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Batch file is a file which holds a list of commands or instructions that are executed once the batch file is executed. Basically the commands are DOS commands that are executed as if they were executed one by one on the command prompt. Batch files are of great help when you need to repeat a certain task many times. You can just specify what is to be done and it will be done when that batch file is executed.

Before moving further, you must be familiar with DOS because in this post I am going to explain only about batch files. To learn more about DOS commands, check out this link : Ms DOS help and commands

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Tags:   batch files · create batch files · creating batch files · dos batch files · examples of batch files · writing batch files7 Comments

You must have noticed that when thumbnail view is enabled in explorer, video files are shown as frames that shows the first frame of the video but unfortunately it is not enabled for every video format but there is a simple registry tweak that you can apply to make it working for other video formats too.

However this doesn’t work for *.vob extension video files (*.vob are video files copied directly from a video dvd).

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Tags:   enable thumbnail view for video files · view video files thumbnail8 Comments

You must have seen that whenever you associate files to open with a particular program, icons of those file types are changed by that program. Considering the case of media players, they impose their own icons on the file types making it difficult to distinguish when there are lots of files of different formats in a single folder.

This tutorial is for Microsoft Window users and it teaches how to setup different icons for different file types so that they are easily distinguishable.

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Getting a working mouse or keyboard is the best option but what if you need to do something urgently. Lets take a look at both the cases one by one. We are not going to use any third party application but just windows built in tools to achieve the goal.

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Tags:   control mouse pointer through keyboard · keyboard not working · keyboard shortcuts · mouse not working · onscreen keyboard17 Comments

I know I am 10 days late in publishing the stats for the month of February, I was busy in inter college dance competition but still I am going to publish it as I got the highest hits in this month. If you like the content of this blog, don’t forget to subscribe to the feeds to get updates.

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No, I am not going to talk about how much money Orkut Buyukkokten is making every time anyone scraps anyone or by what time he is going to be the richest person in this world.

I am going to talk about things that are always in front of many Orkut users but no one talked about it.

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Tags:   amazing orkut facts · interesting orkut facts · orkut untalked things · weird orkut facts15 Comments

Where was the author? err… Who is the author?
Hello, I am the author of this blog. Head over to the About Me page to know more about me.

Coming back to the question, Where I was in February? I was damn busy. No I wasn’t helping Intel to develop a gigacore processor (heh), I was busy with other stuff.

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