Command-line
Command line tip #13- Find flash cookies
The previous post discusses Flash cookies in some detail. I commented that I have found that the Windows search function is not the best way to find Flash cookies. However, the command line can be used by entering the following:
dir “%appdata%\macromedia\*.sol” /s/b
The quotation marks are necessary. This command works in both XP and Vista. To [...]
Command line tip #12- shut down hung programs
It’s been quite a while since I gave a straight command line tip but here’s one for quickly closing a program that gets stuck or frozen. You can use the Task Manager (described here) but that can take a fairly long time. With the command “taskkill”, you can force a quick shutdown of a hung [...]
Stop Windows XP update reboot nagging
We just went through the monthly Windows update process and I was reminded of something that annoys many PC users who use automatic update. After the update patches are installed, Windows wants to reboot and in XP will keep nagging you every 10 minutes until you do. You can tell it to reboot later but [...]
