Tag: RAYMOND-CHEN

Deleting empty subdirectories seems like something Windows ought to do automatically, but for some reason that function just isn't included as part of the OS. Luckily, you don't need to download a utility to do it; instead, you can create a single line batch file that will do exactly what you're looking for: for /f "usebackq" %%d in ("dir /ad/b/s | sort /R") do rd "%%d" Raymond Chen, the ...

Speed is all about perception, so any tip that makes a computer feel faster is gold as far as we're concerned. Today's tip is a doozy from Raymond Chen, the venerable Microsoft developer and blogger. According to Chen, a number of user interface timers in Windows key off of the double-click speed registry setting. The default double-click speed in Windows is 500ms , or exactly 1/2 of a second. ...