Autohotkey V2 Stuff

 #Requires AutoHotkey v2.0 (required)

#SingleInstance Force

::h::hello (hello with following space)

:o:h::hello (hellow no following space)

:*:h::hello (immediate hello no space)

::h::hello{!} (treats ! as literal character)

^!d:: {

    CurrentDateTime := FormatTime(, "yyyy-MM-dd")

    Send(CurrentDateTime)

}   

^!0:: {

    CurrentDateTime := FormatTime(, "dd-MM-yyyy")

    CurrentDateTime := StrUpper(CurrentDateTime)

    Send(CurrentDateTime)

;pin unpin window to top

}

^Space:: {

    WinSetAlwaysOnTop "TOGGLE", "A"

}

Stream & Cast From PC To TV

Stream Cast PC to TV Miracast

Win + k

  Roku

  Firestick

  Most TV brands

Google TV & Android cast with browser

  Chrome 3 dot menu upper right

  Brave 3 dot but in "share & save"

Group Policy Stop Windows Update From Auto Downloading and Installing Updates

 gpedit

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage end user experience

MX Linux Again

A little, abandoned Pentium was sitting in the corner of the closet. Perfect for MX Linux.

It has been a while so this reference looks good.

https://computingforgeeks.com/things-to-do-after-installing-mx-linux/

Let's do this . . .

Winget Commands

 

Winget Stuff

Things you need to know:

Things you don't want to upgrade:

Serious blocking:

winget pin add TrackerSoftware.PDF-XChangeEditor --blocking

Casual blocking:

winget pin add CodeJelly.Launchy

Did it work:

winget pin list

 

Let's do it:

"winget upgrade" produces a list

"winget upgrade --all"

If "winget upgrade --all" doesn't work, probably the upgrades shown are not "proven" yet.

 

The best upgrade command:

winget upgrade --all --include-unknown --silent --accept-package-agreements  --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity

 

Installing several at once:

winget install first.one second.one

With ids in a string add the conditions to the end of the string

 

Uninstalling:

If programs installed as user, use cmd non-admin. If all users use cmd admin

 

List all your installed programs:

winget export -o "%USERPROFILE%\desktop\apps.json"

Portable Apps Bat File

If I get on someone else's PC I need apps they don't have. Here is a partial (growing) list.

Some are curls and some open download links if curl doesn't work.

Copy the text and make a .bat file.

(For install on D change first 6 C notations to D)

Curl Portable Apps

@echo off

rem 7zip Install

winget install -e --id 7zip.7zip --source winget

mkdir C:\Portable\Excluded

mkdir C:\Drivers\Benchmarks

mkdir C:\Desk

mkdir C:\Pictures\Wallpaper

mkdir C:\"Program Archives"

cd /d C:\Portable

echo Free PC Audit

curl.exe -s -L -O https://www.misutilities.com/freepcaudit.exe

echo Notepad Classic

curl.exe -s -L -O -A "Mozilla/5.0" -e "https://win7games.com" "https://win7games.com/download/notepad.zip"   

echo Unzipping notepad.zip

https://win7games.com/download/notepad.zip   

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "notepad.zip" -o"Notepad" -y -bd && del "notepad.zip"

echo WindowsUpdateMiniTool

curl.exe -s -L -o "WindowsUpdateMiniTool.zip" "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0BwJH2CazcjsINFZFc1pVdk9mNHM" 

echo Unzipping WindowsUpdateMiniTool.zip

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "WindowsUpdateMiniTool.zip" -o"WindowsUpdateMiniTool" -y -bd && del "WindowsUpdateMiniTool.zip"

echo Windows_Repair_Toolbox

curl.exe -s -L -O "https://windows-repair-toolbox.com/files/Windows_Repair_Toolbox.zip" 

echo Unzipping Windows_Repair_Toolbox.zip

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "Windows_Repair_Toolbox.zip" -o"Windows_Repair_Toolbox" && del "Windows_Repair_Toolbox.zip"

echo WirelessNetworkWatcher

curl.exe -s -L -O "https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wnetwatcher.zip" 

echo Unzipping wnetwatcher.zip

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "wnetwatcher.zip" -o"wnetwatcher" -y -bd && del "wnetwatcher.zip"

echo WiseDiskCleaner

curl.exe -s -L -o "WDCFree.zip" "https://downloads.wisecleaner.com/soft/WDCFree_11.1.6.832.zip" 

echo Unzipping WDCFree.zip

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "WDCFree.zip" && del "C:\Portable\WDCFree.zip"

echo HWINFO

curl.exe -s -L -o "hwi_822.zip" "https://sourceforge.net/projects/hwinfo/files/Windows_Portable/hwi_822.zip/download" 

echo Unzipping hwi_822.zip

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "hwi_822.zip" -o"hwinfo" -y -bd && del "hwi_822.zip"

echo Volumouse 64

curl.exe -s -L -O https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse-x64.zip

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "volumouse-x64.zip" -o"volumouse-x64" -y -bd && del "volumouse-x64.zip"

echo Portableapps

curl.exe -s -L -o "PortableApps.exe" "https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/latest/download"

echo UltraVirusKiller

curl.exe -s -L -o "UVK.exe" "https://www.carifred.com/uvk/UVKPortable.exe"

echo Revo Uninstaller

curl.exe -s -L -O https://sourceforge.net/app/revo-uninstaller-portable/files/windows/RevoUninstallerPortable_2.4.1.paf.exe/

echo these open browser to download

echo Safe Mode Launcher

start https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/safe_mode_launcher.html

echo I hate the Portableapps splash screen on their programs.

echo 1. In app folder copy .ini file and paste in root of folder.

echo 2. Rename the .ini same name as program

echo 3. Open .ini and change DisableSplashScreen=true

Pause

The New APK Post

SmartTube 

Downloader 79015

Stremio

Available on Play Store. Don't need much else.

Group Policy Edits

Updates Offered But Not Auto Installed

Press Win + R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. 

Navigate to: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage end user experience

Double-click Configure Automatic Updates. 

Select Enabled.

In the Options dropdown, select 2 - Notify for download and notify for install (or Notify for download and auto install depending on your OS version).

Click Apply and OK, then restart your computer. 

Veeam Agent for Windows Backup

 I trying the "Gold Standard" of Windows backup. Or so the AIs say.

First, I double-dog dare you to find the free download on the Veeam site.

You can use Winget but it will be an older version which updates itself right away.

PatchMyPC has the current version install.

Second double-dog dare is make a recovery ISO Windows PE.

I couldn't get Veeam to complete the build.

Brave browser Ask of all people gave me the solution

Open CLI (command line interface, aka command prompt) as admin: C:\Users\George\Desktop>"C:\Program Files\Veeam\Endpoint Backup\Veeam.EndPoint.Manager.exe" /createrecoverymediaiso /f:C:\Users\George\Desktop\Generic.iso

*HaHa, if your name isn't George you might want to change that.

VMware Workstation Pro

 The hardest part is finding it 😂

First you log on to https://www.broadcom.com/

Set up an account.

Log in to the Broadcom Support Portal and use the dropdown menu in the top-right corner (next to your name) to select VMware Cloud Foundation. 

You should now see the versions to download. 🔍