10/11/09

How to control Windows 7 snap feature with two monitors

http://superuser.com/questions/1093/how-to-control-windows-7-snap-feature-with-two-monitors

How to control Windows 7 snap feature with two monitors?

There is the Snap feature in Windows 7. But it seems to not work when dragging window to the edge that are adjoin to the second monitor. How to make it working? May be some regedit cheat or something?
edited Sep 9 at 9:40
asked Jul 15 at 12:02

2 Answers
You should use only shortcuts for that configuration
(mouse movements alone seems not supported for that special side that crosses over to the other monitor)

NOTE: On multiple monitors, continually pressing a keyboard shortcut combination below will cause the window to snap to the side and scroll in that direction through the multiple monitor screens.

Windows Key + Left Arrow Key
This will snap the current window to the left side of the screen, or unsnap a window that is snapped to the right side of the screen.

Windows Key + Right Arrow Key
This will snap the current window to the right side of the screen, or unsnap a window that is snapped to the left side of the screen.

answered Jul 15 at 12:17
VonC

It might be worth it to point out the Windows+Shift+[Left/Right] combination. This will keep the position on your monitor while switching the window between monitors. – Ryan Versaw Jul 15 at 13:34

Reduce the size of the WinSxS folder with vsp1cln.exe and compcln.exe

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9/23/09

A few Visual Studio tips

1) In VS2005, you can assign the back and forward mouse buttons to View.NavigateBackward and View.NavigateForward. In the keyboard setup, just click the desired button (back or forward) in the "Press shortcut keys" edit box in the "keyboard options". Alternately, you can just use the keyboard to make the assignment (Alt+Left Arrow) and it will work with the mouse’s back button. (Alt+Right Arrow for the mouse’s forward button).

(Note that you might have to delete the assignment if it is already assigned to something else. “Alt+Right arrow” was already assigned to the View.Forward command in my case.)

2) Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 IDE Enhancements (link):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cd7c6e48-e41b-48e3-881e-a0e6e97f9534&DisplayLang=en#Instructions

3) Free add-ons for MS Visual Studio from slickedit.com:
http://www.slickedit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=90

a) Editor Gadgets - Line ruler - Places a "ruler" highlight across your current line (where the cursor is) and has tick marks to indicate the editor's indentation levels. Indentation guide - Draws a vertical bar in the editor indicating the indentation level of the current line. Auto-copy selection - Automatically copies text to the clipboard when selected with the mouse. Paste may be done by simply clicking in the editor with the middle mouse button (the scroll wheel on most mice). These behaviors are similar to XMouse.
Editor Graphic - Allows you to place a graphic inside your editor, either as a single image or as a tiled background.

b) The Command Spy - allows you to see exactly what commands you've run, how many times you've run them and what key bindings are used to invoke those commands. The main purpose of this tool is to allow you to learn what commands are bound to which keystrokes, so that you can work faster within the IDE.

c) File Explorer -provides an easy way to open solutions, projects, or single files in Visual Studio. It also makes it easy to drag-and-drop files into an open Visual Studio project.

d) The Data Object Analyzer

e) The SLOC Report - count lines of code, etc

8/7/09

Remote desktop keyboard shortcuts

•CTRL+ALT+END: Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box (CTRL+ALT+DEL)
•ALT+PAGE UP: Switch between programs from left to right (CTRL+PAGE UP)
•ALT+PAGE DOWN: Switch between programs from right to left (CTRL+PAGE DOWN)
•ALT+INSERT: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order (ALT+TAB)
•ALT+HOME: Display the Start menu (CTRL+ESC)
•CTRL+ALT+BREAK: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen
•ALT+DELETE: Display the Windows menu
•CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-): Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer (ALT+PRT SC)
•CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+): Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer (PRT SC)