Wall Of A Developer: 2015

12:32

Some Usefull Windows Short Keys

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Windows Key : Open or close the Start menu.
Windows Key + R : Will open run dialog.
Windows Key + E : Will open file explorer.
Windows Key + L : Will lock your machine.
Windows Key + D : Will display the desktop.
Windows Key + M : Will minimize all windows.
Windows Key + T : Will cycle through programs on the taskbar.
Windows Key + <number> : :Will start the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the program is already running, switch to that program.

: Windows Key

10:51

Useful Browser Tricks

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Turn your browser into quick notepad

Type the following command in browser's URL bar and hit enter

data:text/html, <html contenteditable>

10:45

Useful Command Prompt Tricks

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Save typed command history for future use

We often execute a lot of commands, on command prompt and then as soon as we close it, all the history is lost. This is especially very cumbersome, when you run down with huge commands.

After you're done with the all the commands, Just type doskey /history > D:\commands.log in your command prompt and boom, All the command prompt history will be saved in a file named commands.log in C directory.

10:22

Useful Shortcuts On Windows

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Tricky way of opening cmd till a particular directory

Go to the folder where you want to open the command window. Press 'Shift key' + 'RightClick'. You can see the pop-up as shown below which will have an option 'Open command window here'.

End Result

Try Alt+D, then type 'cmd' and then press Enter result will be same as above.