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I recently learned a neat trick. To join mp3 files together, you simply use the command (in Windows) copy /b *.mp3 joined.mp3 and voila, you have one large mp3 file. My question: is there a method of doing the opposite, i.e. splitting an mp3 file, this easily? Solution: There are two ways to split an […]

Is there a way to keep the cmd command history between sessions? Solution: Switch to using PowerShell, and follow the instructions at the following site to enable history: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/perserving-command-history-across-sessions/ (archived) Alternatively, in cmd.exe, you can use “doskey /history” at the end of your session to show what you typed in that session, but theres no

I really like keeping up to date with the latest updates for my software. I have Windows set to automatically download and install updates. But what about my other programs? How do I keep my 3rd-party software updated? Especially if it doesn’t have a “check for updates” feature. Edit: Recently ran across this article which

Using Microsoft Remote Desktop Client in Windows 7 in full screen, is there another way to switch from the remote machine (which captures all input from the keyboard) to the local machine, aside from using the keyboard combination for toggling full screen of the remote desktop session? Solution: The trick is to stop Remote Desktop

Is there a command line utility that kills all processes with a specific command line? E.g. kill all processes named “java.exe” with a command line that contains “-jar selenium-server.jar”. This is possible through process explorer. Solution: In Windows XP you can do this easily using WMIC, the WMI Console. From a command prompt, type the

I’m looking for a lightweight CPU usage monitor, something that can sit in a corner of my screen telling me how much of my CPU is getting used. Anyone know of one? Solution: Moo0 SystemMonitor lets you keep your eye on system resource usages of your PC. It currently supports 34 kinds of information including

I’ve looked at the answers to this question, and unfortunately none of them has helped me so far. Not to beat about the bush, the second edition of C# in Depth is now in copy edit. I want to be able to see what the copy editor’s done really easily, so I can reject or

It’s kind of funny, there are a lot of ways in which Linux command line tools are vastly superior to Windows ones, but one thing I have not found an equivalent to is robocopy. Robocopy is way more versatile than cp, and I can’t figure out how to do what I want with Linux tools.

In windows, is there any way to get a list of all files in a folder, including all the files within all the subfolders? Solution: List all Files Recursively   C:>dir /s             To save them to a file   C:>dir  /s /b>filelist.txt View them a page at a time   C:>dir /s | more

I want to run Chrome with a given set of flags, always I created a shortcut and added the flag to it in the following way, so my target of the shortcut says: C:<application-path>chrome.exe –user-data-dir=D:Chrome But when I double click an HTML file, or if any other application triggers Chrome, it looses the flag value.