I found a help article here: http://tinyurl.com/2qqc49

and I decided to to write a quick BASIC (*.bat) file to make a bit more automatic. I did that because I'm a lazy cow, as all programmers. (is BASIC really programming, anyway I think it is). You can see the source below.

@echo off
title Registrering the SSL- and XML-libraries
echo Do you want to do this?
set /P answer=Y for yes, N for No:
cls
goto %answer%
:Y
	echo Running function
	echo.
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s softpub.dll
		echo softpub.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s wintrust.dll
		echo wintrust.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s initpki.dll
		echo initpki.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s Rsaenh.dll
		echo Rsaenh.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s Mssip32.dll
		echo Mssip32.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s Cryptdlg.dll
		echo Cryptdlg.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s Dssenh.dll
		echo Dssenh.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s Gpkcsp.dll
		echo Gpkcsp.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s Slbcsp.dll
		echo Slbcsp.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s Sccbase.dll
		echo Sccbase.dll done
	%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\REGSVR32 /s msxml3.dll
		echo Msxml3.dll done
	echo.
	echo Function done, press any key to exit
	pause
	exit
:N
	echo Press any key to exit
	pause
	exit

Now that I have you here I'll also present some of my other helping BASIC functions I've written.

• ip.bat
• google.bat
• wiki.bat
• statuscheck.bat
• whois.bat
• findperson.bat
• ordbog.bat

I don't think I'll post all the source here but I'll upload a small ZIP file containing all the BAT files for you to review.

URL to the zip file: http://www.e-x-e.dk/stuff/bats.zip

Here is a small presentation to the files:

ip.bat

A simple bat file showing my internal IP, subnet and gateway IP.

Example: ip

google.bat

This reads the first argument, fx. google Hello+World will google the 2 words "Hello" and "world" (without the quotes). You'll have to use the + as a " " because BASIC doesn't contain a replace function.

Example: google Hello+world

wiki.bat

Same method as google.bat but searches Wikipedia.org with the argument instead. I've set it to search the Danish Wikipedia.org since I'm Danish. But this can easily be changed.

Example: wiki Hello+world

statuscheck.bat

This will ping a host or IP which it reads from the first argument and declare it UP or DOWN using errorlevel1.

Example: statuscheck e-x-e.dk

Example: statuscheck 192.168.1.1

whois.bat

A simple whois script for us non-linux users where it's a built in component. It reads argument1 which has to be the domain (fx. e-x-e) and it reads argument2 which has to be the type of doman (fx. dk).

Example: whois e-x-e dk

findperson.bat

This is for danish people since this looks up a person on the Danish site krak.dk. Argument1 is name and argument2 is address.

Example: findperson Anders+fogh

(Anders Fogh is the Danish Prime Minister)

ordbog.bat

Also a file for the danish people. It looks up a word in a dictionary called ordbogen.com. Argument1 is the word and argument2 is the dictionary code.

Best setting for dictionary is auto, enda or daen.

Example: ordbog human enda

In order get these to work in the best way you'll have to place all the files in the %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\ folder. In most cases C:\WINDOWS\system32\.

If you do that you'll be able to run them from the run-dialog (Windows-key and R) and use the example.

This was just a quick helping post for you guys (and girls) Happy Easter!

It's nothing like the normal Windows Vista shell, well a bit, it's see though but it's (as I see it) a lot more functional and the taskbar (and start button) is removed. The design is a lot more elegant than the bulky Vista.

This is not just a theme it's a complete replacement of explorer.exe! I collected some screenshots for you to see.

The first screenshot is an example of the explorer concept. As you may see the places bar has been redone as well as the explorer and pictures.

This is the thing I really love! It's so easy to get an overview of your applications, places, system files etc. I am in love...

The last thing I'll point out is the multi-desktop system which is really handy for people with only one monitor, poor them!

The shell will maybe be made for Windows XP as well in the future.

More information and screenshots can be found at http://cairoshell.com/