Advanced Batch Commands: Command Line Parameters

Starting from Windows NT 4, command line parameters can be retrieved in the following ways.

• %CmdCmdLine%
  Returns the entire command line as passed to CMD.EXE.  It leaves all delimiters intact, except, in Windows 2000 and later, leading spaces before the first argument.
• %*
Returns the remainder of the command line starting from the first argument.  It also leaves all delimiters intact, except, in Windows 2000 and later, leading spaces before the first argument.
• %~dn
Returns the drive letter of %n (n can range from 0 to 9) if %n is a valid path or file name (no UNC)
• %~pn
  Returns the directory of %n if %n is a valid path or file name (no UNC)
• %~nn
  Returns the file name only of %n if %n is a valid file name
• %~xn
  Returns the file extension only of %n if %n is a valid file name
• %~fn
Returns the fully qualified path of %n if %n is a valid file name or directory

To remove the leading space of %* included by NT 4 use the following commands:

    SET commandline=%*

    IF NOT CMDEXTVERSION 2 SET commandline=%commandline:~1%

Tips on Windows 7 Sticky Notes (Undocumented)

If you're looking for shortcut keys for Windows 7 Sticky Notes, there are actually more keyboard shortcuts than Microsoft has documented here.

The following table contains all the keyboard shortcuts that I found for Windows 7 Sticky Notes. If you found more, please let me know.

General (File) Commands
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+N	Create a new sticky note
Ctrl+D	Delete sticky note
F10	Highlight the controls on the title bar
Shift+F10	Show the context menu
F1	Open Sticky Notes Help
Ctrl+Tab	Switch between notes
Alt+F4	Close Sticky Notes program
Edit Commands
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+Z	Undo a change
Ctrl+Y	Redo a change
Ctrl+A	Select the entire note
Ctrl+X	Cut a selection
Ctrl+C	Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+V	Paste a selection from the Clipboard
Ctrl+Delete	Delete the next word
Formatting Commands
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+B	Make selected text bold
Ctrl+I	Italicize selected text
Ctrl+T	Strike through selected text
Ctrl+U	Underline selected text
Ctrl+=	Make selected text subscript
Ctrl+Shift+=	Make selected text superscript
Ctrl+L	Align text left
Ctrl+E	Align text center
Ctrl+R	Align text right
Ctrl+1	Set single line spacing
Ctrl+2	Set double line spacing
Ctrl+5	Set line spacing to 1.5
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increase the font size
Ctrl+Shift+<	Decrease the font size
Ctrl+Mouse Scroll	Increase/decrease font size of the whole note or selected text
Ctrl+Shift+A	Change characters to all capitals
Ctrl+Shift+L	Change the bullet style
Cursor Movement
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+Left Arrow	Move the cursor one word to the left
Ctrl+Right Arrow	Move the cursor one word to the right
Ctrl+Up Arrow	Move the cursor to the line above
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Move the cursor to the line below
Ctrl+Home	Move to the beginning of the note
Ctrl+End	Move to the end of the note

How to backup Windows 7 Sticky Notes

All Sticky Notes are stored in a file called StickyNotes.snt under this folder: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\. Always keep an up-to-date backup copy of this file, then you are good to go.

E538: No mouse support: mouse=a

Sometimes I got this error when some applications try to load VIM as my default editor. The fix is simple, just open up your .vimrc file and change the following line:

set mouse=a

to:

if has("mouse")
set mouse=a
endif