Like me, you may have run into the problem that when you go to Start > Run and type in “cmd”, you are getting prompted with an “Open With” dialog which is asking what program you would like to open cmd with. This problem can occur when there is another file named CMD on your system, typically in your profile folder. To help locate the rouge file causing the issue you can run the following command in the Run dialog … Continue reading →

Ever get stuck with the screen below? Where you want to install a printer but can’t find the driver .inf only an executable bundled with various vendor software you don’t want installing or perhaps the bundled software won’t detect your printer so you need to enter these manually. Not a problem. Like a .zip file an .exe is a compressed file containing several other files and whats more we can open an executable, with a program such as 7-zip, to … Continue reading →

Here’s a quick and simple guide to creating a short script to backup your MYSQL databases for your WAMP server. To do this we will create a .bat file using notepad, or your favourite text editor, you can then even go onto automating the execution of this script using the in-built Windows Task Scheduler. I won’t bother going into detail, if you’ve already setup a WAMP server I assume you’re pretty capable with a computer already and the script is only … Continue reading →

If you must access a file or a folder that you do not have rights to, you must first take ownership of that file or folder. When you do this, you replace the security permissions that were originally created for the file or folder. To do this via Command Prompt you can use the “takeown” command. A simple example would be: takeown /f test.txt -  which would take ownership of the file test.txt as the current user In the example … Continue reading →