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Old November 4th 19, 06:41 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Arlen _G_ Holder
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Default What useful Windows shortcuts would you like to share with users?

What useful Windows shortcuts would you like to share with users?
(If you know a way to improve these shortcuts, please advise!)

Here are a few I use that I think are of value to others:
o slideshut.lnk
%windir%\System32\SlideToShutDown.exe

o abortshut.lnk
%Windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -a

o reboot.lnk
%Windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /r /f /t 5 /c "Reboot in 5 seconds!"
Control+Alt+R

o dismountall.lnk
VeraCrypt.exe /dismount /force

o Mount-X.lnk
VeraCrypt.exe /volume X.hc /letter X /auto /quit /explore /beep

o Mount-X-Y.lnk
%comspec% /c VeraCrypt.exe /volume X.hc /letter X /auto /quit /explore & VeraCrypt.exe /volume Y.hc /letter Y /auto /quit /explore

o killprog1.lnk
%Windir%\System32\taskkill.exe /im "prog1.exe" /t /f

o killprog1-prog2.lnk
%comspec% /c %Windir%\System32\taskkill.exe /im "prog1.exe" /t /f & %Windir%\System32\taskkill.exe /im "prog2.exe" /t /f

What other useful Windows shortcuts would you share with other users?
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Old November 17th 19, 09:52 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Default What useful Windows shortcuts would you like to share with users?

On 2019-11-4 13:41, Arlen _G_ Holder wrote:
...
What other useful Windows shortcuts would you share with other users?

I normally use bat files. I think they could be rewritten as shortcuts.

Check exe signatures:
@for %%i in (%*) do "d:\green\sigcheck.exe" -q %%i | find "Verified"
pause

Verify gpg signatures:
"C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\gpg2.exe" --verify %1
pause

Compare 2 text files:
"C:\green\windiff.exe" %1 %2

Copy the bat above to "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\SendTo" for context menu
calling.

Switch to automatically acquired IP address (replace name if needed):
netsh interface ip set address name="本地连接" source=dhcp
netsh interface ip set dns name="本地连接" source=dhcp
netsh interface ip set wins name="本地连接" source=dhcp
pause

Switch to static IP address (replace name and addresses if needed):
netsh interface ip set address name="本地连接" source=static
addr=10.121.40.27 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.121.40.254 gwmetric=1
netsh interface ip set dns name="本地连接" source=static addr=10.121.2.11
netsh interface ip add dns name="本地连接" addr=10.121.2.12 index=2
netsh interface ip set wins name="本地连接" source=static addr=10.121.2.11
netsh interface ip add wins name="本地连接" addr=10.121.2.12 index=2
rem netsh interface ip add wins name="本地连接" addr=10.20.30.206 index=3
pause



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Old July 18th 20, 10:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Default What useful Windows shortcuts would you like to share with users?

UPDATE (for the benefit of all in the permanent Usenet record)
(since every post should provide value now & years to come)
Regarding related leverageable links to remember from this post today...
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/NQth1-96ROw/6DrhttQaCgAJ

On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:16:00 +0100, NY wrote:

I installed Classic Shell to give me a "proper" Start Menu.


I never understood _why_ people go to this much trouble...
o to obtain the WinXP accordion cascade menu that was always there!

o *Why does anyone bother to install Classic Shell on Windows if all
they want is the WinXP accordion-style sliding cascade Start Menu?*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/classic$20start$20menu%7Csort:date/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/dTHKXIdlqcw/1YpoS4ITAQAJ

If you understand how Windows works, you'll realize, instantly, the WinXP
accordion style menu exists & never left Windows in the first place.

It's EXACTLY the same (i.e., it's just a folder hierarchy of shortcuts).

In fact, I've copied my XP menu to Windows 10 and it works beautifully.
(Note that I maintain the same hierarchy on all machines, which is why
copying the "menu" folder from any of my machines works for all of them).

It's just a hierarchical folder pinned to the taskbar, containing
shortcuts.
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On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:33:32 +0100, NY wrote:

I agree that there is a hierarchical folder for third-party applications
that you install on Win 10,


Hi NY,

To continue, always, to be purposefully helpful to all adults on Usenet...

I realize this is OT, where I was mainly responding to your words, since I
am a fact-based aspy who always tries to figure out the strange reasons why
people do the strange non-factual things they do.

