If you need a powerful way to rename multiple files or folders at once – without any third-party utility then this article is exact what you need. In this article, I will show you how to bulk rename (mass rename) thousands of files or folders by a single Command Line. And more, Windows Explorer also has a great feature that help us bulk rename files or folders. Combining with a powerful Command Line in PowerShell, you can customize any flexible name you want.
Bulk Rename File/ Folder by Command Line (TUT Mass File Rename)
Why we don’t use third-party software utilities?
There are many third-party software utilities that help you mass rename files, folders very easily. Most popular utilities are: Bulk Rename Utility, Advanced Renamer, Rename-It!, Fast File Renamer or Lupas Rename. But installing many too programs/ software may cause our computers slow down, hang or crash (untrusted software may even harm our computers).
So, why we have to use third-party utilities while we can bulk rename files, folders with one Command Line? (That is Windows built-in)
Bulk Rename File/ Folder by Command Line (TUT Mass File Rename)
Windows comes with a variety of “built-in” ways to rename multiples files or/and folders at once, includes Windows Explorer, DOS Command Prompt, and PowerShell. To help you easy to understand this Guide, I will give 2 popular use-cases (examples) as below:
Ex1. Change all file extensions: We have 1000 TXT files in a folder and we want to change all to HTML files; or we have 1000 PNG files wanna change to JPG files
Ex2. Change complex file name in bulk: We have a bunch of files or folders which we want to name sequentially, for example, we have 1000 beautiful images and we want to name it from New-File-Name-1.JPG to New-File-Name-1000.JPG
1. Change All file Extension by a Command Line
With example 1, we can do it easily by using the command line REN: REN *.PNG *.JPG (or REN *.TXT *.HTML):
– In Windows Explorer => goto menu File => Open Command Prompt => Open Command Prompt
Change All file Extension by a Command Line 1
– Type the command above in Command Prompt window
Change All file Extension by a Command Line 2
2. Bulk Rename files or folders in Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer is a quick way to rename multiple files or folders at once, but not many people know and use it:
– Select all files/ folders you want to rename (or you may use the shortcut: Ctrl + A)
– Hold the pointer to the first file/ folder then select Rename from the Context Menu (or you may use the shortcut: F2)
– Type new file name (for example: “New-File-Name“) then press Enter to save it.
Done ! Now Windows Explorer will auto rename all the selected files/ folders sequentially, from New-File-Name (1).JPG to New-File-Name (1000).JPG
Bulk Rename files or folders in Windows Explorer
3. Mass Files, Folders Rename by Windows Powershell Command Line
– Mass rename files, folders in Windows Explorer is a very fast and easy method. But lacking in flexibility => PowerShell is extremely flexible.
– To open PowerShell in Windows, you search “PowerShell” from the Start Menu => then select Windows PowerShell.
PowerShell is extremely flexible.
– After launching PowerShell window, type the below Command Line:
3.1. Change to the folder contains files or folders that you want to rename:
cd D:\a\media\files\2016\10\
3.2. Remove the bracket in the file name (New-File-Name (1).JPG will change to New-File-Name-1.JPG)
dir | rename-item -NewName { $_.name.Replace(” (“,”–“) }
=> This command line will remove character ” (“ from all the file name.
dir | rename-item -NewName { $_.name.Replace(“)“,””) }
=> This command line will remove character ”)“ from all the file name.
Done.
Mass Files, Folders Rename by Windows Powershell Command Line
The next advertising network I would like to introduce to you in the serial Review The Best CPM CPC Networks is Infolinks – The best In-Text Advertising network. Many Publishers in the world make bank with Infolinks. This is another good Google Adsense Alternative for publishers.
Earn $1000 per month with Infolinks: The best In-Text Advertising network
An important advantage of Infolinks is they are quite “easy-going”, most websites will be approved within 48 hours upon registration. The average eCPM of Infolinks is various from $0.5 to about $6, depends on traffic quality and the content (your website should have more content in text, because they are an In-Text Advertising network)
Basic information about Infolinks:
Founded in 2007, Infolinks is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, US with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel and company offices in New York, Chicago and Buenos Aires. Ever since was one of the industry leaders of in-text and intent-based advertising, Infolinks is growing up very fast to become the No.1 In-Text advertising network in the world today.
Infolinks provides many ad-type based on in-text and intent, includes:
In-Text
In-Fold
In-Tag
In-Frame
In-Screen
With a website has 10k UV/day, we can earn about $900 to $3000 a month, depending on the content (niche), traffic quality and the demands of Advertisers (the demands is usually very high from November to February every year). Infolinks is an in-text and intent-based network, your website should have more content in text in order to get higher eCPMs.
You can also place additional ads from other networks to optimize the total income. But it is not recommended because other ads may significantly reduce the eCPM rate of Infolinks, while the income from such network is usually much smaller than Infolinks.
Note: You should receive the payments from Infolinks via Payoneer to reduce fee. If you do not have an account, Register Now and get free $25 in your account.
Review the Advantage and Disadvantage of Infolinks
Infolinks basic advantages:
– Easy to Join: Your account will be approved within 48 hours (my account was approved within 1 day). They are not as strict as most other network. Infolinks accepts mostly all websites which has good contents (text contents).
– Clean adn “Pleasant” ads: No pop-up, no pop-under and no redirect ad. The ads only appears in “reasonable” places on your website.
– “Light” ads: The ads does not affect to your website’s speed. It is very important because many types of ads may cause your website load very slowly. With Infolinks’ ads, you website(s) still loads as fast as the wind. LOL
– High eCPM rate: My website gets the eCPM up to $6 eCPM. But others may get higher eCPMs.
– Accept all websites from over the world. No minimum requirement, actually.
– Ad optimization: There are many settings for ad optimization in the Control Panel to increase the revenue (see the photo above)
The disadvantages of Infolinks
– Infolinks is an In-text advertising network, so it is not for websites which has no text or has few texts (for example, image site, video site…)
– The eCPM is very high for English contents but I never tried other content languages. If your website is not in English, you should try your self.
Join Infolinks Now and start to monetize your website: Sign Up Infolinks
Infolinks Payment Proof
Earning reports (Infolinks eCPM rate for an English site)
Earning reports (Infolinks eCPM rate for an English site)
My first payment from Infolinks with a small website (Receive the payment via Payoneer – no fee)
My first payment from Infolinks with a small website
Let’s use Google Chrome shortcut keyboards everyday and every time you surf the internet. Using shortcuts will not only help us speed up our work with Google Chrome (like other web browsers and applications) but it also shows that you are really a computer professional. There are a hundred of great shortcuts available in Google Chrome, all of which are designed to make our online lives easier.
Use Google Chrome Shortcuts Frequently to Speed Up Web Browsing
This article includes 2 main parts:
– Part 1 (Top 10 most useful and often used shortcuts in Google Chrome) is a collection of the most important, useful and frequently used shortcuts in Google Chrome. There are tons of shortcuts in Chrome, but no one can remember them all. That is why I only select top 10 best shortcuts for you in this part. Just remember & use these shortcuts everyday, that is enough to speed up web browsing and improve work efficiency.
– Part 2 (Full list of All shortcuts in Google Chrome browser) is a table of ALL supported shortcuts in Google Chrome. In this table, I classify all the shortcuts into some groups that will help you easy to understand and remember it. I think you don’t need (and it is difficult) to remember them all, but it is a reference and you should remember as many as you can!
Note: These shortcuts are for Windows, but in other OS (Mac, Linux), it is quite similar. For example, in some shortcut keyboards for Windows, it combines Ctrl+ some other key, in MAC OS, you will use the Command key instead of Ctrl key, other keyboards in the combination is the same.
