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Windows for Developers

Windows GUI for developers

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Windows (key)

  • Windows+D - Display and hide desktop

  • Windows+E - Open File Explorer

  • Windows+L - Lock computer

  • Windows+M - Minimize all windows-gui

  • Windows+Shift+S - Screenshot

  • Alt-TAB

  • Windows keyboard shortcuts

File Explorer

  • View / File name extensions
  • View / Hidden items

File-system - Directory structure

A:
B:
C:
...
Z:

Task Manager

  • Processes
  • Performance (right click on a CPU graph and Change Graph to Logical processors

Performance Monitor

  • Performance Monitor
  • Resource Monitor

Windows cmd

Configuration - Properties

  • Font: change font type and size

  • Layout: Window Size and Screen Buffer Size

  • Colors: Background/Text, RGB 0-255

  • Font: Consolas 16

  • Layout: Window Size: 103x27

  • Layout: Screen Buffer Size: 103x9001

  • Colors: Screen Background: 12-12-12

  • Colors: Screen Text: 118-118-118

File system

  • pwd
  • cd
  • %CD%

Show current directory (like pwd)

echo %CD%
cd

Change directory (folder)

cd some\other\place
cd ..

Show content of directory (folder)

dir

Show content of file

type FILENAME
echo
redirection with >  and >>
cls

pushd - podd

  • pushd
  • popd
pushd some\other\place
popd

Directory

  • del
  • mkdir
  • rmdir
del             (delete file)
mkdir           (make directory)
rmdir           (remove directory)

File Globbing

  • dir
  • ren
dir *.txt
ren       (rename, move)

ERRORLEVEL

  • ERRORLEVEL
dir
echo %ERRORLEVEL%
0

dir nosuch
echo %ERRORLEVEL%
1