I'm well trained in organic chemistry, where, whenever I'm at the gas
station, for example, and some Honda Civic pulls up and the driver puts in
Premium, I ask them "why", and what I get back is utter nonsense (most of
it is utter bull, fed to them by gas advertisers) either about "higher
power" or "increased performance" or "cleaner engines"... which is just
impossible to gain for a stock engine in normal condition under normal use
(yet, they literally _believe_ in the imaginary belief system MARKETING fed
them to believe in).
o FAQ: Automotive Gasoline, by Bruce Hamilton
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/autos/gasoline-faq/part1/

Same with people who own iPhones: I ask them while I'm waiting in line what
they like about it, and I _always_ get back almost a one-to-one parrot of
what MARKETING fed them to believe (e.g., "no malware", "frequent updates",
"security & safety", etc.), all of which is easily proven MARKETING
bulldunk.
o What is the most brilliant marketing move Apple ever made?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/wW-fu0jsvAU

Same with Classic Shell (and it's variants), where every time someone
mentions it, I simply remind them, nicely, that if all they want are WinXP
cascaded accordion-style menus, they never left Windows 10 in the first
place (they never left ANY Windows version, in fact).

I do though, very much so, ORGANIZE my Windows dual monitors, so I
APPRECIATE your needs, given the capriciousness of the dual-monitor setup,
as I, myself, (together with Paul), have ascertained in the past, e.g.,
o Philosophically, how do you "organize" two monitors
(only applicable to those of you with dual monitors)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/OVaj9a326Bo

but I haven't found any links for Devices &
Printers, Control Panel, etc.


Long ago I added to the Usenet tribal record, just for this purpose,
_every_ command known to Windows man already (see links below), e.g.,
this brought up my "Devices & Printers" on Win10 Pro v1909 just now:
o Win+R Run control printers
o Win+R Run ::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\2\::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}

While this opens up the "device discovery", for example:
o Win+R Run ms-settings-connectabledevices:devicediscovery

And this brought up the "Start Menu & Taskbar manager", for example:
o Win+R Run devmoderunasuserconfig.msc

And, of course, this opens up the control panel:
o Win+R Run control

Where you can get into any specific app wizard if you have the list which
I've provided, long ago, to the Usenet permanent archives for this task,
for example...
o Win+R Run control admintools
o Win+R Run appwiz.cpl
o Win+R Run control.exe /name Microsoft.TaskbarandStartMenu
etc. (we documented _hundreds_ of these commands, see link below)

The point is simply that if you can use "Start Run" to get to the "Devices
& Printers", or to the "Control Panel", then you can make a shortcut to
those commands, which you can give a custom icon, and then you can then put
your custom shortcut in your "menu" folder, which is already pinned to the
taskbar, perhaps under:
o taskbar menu os {your custom shortcut to devices_and_printers.lnk}
o taskbar menu os {your custom shortcut to control panel.lnk}
o taskbar menu os {your custom shortcut to admin tools.lnk}
etc.

How to do all this we've added to the permanent Usenet archives just so
that people like you can do what we discussed long ago, in fact.

See these threads for details on how to do what you need to do:
o Over 250 Start Run commands (please improve this Start Run commands list)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/cc1lGn3ty0E

o Please follow this cut-and-paste tutorial to get batch command shortcuts working perfectly on Windows
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1PzeGP4KMTU

o What Windows 10 default files contain lots of useful icons for shortcuts to be set to?
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/jprmtBFx/what-windows-10-default-files-contain-lots-of-useful-icons-for-shortcuts-to-be-set-to

o Tutorial for creating custom Windows icons from screenshots using only Irfanview freeware
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/xm6aHzaC-D8/jvyr_JLnBAAJ

Once we figure out how to add what you want to the cascade menu, we should
likely update this thread of useful shortcuts so that all benefit from
every action of ours on Usenet:
o What useful Windows shortcuts would you like to share with users?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/80ZHKKFom0c

o What Windwos freeware adds powerful "phone Susan" & "vipw" commands?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/arlen$20menu|sort:date/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/ySVGbayhLSk/ucth1LPoBAAJ

Where you need to know how batch/shortcut/target shortcut links differ in
the TARGET line syntax (which is an oddity of Windows it seems):
o What syntax combines 2 commands into a single shortcut TARGET line?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.msdos.batch/azQbz6D_v0Y

o Shutdown or Restart Windows without bickering
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/Ou___EcjwKo

Also, it seems to be hit-and-miss whether you get a start menu (Windows 10
style) or the infamous "mess of tiles" that covers most of the screen with
huge icons that organise themselves at random (eg Word is not always two
columns from the left on the third row).


