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Windows Mobile Mail Shortcuts

Matt Walsh — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:00:53 +0000

The mail application built into Windows Moblie includes several shortcuts to make managing email easier. To use them simply hold down the corresponding number for about 1 second.

0 - List Shortcuts
1 - Replay All
2 - Reply
3 - Mark Read/Unread
4 - Flag
5 - Move
6 - Forward
7 - Delete
8 - Download
9 - Send/Receive

You can also search the message list by typing your search right at the message list. It will update the message list immediately with messages that match your search and highlight the matching term in the message.

Search and replace across files

Matt Walsh — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:25 +0000

I still do a lot of my coding by hand, so every now and then I need to do a global search and replace across several files. Notepad++ (see this post) has this feature built in. Simply open all the files needing the search and replace in Notepad++ (drag and drop works nicely for this) then press Ctrl+H to bring up the replace dialog. Fill in the find and replace text boxes and then click replace all in open documents. There's a similar function on the find tab in the same dialog box that will find every instance of whatever you'd like in all of your open files. Then it will list them all with the surrounding text in the same dialog box. Just click on any one of them to jump right to it.
While you've got Notepad++ open. Press Ctrl+G to bring up the go to dialog box. You can jump directly to any line number from here. This is nice when debugging code and you get an error on line xyz. Make sure to read the dialog carefully, the guys who made Notepad++ seem to have a sense of humor.

Faster Favorites

Matt Walsh — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 09:00:11 +0000

Got a lot of favorites? You can get to any one of them easily by typing the name of it in the address bar of Internet Explorer. You can make it even quicker by naming your favorites with only one or two letters. I use "W" to jump to a weather forecast.

Send to Notepad

Matt Walsh — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:19:49 +0000

Ever need to open something in Notepad really quickly? You can add a "Send to Notepad" to the right click menu for any file type by changing the following registry keys:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*ShellNotepad]
Set default to "Send to Note&pad" (without the quotes)

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*ShellXQXSETCMD1Command]
Set default to "notepad.exe %1" (without the quotes)

Shoot the Messneger

Matt Walsh — Tue, 02 Sep 2003 18:04:22 +0000

Sick of MSN Messenger loading every time you start your computer? It's a simple registry change to solve your problem. Get the file here (msnmessenger.reg).

Windows XP Power Toys

Matt Walsh — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:45:28 +0000

Microsoft has released a free set of tools and programs for Windows XP that perform a variety of functions. Some of the programs include an addition to the Alt-Tab switching that shows you a preview of the selected window, a graphing calculator, a magnifier, and a photo album generator. I can't put a link directly to them, so go to Microsoft and search for Windows XP power toys. (There is also a different set of power toys for Win 98 and ME)

Customize Windows XP

Matt Walsh — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:40:44 +0000

Don't like the search assistant in XP? Want to take "My Computer" off your desktop? Tweak UI for Windows XP can help you change these settings and several more. I can't link directly to it, since it seems to move frequently, so go to Microsoft and search for Tweak UI. (There is also a version for Win 98 and ME)

Quicker Google Search

Matt Walsh — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 03:15:32 +0000

If you like to use Google's "I'm feeling lucky" button, then this tweak is for you. Now you can enter "goto (search term)" and perform a Google "I'm feeling lucky" search right from IE's address bar.
Here's How:

Open regedit
Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchUrl"
Add a new key called "goto" (without the quotes)
Make the default string value "http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky" (without the quotes)

Now open IE and type "goto (search term)" and see the results.

Quick Google Search

Matt Walsh — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 03:07:08 +0000

Everyone knows just how great Google is, so why not make searching with it easier? This tweak will allow you to search Google by typing "goo (search term)" in IE's address bar, I would have used "go" but it requires 3 letters for the shortcut name.
Here's how:

Open regedit
Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchUrl"
Add a new key called "goo" (without the quotes)
Make the default string value "http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%s" (without the quotes)

Now open IE and type "goo (search term)" and see the results.