Administrative Power Tricks
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Last updated on: 8th July 2008
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About this: This document contains several commands and tips for administrator windows user for troubleshooting everyday computing issues. Use this guide at your own risk, contain no warranty.
Example of the contents:
Restoring “Show Desktop” icon in Quick Launch:
regsvr32 /i:u shell32
Installing/Repairing “Compressed Folder” component in Windows XP:
regsvr32 zipfldr.dll
Windows Activation Status:
Command at command prompt oobe/msoobe /a or %SystemRoot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a
Creating Restricted Folders in Windows XP:
Some folder names are restricted in Windows XP. You can’t create a new folder or rename existing folders to these names. Both upper and lower cases are restricted. These are: Con; Prn; lpt0; lpt1; lpt2; lpt3; lpt4; lpt5; lpt6; lpt7; lpt8; lpt9; Com0; Com1; Com2; Com3; Com4; Com5; Com6; Com7; Com8; Com9 etc.
Show Windows version on Desktop.
Registry Tweaks (Paste the following text (in red) into a text file and save as “ShowVersionOnDesktop.reg” and double click to add into the registry.):
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000001
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3 comments:
IMO it's good to expand on windblows xp: vi$ta is all backwards - like winblow$ millenium was to 98 :S
...here are other ( %SystemRoot% was used in the text) environment variables; some more common predefined environment variables:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
%APPDATA%
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data
%COMPUTERNAME%
{computername}
%COMSPEC%
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
%HOMEDRIVE%
C:
%HOMEPATH%
\Documents and Settings\{username}
%PATH%
C:\Windows\System32\;C:\Windows\;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
%PATHEXT%
.COM; .EXE; .BAT; .CMD; .VBS; .VBE; .JS ; .WSF: .WSH
%PROGRAMFILES%
Directory containing program files, usually C:\Program Files
%PROMPT%
Code for current command prompt format. Code is usually $P$G
%SYSTEMDRIVE%
The drive containing the Windows XP root directory, usually C:
%SYSTEMROOT%
The Windows XP root directory, usually C:\Windows
%TEMP% and %TMP%
C:\DOCUME~1\{username}\LOCALS~1\Temp
%USERNAME%
{username}
%USERPROFILE%
C:\Documents and Settings\{username}
%WINDIR%
C:\Windows
...and some dynamic environment variables:
%DATE%
Current date in the format determined by the Date command
%TIME%
Current time in the format determined by the Time command
%CD%
Current directory with its full path
%ERRORLEVEL%
Number defining exit status of a previous command or program
%RANDOM%
Random number between 0 and 32767
Read this good article on Windows Vista:
http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/how-to-run-microsoft-applocale-elevated-as-administrator-in-windows-vista-to-run-setup-installer/
Windows Jump list clearing:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/07/03/how-to-delete-and-clear-recent-items-in-windows-7-jump-lists/
Read this useful article. Enjoy easy and secure computing with Windows 7.
bcdalai
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