You may not know this, but I've written many tutorials on how to wrest
control over Windows menus, ever since the Win95 days, where I feel, had
Microsoft hired me years ago, the menus would make sense today.

While I always try to gain control over the native menu system, I've
explained in many threads why Microsoft made that simple task difficult,
e.g.,
o Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized
KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1Gf59YRkaI8

I tend not to use the Start Menu on a regular basis, expect for Control
Panel and Devices & Printers. or for accessing a rarely-used program.


To that end, I keep a shortcut to the "Run" command on my taskbar:
taskbar Run control

As described in this thread on pinning the Run icon to the taskbar:
o Is it even possible to pin the RUN command icon to the taskbar
WITHOUT surrendering to a Windows Search?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.msdos.batch/Ik_ejNXbrrw

For commonly-ones, I locate them in the Start Menu and then copy the shortcut to
the desktop - and I screen-print the desktop when it's all set up so I can
restore icons to the places where I've put them (grouped according to
category) if Windows decides to move them - which seems to happen (but only
occasionally) if I've accessed my PC's desktop remotely from my phone or
laptop by Real VNC.


Yes. Indeed. Windows acts in strange ways, just like the proverbial
capricious Gods when it comes to messing up my carefully arranged desktop
also.

I suggest you put NOTHING on your desktop; put those valuable shortcuts in
your data directory (which is the only directory you ever need to back up),
and then you can simply copy that one directory tree to any newly set up
machine, and you're instantly good to go (it's what I do so I know it
works, and I've been doing this since, oh, I guess well into the Win95
days, where that one menu hierarchy works on all machines I've set up).

NOTE: I use a consistent hierarchy organized by FUNCTIONALITY (which almost
never changes over time), such as these samples would indicate:
o Taskbar menu archiver veracrypt.lnk
o Taskbar menu browser firefox.lnk
o Taskbar menu cleaner ccleaner.lnk
etc.

To philosophize, I feel Microsoft screwed up on ORGANIZATION, where it's
trivial to organize a computer, IMHO (see aforementioned threads) if you
think about it ahead of time, since there are very few things you do,
overall, e.g., you "browse" and you "edit" and you "network", etc.,
so my systems (on my phone also) are organized by FUNCTIONALITY:
C:\apps\browsers
C:\apps\editors
C:\apps\networking
etc.

NOTE: I don't use plurals, but I added plurals above for illustrative
reasons, where my names are 8+3 and easily guessed (which is why I don't
use plurals, since it adds zero value & yet has to be typed correctly).

For the _same_ organizational strategy on my phone, see this screenshot:
o https://i.postimg.cc/hjwRjQWV/homescreen01.jpg

And, while iOS is shockingly primitive compared to every other common
consumer operating system, you can still organize by a similar
functionality hierarchy, as I have done on my iPads:
o https://i.postimg.cc/QdmBcwGC/homescreen00.jpg

In short, while both Microsoft & Google (and Apple) would have benefited
greatly had they hired me to define their overall user interface (i.e., the
whole world would have an easier time with what a lot of people have
trouble with), at least I can help you access everything from what we've
been calling the "start menu" (which is really the "taskbar menu").

I'm used to Windows 7: I can "drive" it with me eyes closed (almost!) so I
feel lost and wrong-footed if I try to use vanilla Win 10 without Classic
Shell.


That's my whole point.

Notice even in Android, my entire system ports over _seamlessly_ from any
device, simply because they're all organized by FUNCTIONALITY (which almost
never changes over time!).

So on ANY Windows, from Win95 up, you copy over ONE menu hierarchy, and it
works OUT OF THE BOX (for the most part, depending on how CONSISTENT you
are) on ALL PC's you, yourself, set up.

All you have to do is be consistent with your organizational strategy,
which is a LOT easier than people think, as we all do the same things
(e.g., we browse, we print, we edit, etc.).
https://i.postimg.cc/rwdW0vrW/apk01.jpg

It's a shame that Win 10 hasn't merged the Control Panel (traditional UI)
and PC Settings (Modern UI) into a single set.


