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Putting directory.asp and batch commands together in Excel

Published on July 11, 2011 Last reviewed on May 17, 2014

These are the steps I used to get a usable URL and create the code I needed for the batch file, in only a few minutes - using Excel. Open directory.asp in a browser. View source. Copy the section with the URLs. Paste into Excel The code will look like this: <li><a href="/folder/page1.asp">Page Title</a></li> <li><a […]

Open webpages using a batch file

Published on July 11, 2011 Last reviewed on September 28, 2016

I'm moving my sites into WordPress and need to verify the redirects are correct. With more than 2000 pages to check, it would take forever if I had to click on each link and open them in a browser. Instead, I used a batch file. Two batch files actually, one for IE and one for […]

How to reset Windows icon cache

Published on June 10, 2011 Last reviewed on July 30, 2020

When the desktop icons gets messed up, you probably don't need to reinstall the programs (or Windows!) - you just need to reset the iconcache file. It's a fairly easily process too - easier than reinstalling the applications. Close all Windows Explorer windows that are open. It's highly recommended that you close all Windows, especially […]

Network password prompt: How to remove a corrupt password

Published on March 23, 2011 Last reviewed on March 24, 2021

How to remove the protected storage provider key in Windows XP when your passwords won't save.

Where to find help with Windows or Outlook...

Published on May 6, 2010

Looking for an answer fast?  Try Microsoft Answers (all Microsoft products) or OutlookForums for Outlook assistance For an Outlook Tip delivered to your Inbox 2 – 3 times a week Subscribe to Outlook-Tips A weekly newsletter about Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook: Exchange Messaging Outlook (EMO) The outlook-users and outlook-dev are two excellent mailing lists […]

What time is it?

Published on May 6, 2010

This is an old javascript clock app I used back in Windows 95 days when clock apps for windows sucked resources. 🙂 It doesn't work in wordpress – so the old page remains. World Time Clock

Help! My Favorites are Missing!

Published on May 6, 2010

This page was born out of frustration. My Windows Explorer Favorites folder died. It was listed in WinExplorer but dragging items to it failed (the nasty red not allowed icon appeared ) as did right clicking to restore the default folders. The only advice I found online was to run sfc /scannow – it failed […]

My Favorite Windows Utilities

Published on May 6, 2010 Last reviewed on January 15, 2020

This is a very old list of utilities I like (or liked) to use – I'm not keeping this page up so please don't ask me to add your utility to it. Here are some of my favorite utility programs for Win95/98. Most are freeware, others are shareware and well worth the registration fee. Looking […]

Windows 2000 Places Bar

Published on May 6, 2010 Last reviewed on May 8, 2016

Windows 2000 places bar

Works on Windows Millennium and Windows XP too! You cannot have 10 small links, as you can with Office2000 places bar, but you can change the default places to local or network locations. Edit the following registry path, [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32\Placesbar] adding strings for Place0 through Place4 and the desired folder locations. For example, add the following […]

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