• Open a command prompt
• Copy the current c:\boot.ini to another name (just in case)
• With your favorite text editor, edit c:\boot.ini
• Copy then edit the current boot line to another line.
  
  Example:
  multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect might copy and then change to: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Safeboot" /fastdetect
  
  
• Start MSCONFIG
• Click on the BOOT.INI tab
• Highlight the second line with the additional name of Safeboot
• Check the /SAFEBOOT box with option you want Minimal - Minimal set of drivers Network - With Network Support Dsrepair - Directory Services Repair Minimal (Alternate Shell) - Standard Explorer Desktop
• You will now have this option every time you start XP

Printing a Directory
WindowsXP does not allow you to use previously describe methods for printing the contents of a directory. To do this requires the creation of a small batch file which is then added to your right-click options.

Batch File:
On the root of the C: drive, create a batch file called print_directory.bat with the following lines:

@echo off
dir %1 /o:g > c:\directory.txt
start /w notepad /p c:\directory.txt
del c:\directory.txt
exit

Note:
dir %1 /o:g will print with any directories listed first. You can add whatever other switches you like.

Adding to the Explorer Right Click

• Start the Explorer
• Go to Tools / Folder Options
• On the File Types tab, click File Folder.
• Click Advanced button and then click New.
• In the Action box, type Print Directory (or whatever text you want to appear).
• In the Application used to perform action box, type C:\print_directory.bat, and then click OK.
• Click OK, click OK, and then click Close

Fixing the Registry:
Sometimes after adding the right click with the Explorer, the default setting for opening a folder is changed. To correct this:

• Start Regedit
• Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell
• Edit the default value to be explorer or none