I'm not sure _what_ Microsoft is doing with the control panel lately...
o Microsoft is reputedly beginning to sunset the Control Panel system applet
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/APpB-RBSBCI

It is tedious to have to
switch between the two because neither on its own can do *everything*.. I
*much* prefer the traditional UI with a proper menu bar (instead of a
cog-wheel or three-lines icon) to access settings.


Take a look at the aforementioned thread on the 250 things you can do with
the Start Run menu, and let us know what's missing that you need.

For example, we added a bright red admin prompt command, as one sample:
o Efficient Windows Admin command prompt of any color in any desired location
https://alt.msdos.batch.narkive.com/0mQlFn8s/efficient-windows-admin-command-prompt-of-any-color-in-any-desired-location

The whole point of that permanently archived thread is to allow people like
you to do what we researched (which took lots of time & energy) for you.

If you can't do something you need to do, then it's time to update those
threads, where I consider a thread a permanent reference which can be
updated as long as my news server has the article that I can respond to.

Modern is too pared-down
(and dumbed-down) for my liking. Microsoft made a very serious mistake with
Win 8 in trying to make a tablet-style minimalist UI the default.


Agreed. Paul and I tried to wrest control over the damn tiles, where you
end up in binaries as you dig deeper, so I just gave up on both the Win10
right side (orthogonal) menu and the Win10 left side (alphabetical) menus.

In fact, we've discussed on this ng many related ways to make Win10
efficient and organized, some of which are summarized in this thread:
o Is this the most efficient way to access most-used folders & the entire file system with the LEAST amount of clutter?
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/e8etKofB/is-this-the-most-efficient-way-to-access-most-used-folders-the-entire-file-system-with-the-least

They
should have made it much easier to switch between the two - "Make Windows 10
look like all previous versions of Windows" versus "Use our new tablet-style
UI", and that change should be one that can be made at any time on a
per-user basis, not one that is system-wide and can only be configured at
installation time.


Um... if you use what I suggest above, EVERY Windows version from about
Win95 to the latest Win10 can use the exact same menu folder.

It's what I do, so I know it works as I've been doing it for a decade or
two (I don't count how many years, and I do improve the organization over
time, but it's essentially the same for all Windows versions out there).

But all that is a side issue to the problem with the graphics adaptor on VGA
output. The only reason I use VGA / D-Sub is that my monitor has only one of
each port (VGA, DVI, HDMI) and I like my main Win 7 PC on DVI to give the
sharpest picture, with VGA for any other PC that I may connect temporarily
(Win 10, Ubuntu), and HDMI for devices that *only* have an HDMI port (eg
Raspberry Pi, on the rare occasions when I need to connect to it monitor and
keyboard, because something is stopping me accessing it by Real VNC or
PuTTY). I could get a KVM console switch, I suppose ;-)


Yes. I understand. I have graphics issues myself lately, as shown he
o Windows 10 BSOD indicates a hardware problem - but what hardware is the problem?
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/oL7PTNKu/windows-10-bsod-indicates-a-hardware-problem-but-what-hardware-is-the-problem
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Old July 19th 20, 02:06 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Crosspost your stupid bull**** somewhere else.
Haven't you figured out yet that nobody likes you?
You're a ****ing joke and everyone knows it!
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Old July 19th 20, 04:01 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 21:06:35, Idaho Homo Joe
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Crosspost your stupid bull**** somewhere else.
Haven't you figured out yet that nobody likes you?
You're a ****ing joke and everyone knows it!


Nobody likes seeing followup posts either - certainly when _all_ they
say is something like the above.

Yes, they probably don't like seeing my third-level posts either. But at
least they're aimed at assorted people and _might_ have some effect.
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Old July 20th 20, 10:51 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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"Arlen Holder" wrote in message
...
UPDATE (for the benefit of all in the permanent Usenet record)
(since every post should provide value now & years to come)
Regarding related leverageable links to remember from this post today...
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/NQth1-96ROw/6DrhttQaCgAJ

On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:16:00 +0100, NY wrote:

I installed Classic Shell to give me a "proper" Start Menu.


