September 10, 2009 at 7:22 pm (Useful information, Windows)
Tags: change, display, enterprise, eula, express, home, internal, language, microsoft, mode, non-working, pack, premium, rtm, search, seven, sp1, sp2, ultimate, update, Vista, Windows
So.. if you are here, you probably bought your laptop from a country different from the one you are originating from and want to change it to your local language.
Hmm.. So you google a bit and realize that you can’t do that unless you are using an Ultimate/Enterprise version of Vista. Well, there is an unofficial way to achieve your aim.
Note: This probably violates the EULA of Microsoft, so carry on at your own risk.
July 12, 2009 at 1:13 am (C#, Windows)
Tags: C#, checker, code, http, link, multiple, non-working, rapidshare, request, source, validity, working
I’ve created a simple validity checker desktop application for Rapidshare links.
I am giving out the source code and the binary, in case anyone is interested.
June 15, 2009 at 10:18 pm (Useful information, Windows)
Tags: device, dialog, eject, hardware, hotkey, programmatically, remove, safely, shortcut
Just right click anywhere in a folder select New->Shortcut.
As the path to the shortcut, write this:
%windir%\system32\RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
Now, whenever you double-click that shortcut, it will open up the “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog.
You can actually do better by selecting “Properties” from the context menu of the shortcut, and assigning a hotkey for it. Now, you don’t need to search for the icon in the system tray. You just have to press a hotkey. Hope it increases your productivity a little bit. 
By the way, you can also execute the path above programmatically to get the “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog.
June 5, 2009 at 11:00 am (Mobile, Mobile Platforms, Windows)
Tags: command line, executable, full path, parameter, run dialog, windows mobile
I learned this very neat trick last summer; however, a couple of months ago I couldn’t find the information again. Now that’ I’ve found it again, I wanted to share it here so that I do not lose it
By using a key combination, you can actually make the Run dialog which we are all accustomed to, to show up on Windows Mobile too.
It is really like the one on Windows, and you can add command-line parameters too. (like the one in the picture; you can open IE with a predefined address)
Hold the Action hardware button and then tap and hold the time display at the top right of the screen. When you release the stylus, a menu will popup. Select the Run option and there it is! Enter the full path of any executable on the device with any parameters you may like to give.
April 11, 2009 at 9:05 pm (Others, Windows)
Tags: 3, action, arena, beta, game, live, quake
I just started playing Quake Live, which is actually very much like Quake 3 except not as a game you buy and first install to your computer; but as a web browser game! Wow =)
It was already functional in 2008, however it was an invitation-only closed beta at that time. On February 24, 2009; they unlocked the doors, and started an Open Beta!
March 20, 2009 at 2:08 pm (Useful information, Windows)
Tags: context menu, desktop icons, hide, right click
Yep, there are some programs to do this; but actually you don’t need anything.
All you need to do is,right click on your desktop; and then select Arrange Icons By->Show Desktop Icons.
Give it a try!
February 14, 2009 at 11:34 pm (Windows)
Tags: explorer crash, explorer.exe, right click windows crash, shell, shell extensions, solution, tortoisesvn shell extension explorer crash, Windows
I just had this annoying problem which seems to only happen when I right click *some, but not all* files. If you also have this problem, you have come to the right place because I actually found a way to solve it!
The problem is that one of your shell extensions has some problems loading when you right click on those particular files. Just install ShellExView and you will be able to see all your shell extensions. All you have to do is just disable the shell extensions of those applications that you have recently installed. Do it one by one, and you will find which extension is causing up the damn trouble! In my case it was the latest version of TortoiseSVN, but people around seem to be also having problems with other software too.
Normally, I would recommend using Fast Explorer 2008, as it also has the ability to show all extensions residing on your system and *more*; but what it doesn’t have is the ability to sort the shell extensions by their “File Created Time”. IMO, this is a great feature to have in an application like this. So I am hailing the developers from here to also include it
As always, there may happen to be another cause for these explorer crashes, although these are the most popular one as far as I have seen.
Oh and by the way, here is a more detailed walkthrough if you need any more help.
January 14, 2009 at 4:56 pm (Windows)
Tags: command line, services, Windows
For some reason, I just needed to do something like this, so here is a quick how-to:
There is a tool named sc.exe in the Win 2K Resource Kit, however I believe it also exists in Windows XP, as I did not have to do anything, and was able to access it from command-line.
Using this tool, you can see the list of the services that are currently running, add, delete, create or stop services.
The syntax for creating a service is like this:
