The lazy programmer scripts
scripts that work
The first console / RDP login animation from Windows 10 can be easily disabled in the registry keys using PowerShell
Tested on Windows 10 x64. You need to run the script as Administrator.
'mkisofs' is a great tool for creating ISOs from folders in Windows.
You can download the tool from "https://smithii.com/cdrtools".
Tested in PowerShell on Windows 10 x64.
It is very cumbersome sometimes to find that you cannot update the favicons on your favorite website when using Chrome.
This script removes the file where Chrome caches the favicons on Windows. It needs to be run in PowerShell as a normal user.
Tested on Window 10 PRO x64.
On Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016 or newer, you can use longer than 255 characters paths if you set a simple registry key value.
This script needs to be run in PowerShell as Administrator.
Tested in Windows 10, Windows 2016, Windows 2019.
There are some files on Windows which cannot be trivially removed, even if you are a full Administrator.
This PowerShell script makes sure that you remove them nonetheless.
Tested on Windows 10 x64.
Note: this script does not remove the files that are opened by a Windows process or if the file paths are more than 255 characters.
If you need to retrieve verbose volume information, including the UNC/Win32 path, you can check out this repo https://github.com/ader1990/storage-info.
Statically compiled binaries for x86/x64 can be downloaded from the repo.
The x64 binary can be downloaded from https://github.com/ader1990/storage-info/blob/master/Binaries/storage-info.exe.
These binaries work on Windows and do not require any external dependency.
Tested on Windows 7 x86, Windows 10 x64 and Windows Server 2012 R2.