I never understood _why_ people go to this much trouble...
o to obtain the WinXP accordion cascade menu that was always there!

o *Why does anyone bother to install Classic Shell on Windows if all
they want is the WinXP accordion-style sliding cascade Start Menu?*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/classic$20start$20menu%7Csort:date/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/dTHKXIdlqcw/1YpoS4ITAQAJ

If you understand how Windows works, you'll realize, instantly, the WinXP
accordion style menu exists & never left Windows in the first place.

It's EXACTLY the same (i.e., it's just a folder hierarchy of shortcuts).

In fact, I've copied my XP menu to Windows 10 and it works beautifully.
(Note that I maintain the same hierarchy on all machines, which is why
copying the "menu" folder from any of my machines works for all of them).

It's just a hierarchical folder pinned to the taskbar, containing
shortcuts.
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On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:33:32 +0100, NY wrote:

I agree that there is a hierarchical folder for third-party applications
that you install on Win 10,


Hi NY,

To continue, always, to be purposefully helpful to all adults on Usenet...

I realize this is OT, where I was mainly responding to your words, since I
am a fact-based aspy who always tries to figure out the strange reasons
why
people do the strange non-factual things they do.

I'm well trained in organic chemistry, where, whenever I'm at the gas
station, for example, and some Honda Civic pulls up and the driver puts in
Premium, I ask them "why", and what I get back is utter nonsense (most of
it is utter bull, fed to them by gas advertisers) either about "higher
power" or "increased performance" or "cleaner engines"... which is just
impossible to gain for a stock engine in normal condition under normal use
(yet, they literally _believe_ in the imaginary belief system MARKETING
fed
them to believe in).
o FAQ: Automotive Gasoline, by Bruce Hamilton
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/autos/gasoline-faq/part1/

Same with people who own iPhones: I ask them while I'm waiting in line
what
they like about it, and I _always_ get back almost a one-to-one parrot of
what MARKETING fed them to believe (e.g., "no malware", "frequent
updates",
"security & safety", etc.), all of which is easily proven MARKETING
bulldunk.
o What is the most brilliant marketing move Apple ever made?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/wW-fu0jsvAU

Same with Classic Shell (and it's variants), where every time someone
mentions it, I simply remind them, nicely, that if all they want are WinXP
cascaded accordion-style menus, they never left Windows 10 in the first
place (they never left ANY Windows version, in fact).

I do though, very much so, ORGANIZE my Windows dual monitors, so I
APPRECIATE your needs, given the capriciousness of the dual-monitor setup,
as I, myself, (together with Paul), have ascertained in the past, e.g.,
o Philosophically, how do you "organize" two monitors
(only applicable to those of you with dual monitors)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/OVaj9a326Bo

but I haven't found any links for Devices &
Printers, Control Panel, etc.


Long ago I added to the Usenet tribal record, just for this purpose,
_every_ command known to Windows man already (see links below), e.g.,
this brought up my "Devices & Printers" on Win10 Pro v1909 just now:
o Win+R Run control printers
o Win+R Run
::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\2\::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}

While this opens up the "device discovery", for example:
o Win+R Run ms-settings-connectabledevices:devicediscovery

And this brought up the "Start Menu & Taskbar manager", for example:
o Win+R Run devmoderunasuserconfig.msc

And, of course, this opens up the control panel:
o Win+R Run control

Where you can get into any specific app wizard if you have the list which
I've provided, long ago, to the Usenet permanent archives for this task,
for example...
o Win+R Run control admintools
o Win+R Run appwiz.cpl
o Win+R Run control.exe /name Microsoft.TaskbarandStartMenu
etc. (we documented _hundreds_ of these commands, see link below)

The point is simply that if you can use "Start Run" to get to the "Devices
& Printers", or to the "Control Panel", then you can make a shortcut to
those commands, which you can give a custom icon, and then you can then
put
your custom shortcut in your "menu" folder, which is already pinned to the
taskbar, perhaps under:
o taskbar menu os {your custom shortcut to devices_and_printers.lnk}
o taskbar menu os {your custom shortcut to control panel.lnk}
o taskbar menu os {your custom shortcut to admin tools.lnk}
etc.

How to do all this we've added to the permanent Usenet archives just so
that people like you can do what we discussed long ago, in fact.

