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Software developer at MagicMaps GmbH.

Usually I'll answer questions here about Java, C#, PowerShell, batch files, random numbers, regular expressions and Unicode. At work I primarily deal with C++, C#, PHP and a few other things.

My interests are mostly HCI, Interaction Design and UX. Recently I18n joined that list as well. That does not mean I have profound knowledge in either of those fields, just that I am interested in them.

Note: People contacting me outside SO/SE is fine, but for discussing their own questions or answers SO already provides a mechanism, namely edits and comments. So please use those things first.
I do hang around on Freenode as Hypftier, though.


Nov
18
comment Why are Microsoft Windows Update taking so long to install?
I wouldn't really recommend turning system restore points off. They're a very good option of restoring a broken update which otherwise might require a reinstall
Oct
31
comment Why are Microsoft Windows Update taking so long to install?
And things break on both systems :). Some Windows installations don't like a particular update and on Linux all it takes is a library update with an incompatible API change (gettext tends to do that sometimes) where not all dependencies are prepared for it.
Sep
27
comment Better way to wait a few seconds in a bat file?
Note that the article says “Windows Server 2000”; that's not Windows 2000 and the server OSes may indeed have this. Not the consumer ones before Vista, though (and Vista mybe only because its starting point was the Server 2k3 codebase).
Sep
27
comment Better way to wait a few seconds in a bat file?
Massimo, you likely have the Server 2003 Resource Kit or similar installed which comes with a few utilities that shipped by default on later versions.
Sep
26
comment Better way to wait a few seconds in a bat file?
Massimo, it's a solution that works on pretty much any Windows without resorting to tools that may not exist on older versions.
Sep
26
comment Better way to wait a few seconds in a bat file?
Massimo: Only if you installed a resource kit, I guess. Not natively included.
Jul
18
awarded  Yearling
May
1
revised Can a custom DPI setting be applied to Remote Desktop sessions?
code formatting
May
1
suggested suggested edit on Can a custom DPI setting be applied to Remote Desktop sessions?
Jul
19
awarded  Yearling
May
17
comment Sudo !! equivalent in PowerShell
Actually, $^ is the first token of the previous command. If I dot-source a script with . ./foo.ps1 then $^ is .. This also means that arguments are not contained. Doing anything that exceeds a single token will not work this way.
Apr
8
answered It doesn't print the increased value of a variable in the for loop of batch file
Apr
4
comment Get current directory path in windows command line?
@Mohammad: Indeed, it is the current directory. The other one is the directory where the batch file is. Those two are not the same and your question asks explicitly for this one. So please edit it if that is not what you mean.
Mar
29
comment Split string line read by a batch file
You can also start a block with an opening parenthesis after the do.
Mar
29
revised Help for batch file
added 291 characters in body
Mar
29
revised Help for batch file
spelling, removed greetings, etc., formatting.
Mar
29
suggested suggested edit on Help for batch file
Mar
29
answered Help for batch file
Mar
21
answered Windows Command SC, how to check errorlevel
Mar
21
comment Why does the Windows command line change the command when running from a .bat file?
+1. Indeed, cmd is just clarifying here (especially the 1> part). The statements are identical.