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  1. Changing your Skype avatar on Windows 10

    So, I ran Skype on Windows 10 today. And, for some reason it is showing a really old avatar, from about eight years ago. I want to change it. Sadly, I can't find a way to change my Skype avatar using the Skype application on Windows 10.…

  2. What is the Windows 8.1 DVD Label?

    I am trying to find the DVD I burned to install Windows 8.1. I have several. After screwing around with the various DVD’s, trying to figure out which one is the latest.. Google was no help. Bing was no help. The Duck didn’t know.. So,…

  3. #region’s in Visual Studio

    I really don’t mind regions, when used correctly (ie: sparsely). The rest of the time, however, I want to rip them all out of any code I look at. I used to use some cool macros to automatically expand all regions, but since Microsoft…

  4. editlinks.vbs (week #25)

    This utility modifies specified shortcut (.lnk) file's paths, including the target, directory, icon, and sometimes description. There is no usage information provided by the script itself, so here it is: This will update all paths:…

  5. attr.exe (week #24)

    A simple utility to view and modify file attributes.. There are three main benefits of this utility over Windows' built-in attrib.exe. The order in which you alter the attributes does not matter. For instance, you don't have to…

  6. createpw.exe (week #23)

    This is a simple utility to create unique passwords from a key (such as a website name) and a master password. The idea for the code came from ss64.com. When it asks for the user name, you can just press enter to bypass/skip it. JUST be…

  7. sortxml (week #22)

    This is a very simple utility that prettifies and sorts xml file nodes and attributes. It is simple to use. The default is to output pretty and sorted nodes and attributes. So, given the following: Would output the following: I created…

  8. jQuery.deepShow()

    I wrote this little snippet earlier today that ensures an object is shown even if one of its parent objects is currently being hidden. It does this, of course, by going through its parents and checking for the 'display:none' property..

  9. menustack (week #21)

    A nifty dynamically loaded menu, one menu item per file, useful for docking onto your taskbar for easy access to lots of applications/shortcuts. It also includes a search field at the top, so when the menu opens you can immediately…

  10. sortini (week #20)

    This is a simple utility that sorts .INI files. It can sort sections and entries ascending or descending. It also maintains comment positioning within the file too! Check out the source code at GitHub!

  11. SublimeCycleWhiteSpace (week #19)

    Cycle's through Sublime Text's three options for displaying white space: none, selection, and all. Many thanks to skuroda for his extremely helpful comment on Stack Overflow. Check out the MIT-licensed source code on GitHub. Features…

  12. encrypt / decrypt (week #18)

    Simple utility that will copy newer and/or missing files from the source folder to the destination folder. Please note that openssl is required! These two batch files just wrap it. Check out the source code on GitHub!

  13. fcopy (week #17)

    fcopy is a simple utility that will copy newer and/or missing files from the source folder to the destination folder. The nice thing about this little utility is that you can customize how it determines whether to copy an existing file…

  14. facs (week #16)

    This simple utility displays the file averages, counts, and sizes - provides a nice summary of the files sizes in the current directory (and sub-directories). Check out the source code on GitHub! Creates output like the following:

  15. fixeol (week #15)

    Fixes the line-endings of the specified file(s). The line-ending used can be specified via the command-line. You can fix a file at a time or use wildcards; even multiple file patterns. For instance: will fix the line endings of all .css…

  16. reloc (week #14)

    A simple DOS/CLI utility that resizes and relocates the current command prompt window to various locations on the screen based on the specified arguments (or whatever is saved in its config). Check out the source code on GitHub!

  17. pcolor (week #13)

    Outputs colored text to the console. Check out the source code on GitHub!

  18. seth (week #12)

    » display environment variables A simple DOS command-line (CLI) utility displays the environment variables in a nicely formatted list. Check out the source code on GitHub!

  19. ascii (week #11)

    » display all ascii characters A simple DOS command-line (CLI) utility that displays all of the ascii characters. Check out the source code on GitHub!

  20. Your organization's policies...

    "Your organization's policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more info, please contact your help desk." I have been getting this error every time I click on a hyperlink in an Outlook 2013 email. It has been…

  21. center (week #10)

    » center the console window A simple DOS/CLI utility that centers the current command prompt window. It is very similar to shrink and enlarge. Check out the source code on GitHub!

  22. GitVersion.MSBuild.dll (week #9)

    GitVersion.dll is a basic MSBuild extension for versioning assemblies, based on the Git revision count. See the source code for more details about that. The git.exe binary is required for this to work. And, the MSBuild Community Tasks…

  23. enlarge (week #8)

    A simple DOS command-line (CLI) utility that enlarges the command prompt window to the largest possible size (based on the current/active screen). Just like shrink, this is a super simple utility and hardly any code, but I use it…

  24. shrink (week #7)

    A simple DOS command-line (CLI) utility that shrinks the current command prompt window to 80x24. And, that's all it does! It is a super simple utility and hardly any code, but I'm always surprised just how often I use it! I checked it…

  25. cldesc (week #6)

    Cleans and sorts a descript.ion file, removing entries that no longer exist with a couple of other options too.. Check out the source code on GitHub!