Calling all experts: Windows Tips and Tricks

[Plater]

The enhanced Alt-Tab control is quite pretty and the picture resizer has been very useful too. The new Calc program gives you hex and scientific functions.

SendTo is very, very useful. For example, right-clicking on a file and selecting the editor from the context menu is all well and good, but if you tag multiple files, only 1 will open - but set the editor up as a shortcut in the SendTo folder, you can open them all (well, up to a limit!).

If you set your calculator to scientific-mode you get the hex and scientific functions.
There is a folder, where whatever shortcuts you drop into it, they appear in the SendTo menu, don't need the power toy.
If your editor only opens one of the files, you should either A) look for a setting to fix that, or B) get a better editor, I've never had that trouble.

On the other hand though, many powertoys ARE very useful. Right-click command prompt really is worth far more then gold, hehe.

[SomeGuyHere]

Heres a neat one I found on accident:

FLIP YOUR SCREEN SIDEWAYS (Windows Vista)

CTRL + ALT + Right Arrow (or a different arrow)

[Plater]

Heres a neat one I found on accident:

FLIP YOUR SCREEN SIDEWAYS (Windows Vista)

CTRL + ALT + Right Arrow (or a different arrow)

Are you sure that is not just a feature of your video card? (ATI is pretty fond of that behavior)

[questionit]

Web-Page refresh - The F5 key :

Someone, long time ago, had suggested me to use CTRL+F5 - A Deep Refresh. According to them this is better to use for some reason. I could not find any difference between F5 and CTRL+F5

Anyone with expereince with CTRL+F5 - how is it better or different?

Regards
Qi

[Plater]

Web-Page refresh - The F5 key :

Someone, long time ago, had suggested me to use CTRL+F5 - A Deep Refresh. According to them this is better to use for some reason. I could not find any difference between F5 and CTRL+F5

Anyone with expereince with CTRL+F5 - how is it better or different?

Regards
Qi

Ctrl+F5 (on some browsers) forces an actual refresh, ignoreing server responses that "your cached file is current"
Wheras a regular F5 will just refresh the page, possibly from a cached copy if it still believes the cheched file is "up to date"

[ShadowLocke]

A must for every admin.

Unstopable combo: batch file/vbscript + psexec + nircmd = pwned.

You can do every administration task imaginable with the combination of these three tools.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
http://technet.microso ft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx

I dont know how I got by without nircmd!

[deric]

How about capturing a display (using printscreen) with the mouse cursor/pointer on it? c",)

[Colloid Snake]

Another fun one is when you are attempting to send a screenshot to someone, and don't want to send the whole desktop, you can capture the specific window by using Alt+Print Screen. That will capture only the window in focus, and useful when sending only an error message

@Ali - I did not say 'Ctrl + d' I said 'Windows key + d' . I'm not sure what Ctrl+d will do. ;-)

[MoodyCelt]

In addition, if, like me currently, you cannot get to the menu (start, etc), then to run a program, you can also do:
WIN key + R to get to the Start/Run command
or
WIN key + E to get to the My Computer Screen

Thanks

Larry

Hi everyone!

WIN key + D - To show the desktop and back.
WIN key + M - To minimise all the open windows
SHIFT + WIN key + M - To restore all the minimised windows

Then to change the name of folder, you can use ALT + 0160, where the 0160 are to typed on the NUM PAD not on the key pad. You can also type ALT + 0172, etc. to show several special characters in the folder/filename.
Here, You can use 0000 to 0255 (ASCII values).

PRNSCREEN - to copy the desktop or a window on it to the clipboard.
ALT + PRNSCREEN - to copy ONLY the active window on it to the clipboard.

This may help, to my knowledge!

[SilverHawk]

Hello every body

have you notised that theres a underlined key in every active button on a window which means a shortcut key for that button.As an example see the "FIle" button, letter F is underlined. In some windows you dont see this,so press Alt tab it will appears. By pressing underlined key + Alt tab you can select the specific button without using the mouse.

Excuse for mistakes.

[AmberJain]

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK 
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END 
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked 
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%== [B]your password[/B] goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" 
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully 
goto End
:End

Well, this is a very bad choice for folder locker.
Because you don't even need password (in the batch file) to unlock folder. Simply right click the locked folder and select [rename] and then remove the text .{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} from the locked folder's name. Now you can access the contents of folder.

[gaurav92K]

Heres a neat one I found on accident:

FLIP YOUR SCREEN SIDEWAYS (Windows Vista)

CTRL + ALT + Right Arrow (or a different arrow)

But some Motherboards do not allow this tip.

[themadjester]

If you don't use the hibernate feature and it is enabled disabling it can free up significant space.To free up this space (equivilant to your memory) control panel -->power options --> hibernate ---> uncheck enable hibernate. The file were the hibernate data is stored is removed next startup I believe.

Was an easy 3 GB for me

Edit: for terrible grammar

[vikraminside]

Copy active window contents

Yep, it works. However, it wasn't absolutely clear, that the "Alt" button was meant. I guess, some people created folders called "Alt+0160". ^^

By the way, the ANSI symbol #160 (which is exactly what this command creates) is a protected Space (so if you write something like "800 km", the line can't be broken between the "800" and the "km").

Greetings,
Nepomuk

*************** *************** *************** *************
The standard even Microsoft follows for special shorcut keys combination is
"SplKey+alphanu mericKey". eg: "Ctrl+c" means Press control key in combination with 'C' character key. Therefore it is assumed for non-beginners.

Question:
Can anyone please say how to search these folders? Difficult right? Is it possible to search in command prompt?

TIP:
Years before while I was attending a brainbench examination a question was asked "How to Copy the active windows contents?". The solution is "Alt+Prtsrc" combination keys. Press Alt button along with Printscreen button. This works even now. :)

[myusernotyours]

Hi , here is a tricks

you can make your folder without a name,
here it is ,
creat a new folder, now write in the folder name "Alt + 0160". If you want to make another folder write it twice, "Alt+0160" then again "Alt + 0160 ". If you make another folder write it down thrice .
In this way you can make a folder without a name, Thats it
now try it

monirul

This doesn't work on my laptop. I figured that even on my desktop, it only works if I use the num pad. and a laptop doesnt have a num pad. Any one knows why???

Regards,

Alex.