I'm running XP Pro and am systematically tweaking the shell more to my liking. On the Start Menu, have been able to attach Control Panel popup directly to the SM instead of it being appended to Settings. That was easy since all the related strings are in Explore.exe. What I'm trying to do...

I have to take a design time decision. We are developing an enterprise application based on COM/COM+ that already makes use of SQL Server. Our application supports some standard documents that are XML-based and are stored in the form of files. Our application requires frequent read/write operations...

I had faced a problem that due to corrupt of my Operating System (Win 2003 Server) on c: drive, I reinstall the OS on C: Drive (in Installation I had select Format and New Installation). After completion of installation, On my all other drives (d:,e:,f:,g: ) all data get corrupted. I can watch all f...

Hi<br/>I'm looking for a program that can tell me which process use specify DLL file.

I have the w2k boxes connected on a LAN. I have a vbscript set up as an "at" job. The script maps a driove to the 2 other machines and gets a file. It then disconnects the mapped drives and merges the files it has. My problem is:1. I can be on the box set the script to run from a command line and...

Hi all, I would like to know if there is any documentation of the IOCTL's that some of the windows operating system components implement and which ones can be used by us if we choose to write a kernal driver.Also sm sample code would help.Would appriciate the help greatlyThanks,Preetham....

Anyone know how to write a simple cpu monitor for dual cpus? i want to pretty much make it look like the cpu monitor in tasman but show both cpus in the tray...thankx!#!/usr/local/bin/perl@a=(Lbzjoftt,Inqbujfodf,Hvcsjt); $b="Lbssz Wbmm";$b =~ y/b-z/a-z/ ; $c =" Tif ". @a ." hsfbu wj"."suvft pg b qsp...

Hi,Hopefully someone can look at this batch and help me figure out why it's not giving me desired output. I'm not understaning the 'for f tokens lines' and what they are saying :(*************Current Directories that exist:**********************D:\Hyperion\essbase\app\BU_CRTT\Cr...

how can i create a loop file to keep loop start application, if the application is close restart it... but only 1 instance of application running at a time.<br/>how the loop script look like?

Usually the folders on your desktop are spaced in an even grid. <br/>How would I go about finding what the spacing is in pixel co-ordinates.

I have a java program that is started up via a batch file, and we would like to send both stdout/stderr to a file along with displaying sdtout/stderr to the screen. I am working in Windows XP environment, and I know that in Unix-like environment you can use the "tee" command to accomplish this task...

I'm working on an application which stores data on removable USB flash drives. It works great, except that when the user inserts the flash memory, Windows pops up a window showing the contents of the flash drive. The user has to manually close that window to continue with the application. I...

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question.I need to create a simple .bat file that when run copies the contents of a directory (and subdirectories) , to a new folder somewhere else. The key issue here is that I would like the batch file to copy the contents to a created folder with the n...

Hi All,I would like to set Icon to a file created by CFile (MFC).We can attached Icon to file manullay throughTOOLS-->FOLDER OPTIONS-> FILE TYPESSelect your file type and you can change its icon or program connected to it.But I would like to set Icon programmatically.Thanks-Prakash Joshi....

Hello<br/> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012149<br/>May someone explain about "SendMessage API call"?<br/>Thanks

Hello. I'am using windows service (which I have writen in C#) to control PC's at internet cafe. It performs desktop lock by creating new desktop and switching to it. The problem is that this service starts only some time after desktop is shown (i'am using autologon). Smarter kids foun...

Hi All<br/>I am new in WMI. I want a (free downloadable) Java API by using which I can access WMI. Please help me regarding this.<br/>Regards,<br/>Gourab

Hello, i'm still working on my IT degree so please excuse my ignorance.I'm working in an application that will store encrypted files in a folder. Though the files are encrypted, I would like to prevent anyone from having access to the folder, even seeing what it contains and of course, del...

Hi!<br/> Is there anywhere I can download the older versions of Microsoft Platform SDK? I could only find the latest (Windows Vista, Server 2003 SP1 and R2) but not the older ones on the Microsoft Downloads site.<br/>Thanks!

Considering the Shadow Copy option available starting from Windows Vista Ultimate/Business/Enterprise, all files on the disk drive have a copy in Shadow Copies.How can we remove the System Restore copy of a file from the disk drive, using the Volume Shadow Copy Service, and ensure this System Restor...

Hello! I made a setup-project from my c++.net-Application. I tested it several times, installing and uninstalling it, but now I only get a message-box: "An unexceptced error occured, error-number 2714" - no matter if I try to install or uninstall.The application-folder on c:\programs\... has complet...

Hi All, :) I have a very simple problem, I want to create a Batch File for DOS, which rename an existing file by current Date and Time Stamp. For e.g.If the current Date/Time is 12th Mar 2007 15:30:00Old File Name : abc.txtNew File Name : abc__12032007153000 Please help me out... :confused:...

Microsoft says that ClickOnce deployment can be used in a case where you need to install an application with an associated file extension. Several sites parrot this information, but nobody seems to have the info on how to do this.I want to associate the extension .dceff with an application installed...

Hello,I need a WMI query that will notify me whenever a new file is created inside specific directory OR any of its subdirectories. I tried to catch __InstanceCreationEvent for CIM_DataFile, but that didn't work... Then I tried to catch the same event for CIM_DirectoryContainsFile. That one wor...

