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Wrapper to facilitate usage of TCP sockets
by Arthur V. Ratz
This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.
by Arthur V. Ratz
Use HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Ajax for creating a simple lightweight Windows Vista/7 sidebar desktop gadget
by J.Starkl
A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

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In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.
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7 Jul 2015 by Arthur V. Ratz
This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.
8 May 2019 by Bruno Tabbia
Automatic positioning and resizing of explorer windows, without overlapping (for obsessive superusers)
4 Jul 2014 by Chakravarthi Elchuri
How to use WIA supported scanner using C#
14 Jan 2022 by Andreoli Carlo
In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.
12 Aug 2013 by Le Sourcier
This tip helps in using font icons as ImageSource.
19 May 2015 by Yohamnes Hernandez
How to free blocked files, inclusive if they are mapped in memory. Something that many tools are missing.
23 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz
Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10
9 Apr 2015 by Royston Malcomber
Setting up Google reCaptcha version 2 with MVC5
30 Nov 2015 by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari
A library for creating .Net Serializable Expressions to send via WCF services
10 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder
Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.
24 Jan 2015 by shijo joseph
A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.
28 Jan 2015 by Sujith Karivelil
In Master - Slave replication, Changes in master will reflect in Slave. but any changes made in the slave Database will not reflect back in Master, this article will help you to implement Bidirectional Replication.
29 Jul 2013 by Ordiales
When no XP support is necessary. Better Icon structure arrises and easy conversion is allowed.
12 Aug 2014 by Jdarmanovich
WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons and Win 8 Metro Theme
12 Jun 2017 by LukeCodes
This is a simple macro script to search and retrieve individual cells in an Excel document.
20 Aug 2012 by Albert Holguin
This is a quick overview of the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder utility.
4 Sep 2015 by Igor Sorokin
In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.
6 Apr 2014 by Prabakaran T
Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option
21 Jun 2011 by rnbergren
The reverse is true as well. Typing "explorer ." will open Explorer from the command line for the current directory you are in. That comes in useful on occasions.
17 Apr 2012 by abhinavshastri
How to Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition
10 Jun 2014 by Anamera
This XSLT will output an Excel worksheet containing a CSV type of record collection in a more usable XML format.
2 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder
Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.
28 May 2014 by Thava Rajan
Copy and insert data at any postion in your datagridview
20 Jun 2014 by NobsterTheLobster
Implements a taskbar notifier using an invisible window and a popup control
24 Jan 2022 by peterswinkels
A Visual Basic 6 program demonstrating how to access databases using Microsoft ADO and how to automate Outlook and Excel.
17 Sep 2014 by BlueMaple_chief
To make a simple auto updater demo, I use webclient 'interfaces' to download the file and monitor the progress.
15 Apr 2015 by D4rkTrick
Get manifest support with VC6
24 May 2015 by JPhelps
Using CFolderPickerDialog
1 Mar 2011 by Reto70
if you want to run the script in the folder where the script is store you can add the following code@ECHO %0 %*@pushd@cd /D "%~dp0"@cd....@pause@popdin most case %0 is the name of the script including the full path%~dp0 is only the drive and the path of the scriptcd...
4 May 2013 by bkelly13
Include code from other directories
11 Oct 2013 by heemanshubhalla
How to use Masked Textbox control in .NET
14 Apr 2014 by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma
This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.
29 Sep 2014 by Rajendra Kumar Sahu
Easy way to show JavaScript Alert Message having Arabic Text
6 Jan 2015 by Saad_Mahmood
Unleashing Path List Box using Expression Blend
11 Sep 2015 by Bimaln
How to fix the "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider is not registered on the local machine" error.
29 Jan 2018 by Shao Voon Wong
Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters
23 Jun 2011 by Member 8009015
My XP method is to:Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Right click on cmd.exeSend to Desktop (shortcut)Right click on the Desktop shortcutClear the start in parameterOn the address line of any Explorer directory, start typing cmd and you will get a list of any icons on the Desktop starting...
4 Jul 2011 by LucianPopescu
If you type "a" instead of "e", you'll get more :) and you don't need a shortcut for that.
15 Aug 2011 by Caner Korkmaz
How to open the Internet browser from code.
18 Aug 2011 by thatraja
Given below is code for opening the Internet browser programmatically in VB 6 and VB.NET.VB 6Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _ "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _ ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As...
4 Oct 2011 by Nick Kulikovsky
There is ATL CWindow method CenterWindow:void CenterWnd(HWND hWnd){ CWindow wnd; wnd.Attach(hWnd); wnd.CenterWindow(NULL); wnd.Detach();}
17 Jul 2012 by Jake Franta
31 Jul 2013 by Thomas B Dignan
Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.
11 Sep 2013 by Niel M.Thomas
A tip to keep your text crisp and clear.
30 Jan 2014 by @donis2014
How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings
28 Nov 2014 by ehab_nour
Processing SAP generated Excel file as a report to get some information
28 May 2014 by Joan M
Coping with Windows overlay icons number limit
12 Jun 2014 by Jani Mäkinen
Program return values inspected by .bat files with visual feedback
5 Aug 2014 by vertex4343
DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved with WNDPROC message
7 Aug 2014 by naren1991
Rendering PXCMImage to Image control in WPF
23 Oct 2014 by BrokenEvent
.NET WinForms Tray icon implemenation with Win7 and Vista features: GUID identification, large custom icons, custom UI instead of the hint, etc.