See these threads for details on how to do what you need to do:
o Over 250 Start Run commands (please improve this Start Run commands
list)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/cc1lGn3ty0E

o Please follow this cut-and-paste tutorial to get batch command shortcuts
working perfectly on Windows
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1PzeGP4KMTU

o What Windows 10 default files contain lots of useful icons for shortcuts
to be set to?
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/jprmtBFx/what-windows-10-default-files-contain-lots-of-useful-icons-for-shortcuts-to-be-set-to

o Tutorial for creating custom Windows icons from screenshots using only
Irfanview freeware
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/xm6aHzaC-D8/jvyr_JLnBAAJ

Once we figure out how to add what you want to the cascade menu, we should
likely update this thread of useful shortcuts so that all benefit from
every action of ours on Usenet:
o What useful Windows shortcuts would you like to share with users?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/80ZHKKFom0c

o What Windwos freeware adds powerful "phone Susan" & "vipw" commands?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/arlen$20menu|sort:date/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/ySVGbayhLSk/ucth1LPoBAAJ

Where you need to know how batch/shortcut/target shortcut links differ in
the TARGET line syntax (which is an oddity of Windows it seems):
o What syntax combines 2 commands into a single shortcut TARGET line?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.msdos.batch/azQbz6D_v0Y

o Shutdown or Restart Windows without bickering
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/Ou___EcjwKo

Also, it seems to be hit-and-miss whether you get a start menu (Windows
10
style) or the infamous "mess of tiles" that covers most of the screen
with
huge icons that organise themselves at random (eg Word is not always two
columns from the left on the third row).


You may not know this, but I've written many tutorials on how to wrest
control over Windows menus, ever since the Win95 days, where I feel, had
Microsoft hired me years ago, the menus would make sense today.

While I always try to gain control over the native menu system, I've
explained in many threads why Microsoft made that simple task difficult,
e.g.,
o Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized
KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/1Gf59YRkaI8

I tend not to use the Start Menu on a regular basis, expect for Control
Panel and Devices & Printers. or for accessing a rarely-used program.


To that end, I keep a shortcut to the "Run" command on my taskbar:
taskbar Run control

As described in this thread on pinning the Run icon to the taskbar:
o Is it even possible to pin the RUN command icon to the taskbar
WITHOUT surrendering to a Windows Search?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.msdos.batch/Ik_ejNXbrrw

For commonly-ones, I locate them in the Start Menu and then copy the
shortcut to
the desktop - and I screen-print the desktop when it's all set up so I
can
restore icons to the places where I've put them (grouped according to
category) if Windows decides to move them - which seems to happen (but
only
occasionally) if I've accessed my PC's desktop remotely from my phone or
laptop by Real VNC.


Yes. Indeed. Windows acts in strange ways, just like the proverbial
capricious Gods when it comes to messing up my carefully arranged desktop
also.

I suggest you put NOTHING on your desktop; put those valuable shortcuts in
your data directory (which is the only directory you ever need to back
up),
and then you can simply copy that one directory tree to any newly set up
machine, and you're instantly good to go (it's what I do so I know it
works, and I've been doing this since, oh, I guess well into the Win95
days, where that one menu hierarchy works on all machines I've set up).

NOTE: I use a consistent hierarchy organized by FUNCTIONALITY (which
almost
never changes over time), such as these samples would indicate:
o Taskbar menu archiver veracrypt.lnk
o Taskbar menu browser firefox.lnk
o Taskbar menu cleaner ccleaner.lnk
etc.

To philosophize, I feel Microsoft screwed up on ORGANIZATION, where it's
trivial to organize a computer, IMHO (see aforementioned threads) if you
think about it ahead of time, since there are very few things you do,
overall, e.g., you "browse" and you "edit" and you "network", etc.,
so my systems (on my phone also) are organized by FUNCTIONALITY:
C:\apps\browsers
C:\apps\editors
C:\apps\networking
etc.

NOTE: I don't use plurals, but I added plurals above for illustrative
reasons, where my names are 8+3 and easily guessed (which is why I don't
use plurals, since it adds zero value & yet has to be typed correctly).

For the _same_ organizational strategy on my phone, see this screenshot:
o https://i.postimg.cc/hjwRjQWV/homescreen01.jpg

And, while iOS is shockingly primitive compared to every other common
consumer operating system, you can still organize by a similar
functionality hierarchy, as I have done on my iPads:
o https://i.postimg.cc/QdmBcwGC/homescreen00.jpg

In short, while both Microsoft & Google (and Apple) would have benefited
greatly had they hired me to define their overall user interface (i.e.,
the
whole world would have an easier time with what a lot of people have
trouble with), at least I can help you access everything from what we've
been calling the "start menu" (which is really the "taskbar menu").