Hello,<br/>Every windows machine has a SID value. I need a way to get the SID value using WMI. But I cannot find the WMI class that enumerates machine sids. There is a Win32_SID class but that returns nothing when I query the class. Any suggestions?<br/>Thanks<br/>Danny

We launch a IE browser from within a windows service and cause the browser to navigate to a particular site using the IWebBrowser2 interface.The code is as fllows:hr=CoCreateInstance(CLSID_InternetExplorer,NULL,CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER,IID_IWebBrowser2,(void**)&psIE); if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) { hr=psI...

Hello folks, I have a question: Is it possible to make my application notified about CD-ROM events? Mostly I am interested at eject notification, I want my app to be able to respond somehow to this event. I have been searching for some MCI command or something, but found nothing useful. I think that...

1. Does a Windows service always have administrative rights?<br/>If not, can it?<br/>2. Can a service run a .msi to install a program without any user logged on?

I am trying to write a small program that will hide the desktop icons. I tried the reg edit thing but you have to restart explorer when you hide/show them. I also tried this. x=0 will show the desktop x!=0 will hide it.HWND hw; hw = FindWindowEx(0,0,"Progman", NULL); ShowWindow(hw, x);...

Hi,I'm converting EMF files into PDF by using Windows to enum the records - in general this is working well but there is an odd problem with text - which only appears for a Brazilian (Portuguese) user.Basically the text is stored using unicode which in ASCII is "VLOYLD" but this should be "silv...

Hi all,i'm a newbie in the coding world. Now i'm facing with a trouble that how can i collect all window class name kinds (like WindowsForms10.Window.8.0.2bf8098,WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.2bf8098, WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.1,WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.2..etc.). Because i have a capt...

We need to modify the 'Interact with desktop' setting of a windows service through the registry.One of the options is to do this through a bat file invoking regedit.<br/>Is there any other option through which registry entries can be manipulated through batch scripts?

Hi all,<br/>Is there a way to check, via a batch script, whether a specific Windows Service is up??<br/>Thanks,<br/>Amir.

I installed windows xp and windows server 2003 in "c:"(first install windows xp and then windows server 2003) .I think, when I installed windows xp,some files belonging go windows xp might have been rewritten which leads to some problem:I find that I can run asp project on windows server 2003(just...

As we know that there are 7 IO port registers for IDE interface. And we could send ATA command through ATA_PASS_THROUGH or SCSI_PASS_THROUGH with DeviceIoControl().<br/>If I need to access one of these register directly, how to do that?

hello freinds,<br/>can anybody tell how can i get WMF sdk i.e. for DRM..<br/>Is it a freeware?<br/>Any other alternate that is a freeware/open source?<br/>thanks

I am trying to write a batch file that will move a file to a folder named after the file. For example: File is data03.ext I want to move this file to a folder named data03 This folder will have to be created by the batch file. Each time this batch file will be run it will be a different filena...

i found a few folders which remained hidden even if i switched 'show hidden files or folders' on...i found out that the hidden option was 'greyed' or disabled in its properties section...how can i do this...i mean how can i disable the attributes of a file or a folder?plz helpthn...

i recently found out about these .scf files 'the windows explorer command files' .saw the quick desktop file...with the coding(in text mode)i was very curious about this file...but could not find details,command list etc about such files....plz share any information u hav about these files...

I am having a problem where I am passing in a parameter to a batch file:Parameter being passed: "/XD FolderIgnore /XD "Ignore Folder" "That is the exact parameter with spaces, but when I echo the parameter I get this:"/XD FolderIgnore /XD "IgnoreIf I remove the space : "/XD FolderIgnore /XD "IgnoreF...

Hi All,I wrote a server program using tcp sockets.my server listens on a particular IP address and port number when it comes up.I made this program as a windows service ,which starts automatically when ever windows bootsup.During start up my program gets all the IP addresses on that machine and open...

Hi,I have a batch file that syncs 2 folders .. The problem is that part sits in a *.bat file and then the rest gets typed into command prompt.Code:sync.batXCOPY "%1" "%2" /D /I %3XCOPY "%2" "%1" /D /I %3Then type into command prompt:sync C:\test D:\test /SI have been trying to put all the code into...

Hello all.Have some strange problem with win2k registry.Have to change value of some field in registry with a script.There i use:rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 "c:\myFile.inf"And it doesnt work. I get the "installation failed" pop up window.When i`m trying to install myF...

I need a batch file to ask user to log on before using my windowsmedia<br/>Some computers in a room, each user must have a pass before s/he can use any soft from server. How and what shold i do ? thanks

I need some free components (button, list...) to program Window Interface, where should i go to get them?<br/>John

Hi everyone, I have a very general question to ask if i burn a CD on windows 2000 using nero burning software will i be able to read that same data on a linux box(i can't really test this because i do not currentlt have access to a linux box). If it can...

Hi,<br/> I am trying to open a HTML file in a text so that I just get the contents without the tags. The html file just has text. I know it has something to do with the encoding but I am not able to figure out what exactly it is! Couls someone help me on this?<br/>Cheers,

I need to write a WMI script to deploy an application to mulitple computers.<br/>I have the names of the computers on a text file and i have the .exe to deploy.<br/>Can someone get me started? Any directionwould be helpful...<br/>thanks,

HELP!!!My head is spinning! For the past week I have been searching on how to implement a DNA within my intranet. I would like to use the above application and services, however, I have a few questions.Before I ask my questions, I will give a short description of my setup.I have multiple clients o...

I am using an application that is able to execute scripts from the command line. Basically, I write a batch file that works when I run it from the command line, but when I run by calling it from the program, it usually fails with some access-related error, like "network drive not reachable" or soem...