{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
     Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
     Inbox.{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
     My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
     Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
     Network Neighborhood.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
     Desktop.{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
     Briefcase.{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
     Fonts.{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}

Note: These system objects are also discussed in Change the Icons of Desktop Items.

Note: The process described in Solution #1 can also be applied to other parts of  Windows95, such as the drive icons
in My Computer. Just drag them all into theStart Menu folder in Explorer to provide  quick access to all your drives.

(This tip found on Microsoft's web site, http://www.microsoft.com)

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You can do this, but you'll you have to delete some items in your registry.

1.  Back up your registry (If you don't know how to, see How Do I Back Up Registry? on Page 1)
2.  Start regedit by clicking Start-Run then type  regedit  in the Open dialog  space that will appear
3.  Locate the "HKey_Classes_Root\Directory\shell"
                 or  "HKey_Classes_Root\Folder\shell"
4.  You should find a subkey (folder) with same name of the item that appears in the context-menu of the
     Start-Button
5.  Delete that item.
6.  Save your changes.  The unwanted item should be gone.

Again, I recommend backing up the Registry before attempting any editing of it.  Better safe than sorry!  If you're not sure how to, check out tip #2 on  Page 1 of Tips & Advice.

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Select the help file. Select Edit, Copy. Open notepad or word pad.  Select Edit, Paste. Then simply save save
the file.  Unfortunately, you have to do this topic by topic, as far as I know, you can't get the entire file (all topics)
at once.

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Look in the Registry under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Possibly also
HKEY_USERS\Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
 

As always, I recommend backing up the Registry before attempting any editing of it.  Better safe than sorry!  If you're not sure how to, check out Tip #2 on  Page 1 of Tips & Advice.
 

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To create your own Win95 startup logo splash screen:
Open your favorite picture in a graphics program. (Paint or whatever) Resize or crop it to 640x480 in 256 colors
and save it as a bitmap. Then squeeze it to 320x400.(I know it looks funny, but it'll work) Rename it "logo.sys"
and copy it to your root directory.

Similarly you can create logos.sys and logow.sys files to replace the shutdown splash screens

NOTE:  In the hidden, read only MSDOS.SYS file you must have a line reading LOGO=1  or the splash screen
won't display.  Since this is the default setting for most Win95 computers, it is usually already there.

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Add a line in config.sys or Autoexec.bat.  For example, to reassign Window's Temp Directory from
C:\Windows|TEMP (the default) to D:\Temp,add the following line:

SET TEMP=D:\TEMP   (You might also want to have this:  SET TMP=D:\TEMP )

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