I'm used to Windows 7: I can "drive" it with me eyes closed (almost!) so
I
feel lost and wrong-footed if I try to use vanilla Win 10 without
Classic
Shell.


That's my whole point.

Notice even in Android, my entire system ports over _seamlessly_ from any
device, simply because they're all organized by FUNCTIONALITY (which
almost
never changes over time!).

So on ANY Windows, from Win95 up, you copy over ONE menu hierarchy, and it
works OUT OF THE BOX (for the most part, depending on how CONSISTENT you
are) on ALL PC's you, yourself, set up.

All you have to do is be consistent with your organizational strategy,
which is a LOT easier than people think, as we all do the same things
(e.g., we browse, we print, we edit, etc.).
https://i.postimg.cc/rwdW0vrW/apk01.jpg

It's a shame that Win 10 hasn't merged the Control Panel (traditional
UI)
and PC Settings (Modern UI) into a single set.


I'm not sure _what_ Microsoft is doing with the control panel lately...
o Microsoft is reputedly beginning to sunset the Control Panel system
applet
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/APpB-RBSBCI

It is tedious to have to
switch between the two because neither on its own can do *everything*..
I
*much* prefer the traditional UI with a proper menu bar (instead of a
cog-wheel or three-lines icon) to access settings.


Take a look at the aforementioned thread on the 250 things you can do with
the Start Run menu, and let us know what's missing that you need.

For example, we added a bright red admin prompt command, as one sample:
o Efficient Windows Admin command prompt of any color in any desired
location
https://alt.msdos.batch.narkive.com/0mQlFn8s/efficient-windows-admin-command-prompt-of-any-color-in-any-desired-location

The whole point of that permanently archived thread is to allow people
like
you to do what we researched (which took lots of time & energy) for you.

If you can't do something you need to do, then it's time to update those
threads, where I consider a thread a permanent reference which can be
updated as long as my news server has the article that I can respond to.

Modern is too pared-down
(and dumbed-down) for my liking. Microsoft made a very serious mistake
with
Win 8 in trying to make a tablet-style minimalist UI the default.


Agreed. Paul and I tried to wrest control over the damn tiles, where you
end up in binaries as you dig deeper, so I just gave up on both the Win10
right side (orthogonal) menu and the Win10 left side (alphabetical) menus.

In fact, we've discussed on this ng many related ways to make Win10
efficient and organized, some of which are summarized in this thread:
o Is this the most efficient way to access most-used folders & the entire
file system with the LEAST amount of clutter?
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/e8etKofB/is-this-the-most-efficient-way-to-access-most-used-folders-the-entire-file-system-with-the-least

They
should have made it much easier to switch between the two - "Make
Windows 10
look like all previous versions of Windows" versus "Use our new
tablet-style
UI", and that change should be one that can be made at any time on a
per-user basis, not one that is system-wide and can only be configured
at
installation time.


Um... if you use what I suggest above, EVERY Windows version from about
Win95 to the latest Win10 can use the exact same menu folder.

It's what I do, so I know it works as I've been doing it for a decade or
two (I don't count how many years, and I do improve the organization over
time, but it's essentially the same for all Windows versions out there).

But all that is a side issue to the problem with the graphics adaptor on
VGA
output. The only reason I use VGA / D-Sub is that my monitor has only
one of
each port (VGA, DVI, HDMI) and I like my main Win 7 PC on DVI to give
the
sharpest picture, with VGA for any other PC that I may connect
temporarily
(Win 10, Ubuntu), and HDMI for devices that *only* have an HDMI port (eg
Raspberry Pi, on the rare occasions when I need to connect to it monitor
and
keyboard, because something is stopping me accessing it by Real VNC or
PuTTY). I could get a KVM console switch, I suppose ;-)


Yes. I understand. I have graphics issues myself lately, as shown he
o Windows 10 BSOD indicates a hardware problem - but what hardware is the
problem?
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/oL7PTNKu/windows-10-bsod-indicates-a-hardware-problem-but-what-hardware-is-the-problem
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Can you post a link to the actual tutorial please.

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Regards
wasbit

 




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