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Archive for April 2nd, 2014

Windows: setx sets environment variables in a persistent way (from values on cmd-line, registry or text files)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/02

Wow, I totally missed the introduction of SETX.

From TechNet:

SETX:

Creates or modifies environment variables in the user or system environment, without requiring programming or scripting. The Setx command also retrieves the values of registry keys and writes them to text files.

Even better, is that it allows you take values from these sources so it is easy to get those into environment variables:

  • Command-line parameter
  • Registry key
  • Text file (with some filtering/search options)

From a bit of searching around, I think it got introduced in a Windows Resource Kit, and got included by default starting Windows Vista.

Excellent addition to my toolset (:

–jeroen

via Setx.

Posted in Batch-Files, Development, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista | Leave a Comment »

anyone know how to look up an ip address given a mac… (via: Koushik Dutta – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/02

Wondering what kind of device AllCast is going to support next (:

Interesting question: Koushik Dutta – Google+ – anyone know how to look up an ip address given a mac….

–jeroen

Posted in Android, Chromecast, Development, Google, Mobile Development, Power User, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Getting Microsoft Product Keys back from the registry (via StackOverflow and various other sources)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/02

Every once in a while, someone hoses their computer far enough that it has to be reinstalled, but the original Microsoft product keys are misplaced, and some creepy anti-virus tool disallows the running of standard product key recovery tools like nirsoft’s.

Well, there is enough sourcecode that does recover it, just look for any of these strings:

Some hits:

The below full executables can trigger a virus warning (ordered from less often to most often):

–jeroen

 

Posted in .NET, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, .NET 4.5, C#, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0, C# 5.0, CommandLine, Delphi, Development, PowerShell, Software Development | Leave a Comment »