General Programming HowTo

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• Windows
  chevron_rightGenerate text in MS Word
  chevron_rightDisplay HLP files with Vista
  chevron_rightCreate a file association with a Java program
  chevron_rightOpen Windows explorer with a file selected
  chevron_rightStart a screen saver
  chevron_rightSchedule a task from the command line
  chevron_rightCreate an Internet shortcut
  chevron_rightKill a process from the command line
  chevron_rightDisable Internet Explorer Developer Tools
  chevron_rightDetect if a process is running using WMIC
  chevron_rightDetect if a process is running then start it if not
  chevron_rightDetect if running in VM
  chevron_rightIntegrate with Skype, Microsoft Communicator or Outlook feed using special URI
  
• Windows Batch tips
  chevron_rightManipulate the registry from a batch file
  chevron_rightFilename parsing in batch file and more idioms
  chevron_rightArguments handling in a batch file
  chevron_rightCreate a file with the name as the current date
  chevron_rightSet an environment variable from a text file content
  chevron_rightECHO "<" or ">" in a batch file
  chevron_rightTest if a file exists or not
  chevron_rightTouch a file
  chevron_rightQuickly delete files
  chevron_rightQuickly get how many files in a directory
  chevron_rightTurn CAPSLOCK on/off from a batch file
  chevron_rightIncrement a counter in a batch file
  chevron_rightOpen Windows Explorer on specific special folder
  chevron_rightGet desktop path from a batch file
  chevron_rightDisplay a popup from a batch file
  chevron_rightDownload a file from a batch file
  chevron_rightPlay sound from a batch file
  chevron_rightZip/Unzip with Windows built-in capabilities
  chevron_rightCapture the output of a program and set environment variable
  chevron_rightUse MS Speech from the command line using powershell
  chevron_rightLaunch an executable, resize and position from CMD file (Win/PS)
  chevron_rightCount files in directory and subdirectories
  
• PDF
  chevron_rightOpen a PDF at a specific page
  chevron_rightConvert a PS file to PDF or TIF using Ghostscript
  chevron_rightConvert a PDF to Postscript using Ghostscript
  chevron_rightConvert PDF to TIF (TIFF) using Ghostscript
  chevron_rightMerge PDF's (with Ghostscript)
  
• Internet
  chevron_rightHide information in your email address
  chevron_rightGoogle "little-known" features
  

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