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It’s not about how smart you are–judgment is what matters 21 Aug 2013 | 11:42 am
Some of the most intelligent and inspiring people I’ve met are also the ones who I’d ask for advice and guidance on a technical or non-technical problem. Most however, especially in their younger day...
PowerShell Start-Process without taking focus 18 Aug 2013 | 09:43 am
Earlier this week I had a need to start a process from PowerShell and ensure that it did not take focus. This doesn’t seem to be supported by the Start-Process cmdlet or any other mechanism built int...
On switching to Android from Windows Phone 18 Aug 2013 | 07:52 am
About a month ago I purchased a Galaxy S4 Android smartphone to replace my Lumia 920 Windows Phone. I didn’t take this decision lightly, and I do very much have a vested interest in seeing Windows Pho...
Programmatically update the mouse cursors with PowerShell 18 Aug 2013 | 02:42 am
After updating the mouse cursors at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors, the system will not automatically reload them, it must be instructed to do so. With the below PowerShell function, the sys...
Create a shortcut from PowerShell 18 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am
To create a shortcut in PowerShell, the WScript.Shell COM object has a simple method (with additional properties not shown), which makes creating shortcuts programmatically simple. Below are a couple...
Reset the per-application volume preferences on Windows 18 Aug 2013 | 02:28 am
Sometimes after messing with the per-application volume settings on Windows, you might find yourself wishing you could easily just reset all of them. The UI can be tricky to get all of the volume sli...
WinUser.h constants in PowerShell 18 Aug 2013 | 02:25 am
For those doing P/Invoke from PowerShell often, winuser.h is often necessary to find constants. I ran a regex over the Windows 8.0 SDK winuser.h, and removed the macros that couldn’t be easily transl...
Use PowerShell to click a point on the screen reapeatedly 18 Aug 2013 | 02:08 am
Here’s an auto-clicker script I’ve been sitting on for a while, which often comes in handy unexpectedly for all kinds of quick and dirty repetitive tasks. To use it, move the mouse to the point on th...
Platform evolution in the mobile age 17 Aug 2013 | 12:54 pm
The notion of a platform has evolved dramatically since the popularity of networked computing in the 1990s. What was once a set of low-level services for discrete applications and experiences is now a...
Programmatically open RegEdit to a specific registry path 26 May 2013 | 01:13 am
Here’s a quick PowerShell script to open RegEdit navigated to a specific path in the registry. This can be handy as sometimes you are given a path but would like to explore/view/modify it in the RegE...
