If you know of more, please feel free to add them. Windows has a set of certain folders that are identified by unique strings referred to as CLSID or Windows Class Identifiers. These folders can be ...

How to use the Shell command to view all your applications in File Explorer Your email has been sent The Shell command offers a handy way to view your Applications folder. Here's how it works--and why ...

The Windows community is a universe of uniformity in which users depend on robust commercial applications and standard graphical utilities. With the Vista release right around the proverbial corner, ...

The Windows Command Prompt is a Windows shell that allows you to execute command by typing them in and pressing enter on the keyboard. Stemming from the Microsoft DOS operating system, this command ...

As I mentioned in a previous tip, Windows 10 includes a group of little-known shortcuts that begin with the shell: prefix and allow you to jump directly to defined system folders. You can enter shell: ...

Instead of this week's regular Q&A, I thought I'd just pass along a nifty tip for accessing some of the more common Vista folders. Yes, the shell command in Vista gives you quick access to various ...

PowerShell combines the speed of the command line with the flexibility of a scripting language, making it a valuable Windows administration tool. Here are a few basic commands you'll want to master.

Last week the blogosphere went temporarily insane over a simple GUID that displays a list of Control Panel shortcuts. It's not even close to deserving the "God mode" label, but I'm still hearing about ...

I write Perl programs that use the Windows shell command dir. The dir command is built into cmd.exe and there is no dir.exe in the System folder. My colleagues use my Perl programs and some of them ...

The Command Prompt is a no-nonsense command-line shell. You can use it to copy files, script logic, and even as a download manager. But it's never been on par with ...