24 Jun 2015 by maratoni
This is a brief tutorial on how to sign a Windows device driver with WDK 7.1
19 Apr 2010 by TheyCallMeMrJames
Windows 7 introduced Pinning and Jump lists, two features that, when combined, let you get at your most recent projects quickly.Visual Studio 2010 is also smart enough to differentiate between files, projects and solutions, only displaying the bigger-picture items in the jump lists.To...
29 Jun 2010 by crackruckles
Days Left Timer VBS self deleting
24 Jun 2011 by thatraja
Here are a couple of other ways:Microsoft PowertoysSend to ToysManually add the context menuThrough batch fileThrough the RegistryAdd Command Prompt here Shortcut to Windows Explorer[^].
15 Aug 2011 by Kevin Marois
You're incorrect. Explorer is Windows Explorer, not Internet Explorer. Try this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer");then this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("iexplore.exe", "http://www.codeproject.com");and this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("winword.exe",...
9 Mar 2012 by Grigory Avdyushin
Short description how to create a sexy badge for windows 7 taskbar
9 Mar 2012 by Mahmud Hasan
Whenever I try to install any software I get an error saying another installation is running.
11 Sep 2012 by John Bhatt
How can I block some website permanently like (facebook.com) and more social site on my employees computers
12 Jul 2012 by PIEBALDconsult
This is an alternative for "PrettyXML (.NET Port)"
23 Oct 2012 by Michael J Hill - OH
Create a Windows desktop app to display daily web stats from your personal site
22 Jan 2013 by kennethman
Hide data inside the zip structure of any zip-based file.
7 Feb 2013 by Coding 101
Need to see larger thumbnails on the taskbar?
19 May 2013 by Amit Deshmukh 1010
Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function.
7 Sep 2013 by Joan M
Avoid network problems due to bad network identification on both VMWare virtual adaptors
15 Mar 2014 by Michael_Davies
Handling large numbers of application settings
10 Jun 2014 by Thava Rajan
This tip is used to fix a workaround for a bug in double click on checkbox
11 Jun 2014 by Sen Jacob
This is an alternative for "A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications"
10 May 2015 by Ankit Bansal MVP
This articles explains the insertion of data into SQL Database using Stored Procedures with Output Parameters. Some Bootstrapping is also used to create a good looking HTML.
1 Jul 2010 by Thiru Thirunavukarasu
How to use WinMerge to view diffs with Git under Cygwin
1 Mar 2011 by Br.Bill
First command of the file should be:PUSHD directory_you_want_to_be_inThat solves it always. No testing for anything. No need to error out, because your expected file's gonna be in the expected directory.
17 Aug 2011 by Michael B. Hansen
If I remember correctly, then I had some issues with the above method some years ago. It would not always work on some systems.I personally use the following method to get the EXE path to the system's default browser:public static string GetDefaultBrowser(){ string browser =...
30 Aug 2011 by wendy krieger
You could try http://win.code65536.com/[^]. The first link here is an 'open command prompt' (freeware).Unlike most, you can click on folder background to open it up to that directory.
23 Jan 2012 by Roger65
CFileDialog in a Console Application
25 Jul 2012 by Dan Steuer
This article will help manage automatic database purges according to basic Document Management principles.
6 Sep 2012 by Michael_Lu
Provides tips for exporting documents involving tables connected by relationships
11 Sep 2012 by sam stokes
This sample demonstrates how to use the Tile Template, specifically the TileSquareImage and an image.
2 May 2013 by Redslide
HttpLib makes it easier to asynchronously consume data from web services in C#. The library contains methods to upload to and download from web services.
29 Jan 2013 by Roger65
Find file or use wildcard i.e. dlg*.h, or *.*
3 Jul 2013 by Emmery Chrisco
30 Aug 2013 by ntg123
Simple way to pass custom(Attached) properties into a style-based control-template with triggers
5 Sep 2013 by Craig Baruffol
A wrapper class to simplify the implementation of a Self Hosted Web API Service
27 Feb 2014 by Dinesh K.S. Kushwaha
4 Mar 2014 by kanbang
Save/Load Image between buffer
7 Jul 2014 by Anant Beriwal
How to avoid delay in Object Initialization of WCF client proxy in a Window service
19 Aug 2015 by charles922
Program that continuously monitors the NXT via Bluetooth
8 Mar 2016 by Yvan Rodrigues
This hidden key-click combination adds the ability to open a command prompt window from a Windows Explorer view.
14 Jun 2016 by Alex Wiese
Monitors log files and displays text as it is appended to the file
3 May 2015 by Pankaj Choudhary - C++ Devepoler
24 Aug 2013 by Hasan Habib Surzo
Basic Server/Client Example using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) programming
16 Dec 2013 by furkanavcu
Implement the Levenshtein Edit Distance algorithm.
14 Jun 2011 by manish76235
Good one. However typing CMD in the explorer address bar and pressing enter will also open up the command prompt inside the selected folder path as well. Hope this helps.