tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post5301225076601999185..comments2024-02-27T21:15:04.267+13:00Comments on Aligorith's Lair: Windows Command-Line tips (and UI ramblings)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post-50016552874035213702011-01-19T06:19:46.253+13:002011-01-19T06:19:46.253+13:00Back in the day (Windows 95 and some with NT and X...Back in the day (Windows 95 and some with NT and XP) I used to use a collection of utilities call the Microsoft PowerToys that provided both the "command prompt here" context menu option and Xmouse to make the mouse behave like on a Unix system.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerToys<br /><br />Sadly it looks like they no longer support this in Vista/7, but these were my favorites when I used Windows as my primary desktop at home, but used Solaris and Irix at work. I've been mostly blessed with the option of not using Windows most of the time for work since about 2000.<br /><br />Supposedly you can get this to work with some sort of registry hack as well:<br />http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f173/x-mouse-windows-follow-mouse-vista-116261.html<br /><br />But I don't have a Windows machine handy to mess with this at the moment.Ben Lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766162202484474149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post-13684642361404555042011-01-17T20:37:33.433+13:002011-01-17T20:37:33.433+13:00One source of annoyance for me has been that the s...One source of annoyance for me has been that the shift+rmb -> "Open command window here" doesn't work when you're using a Library view in Windows 7. The option just isn't there. =/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17500629075727435616noreply@blogger.com