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Command Prompt Copy & Paste
This will set the QuickEdit Mode and the Insert Mode.
Right click the command prompt window's title bar.
Click Defaults.
Click on the Options tab.
Place a check mark in both of these:
QuickEdit Mode
Insert Mode
Click OK.
QuickEdit Mode
[[Enables you to use a pointing device (mouse) to cut and paste, bypassing
the Edit menu.]]
This option provides a fast, easy way to copy text from (and paste text
into) Command Prompt windows with a mouse. You can highlight text with a
mouse and use the Enter key to copy the highlighted test to the Windows
Clipboard.
Insert Mode
[[Enables you to insert text at the cursor. If this is not selected, text
that is typed at the cursor replaces existing text.]]
This option (on by default) allows you to insert text at the cursor
position. You can right click and paste.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:uqDqQ2yfFHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
D@annyBoy <origin@ld@nnyboy @ gm@il.com> hunted and pecked:
> thanks
>
> how do I copy and cut
> Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
> to the dos prompt? ctrl v doesn't work
>
>
> While sipping a glass of wine, I read that Wesley Vogel wrote in
> news:OMwQ%231xfFHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
>
>
>> This is part of how Prefetch works.
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
>>
>> Enable
>> [[Accepted values for this entry are Y or N. If the entry is set to Y,
>> Windows automatically optimizes the file location for boot optimization.
>> This optimization occurs automatically if the system is idle for 10
>> minutes. Boot optimization improves startup time by locating startup
>> files in contiguous clusters on the volume, reducing the movement of the
>> disk head when reading the volume.]]
>>
>> Enable change to Y.
>> LcnEndLocation change to 0.
>> LcnStartLocation change to 0.
>> OptimizeComplete leave this one alone.
>> OptimizeError leave this one alone.
>>
>> This will force any pending idle tasks to be executed immediately,
>> without having to wait a lengthy period of time. Now do this...
>>
>> Open a command prompt...
>> Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
>> Type or paste this in the command prompt:
>>
>> Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
>>
>> Hit your Enter key.
>>
>> Go do something else for a while. It can take 10 to 15 minutes for idle
>> tasks to complete.
>>
>> After your hard drive is done thrashing open regedit again and go to...
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
>>
>> Enable should still be Y.
>> LcnEndLocation should have changed from 0 to a larger number.
>> LcnStartLocation should have changed from 0 to a larger number.
>> OptimizeComplete should have changed to Yes.
>> OptimizeError should be blank unless there was an error like Insufficient
>> space.
>>
>> ProcessIdleTasks
>> Idle Task Scheduling: The ProcessIdleTask API
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/benchmark.mspx#EDAA
>>
>> Also check this key...
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
>> Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
>>
>> Look for EnablePrefetcher in the right pane, if the value is not 3,
>> Double click EnablePrefetcher and change the value to 3.
>> Values are (0 = disabled, 1 = Application launch prefetching, 2 = Boot
>> prefetching, 3 = Both prefetching). 3 seems to be the preferred option.
>> Exit regedit
>> This will take effect on next reboot.
>> It will take three boots to rebuild the Prefetch file.
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