Is it possible to add startup options directly to the exe instead of a link file?
F. e. You have the command "-minimized". Now you can just add this to the shortcut file and the program will start minimized.
Is there a way to do this to the exe file directly? (Hex Editor?)
Thanks in advance
In order to physically change an executable file it would need to be modified from source code and recompiled. I don't recommend changing anything in an executable file using a Hex Editor unless you are an expert and know what you are doing to reverse engineer an application.
I would suggest that you simply create a shortcut and modify that to minimize / maximize the application on open as you mentioned. That way you won't risk completely corrupting the executable.
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So I want to work a little bit in the interactive window in visual studio, to take a look at some F#.
Now View>other windows>F# interactive
In order to load my file I then type
>#load "Distance.fs";;
It is important to mention that Distance.fs is the current file that I am standing on.
however now, I get this error:
It looks like it keeps looking in the wrong directory, and it keeps doing this across different files and projects. Why does this happen? Is there any way I can configure VS to always open the interactive windows on the currently open directory
FSI defaults its current directory to whatever %TEMP% is and just needs a little help. Create a scratch script (as #TheQuickBrownFox suggested), and put your #load statement in there. Above that, add
open System
Environment.CurrentDirectory <- __SOURCE_DIRECTORY__
Highlight those two lines and press Alt-Enter to tell FSI to change to the script's current directory, then your #load statement should work (if needed, adjust your path, for example if you create a separate scripts folder, then maybe you now need #load "../Distance.fs", etc.
I have a keyboard with 6 keys I can assign pretty much anything to, including opening apps.
I want to be able to open Spotify with one of these keys, but I have to have to link a .exe to to the key - no other file type will work.
I have Spotify downloaded from the Windows Store, so it's stuck under the WindowsApp folder in Program Files, which means I can't access it directly. Even if I create a shortcut and put it on the desktop, it's not an .exe, it a .lnk.
I'm wondering if there's a way to create a .exe file that will run the Spotify shortcut that I have on my desktop, or any app at all.
I know it sounds redundant - creating a .exe to run a .exe - but I can't access the WindowsApp folder to directly link it to my keyboard. I know a batch file would work, but I can't link a .bat to my keyboard, only .exe.
I don't have experience creating executables, so I don't even know where to start and I haven't been able to find anything online.
If you wish to try this yourself, you will need to:
install a compiler
write the code
use the compiler to create an executable
While this might sound complicated for somebody without experience, in this case is not that hard.
Here is how you can do it using the very simple PureBasic compiler:
download and install the PureBasic compiler from this website
https://www.purebasic.com/download.php
(the demo version is fine, it will do the job)
choose [PureBasic-Demo.zip (x64 - 64 bit)]
launch the PureBasic IDE and write this code:
in this example I'm making an executable which will launch Sublime Text, so change the path to your Spotify executable
```
; // make this a console program
OpenConsole()
; // specify path to another executable
pathToExecutable$ = "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe"
; // use RunProgram to launch another executable
x = RunProgram(pathToExecutable$)
```
after you enter the code, click on File menu at the top, then click on Save As..., you will be prompted for a name for your source code file.
select a location, for example your Desktop then, enter a name for the file, for example proxy. (this will create a proxy.pb file)
last step, create the proxy.exe executable
click on Compiler menu, then click on Create Executable...
select location (again I recommend your Desktop), then enter a name for the executable, again for example proxy and then click on Save (this will create proxy.exe on your Desktop)
You can move your new created executable anywhere, it's portable.
Good luck!
This is Stack Overflow where you can do it yourself so here is how.
Download a BAT to EXE convertor from here or here.
Make a batch file to start the program of your choice. (Code would look like the following)
#start "" "C:\users\JimithyJones\Desktop\Spotify.exe" && exit
Convert it to an EXE with one of the previous programs. WARNING! Sometimes they are detected as malicious files because batch files have the capability to do harm to your computor.
Assign the new EXE to your hotkeys.
I want to improve my file managent and need some help to get started.
For this specific script, my idea is the following:
while in Explorer
rightclick a file -> Send To -> "Apps[.bat]"
Then the script starts and does the following:
moves the whole directory (and subfolders) of the selected file to a specified location (in my case C:\Users\Name\Desktop\Apps\Files)
so sending Name\Downloads\Coolportableapplication\Coolapp.exe to the batch results in Name\Desktop\Apps\Files\Coolportableapplication\Coolapp.exe
creates a shortcut of C:\Users\Name\Desktop\Apps\Files\Coolportableapplication\Coolapp.exe in C:\Users\Name\Desktop\Apps
Is this generally possible with a batchscript?
This isn't my first batch but I've never dealt with unspecified files and English isn't my native language so I couldn't really find anything useful for my cause, though I am sure my little script won't be too much of a problem for you. Based on that batch, I want to create similar scripts but I just have no idea how to begin with that one.
Thanks a lot!
No need for a batch file but anyway.
1: Type shell:sendto into your explorer window and copy the shortcut to your directory "C:\Users\Name\Desktop\Apps\Files". This directory will now show as default in your Send To options.
This is only under windows env.
As I know windows os identifies associated application of a particular file by file extension.
Like wise each file (binary) starting with corresponding symbols ("starting symbols"). For an example .JPG starts with ÿØÿà. Let say I open this .JPG file in a Hex editor or a Text editor and then I change that starting symbols into another file type. for an example I can change ÿØÿà to .Eߣ (.mkv). So when I double click on the .JPG the Windows Photo Viewer says there are some errors or similar message. So I need to get some information about the application that tries to open that kind of a file. If I can, I need to open that file using the application that associated with "starting symbols".
Briefly when I open .JPG I need to open a default video player .mkv files. But It may not work for this example. Because I changed only the "starting symbols" of my .JPG.
Please give me any idea to do this.
Thanks!
When you encrypt the file, give it a new extension. e.g. Picture.jpg becomes Picture.encrypted-jpg. You then register as the handler for encrypted-jpg, decrypt the file, then launch the normal jpg handler.
When the shell is asked to perform a verb on a file, the shell does not use the contents of the file to determine which app to pass it to. The file extension is what determines how the file will be treated.
You wish to use the contents of the file to influence which app processes a shell verb. In order to do so you would need to create a launcher app that reads the file header and then decides which app to pass the file on to. You would assign your launcher app as the handler app for all file extensions that you were interested in.
Although you could do this, it would be much easier just to set the file extension appropriately.
The proper way to do this sort of thing is to replace the files with reparse points.
The downside is that this involves writing a file system filter driver, i.e., an operating system extension, which is a whole level of trouble above and beyond ordinary application programming. (Since Windows already does file encryption, I doubt it would be worth the effort.)
Problem: I have to support users who need to edit web pages. Some of these web pages exist only as textarea controls. Fortunately, there is a firefox plugin that allows the user to open the textarea in a default text editor. Unfortunately, this plugin requires you to point to the EXE file of the text editor you want to invoke.
This is a reasonable requirement, but ##$%^ Microsoft Expression Web is one of those applications whose shortcut .lnk file does not appear to point to a real EXE file. If there is an EXE file somewhere, it's hidden.
Question:
How can I locate the actual EXE file so people can configure Microsoft Expression web to be their editor of choice?
Update: I should have emphasized that I was looking for a way to automate this via script or batch file (hence the SO posting, in case anyone's "not-programming-related" spidey sense was tingling).
I found my executable in the following location:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Expression\Web Designer\EXPRWD.EXE
I'm not sure if that gives you what you need, but you can always have your users (or programmatically) search for EXPRWD.EXE and go from there.