Windows Shell Desktop Preview - windows

I've installed Rainmeter with Honeycomb and want only a simple Icon, which will act like the Windows "Show Desktop" Button in the right corner.
Well so far so good, I've got it working, that when I click on the Icon my Desktop will show up and the rest will be minimized:
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LeftMouseUpAction=["shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}"]
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Well now I want that when I hover over it, the preview will be shown:
MouseOverAction=[" Insert Magic --> Here <-- "]
Well this is my Problem, if anybody knows which Shell Command this is, or how it could be achieved, pls share your ideas with me.

It might not be a good way, but you can do this:
Open up the folder where the ini file of the skin is.
Right click anywhere on the blank portion of the window and select New>Shortcut.
A dialog box will appear, asking you to locate the file the shortcut should point to.
Inside the text box, paste this:
C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
Click next. The dialog box will ask you to put a name for the shortcut. Put any name you like and press Finish to create the shortcut.
Replace the LeftMouseUpAction line with this:
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["#CURRENTPATH#"name of your shortcut".lnk"]
For example, if your shortcut's name is launch, then the line should be
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["#CURRENTPATH#launch.lnk"]
You're good to go!

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VSCode on MacOS (Ventura) "open" folder finder dialogue does not show full path. Why not?

When I open a normal finder window on MacOS (Ventura), I have it set so that I can see the absolute path listed at the bottom of the window. This does NOT happen in VSCode. When clicking Open (or menu file/open) I am always wondering if I might be opening in a similar path.. but I don't know, because the dialogue does not tell me where I am! .. and I don't want to have to click on the folder window at the top! to find out!) How can I change VSCode finder behavior so it is the same as normal system finder?
I tried looking for settings in JSON file.. but can't find an option that covers this behavior. I don't understand why anyone would NOT want to see file path information. I ALWAYS want to know at a glance where I am in the file system! I want the full path! My expectation is that for such a sophisticated and elegant Code editor and environment, one should always be able to easily see the FULL absolute path you are in.
My regular finder shows the full path. Why is it missing in VSCode?
An Open panel is not the same as a Finder window. If you click the pop up menu in the top middle of the open panel, it will show the path to the folder being displayed.
If you hold option, the path will display at bottom like a popup.
check this or google mac os show file path

How To Show Full Directory Name On Task Bar For Grouped Directories on Windows 10

I am using Windows 10 and frequently have a lot of directories open at once. I have always been annoyed that the directory names, when you hover on the task bar, do not show the full path. Since many of my clients have directories called docs it becomes a bit of a challenge to go searching. I was wondering how to show the full directory on hover.
I finally figured this out. I felt fairly stupid once I solved it, and for anyone out there that is hung up on this issue and not having a lot of luck Googling.
Launch Any File Explorer window.
Click The View option at the top left.
Next click the options button.
Open the "View" tab.
Finally check the box that shows "Display the full path in the title
bar" and then click "apply" & ok (NOTE: You can also click apply to all folders)
The only caveat is that it does make your user interface a bit more cluttered but once you get use to it, it is not that bad.
Here are some images I put together to hopefully help someone like me that is stuck on this simple task:
Default Taskbar Stacked View:
Open Any File Explorer Window:
Options Dialog:

Where is the windows terminal settings location?

I edited the settings file and there must have been a typo and now the app crashes on startup.
Online the documentation says the settings lives in $env:LocalAppData\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
I can't figure out what that path means since it doesn't exist on the computer.
I re-installed the app to fix the problem then made sure to see what the actual path is.
It's located in : C:\Users\{USERNAME}\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState
In the current version (1.7.1033.0), the application can open the JSON settings file for you via a button. Open the Settings tab, and the bottom left corner will have a button named "Open JSON file". Clicking that button will open a prompt asking with what application to open the file. That text editor can then tell you where the file is located.
If you open the terminal settings, it will open a text editor with the settings.json file. If your default editor is VS Code it will show you the path below the tabs on the top of the screen.
I'm unsure what other editors show you the path, but if it is crucial you can change your default text editor to Code.
There is still the option to open the JSON file through settings. In version 1.15.2875.0 you can still find the "Open JSON file" at the bottom left corner
Screenshot with highlights
This hint was given by a comment by user1340531:
Mine is at C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Terminal\settings.json
(or more generically: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Terminal\settings.json)
If it's not there, you should consider OP's answer or vyps comment which lets you find out one of these generic paths (they are equivalent):
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState
%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState
$env:LocalAppData\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState
If you don't know what these paths mean, I'd recommend playing around with "Windows Run" (Win+R) and the explorer address bar.

Make windows 8 display the "How do you want to open" dialog?

For example, when you open Chrome, if it is not the default browser you can press a button that will show Windows' dialog prompting you to choose how you want to open http links. Does anyone know how I can achieve this?
I found the solution to this:
C:\windows\system32\openwith.exe "procotol://or/file/to/choose/handler"
You simply right click on the file you want to open, and you should get the option Open with if you hover over it you should get some option of applications that you can open the file with. If you do not like any of the applications it listed, click on Choose default program... and you will get a more populated list, and the application you choose will be set as your default application for opening that kind of file.
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Editing File system in Visual Studio 2010Installer

I am trying to add a shortcut to the exectuable in the user's start menu.
There are many answer on StackOverflow that detail how to do this.
However, the all say something along the lines of 'Right click in the right-hand pane to...'
So I understand you all have an interface that looks something like:
I don't have the panel on the extredme right - entitled 'Name' containing the Primary Output.
I have gone through every menu option I can find to enable this pane, but can't find it.
Anyone know how to show this window?
I am wondering wether or not the splitter has been dragged all of the way to the right. Try collapsing all of your side menus like the solution / property / toolbox etc.. to make sure that the File System editor is filling the entire window then look if you can see a splitter to the right. I have not found any way to delete that panel yet. You can also try right clicking on the File system Tab and tell it to float then make it go full screen to see if the splitter is visible then.
I had the same problem, tried to find another splitter but couldn't, got the 2nd detail pane by opening Visual Studio 2010 using the 'Run as administrator' command.

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