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Can I make windows treat Shortcuts to Folders the same it would a Folder?
I'm moving some folders to an external storage drive and replacing them with a Shortcut, however the shortcut is listed in with the Files, not the Folders. It also doesn't show up in the folder Tree ...
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Creating Group Policy defined shortcuts to local programs
In one of our classrooms we have recently updates the SAP Client software. I am trying to create a GPO creating a shortcut on the machines that have this software installed.
I have created a GPO and ...
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How to update existing desktop shortcuts?
I'm thinking along the line of when a word document is moved the shortcut is only updated on those systems where a shortcut to it already exists. These shortcuts exist on the user's individual ...
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Shortcut to file permissions
I have two mapped drives on our server (M & P, management and public) with rights for everyone on P and only rights for management on M.
We now have team leads who have to access just a few ...
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Shortcut to open IIS 7 Manager so it Shows “Sites” view (status) by Default?
I would like to quickly be able to check whether a site is online after logging into the desktop of Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64). I would prefer to be able to do this in just 1 single or double-click ...
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What MIME type should I put for Windows shortcut file (.URL)
If I want to have a Windows shortcut file (foo.URL) to be saved for the users, what MIME type should I assign for it?
Default text/plain causes Windows to suggest it to be saved with .txt added as ...
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is there a way to see only the Message Queuing section of Computer Management?
frequently because I'm debugging Windows services that use MSMQ,
i need to review the Private Queues ...
I open Computer Management,
expand Services and Applications,
then expand Message Queuing ...
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launch application shortcut from static intranet web page without popups
I want to have a local web page with shortcuts for standard applications that some windows pcs will have, is there anyway of creating shortcuts in a web page without having pop ups appearing? (I get ...
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Consulting MAN pages for specific flags
Sometimes I want to know what a specific flag means. For instance:
man apache2:
(...)
-L Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and
places where the directive ...
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How to intercept and manipulate DNS queries?
I'm not sure if I worded the question correctly to be honest but basically what I want to do is:
When a user types in something like Expenses in the URL bar of a browser, I want the browser to be ...
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Windows 7: Creating shortcut / short command for commandline [closed]
My Windows Command Line didnt recognize the command openssl. Therefore I downloaded it from here http://deanlee.cn/programming/openssl-for-windows.
But now, everytime I want to use this openssl tool, ...
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Desktop Shortcut to network drive using group policy
I am looking to create a desktop shortcut to a network drive. We are on a domain, so I am looking to do this via group policy. I would like the shortcut to be placed on the users desktop and be to the ...
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Is there a quick way to create a Windows shortcut to a file without it validating the path?
Trying to create a shortcut for someone else. It needs to point to files on one of their mapped drives. Instead of waiting for them to be available and create the shortcut on their PC, I was hoping to ...
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Reverse searching(ctrl+r) in linux terminal
I now can only select the last history command that matches.
How can I select,for example, the last but two command that matches?
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Shorcut to list pending updates in Microsoft Windows
Is it possible to create a shortcut to "View update history"?
Or, do you have a script (powershell, vbs, cmd, ...) to list pending updates?
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Creating an app shortcut in Windows 7 XP Mode
I have a VERY old legacy app that I've managed to move from machine to machine; the installer for it doesn't actually work under newer versions of Windows, but I was able to track down the registry ...
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How to create a shortcut for a IP:port url?
I have a service running on a specific port on a given ip : 12.34.56.78:12345. The server at this IP address is all mine (but not the network, so no switch/router tweaking), and I also have a bunch of ...
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Windows 7 / 2008 / 2003 / XP - How do I make a Desktop Shortcut to Logoff User?
In Windows XP or later, How do I make a Desktop Shortcut to Logoff User?
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Setup DNS shortcut with BIND
I need to setup an internal shortcut for DeployStudioPC in BIND to point the alias "deploystudiopc" to an IP address. I can't see how to set that up. I can add it to one of my internal zones, but then ...
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“do you want to open this file” dialog XP SP2 driving me nuts
I used ApplicationMover to move some applications to a second drive, which worked fine but it didn't update the desktop shortcuts. So I deleted and recreated them. Now every time I try to use one I ...
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What is the exhaustive list of command line shortcuts to Microsoft settings?
I've gotten quite used to typing compmgnt.msc or similar commands to bring up certain dialogs faster than it would take me to navigate to them. For this one in particular I just tap Start then r enter ...
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Quick access to control panel stuff in Vista
Vista's control panel is more useless then ever.
One example:
I used to be able to access network devices with a couple clicks. From there I could check IP settings, disable, reset devices etc.
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How do I stop shortcuts following moved folders on Windows Server
If I move a folder (to temporarily stop people running programs in that folder), the desktop shortcuts they use to access those programs sometimes follow the folder. Is there any way to stop this ...
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Hidden commands on Windows
Everybody has their secrets and Windows has them too.. I've been using these for a while and wanted to share them and I'd like to see some more I don't know yet.
To get to the 'Shut Down Windows' ...
