Windows Explorer forgets vertical position after navigating back

I’m running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and I’m having some weird behavior. In Windows Explorer, I’m viewing a directory with lots of sub-directories in “Details” view. I’m scrolled down a bit (see 1st screenshot). I enter a sub-directory (in this case, KDiff3) via double-click, then navigate back via the back button. Now, Windows Explorer has … Read more

W10 Cursor gets stuck when going from top monitor to bottom but fine from side to side

So recently upgraded from w7 and now i have a very annoying issue: when i try to go from my bottom screen to the top one, the cursor gets stuck unless i go really fast. The same happens going down, but it works perfectly fine when going to the side one, heck it’s actually easier … Read more

How to make it such that WIN+B doesn’t snap your mouse to the notification tray?

Whenever you use win+b to hotkey to the notification tray (system tray), it’ll snap your mouse to whatever you hit enter or space to “select” that icon. This actually messes up subsequent win+b selection as the highlight event will key in to where your mouse’s current position is, making full-keyboard navigation impossible. Solutions? Answer AttributionSource … Read more

Is there a keyboard shortcut to unhide / un-minimize (maximize, not Zoom) an application in MacOS yet?

So, the last time this was addressed was years ago and after many, many seconds of Googling I was only able to come up with the following trick: Command (⌘)+Tab to get the app switcher and Tab (or Shift+Tab) to navigate to the app you want to maximize, then without letting go of the Command … Read more

proxy server refusing connection with only google.com and microsoft.com

Smartproxy is a paid HTTP proxy that provides residential ips where you pay 75$ for 5 gb of traffic for the micro plan which I’m using right now when I connect via this proxy and try to visit google or microsoft websites I get this error: An error occurred during a connection to www.microsoft.com. Check … Read more

Tool that generate navigation from images

I have some of images and i want tool that allow me define a are on image that when click it navigate to another image and so on in all images … i wish tool generate results as web pages Answer Because creating image maps in a text editor requires much time and effort, there … Read more

Changing directories in Bash shell with large file names

I have to navigate through a series of directories containing software installers. I’ve written a small bash function that gets me to the main folder that contains all of the builds, but the file names of the sub-directories are ridiculously long. The main folder is named “release” and contains directories with names like “Build 10 … Read more

Windows Explorer forgets vertical position after navigating back

I’m running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and I’m having some weird behavior. In Windows Explorer, I’m viewing a directory with lots of sub-directories in “Details” view. I’m scrolled down a bit (see 1st screenshot). I enter a sub-directory (in this case, KDiff3) via double-click, then navigate back via the back button. Now, Windows Explorer has … Read more

checkbox highlighting in chrome

I like navigating forms in web browsers with the keyboard, but chrome is making this very difficult. Normally when you hit tab to select the next form item, a dotted rectangle or something like that highlights it, so you know which item you’re editing. Chrome isn’t doing that consistently in all web sites. Is there … Read more

Compose new mail with Thunderbird 3 in Ubuntu 9.10 via a keyboard shortcut

Is there a way to set up a keyboard shortcut such that, after I hit it, a new mail window for Thunderbird opens up on the current viewport? Under XP I did this by using the OS’s built-in mailto: URL handler. I know how to set that in Gnome (using gconf) but I don’t know … Read more