Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create

    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create

    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create

    How to Create a "Forgotten Password Wizard" Shortcut in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
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    How to Create a "Forgotten Password Wizard" Shortcut in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

       Information
    This will show you how to download or create a Forgotten Password Wizard shortcut that can be used to create a Password Reset Disk in Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8.

       Warning
    You will have to need to have a USB flash drive connected to your computer before you will be able to use the Forgotten Password Wizard shortcut.


    EXAMPLE: Forgotten Password Wizard
    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create-example.jpg



    OPTION ONE

    To Download the "Forgotten Password Wizard" Shortcut

    1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
    Forgotten_Password_Wizard.zip
    2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

    3. Open the .zip file and extract the Forgotten Password Wizard shortcut to your desktop.

    4. Unblock the Forgotten Password Wizard shortcu. (see screenshot below)
    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create-unblock.jpg
    5. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    6. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    7. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.



    OPTION TWO

    To Manually Create the "Forgotten Password Wizard" Shortcut

    1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

    2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
    rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,PRShowSaveWizardExW
    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create-step1.jpg
    3. Type Forgotten Password Wizard for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create-step2.jpg
    4. Right click or press and hold on the new Forgotten Password Wizard shortcut on the Desktop, and click/tap on Properties.

    5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)
    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create-step3.jpg
    6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste in the location below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
    %SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll
    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create-step4.jpg
    7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)
    NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.

    8. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
    Forgotten Password Wizard Shortcut - Create-step5.jpg
    9. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

    10. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
    That's it,
    Shawn






  1. Posts : 1
    Windows 7
       #1

    yo3
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 2
    x64
       #2

    I don't think you need a shortcut on your Desktop for something you will rarely use. You can just open a CMD prompt and type:
    RunDll32.exe keymgr.dll,PRShowSaveWizardExW
      My Computer


 

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