A First Look at Visual Studio 2008 Shell
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Josh Fitzgerald - 08/10/2007
See what Visual Studio 2008 Shell has to offer and how it can help you.

Creating PowerShell Cmdlets in VB 2005
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Josh Fitzgerald - 05/23/2007
Windows PowerShell not only offers a powerful shell and scripting language, but also an easily extensible interface. Here, you will learn that it is relatively simple to extend the shell and language by creating custom cmdlets.

Disabling the Windows Start Button
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Aaron Young - 02/03/2004
Learn how to disable the Windows start button'—use with caution! Remember to turn it back on again later. (Added: 7-Jan-2000)

Windows HotKeys
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Imran Zaheer - 02/03/2004
Learn how to use multiple HotKeys in a single application, with each key assigned a different function. (Added: 14-May-2000)

Disk Serial Number'—Using the WMI Scripting Library
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Gary Allen - 02/03/2004
Use the new WMI interfaces to obtain the disk's serial number. (Added: 24-Sep-2000)

Enhancing the SHBrowseForFolder API Function
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Stephen Fonnesbeck - 02/03/2004
Extend the functionality that was given in the MSDN Knowledge Base article Q179497 "HOWTO: Select a Directory Without the Common Dialog Control". (Added: 22-Feb-2000)

Determining the Active Window
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Aaron Young - 02/03/2004
Learn how to find the active window on the Windows desktop. (Added: 15-Feb-2000)

Locating Desktop Icon Positions using Memory Mapped Files
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Paul Pavlic - 02/03/2004
Learn how to manipulate the desktop using Windows memory-mapped files. (Added: 9-Jun-1999)