IE6

When you do a 'view source' in IE, it defaults to using trusty old Notepad.  For most, this is fine, it shows the source, but for some it's annoying... e.g. when you're looking at a server-generated page which contains javascript and it says 'error on line 5063'... you need to copy the text from 'view source' into an editor which can show you line numbers.

Well, no more with this little .reg file.  It will modify your registry to use the editor of your choice.  The downloadable reg is setup for SciTE which is a great editor for any kind of text file.  You can find out more about the SciTE download location and installation tips on my Free and Open Source Software page.  If you don't want SciTE, just edit the reg file and change the editor to use your favourite installed editor, making sure you give the correct installed location.

Download : viewsource.reg

Windows XP/2000

This is something anyone who needs to go into the command prompt constantly can't do without.  It's a simple registry patch which allows you to right-click on any windows explorer folder and open the command prompt at that folder from the context menu.  Simply download the registry patch and double-click, easy.

Download : cmd.reg

This is a variation of the above, but way more powerful.  This time, a menu is displayed which allows you to select which environment variables you want to load at the selected location.  The beauty of this is that you can backup all your environment variables into batch files and not have to worry about the system environment variables.  This offers you the ultimate flexibility in how you open a command prompt.

To install, unzip the files into c:\ and double-click cmdmenu.reg.

Edit c:\cmdmenu.bat to view the sample menu and modify it to run your own environment variable batch files.  It's very simple to setup.

Download : cmdmenu.zip