Tag Archives: Code block

Merry Christmas; Santa Claus screen mate

If you’re old like me, you might remember screen mates or desktop pets. These were programs you’d run on your computer that put little interactive creatures on your screen. The first one I ever encountered was eSheep, back in the … Continue reading

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Batch script admin check

Have a batch script that requires administrator elevation? Put this line at the top of your script. @FLTMC >NUL 2>&1 || (POWERSHELL -WINDOWSTYLE HIDDEN START-PROCESS """%~f0""" -VERB RUNAS & EXIT /B)

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Batch Powershell launcher

Windows comes out of the box with Powershell scripts disabled, and asking every user to change their execution policy to allow running them is a hassle. To get around that, I wrote this little batch script snippet that I just … Continue reading

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Device Wake Config tool

Have you ever had to peruse your Device Manager trying to figure out which device is waking your computer from sleep? Isn’t it annoying how you have to open each device one by one, checking the Power Management tab and … Continue reading

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YouTube Playlist Mod

A script I wrote for TamperMonkey to add some checkboxes to the YouTube playlist editor for bulk removing items. // ==UserScript== // @name         YouTube Playlist Mod // @namespace    https://tampermonkey.net/ // @version      Rob // … Continue reading

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#include vkConstants.au3

Virtual Key constants for AutoIt scripts. Download

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#include MySingleton.au3

MySingleton is a small function/include file I wrote to replace the Singleton UDF that comes with AutoIt. Download

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