Something Useful? Got Any Tips?
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i'm always surprised that people don't know that the "windows" key is actually used for something (you know that key, lower left and right of the keyboard, next to the Alt key): - Win-M : Minimize all windows on screen (same as ShowDesktop icon) - Win-R : Run dialog (win-r, cmd, enter = command line) - Win-E : Windows Explorer open to MyDocuments there are prolly others, but these are the ones that i use -John
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Okay, so a while back I posted this brilliant (NOT!) question about how to save the contents of a search in windows XP File Search / Windows XP...[^] Taka Muraoka responded with a very simple command line tip. DIR xfile.cpp /s /b >results.txt Now I find myself using this command all the time. I love this thing. Very handy. So my question is this. Do you have any cool WINDOWS BASED (no Linux) shortcuts or commands that you use all the time, something you just could not function without it? Hotkeys, commands, free tools, etc... If you have a favorite or several post em back here. I will compile a complete list and post it back here for people (if I get enough responses). C'mon RESPOND!!! It will up your post count. ;P
"Back to school, back to school; to prove to dad I'm not a fool." - Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) Rex Winn
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i'm always surprised that people don't know that the "windows" key is actually used for something (you know that key, lower left and right of the keyboard, next to the Alt key): - Win-M : Minimize all windows on screen (same as ShowDesktop icon) - Win-R : Run dialog (win-r, cmd, enter = command line) - Win-E : Windows Explorer open to MyDocuments there are prolly others, but these are the ones that i use -John
John Morales wrote: Win-M : Minimize all windows on screen (same as ShowDesktop icon) WIN+D combo was the toggle desktop one - Win+M and WIN+SHIFT+M are just either side of it. WIN+R I use all the time - I use that more than I use the start menu. WIN+E I never use as the only time I ever use Windows Explorer is to view the thumbnails in my 'My Pictures' folder. I navigate the machine/network from a little 'My Computer' chevron next to the Start button. WIN+F is useful if you aren't in a location where you can press F3 to bring up the search (okay, so I occasinally use Explorer for that too). WIN+V (only if you have that Windows XP mutli-desktop addon) let's me see all my four desktops at once. WIN+BREAK shows the system properties - very useful if you need to check or change something. And of course WIN+TAB for moving between taskbar buttons. Have I missed any? I'm pretty certain that I only use a small subset of the ones available.
David Wulff
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Okay, so a while back I posted this brilliant (NOT!) question about how to save the contents of a search in windows XP File Search / Windows XP...[^] Taka Muraoka responded with a very simple command line tip. DIR xfile.cpp /s /b >results.txt Now I find myself using this command all the time. I love this thing. Very handy. So my question is this. Do you have any cool WINDOWS BASED (no Linux) shortcuts or commands that you use all the time, something you just could not function without it? Hotkeys, commands, free tools, etc... If you have a favorite or several post em back here. I will compile a complete list and post it back here for people (if I get enough responses). C'mon RESPOND!!! It will up your post count. ;P
"Back to school, back to school; to prove to dad I'm not a fool." - Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) Rex Winn
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I'm a command line guy. I find the mouse too slow when I'm really on a roll. One of the things I can't live without is command line completion for directory and file names. The registry value is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar. Set this to an ASCII value. I prefer 9 for the tab key. Then, in a command window, when you type the first few characters of a file or directory name and press the configured key, Windows will complete the name for you. Repeat to cycle to the next candidate name. Shift and the key (e.g. shift-tab) cycles in reverse order.
