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Main: SettingUpAWindowsMachine

There are some things I like to do with a new Windows box to make it feel more like "home". Do anything you like with these except imply or state that they're yours.

UNIX Commands (cp, ls, mv, rm)

• These are batch files that are very tiny wrappers around the DOS commands. No cygwin, mingwin or other software is needed. Path names still have to be in Windows form.
• unix-cmd-utils.zip
• Put these in a directory like "C:\command\" and put that in the path.

Misc Commands (these must be in C:\command\)

• misc-cmd-utils.zip
• e
  • Opens an Explorer window at the current path (as a background job)
• Command Prompt Here
  • Create a shortcut to this batch file in your C:\Documents and Settings\ProfileName\SendTo directory. Then you can right-click on any directory in Windows Explorer, use the "Send To" menu and click "Command Prompt Here".
• hold
  • Creates a batch file called "C:\command\last.bat" which will cd to the current directory (helpful when adding things to the path or environment, and having to close the existing shell window and create another one)

Command Prompt Here (a Ruby version which supports UNC paths)

Unix in Windows Tools I May Investigate Later

• https://conemu.github.io/ conemu
• cmder

Tab Completion in Command Prompt

• http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/08/26/tabcompletion_in_windows_2000.html (Works in Windows 2000 / XP / 7)

Essential Programs

• Vim (The most popular clone of vi)
  • Faster Loading of Large Files
  • text - Vim macro very slow - Stack Overflow
  • Merge multiple lines (two blocks) in Vim - Stack Overflow
• Putty (and pscp)
• FireFox
  • SoylentNews Comments | Which AdBlock to Use?
  • FlashBlock (or set "click_to" in about:config to true)
  • Session Manager
  • Web Developer
  • Bookmarklets for Zapping Annoyances
  • Bookmarklet for Readability
  • Add Search Engines to Firefox
  • CookieSafe Use a white-list for cookies
  • Redirector Automatically redirects to user-defined URLs on certain pages
  • Ghostery Protect your privacy. See who's tracking your web browsing and block them with Ghostery. FAQ
  • BetterPrivacy :: Add-ons for Firefox (Protect against "Flash-cookies"/"Local Shared Objects"/LSOs))
  • Tree Style Tab :: Add-ons for Firefox
  • KeyScrambler
  • Perspectives Project
  • Certificate Patrol :: Add-ons for Firefox
  • Add-on Compatibility Reporter :: Add-ons for Firefox
  • Recommendations from a Slashdot user

Helpful Programs & Utilities

• FreeMind
• Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once
• Hiren's BootCD 15.1 - All in one Bootable CD » www.hiren.info
• Synergy (also see Synergy and Autohotkey KeyDown Issue • AutoHotkey Community)

Customize a New XP Installation

MS-Windows focus-follows-mouse Registry hacks | sine walker

Haven't Tried Yet

NovaBACKUP 2013 - TopTenREVIEWS

Chrome (chrome://settings/content and select Click to play for plugins.)

Classic Shell - Start menu and other Windows enhancements

TeraCopy for Microsoft Windows - Code Sector (fast file copy esp. over a network)

bmatzelle/gow · GitHub (GNU on Windows: Gow - The lightweight alternative to Cygwin)

Windows 8

Windows 8 productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, there it is. - Scott Hanselman

Scott Hanselman's 2014 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows - Scott Hanselman

How to Disable Bing From the Windows 8.1 Search Engine