Monday, March 31, 2008

Skip the Annoying "Use the Web service to find the correct program" Dialog

Tired of being asked if you want to look-up on the internet what program to use to open a certain "unknown" file type?
Here's a hack to disable that stupid box:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
NoInternetOpenWith (32-bit DWORD) = 1


Skip the Annoying "Use the Web service to find the correct program" Dialog :: the How-To Geek

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Change the Windows Explorer Icon to Open A Diffierent Folder

I don't know about you, but I don't really use the "My Documents" folder for a whole lot -- you know, because it has spaces and capital letters...booooo!

But, I use Windows Explorer all of the time.

So how do I get Windows Explorer to stop opening My Documents every time I click the icon?!

Easy: Change the "Target" in the shortcut to '%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c:\'

How To Change Windows Explorer Icon To Open A Diffierent Folder In Windows XP And Vista

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Linux keyboard shortcuts

Check it out:
You're in the linux terminal doing whatever and decide you want to undo whatever you just did. So you hit CTRL+z -- WAIT! This isn't Windows, so now you have:

[1]+ Stopped vim crazyFile
>

Now what?
I'll tell you what -- try `fg`.
Viola!

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