scripting

I'm a programmer and I'm trying to create an app or shortcut that runs a user as an already logged on user (switch users), but also leaves the application running on the privileged users desktop? I cannot use a service, it's out of the question as this is a 3rd party app, and no I don't want to...

I've been trying to modify the "folder picture" for a large number of folders, and to that end am going to write a script to modify the desktop.ini in each folder. The thing is, changing the desktop.ini doesn't seem to have any visible effect. If I manually change the picture (folder...

Can I get a list of commands I can use in a command prompt, please?

Can anyone help? i need a scipt that calls a "file open menu" and how to assign a name into it. I am thinking of creating a converter that runs on windows 7 and im kinnda stuck in this part, Thanks

I have just installed a set of PERL programs that are invoked from batch files and the are passed a parameter line from the the batch script. They worked fine under XP but it appears altho the perl scripts work - they do not get the parameters. Has win7 changed the way batch files work?

Hi Folks, Cybermoron posted a thread on creating a nifty shutdown button on the Win 7 desktop to make shutdown\restart easier. I posted that I use a similar method to shutdown\restart my Ubuntu installs using a simple python script. He suggested I share that here in the Linux section so here...

How can I make a clickable windows 7 shutdown command?

My laptop has six user identities and I would like a script to log onto all of them on startup rather than doing this manually. Windows 7, like Vista fails to find logon profiles sometimes whan certain programs have been run withing a particular profile but logs on fine before any of this...

Microsoft announced today of new attacks against IE6 and IE7. An unpatched bug that attackers have been recently exploiting, which injects malicious code the computer. The oldest IE 5.01 and the newest IE 8 respectively, are not vulnerable to such attacks. The best way to defend from these...

Hello: This is my first time posting here. Thanks in advance for any assistance. I have a batch file that worked faithfully in Windows XP. I wish to update the code to work in Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit). The code creates a folder with a date in its name. the code is as follows: @echo...

Hello Guys! I need help with Autounatted.xml for win7 I want to keep this Link Removed due to 404 Error when installing, the only thing i want to change/add is autologon Administrator Is that possible? Or maybe there is another option? It doesn't have to be Autounattend.xml...

I have a Tablet (old HP/Compaq TC1100, 1.2 GHz, 1GB RAM). After some fiddling around with old drivers everything is running fine. The TC1100 comes with a software called qmenu with which you can toggle the wireless on and off. That is working. To do that via a script or assigning a button to it...

Is there a way to script the verification, creation, and deletion of Windows 7 libraries, using any script engine which will run as a login script? For 7 desktops in AD, I would much rather use libraries than mapped drives, if possible. J.E.B.

Download the .reg files folder and open the WatermarkNameChanger.reg with notepad and change "Batu" to your own word. Have fun! And if you want to show the watermark, Just double click AddWatermark And for delete, double click RemoveWatermark And remember to add WatermarknameChanger.bat...

Greetings, I'm currently in the process of building a Windows 7 image for my institution. I'm trying to implement a few registry hacks that we've standardly used at least as long as I've been here. All of the keys still exist, but here's the one weird thing: the administrators usergroup does...

So you know how in XP you can send messages trough the command prompt with "net send xx.xx.xx.xx what`s up", i googled a little and looked the help in cmd but didnt make it work. Do you have any ideas? This is the help menu so you dont have to do it :) Link Removed //off And not to make...

Okay, so I am just learning Java, and I hate how atm I have to use command panel and there lots of typic in javac this.java java this in my testing. So I downloaded ContextEdit and put a compile on the right click of .java, this works fine. However, the program doesn't have an entry for .class...

Hi, i work in the IT Department and I have just installed Windows 7 on a laptop, this has laptop has then been put on the domain and been setup accordingly I have a Group Policy where a VBS Script is run to map network drive depending on group Memberships this was working when i had XP...

Hello, I've made script to associate video files with MPlayer (not WMP). It's simple .bat file, here's part of it: ftype MPlayer.Video=\"%~dp0mplayer.exe\" \"%%1\" \"%%*\" 1>nul assoc .avi=MPlayer.Video 1>nul assoc .mkv=MPlayer.Video 1>nul assoc .flv=MPlayer.Video 1>nul assoc...

I've writen some scripts to change the C:\user to an other partition. all seems to work but I can not change the security on the SYMBLINK and Junctions (not the directories) assuming all in c:\users\%USERNAME% is machine independent ... All data will be recreated at first login anyhow...