Software Setup

Computer software installation

• <<VMWare Workstation notes>>.
• Recovery Partition in the way. If Windows 10 Recovery partition is in the way of extending C: partition, you can move recovery partition safely with a free tool.
• How to open Internet Explorer in Windows 10.

Useful Links

• 10 Tips for Cleaning Up a Hard Drive. 8/18/2011. Useful tips.
• Windows XP Services. There are now 122 Services listed here with recommendations on which ones can be disabled.
• Alternatives to .NET Reflector. Reflector is no longer free. ILSpy seems to be the most popular of the free versions.

Programming Tips

• Line count. For Visual Studio projects, press Ctrl+Shift+F then choose the "Regular Expression" under the "Find options" section and enter the following expression in the "Find what" box (what is within the parentheses): (^:b*[^:b#/]+.*$). For VS2012 (as far as they changed Regex syntax) it will be (what is within the parentheses): (^(?([^\r\n])\s)*[^\s+?/]+[^\n]*$)
• DPack. DPack is a FREE collection of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/2012 tools. DPack is designed to greatly increase developer's productivity, automate repetitive processes and expand upon some of Microsoft Visual Studio features. DPack includes various browser tools that allow the developer to quickly find solution files, types, particular type members, methods or properties for instance, or quickly find and reference standard .NET framework types. DPack includes greatly enhanced numbered bookmarks feature, various code navigation tools as well as streamlined surround with feature, and much more. See screenshots and learn more about individual features using Features menu.