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July 13, 2009

Run Windows batch script minimized

The code below that will force a Windows batch script to run in a minimized window. Insert it at the beginning of the script: if not "%minimized%"=="" goto :minimized set minimized=true start /min cmd /C "%~dpnx0" goto :EOF :minimized rem Anything after here will run in a minimized window It works by having the script [...]

Filed by Paul Gu at July 13th, 2009 under Windows
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June 17, 2009

WinXP SP2/VISTA limits max. number of TCP connections/second

Windows XP Service Pack 2 will limit the maximum number of TCP connections your computer can have at one time. I can see what they are thinking, but I wont mind unless some of my applications (like my multi-threaded port scanner) wont work correctly with this new setting. Here is a registry edit you can [...]

Filed by Paul Gu at June 17th, 2009 under Windows
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June 11, 2009

How to edit the right click menu in Windows

First, make sure to back up your registry in case something gets messed up. Now open the registry editor by going to Start, then Run and then typing in REGEDIT. Edit right click menu for files HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ All the folders listed under ContextMenuHandlers are applications that show up when you right click on a file [...]

Filed by Paul Gu at June 11th, 2009 under Windows
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HTML Doc File Icon Missing

HTML file icon is not displaying correctly. Here is a fix! The problem has to do with changes that Adobe GoLive 6.0 make to the registry, in particular the persistant handler htmlfile for under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597} Under "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Old Icon\htmlfile\DefaultIcon" there is a reference to the Adobe GoLive 6.0 executable. Changing that to "(PATH)\iexplore.exe,1" (usually "C:\Program Files\Internet [...]

Filed by Paul Gu at June 11th, 2009 under Windows
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March 15, 2009

Windows Explorer Folder Type Template in Vista

Vista has six default folder templates you can choose and change for the type of file folders you have in a Windows Explorer window. By default Vista will automatically assign a Folder Type Template to the Explorer window according to what type of files it contains. However, Vista will only use the default Folder Templates [...]

Filed by Paul Gu at March 15th, 2009 under Windows
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February 19, 2009

What is VISTA

Do you know what VISTA means, here is the new interpretation: VISTA = Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans and Adware

Filed by Paul Gu at February 19th, 2009 under Windows
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February 13, 2009

How to speed up menu show in Windows

In Windows, you might want to make the menu show faster. Here is the quick registry fix for this. Create a file file named menuspeed.reg with follow content: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="100" Double click on the file to import the setting.

Filed by Paul Gu at February 13th, 2009 under Windows
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