Wildcards can be pretty helpful when doing some basic tasks either from the Windows GUI or the beloved command prompt. Let’s take a look at the frequently used wildcard * for doing some simple but effective stuff. For understanding purposes,I have created a folder called textfiles in C: with the following files : apples.txt,oranges.txt,bananas.txt,applejuice.txt,orangejuice.txt.bananajuice.txt Let’s …
>Before Vista it was possible to share the root drive with a $ sign like C$,D$ and so on but the advanced sharing in Vista and later versions doesn’t really require that. In order to directly share a root drive (a root drive is the drive referenced directly without any specific folder or file in …
Changing the command prompt color is not really a performance or functionality enhancing tip as much as it is a cool geek trick. The color command enables to change the default black background and white font color to anything we wish to change to. Here is how : Open command prompt ( Start > Run …
You might have often wondered about how long has Windows been running since last started and also if there is a way to find out the exact uptime. Here are 3 ways to do this : First Way : This is through a Windows sidebar that automatically collects and displays Window uptime info. Download any …
Mozilla FireFox by default saves bookmarks in JSON (Java Script Object Notation) format which can often cause bookmarks to be lost when importing to another browser like say Internet Explorer. To avoid this,we can save these bookmarks as a standard HTML file which can be imported as and when needed in any type of browser. …
System locale in Windows determines the default way in which letters,numbers,fonts and symbols are used for input and showing information in non Unicode programs. To check which is the default language for Windows locale,we can either use the long way or the short and cooler way. The long way : 1.Go to Start > Settings …