This is quite handy. Fortunately, it appears that in XP there is some default for command line completion without having to hack this registry value. "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein
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John Morales wrote: Win-M : Minimize all windows on screen (same as ShowDesktop icon) WIN+D combo was the toggle desktop one - Win+M and WIN+SHIFT+M are just either side of it. WIN+R I use all the time - I use that more than I use the start menu. WIN+E I never use as the only time I ever use Windows Explorer is to view the thumbnails in my 'My Pictures' folder. I navigate the machine/network from a little 'My Computer' chevron next to the Start button. WIN+F is useful if you aren't in a location where you can press F3 to bring up the search (okay, so I occasinally use Explorer for that too). WIN+V (only if you have that Windows XP mutli-desktop addon) let's me see all my four desktops at once. WIN+BREAK shows the system properties - very useful if you need to check or change something. And of course WIN+TAB for moving between taskbar buttons. Have I missed any? I'm pretty certain that I only use a small subset of the ones available.
David Wulff
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WIN+TAB is really handy! Thanks! :) -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine
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Lazarus LongHeh, some people don't get humor. :) When a newbie asks me something on IRC regarding computer related function, I always try "Press ALT+F4 and see what happens".
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for %a in (*.dll;*.ocx) do regsvr32 /s %aShog9
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ldsoconfigorexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SOME_PATHbut this one's the bestexport LD_PRELOAD=$SOME_SHARED_OBJECT:) -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine -
Heh, some people don't get humor. :) When a newbie asks me something on IRC regarding computer related function, I always try "Press ALT+F4 and see what happens".
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:-D -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: When a newbie asks me something on IRC regarding computer related function, I always try "Press ALT+F4 and see what happens". Not to mention on Web support forums, you can always say to people press Ctrl-W on their browsers. ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: When a newbie asks me something on IRC regarding computer related function, I always try "Press ALT+F4 and see what happens". Not to mention on Web support forums, you can always say to people press Ctrl-W on their browsers. ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison
:snicker: -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine
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Heh, some people don't get humor. :) When a newbie asks me something on IRC regarding computer related function, I always try "Press ALT+F4 and see what happens".
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:-D -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine
LOL!!! Thanks for that tip - I'll try it on someone soon.:-D
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
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John Morales wrote: Win-M : Minimize all windows on screen (same as ShowDesktop icon) WIN+D combo was the toggle desktop one - Win+M and WIN+SHIFT+M are just either side of it. WIN+R I use all the time - I use that more than I use the start menu. WIN+E I never use as the only time I ever use Windows Explorer is to view the thumbnails in my 'My Pictures' folder. I navigate the machine/network from a little 'My Computer' chevron next to the Start button. WIN+F is useful if you aren't in a location where you can press F3 to bring up the search (okay, so I occasinally use Explorer for that too). WIN+V (only if you have that Windows XP mutli-desktop addon) let's me see all my four desktops at once. WIN+BREAK shows the system properties - very useful if you need to check or change something. And of course WIN+TAB for moving between taskbar buttons. Have I missed any? I'm pretty certain that I only use a small subset of the ones available.
David Wulff
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Damn, I didn't known of WIN+TAB, thanks a lot !!!! Cheers,Joao Vaz One protocol to rule them all One protocol to find them One protocol to bring them all And in the darkness, bind them In the land of mordor.net, where the shadowed fibers lie
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Que? -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine
Well... it takes my sources from sourcesafe, labels the last version digit up by one, checks back the .rc files with the resource,s archives the sources, builds the sources (release and debug), archives the binaries and the pdb's. Doesn't work on all boxes, though ;)
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Okay, so a while back I posted this brilliant (NOT!) question about how to save the contents of a search in windows XP File Search / Windows XP...[^] Taka Muraoka responded with a very simple command line tip. DIR xfile.cpp /s /b >results.txt Now I find myself using this command all the time. I love this thing. Very handy. So my question is this. Do you have any cool WINDOWS BASED (no Linux) shortcuts or commands that you use all the time, something you just could not function without it? Hotkeys, commands, free tools, etc... If you have a favorite or several post em back here. I will compile a complete list and post it back here for people (if I get enough responses). C'mon RESPOND!!! It will up your post count. ;P
"Back to school, back to school; to prove to dad I'm not a fool." - Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) Rex Winn
I'm an incessant commnad line user. Things I use: ZTreeWin (XTree clone for windows). Man I couldn't live without this. http://www.ztree.com/html/ztreewin.htm [^]. My ONLY gribe is that the text viewer doesn't optionally have line numbers. Annoying when discussing code over the phone. Other than that, just the best tool in the universe. at the command line:
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start .' or 'start e:\phillip\code\aztec\' to open up explorer windows to do some stuff. - for loops all the time in batch files. I just couldn't reliably update my various lots of source code without it. If explorer hits an error, it stops the operation, at least with this, I can make it keep going, or keep a list of things done, or someting!
