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December 9, 2003 |
Rename Files to Match Date/Time Stamp Is there a simple way in Windows XP Professional to rename a group of files, with each filename made up of the date and time of file creation? Yes, there's a way, but it's not that simple.   |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2004
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Use the Current Date in a Windows XP Batch File How to capture just the mmddyyyy format of the current date in a Windows XP batch file to create a subfolder for each day of the year. |
PC World
September 2005
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Windows' Command Line Puts You in Control Text commands can make quick work of many Windows tasks; plus, a free file-copy utility. |
PC Magazine
August 30, 2006 |
Batch File Redirection Oddity Redirecting the output of a batch file in Windows XP |
PC World
October 2005
Scott Dunn |
Keep Your Data Folders in Date Order Automatically Plus: Create more format options for your folders, and make custom right-click menus for your files and folders. |
PC Magazine
September 7, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Using the Start Command in XP Firing up a program in XP from a batch file requires some special knowledge. |
PC Magazine
March 14, 2007 |
Automate Tasks at Shutdown Windows offers the Startup folder, which lets you specify tasks or applications to execute at start-up or log-on. Is there an equivalent for shutdown or logoff? |
PC Magazine
September 5, 2008
Neil J. Rubenking |
Get a List of Filenames Print all the filenames in a folder with a command prompt trick. |
PC World
February 2006
Scott Dunn |
The Quickest Way to Make Several Folders at Once A shortcut makes multiple folders... Change your 'open with' list... Spiff up your command prompt... |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Putting the List of a Folder's Contents into Word A little command-prompt magic saves you from copying individual filenames. |
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The VI Editor The VI editor is a screen-based editor used by many Unix users. The VI editor has powerful features to aid programmers, but many beginning users avoid using VI because the different features overwhelm them.... |
PC Magazine
November 16, 2005
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Send Control Codes to a Printer from XP If you have an older printer and need to send control strings to change printer settings, this guide will help you do it efficiently in Windows XP. |
PC Magazine
June 1, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Changing the Master Environment in Windows XP I've used your tips over the years to create various useful environment variables. But the variable seems to disappear when I close the Command Prompt window. Is there a way around this? |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007
Neil Randall |
Vista Tip: Command Window If you use the command window regularly, you'll be happy to know that you can access it from any Vista folder. |
PC World
September 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Check Your Disks for Errors, With a Single Click Automate hard-drive maintenance; XP Pro vs. XP Home; the versatile Power Menu utility. |
Unix Insider
September 2000
Mo Budlong |
Traveling down the Unix $PATH Why do some commands need a dot-slash in order to run? In this month's Unix 101 column, Mo Budlong explores the answer to this question, and explains the difference between built-in and executable commands. |
PC World
May 30, 2002
Yael Li-Ron |
Find and Organize Your Files Here are our top tips and tricks for organizing and manipulating your files. Your filing system will never be in disarray again |
PC Magazine
November 15, 2011
Dan Costa |
iTunes Match Ends Piracy As We Know It Apple iTunes Match and streaming music services are putting an end to the MP3 generation?and the piracy that came with it. |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Not-So-Smart Quotes Word's "smart quotes" can cause problems when paste to the command line. |
PC World
November 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Fast Windows Navigation Is a Command Performance Improve your Windows efficiency by typing commands instead of clicking the mouse. |
Linux Journal
April 28, 2006
Suramya Tomar |
Converting Video Formats with FFmpeg FFmpeg allows Linux users to convert video files easily between a variety of different formats. |
PC Magazine
June 13, 2011
Eric Griffith |
How To Hide Your Data Want to keep your private files under wraps without making it obvious they're important? Rather than encryption, try hiding them, so prying eyes don't even know they exist. |
PC World
June 2004
Scott Dunn |
Make Windows Start and Stop the Way You Want Tips and practical advice on navigating Windows, including how to run an app each time Windows starts... Creating a shutdown folder... etc. |
PC Magazine
