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http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/90705-personal-user-shell-folders.html

www.vistax64.com/tutorials/90705-personal-user-shell-folders...

If you open your personal user folder in the Start menu or from C:\Users\(user name), and a user folder has a standard yellow folder icon instead of the special green folder icon, then this will sh ...

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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-files/how-to-restore-my-pictures-folder-after-deleting/d5efbf95-a3c2-4050-a864-12ad9d7d768e

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-file...

I deleted the My Pictures Program in error - now how do I reinstate the My Pictures program?

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http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/disappeared-special-folders-in-vista-after-changing-drive-letter

www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/disappeared-special-folders-in...

Whilst organizing my drives I changed the drive letter of the partition that carries the special folders Vista uses (Documents, Desktop, Videos, Favorites, Downloads etc.).

And lo and behold - I get a warning message at star ...

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http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/581-libraries-restore-default.html

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In case you have a missing Library, this will show you how to restore all of the default Libraries in Windows 7.

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http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148461-personal-user-folder-restore-missing-folder.html

www.vistax64.com/tutorials/148461-personal-user-folder-resto...

This tutorial will show you how to restore a personal user folder if it has been deleted, in the wrong location, or is missing from your C:\Users\(user name) or Start menu location.

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9066513/my-libraries-shortcuts-dont-work

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don't know why but my Libraries shortcuts don't work anymore, When I press on them nothing happens (nor from the start menu nor from Windows Explorer). I think that this is something from the registry but I don't know what.

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http://svchostviewer.codeplex.com/

svchostviewer.codeplex.com

A program to see what all those svchost.exe are running.

Ever wondered what all those svchost.exe processes are running ?? Well here is an app
to tell you. It gives you some basic information like the Name and description.

http://www.kevintaber.com/2010/09/22/add-remove-programs-by-runas-administrator-command-line/

www.kevintaber.com/2010/09/22/add-remove-programs-by-runas-a...

If the machine is running Windows XP you may want to install a program for someone without having to log them off. A simple way is to use the “runas” command line utility to invoke the Control Panel applet Add Remove Programs.

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http://superuser.com/questions/488274/win7-opening-programs-and-features-as-admin-from-command-line-logged-in-as

superuser.com/questions/488274/win7-opening-programs-and-fea...

We have Win7 machines on a domain that we'd like to open the "Programs and Features" control applet via the command line while a regular user is logged in.

Heres the catch: I know how to do this using runas from command line BUT after "Programs ...

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http://superuser.com/questions/663308/how-do-i-run-control-panel-as-administrator

superuser.com/questions/663308/how-do-i-run-control-panel-as...

I have the following problem on my Windows 7 computer: I am a member of Administrators, but do not have full Superuser privileges. I have been told that this is by design, and that I need to explicitly "run as administrator" programs where I need Super ...

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http://www.pearsonitcertification.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1708670

www.pearsonitcertification.com/articles/article.aspx?p=17086...

This article lists and discusses the commands used to launch many of the control panel applets and other tools in Windows 7.

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http://darrenmyher.com/2011/12/22/moving-windows-from-non-existing-2nd-monitor-to-main-monitor/

darrenmyher.com/2011/12/22/moving-windows-from-non-existing-...

If you have a notebook computer connected to multiple displays at home or work then disconnect that display, you can sometimes end up with windows that when restored show on the now non-existent 2nd display.

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http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/75291-offscreen-window-move-back-desktop.html

www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/75291-offscreen-window-move-ba...

If you have a opened window that is offscreen from your main display, then this will show you how to move the offscreen window back on your desktop in Windows 7 and Windows 8...

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http://superuser.com/questions/676675/how-to-reset-the-window-position-of-an-application

superuser.com/questions/676675/how-to-reset-the-window-posit...

Applications that store and restore their absolute window-position, might end up outside the visible screen if the monitor's screen-space changes. This happens for instance when de/attaching an external monitor.

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http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/

www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/

Cmdow is a Win32 commandline utility for NT4/2000/XP/2003/2008/7 that allows windows to be listed, moved, resized, renamed, hidden/unhidden, disabled/enabled, minimized, maximized, restored, activated/inactivated, closed, killed and more.

It is ...

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7977322/set-the-window-position-of-an-application-via-command-line

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I have an application which start in 0x0 position of my desktop. I want to open it in center of my desktop. I do not want to open it and use a move command to move it into center, just want my app to start immediately in center position.

Is the ...

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https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/WinMove.htm

www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/WinMove.htm

AutoHotkey - a scripting language for desktop automation and is an open source software. It is completely free for personal and commercial use.

The WinMove command Changes the position and/or size of the specified window.

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http://www.winability.com/delete-protected-efi-disk-partition/

www.winability.com/delete-protected-efi-disk-partition/

This article shows how to use the DISKPART Windows tool to erase a hard disk that has a protected EFI partition.

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https://techjourney.net/diskpart-cannot-delete-a-protected-partition/

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When attempting to delete a partition or volume with “DELETE PARTITION” command in DiskPart, primarily to remove hidden or system protected partitions, the deletion operation failed with the following error message:

Virtual ...

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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-performance/what-purpose-does-the-hidden-folder-recyclebin/ca654dd7-2190-429e-91fd-11502218c95e?page=1

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-perf...

What purpose does the hidden folder $RECYCLE.BIN have?
  • These folders use a lot of space on my partitions (from ~4GB to ~12GB).
  • Can I delete the $RECYCLE.BIN folder or will my system crash?
  • Similar question goes fo ...

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