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Make Windows snappy –> Turn off “animate controlls and elements inside windows”

Shortcuts

General

Action Shortcut
Display desktop Windows d
Open file explorer Windows e
Delete whole word Ctrl Backspace
Select characters Shift arrow
Select words Ctrl Shift arrow
Move Desktop Ctrl windows ← or →
Show symbols Windows .
Always on top Windows Ctrl t
Enable clipboard history Windows v
Sticky notes Windows Alt s
Task switcher Alt tab

File Explorer

Action Shortcut
Create new folder Ctrl Shift n
Copy file path Ctrl Shift c

fman

Action Shortcut
GoTo Ctrl p
Explorer f10
Switch side Tab
Command Palette Ctrl Shift p

Windows Run Commands

%appdata%
shell:startup
taskschd.msc

Codecs

K-Lite For all common audio and video file formats

Drivers

Novation Components Novation Components
Wacom Wacom

Clean install windows

Command Prompt

Show folder structure

Move to the folder by using CD
Put this behind the file path
tree /a /f > output.doc

Output.doc is the document file where the entire directory tree is saved.
Open it to check out the tree!

Delete all “._Thumbs.db” files

Open a Command Prompt or Terminal: On Windows, press Win + R, type cmd, and hit Enter. On macOS or Linux, open the Terminal. Navigate to the Directory: Use the cd command to navigate to the directory where your files are located. For example:
cd /path/to/your/directory

Delete the Files: Run the following command to delete all “._Thumbs.db” files in the directory and its subdirectories:

del /s /q ._Thumbs.db

/s searches for files in subdirectories. /q suppresses confirmation prompts. If you’re on macOS or Linux, use the rm command instead:

find . -type f -name "._Thumbs.db" -exec rm {} \;

Confirm Deletion: Verify that the files have been deleted by checking the directory. Remember to replace /path/to/your/directory with the actual path to your file structure. Be cautious when deleting files, especially system files, to avoid unintended consequences.

Automated tasks

Windows has a build in Task Sceduler that you can use in combination with scripts.
This gives you an easy way to create a backup or any other task that needs to happen periodically.
Usually you can use a .bat script for the execution and a .vbs script to keep the terminal in the background

Use Robocopy to automate backups

Emergency

Name Description
Display Driver Uninstaller For when you are having display issues
start/knowledge/software/windows_knowledge.txt · Last modified: 2025/02/27 00:34 by florian