- ctrl+shift+esc for the task manager
- Hitting esc twice to get rid of the output window in VC6 (Last I tried VC.NET, it didn't do this, and it was really frustrating!)
- And my favourite one is del emacs*.exe /s to get rid of the worst virus on the planet. VC Users unite! ;P
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WIN+TAB is really handy! Thanks! :) -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine
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Heh, some people don't get humor. :) When a newbie asks me something on IRC regarding computer related function, I always try "Press ALT+F4 and see what happens".
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:-D -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: When a newbie asks me something on IRC regarding computer related function, I always try "Press ALT+F4 and see what happens". This was a popular trick to play on newbies in Diablo2 who wanted to clone their items... Tell them to drop the item they wanted to clone and then press Alt+F4. Voila! Unattended items just lying on the ground in front of you. Serves them right for wanting to cheat :laugh:
There are 10 kinds of people - those that get binary and those that don't.
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Okay, so a while back I posted this brilliant (NOT!) question about how to save the contents of a search in windows XP File Search / Windows XP...[^] Taka Muraoka responded with a very simple command line tip. DIR xfile.cpp /s /b >results.txt Now I find myself using this command all the time. I love this thing. Very handy. So my question is this. Do you have any cool WINDOWS BASED (no Linux) shortcuts or commands that you use all the time, something you just could not function without it? Hotkeys, commands, free tools, etc... If you have a favorite or several post em back here. I will compile a complete list and post it back here for people (if I get enough responses). C'mon RESPOND!!! It will up your post count. ;P
"Back to school, back to school; to prove to dad I'm not a fool." - Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) Rex Winn
Ones that I use a lot are: Windows Alt-F4: Close active window Ctrl-Alt-Del: Open task manager Internet Explorer Alt-Back arrow: Back button in IE Alt-Forward arrow: Forward button in IE These are useful when you're eating something and trying to surf with one hand.:) MS Word Ctrl-U: Underline Ctrl-B: Bold Ctrl-I: Italics Ctrl-1: Single space Ctrl-2: Double space I'm sure I have more but this is a good list of the ones that I use the most often.:) Brad Jennings "You're mom is nice. Mind if I go out with her?" - Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Ones that I use a lot are: Windows Alt-F4: Close active window Ctrl-Alt-Del: Open task manager Internet Explorer Alt-Back arrow: Back button in IE Alt-Forward arrow: Forward button in IE These are useful when you're eating something and trying to surf with one hand.:) MS Word Ctrl-U: Underline Ctrl-B: Bold Ctrl-I: Italics Ctrl-1: Single space Ctrl-2: Double space I'm sure I have more but this is a good list of the ones that I use the most often.:) Brad Jennings "You're mom is nice. Mind if I go out with her?" - Jörgen Sigvardsson
Brad Jennings wrote: Ctrl-U: Underline Ctrl-B: Bold Ctrl-I: Italics If I was to list those types of shortcuts, I'll have to write a book! Brad Jennings wrote: Alt-Back arrow: Back button in IE I use that a lot. Also, just try Backspace (as long as a text box is not currently focused).
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: WIN+TAB is really handy! I don't get it... it's like Alt+Tab, only it doesn't really do anything :confused:
There are 10 kinds of people - those that get binary and those that don't.
Select taskbutton with WIN+TAB and hit enter when you've selected an application. :) -- It's better to listen to others than to speak, because I already know what I'm going to say anyway. -- Friend of mine