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Call for Windows hackers (_yes_, Windows)
Merlin Mann | Jun 6 2005
In today’s installment, Danny pleads your help with the one thing we’re both ready to admit we know almost nothing about: cool Windows hacking. (Yes, thanks, I do see the irony of the high and mighty Mac dork asking for help from the people he supposedly scorns [or so spins the long-discredited urban myth]). So, of course, all the usual admonitions about Windows talk are abolished for this post. It’s Thunderdome, people! The Mac-centric people humbly yield the floor. Thus, Danny writes…
Like the man says, spill. Got some amazing Windows fu for us? 48 Comments
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 Not entirely sure this is...Submitted by mattypenny (not verified) on June 9, 2005 - 12:29am.
Not entirely sure this is the kind of thing you want, but, especially if you don't have Firefox with its cool custom search box: MS Deskbar The MS Search Deskbar is good for searching through Outlook and your files, but is also good for doing abbreviated web searches e.g. type 'go search_string' to do a google search. To set this sort of stuff up see: http://www.bibleplayer.com/toolbarshortcuts/ and http://beta.toolbar.msn.com/default_suite.aspx?patch=yes On a similar theme..... IE Search Prefixeshttp://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/2005/03/28/403129.aspx explains how to set up search abbreviations that you can use in your IE address box e.g. type 'ms search_string' to search some microsoft site or other. More interestingly than what the download gives you 'out of the box' though, is that you can then add your own searches. You have to edit your registry as follows: - open regedit - navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl - click on SearchURL - right click and select New Key - name the key whatever abbreviation you want e.g. 'd' - click on 'Default' under the New Key - right click and select 'Modify' - enter your search string in the value e.g. 'http://del.icio.us/your_delicious_username/%s?setcount=100' ...and thats it. Looks complicated when typed out, and people issue dire warnings about editing the registry, but its simple enough when you do it. %s is the representation of the search string you enter in the address box. So, in the above example I type 'd psychobilly+cramps' in my address book and it shows my delicious list of stuff with those tags. » POSTED IN:
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