atw: Tiny rant (& some tips)

No wonder our profession is often viewed as being dispensable. Doesn't it
worry you all that subjects like "what to call light bulbs" generate the
most discussion??

Anyway, to offset own my small contribution to said discussion, here are a
few Windows XP tips:
* To make Windows Explorer start in a folder other than My Documents when
started from a shortcut (or the Start menu), and to select the Folders
button, right-click on the shortcut and edit the Target field as follows:
       %windir%\explorer.exe /e, C:\ (or specify a different path in place
of C:\)
* To look for files that contain patterns (regular expressions) that you
specify, you can use FINDSTR at the command prompt (DOS window). (In
contrast, the GUI's Search command searches only for literal text.) For
help, you can type FINDSTR/? at the command prompt.
* The command prompt can be useful for other things, such as renaming any
number of files at a time e.g. RENAME *.HTM *.HTML 
* At the command prompt, you can use wildcards to reduce typing with the CD
command e.g. "CD \DOC*" changes to the "Documents and Settings" directory.

Regards,
Craig 
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