Copy Detailed File Info to Clipboard via Right-Click Menu

The Details tab in the Properties sheet shows the file version, product name, copyright, and other details. However, Windows doesn’t let you copy the information to the clipboard. In this article let’s see how to copy the file info to the clipboard using PowerShell. You can also incorporate the command to the right-click menu if … Read more

How to Run a Program as SYSTEM (LocalSystem) Account in Windows

Many Windows system files, registry keys, and services are owned by the SYSTEM (a.k.a LocalSystem) account, which has a high privilege level. If you need to modify a registry key owned by the SYSTEM account, there are at least two options. The first option that comes to your mind is to take ownership of the … Read more

Open Command Prompt in Current Folder Using Keyboard Shortcut

There are at least a couple of ways to open Command Prompt in the current folder path from a folder window. The two widely used options include running cmd.exe from the File Explorer address bar and using the Open Command window here option from the folder background context menu. But, no built-in option exists to … Read more

Enable or Disable Windows Defender Using Shortcut or Command-line

Windows Defender, the built-in anti-virus program in Windows, has useful features such as cloud-based protection, offline scanning, limited periodic scanning, tamper protection, controlled folder access, etc. Almost every aspect of Windows Defender can be managed or automated using the MpCmdrun.exe command-line tool and PowerShell cmdlets. There are times when you need to temporarily disable your … Read more

How to Install CAB and MSU Updates from Windows Update Catalog

Installing updates via Windows Update can be problematic sometimes. For example, downloads may stall at a specific stage due to problems with the Windows Update server or the Content Delivery Network (CDN) that hosts the update in your region. It could also be possible that the Windows Update or BITS Services configuration on the local … Read more