June 23, 2008
Neil J. Rubenking |
Drive-Mapping Problems Use the command line utility to deal with drive-mapping errors and make Windows sharing easier. |
PC World
September 25, 2007
Scott Dunn |
The Express Route to Windows' File and Folder Paths When a dialog box asks you to enter the path to a file or folder, save time with one of these shortcuts. |
PC Magazine
May 1, 2009
Robert Kushler |
A Better Way to Get a List of Filenames Is there a way to print all the filenames in a folder? |
Macworld
July 2001
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Take Command of Mac OS X The command line makes your Mac more powerful... |
Home Theater
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MP3 Via DVD MP3 compressed audio is coming to a DVD player near you. |
PC World
June 2005
Scott Dunn |
Six Quick Tips Help Tame Oversize Files and Folders How are you going to keep your multimegabyte files in line? Tame them with these slick file and folder tricks. |
PC World
July 17, 2006
Eric Dahl |
First Look: Creative's Impressive Zen V Plus Latest flash-based player is a strong rival to Apple's iPod Nano. |
PC Magazine
April 16, 2009
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
A Quick Fix for Vista Problems Does Windows Vista seem sluggish to you? The slowdown could be caused by any number of things, but there's an easy way to cross a few off your list |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Use SendToX in Windows XP Windows 95 PowerToy is back to help XP users copy filename lists. |
PC World
November 2000
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Still Tweaking After All These Years Customize with Tweak UI... automate backups for Win NT and 2000... |
PC Magazine
June 1, 2008
Neil Randall |
Make the Linux Command Line Work for You Anyone who uses Linux will quickly find value in using this interface. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Launching URLs from Batch Files in Windows XP SP2 As a freelance translator, I open a number of sites at once when setting up my translation environment. Unfortunately, after I installed Windows XP SP2, the batch file no longer runs correctly. Is there a workaround? |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
A Better Way to List a Folder's Contents in Word This technique for putting the list of a folder's contents into Word is indeed quite a bit easier than switching to the command prompt, especially if you skip the step of saving the document as a text file. How? |
PC World
July 2003
Scott Dunn |
Password-Protect Your Sensitive Files and Folders Keep files private in XP and Me by compressing their folders... the last word on killing Messenger in XP Home. |
RootPrompt.org
July 16, 2001 |
World's Shortest SAMBA How-To Most Samba how-to articles start off with how to write a configuration file so that your linux box can export a disk or print share that could be read by a windows client on the same network. I think this is a big mistake... |
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Secure Your Content SafeSync for Business provides a way to securely share and access your firm's data online. |
PC World
December 2004
Scott Dunn |
Remove Unsolicited Junk From Your Context Menus How to remove several items from the menus that pop up when you right-click in Windows Explorer, especially shortcuts to programs that aren't being used. |
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August 2003
Steve Bass |
Keep Your Files Within Easy Reach These fab five freebies bring order to chaotic file systems. |
Macworld
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Dan Frakes |
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February 1, 2007
Jon Hall |
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April 4, 2008
Neil Randall |
Fun with the Linux Command Line How to work with the command line in Ubuntu. |
PC World
March 2001
Scott Dunn |
Windows Freebies Go the OS One Better Use free applets to tweak Windows, clean up the Registry... |
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Joseph Schorr |
Automate Your Folders Don't Let Your Folders Just Sit There--Put Them to Work |
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April 2002
Scott Dunn |
Open Explorer to the Folders You Use Most Change the folder Explorer opens to, and create shortcuts that will open Explorer to all your favorite folders... |
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January 1, 2003
Michael Gowan |
Make the Most of Your MP3 Player Follow our tips for easy ripping and keeping your player in shape. Plus: We point you to the best music sites. |
PC Magazine
January 12, 2005
David A. Karp |
Build an XP-SP2 Recovery Disc The recovery disc that came with your PC is likely obsolete and useless. |
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Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Superscrub Your Drive Automatically Automate disk maintenance, speed up printing from your laptop... |
