Windows - Alt Click on a window to close window under the mouse cursor
Is it possible to close a window, simply by clicking anywhere inside it? Hold down alt key, and click the windows you want closed. Much like shooting targets in a game.Why not Alt+F4? This would be...
View ArticleKeyboard shortcut for "Invert selection"
Is there a dedicated windows keyboard shortcut for the "Invert Selection" command?
View ArticleHow can I control+click files/folders with a touch screen and on screen...
Using a keyboard and mouse you can intermittently select files by pressing control and clicking the files you want to select. When using the touch screen the control button no longer functions in the...
View ArticleBatch file output redirection to a text file; not complete
Examples:Parent-Dir= 'USA zip-code', Sub-dir(s)= 'yyyymmdd'Example filename= 139_7_IPC1_NVR16-8580_20230101104640.jpgThere are six-hundred and ninety-nine files in the directory-tree that the, regex...
View ArticleTurn off one-digit Alt codes
On Windows 10, when I type Alt+Numpad1 it enters ☺ at the cursor. While I realize that this is an old function I would very much like to turn it off. I have no conceivable use for typing ☺, and it...
View ArticleWindows Explorer: Customize view settings via batch or shell-extension?
In folders with shortcuts (and junctions) I oftenly like to have mid-sized icons, sorted names and grouping by type. Alas, Explorer oftenly forgets these settings once I made them manually.The natural...
View ArticleChinese characters sometimes turned to question marks when copied to Windows...
Sometimes, when I copy and paste a piece of text, the Chinese characters in the text would become question marks (I believe they are not garbled, but actual question marks).I believe this has nothing...
View ArticleHow can I scroll efficiently horizontally Microsoft Paint? (Autohotkey maybe)
I just want to use Paint for a whiteboard style sketching on math problems etc. And I really need a way to navigate efficiently on the page.Maybe even like: hold space + move mouse, to grab the page...
View ArticleTaskkill command running multiple times when executed from batch file
I need to automate a process where i want to close a program. When running,taskkill /IM notepad.exefrom CMD it works fine. But when i create a batch file in order to do the same thing, it fails. The...
View ArticleCan I change the way Windows 10 gives names to screenshot?
Is it possible, by a registry hack or other method, to change the way Windows 10 names my screenshot taken and saved with Windows + Print Screen?Currently my screenshots in...
View ArticleWindows tar command: exclude folder in current folder but not subfolders
I am trying to archive some folders with the tar command in Windows, and I would like to exclude a directory in the current folder, but not in subfolders.The example below is using the technique...
View ArticleIs explorer.exe always in the "C:\Windows\" folder?
I'm writing a program that needs to find explorer.exe, but I don't know if it's always in the same folder or not.I know on all modern versions of Windows you can find explorer.exe in the C:\Windows\...
View ArticleNET USE LPT2: printer_port
This I understand:net use P: \\SOME_COMPUTER\SOME_SHAREnet use P: \\1.2.3.4\SOME_SHARE(the second argument is a logical share on the given computer)This, I do NOT understand:net use LPT2:...
View ArticleChange boot device with multiple Windows 10 installations
I installed Windows 10 on 2 devices (HDD and SSD).The first one was HDD.Today, I can run Windows 10 on the SSD but only via the Windows boot menu that works only if I boot on HDD first.The HDD is dying...
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Don't switch keyboard layout if fast typing
1. BrieflyKeyboard layout sometimes not switch for me, if I print my texts fast. It would be nice, if my keyboard layout switched each time, when I press Alt+Shift. I will approach any built-in...
View ArticleIs this safe to run on my machine? [closed]
Is this safe to run on my machine?irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iexI am just asking to double check any issues of me running this on my machine.
View ArticleHow to fix "sharing violation" message when editing hosts file?
I'm running textpad as administrator. When I try to save the changes, I get a message "Encountered a sharing violation while accessing C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts."I checked using Process...
View ArticleHow to allow Windows Store apps and the Windows Store to pass the Windows...
I use the Windows 8 firewall and I wanted it to be more secure, so I block incoming and outgoing connections. Unfortunately I realized that the Windows Store did not work as well and all applications...
View Articlewindows audio stopped working
My laptop audio stopped working a while ago. Neither the speakers nor the plugged in headphones work. Audio works fine if I use bluetooth headphones.I've updated drivers, updated windows, and...
View ArticleHow to execute an Extended SMART self-test on a hard drive in Windows?
I have an old internal IDE hard drive that needs to be tested. I used an IDE-to-USB adapter to connect it to a USB port on a Windows PC. Then I tried using GSmartControl to execute the Short SMART...
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