Top 10 most useful and often used shortcuts in Google Chrome
1. Quick open Chrome Download History: Ctrl + J
Where’d that download go? Sometimes we are unable to find the file they just downloaded, where were they saved to?
In Google Chrome, you can easily use the shortcut Ctrl + J to open the Download page, where you can find everything you have downloaded and you also easy to open the folder contains the file(s). Just click “Show in folder” below the downloaded file (see below image).
Shortcut to open Chrome Download History: Ctrl + J
2. Re-open the last closed tab: Ctrl + Shift + T
If you close a tab by mistake and you want to open again, it is so easy in Google Chrome. Just use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + T. It will reopen the last tab you’ve closed in a new tab and switch to the tab. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed (if you do not use the shortcut, you have to open Chrome History then find the website to reopen it)
3. Jump to the next open tab: Ctrl+Tab
We usually open many tabs in a single Chrome window, each tab opens a website. To quick jump to the next open tab in that window (circle switch), just use the shortcut Ctrl + Tab. If you want to jump to previous tab, use the shortcut Shift+Tab.
If you want to jump to a specific tab, you need to hold the above keyboards then press the number corresponding the order of the tab. For instance, if you want to jump to the first tab, just press Ctrl + Tab + “1”, if you want to jump to 2nd tab, just press Ctrl + Tab + “2”,… if you want to jump to the last tab, just press Ctrl + Tab + “9”(please note that “last tab“, not 9th tab, because you can open 10, even 20 tabs in a single Chrome window)
4. Quick open Chrome Bookmark Manager: Ctrl + Shift + O
The shortcut Ctrl + Shift + O allow you to open Chrome Bookmark Manager in a new tab (chrome://bookmarks/). This is a very useful shortcut, because we usually add many websites as our bookmarks.
Shortcut to open Chrome Bookmark Manager: Ctrl + Shift + O
Some other useful shortcut for Bookmarks in Chrome are: Ctrl + Shift + B (Show or hide the Bookmarks Bar) and Ctrl+D (Add current web page as a bookmark)
5. Quick open a new tab: Ctrl+T
– To open a new tab, use the shortcut Ctrl + T – To open new Chrome window in Inconitgo mode (for more secure), we can use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + N.
6. Jump to the Address Bar: Alt + D or F6 or Ctrl + l
In Chrome, we can quick jump to the Address Bar by pressing one of these shortcuts: Alt+D or F6 or Ctrl+I. I prefer to the shortcuts Alt+D and F6 because the shortcut Ctrl+I may be conflicted with other applications’ shortcut. For example, in Editor mode, Ctrl + I is shortcut for italic characters.
7. View page source code (HTML) of a website: Ctrl + U
To display HTML source code for the current page, press shortcut combined keyboards Ctrl + U. Chrome will open the page source code in a new tab and switch to the tab. This shortcut is very useful for webmasters and web developers.
View page source code (HTML) of a website: Ctrl + U
– To change the window size of Google Chrome, use the shortcut Ctrl+”+” (zoom out) or Ctrl + “-“ (zoom in)
– To restore/reset the default window size, press Ctrl + “0”.
9. Shortcuts for hyperlinks:Alt + click a link, Ctrl + click a link, Shift+ click a link
– To download the target of a link (a web page or a file) without opening the link, hold Alt key then click on the link.
– To open a link in a new tab, hold Ctrl key then click on the link (we can also click on the link using mid-click from a mouse but it is not familiar because we usually do a left-click)
– To open a link in a new Chrome window, hold Shift key then click on the link
10. Type a keyword in Address Bar for quick searching
Instead of opening Google Search website (https://google.com) then type a keyword in the search form, now we can input (type or copy/paste) a keyword directly right in Address Bar of Chrome then press Enter. Google Chrome will search for the keyword with the default search engine of your Chrome (In most case, it is Google Search Engine) and display the result in the current tab.
