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

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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

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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://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

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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

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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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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/all-hard-drives-show-recyclebin-system-volume/1e457dd0-a34f-479d-9b77-c07071194ae3

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I would like to inquire if it is normal for all my internal and external hard drives to have $RECYCLE.BIN and System Volume Information? I did not notice them before it only appeared yesterday when I used my friends portable drive. Now all the external ...

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http://www.w7forums.com/threads/recycle-bin-files-are-hidden.18956/

www.w7forums.com/threads/recycle-bin-files-are-hidden.18956/

I cannot SEE any files in any Recycle Bin and therefore cannot select which deleted files to restore or delete permanently. Using Folder Options/View, the "Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives" is checked. The "Hide Protected Operating System Files" i ...

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