Rob
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Oct 06 2010
Where is the MSDN File Transfer Manager installed?
02/25/2011 Update: On my Windows 7 x64 (SP1) machine, I found it located in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft File Transfer Manager\TransferMgr.exe Of course, if you’re running 32-bit, then drop the ” (x86)”. —————— File Transfer Manager for MSDN can be found in the following location: %SystemRoot%\Downloaded Program Files\TransferMgr.exe See http://bit.ly/bMhDVj
Sep 30 2010
Ping, Windows 7, and the Windows Firewall
If you cannot ping a Windows 7 box, don’t just disable the Windows Firewall. See the following page describing how to enable the included ICMP Echo rule in the Windows Firewall: http://www.fixya.com/support/r5359816-allow_ping_icmp_echo_request_windows_7 Note that I shut down the Windows Firewall service (net stop mpssvc) and this did not “re-enable” ping. I had to add the …
Sep 30 2010
Consolidating Multiple VMware VMDK Disk Files into One
If you have older VMware Workstation disk images (vmdk files) that are split into multiple parts, you can consolidate them into a single disk image from the command prompt: vmware-vdiskmanager -r MyVirtualMachineDisk.vmdk -t 0 SingleDiskFile.vmdk The “-t 0” means “single growable virtual disk”. If you prefer to preallocate all the storage for the disk, use …
Sep 27 2010
Enable SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to Overwrite Table Designs
By default, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) will not let you save changes to the designs of your tables. When you attempt to do so, it wants you to drop and re-create the table. You will typically see a dialog similar to the following: However, SSMS will actually let you perform such a change without …
Sep 24 2010
VS2010 Automatically Includes Your Text Files as Resources
When you right-click on your WPF project in Visual Studio 2010 (VS2010) and select Add / New Item… / Text File, the “Build Action” on this file is automatically set to “Resource.” So, when you ship your application, this text file will be embedded within it. If this was simply meant to be a readme …