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Gow Is Alternative To Cygwin, Brings 130 UNIX Commands To Windows

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If you’re an avid Linux user and just started with Windows, you must be familiar with Cygwin, a tool that provides Linux-like environment on Windows, bringing the utility of porting tools running on POSIX, i.e Linux, BSD and Unix system to Windows OS. GOW (Gnu on Windows) is a small, easy to use, yet powerful alternative to Cygwin that brings more then 100 extremely useful UNIX applications and commands to Windows. It provides a total of 130 CLI-based UNIX commands, which can be run from Windows Command Line Interpreter. The application has been specifically designed to bring those UNIX binaries, which don’t have easy to use installers available for Windows. Read More

Run Terminal Commands Over Files In Current Directory With DTerm [Mac]

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Many users don’t like launching Mac OS X Terminal just to run some commands because it often disrupts the workflow. One workaround is to keep Mac OS X Terminal always open to quickly run commands on currently used files and folders. DTerm is a small application that provides a better solution. It adds context-sensitive command line bar which is accessible through user-defined hotkey combination. With DTerm, you no longer need to navigate to current working directory in order to run certain commands over applications, files or other items in current directory. DTerm automatically sets itself to working directory, which saves the time involved in manually navigating to current location in Terminal. Moreover, it comes packed with some useful features, like, sending the selected files to command line, copying the command results, browsing through your command history and results. Read More

Tweak Windows Using Command Line With GTweak

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GTweak is a portable command-line script for tweaking Windows. It has been designed to work in two separate modes; the Wizard Mode (for average users) and Normal Mode (for expert users, also known as the Advanced Mode). By default, GTweak runs in the Wizard Mode, but you can switch to the Advanced Mode for using command lines instead of keystrokes. The former is meant to provide simplified keystrokes for using the tweaking options, whereas, the latter runs GTweak commands (standard commands are not supported). With GTweak you can hide and rename of Start Menu items, disable, enable or verify system features such as System Restore, remove Internet Explorer policies, configure Autorun and system reactions, speed up system shut down, manage Hibernation settings, define Windows Explorer reactions to exceptions, etc. Read More

PowerCMD – GUI Alternative To Windows Command Line With Upto 4 Consoles

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Windows Command Line Interpreter is something which hasn’t seen many improvements in past, from Windows 98 to Windows 7, you can notice only 3 or 4 major improvements in terms of usage and interface-related enhancements. PowerCmd is an application which gives CLI-based Windows Command Prompt exactly what it's devoid of - Graphical User Interface. It not only provides GUI based controls to CMD but offers handling of multiple panels (upto 4 consoles) at a time. Furthermore, it integrates with Windows Shell to open any file in CMD from right-click context menu. The application is mainly targeted towards users who extensively deal with Windows CMD, requiring more than 2 CMD windows in front of them all the time. The application features revolve around giving the best Windows style-like UI while letting users pause/resume consoles with a single click. Read More

How to Delete An Infected File Or Folder From Command Prompt

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There are more protection software available than there ever were before. That is because both virus and malware threats are increasing as compared to a decade back. Despite the use of several protection software there is no guarantee that a malicious source can be stopped from infecting your system. Many a times virus and trojans can restrict access to data on the system and continue to corrupt other files. In such a case the infected files might become inaccessible due to their infected state. In this post we will tell you how to get rid of these files and folders from the command prompt, which can be particularly useful if one is being unable to delete these files from Windows Explorer or using 3rd party tools. Read More

Advantages Of Nslookup Command Line For Common Users

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Windows command line utility is often neglected by many users, simply because they hardly know the about the slew of features it holds. Many useful applications operate directly from CMD and one of them is Nslookup. It is a network administration command-line tool used widely by system and network administrators. It is used for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping or for a specific DNS record. In this article we will explain the benefits that can be dervied by a common user from the nslookup command line. Read More

FileMenu Tools Brings Advanced Context Menu Features To Windows 7 64-Bit

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The developer has updated the ever-useful FileMenu Tools to support 64-bit OS. Now it can be used in both Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit simultaneously without having to download a separate file for each version. One interesting feature in the latest version is 'Run with Parameters', which adds option to run applications with Administrator privileges. For those who missed our last review, FileMenu Tools is a freeware that lets you add advanced features to your right-click context menu. The  application sits in the Windows Explorer context menu and can be accessed by right-clicking the mouse over any file/folder. It offers a wide array of options, including Copying/Moving files, Changing File Attributes, Advanced File Search and File Delete, Shred Files, Un/register DLL and more. Read More