Type a keyword in Address Bar for quick searching
One more tip for Chrome Address Bar is to quick open a website. For example, if you want to go to my website: www.coin14.org, you don’t need to type the full URL, just type easytipz then hold Ctrl key and press Enter, Chrome will auto fill “www” and “.com” for you (and Chrome will open the website www.coin14.org)
Full list of All shortcuts in Google Chrome browser
In below table, you can refer the full list of about one hundred shortcuts in Chrome browser. It is very difficult to remember all of these shortcuts. I think if we remember and use frequently 10 Chrome shortcuts above, we can speed up our work with internet browser (research, find some information or just relax in free time), of course, the more Chrome shortcuts you can remember and use, the more professional you are.
Google Chrome Shortcuts
Descriptions
Shortcuts for Chrome Address Bar
Type a keyword + Enter
Open search result page of the keyword in the current tab (search by the default Search Engine)
Type a keyword + Tab
Search using a different search engine (if your browser has more than one Search Engine)
Type a name + Ctrl + Enter
Auto add www. and .com into the name then open the website in the current tab (www.name.com)
Type a name + Ctrl+ Alt + Enter
Auto add www. and .com into the name then open the website in a new tab (www.name.com)
Alt + D or F6
Jump to the Address Bar
Ctrl + l
Jump to the Address Bar (same above, but it may conflict with others)
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E
Jump to the Address Bar and pre-input a question mark (?) to get ready for a search
Shortcuts for Chrome functions and features
Alt + F or Alt + E
Open Chrome Menu
F10
Open Chrome Menu (same above)
Ctrl + Shift + B
Hide/Unhide Bookmark Bar
Ctrl + Shift + O
Open Chrome Bookmark Manager in a new tab (chrome://bookmarks/)
Ctrl + H
Open Chrome History in a new tab (chrome://history/)
Ctrl + J
Open Chrome Download history in a new tab (chrome://downloads/)
Shift + Esc
Open Chrome Task Manager window (a popup)
Shift + Alt + T
Set focus on the first item in the Chrome Toolbar
F6
Switch forward between the Address Bar, Bookmark, and the web page.
Shift + F6
Switch backward between the Address Bar, Bookmark, and the web page.
Ctrl + F or F3
Open the FindBar to search somethings in the current web page
Ctrl + G
Goto next result from your FindBar search
Ctrl + Shift + G
Goto previous result from your FindBar search
Ctrl + Shift + J
Open Developer Tools (useful for webmasters and web developers)
Ctrl + Shift + I or F12
Open Developer Tools (same above)
Ctrl + Shift + Delete
Open Chrome Clear Browsing Data popup in a new tab
F1
Open the Chrome Help Center in a new tab
Ctrl + Shift + M
Focus on Chrome Signin window to sign in with a different user or go incognito mode
Shortcuts for Chrome tabs and windows
Ctrl + N
Open a new Chrome window
Ctrl + Shift + N
Open a new Chrome window in incognito mode
Ctrl + T
Open a new tab and switch to the tab
Ctrl + Shift + T
Open the last closed tab and switch to the tab
Ctrl + Tab
Switch forward between Chrome open tab
Ctrl + PgDn
Switch forward between Chrome open tab (same above)
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Switch backward between Chrome open tab
Ctrl + PgUp
Switch backward between Chrome open tab (same above)
Ctrl + 1 .. Ctrl + 8
Jump to the specific tab number (from tab 1 to tab 8, counted from left to right)
Ctrl + 9
Jump to the last tab (on the right, it may not be tab 9)
Alt + Home
Open the home page in the current tab (you can set the home pages)
Alt + left arrow
Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab
Alt + right arrow
Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab
Alt + Space + N
Minimum the current Chrome window
Alt + Space + X
Maximum the current Chrome window
Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4
Close the current tab
Ctrl + Shift + W
Close the current Chrome window ( it will close all open tabs)
Ctrl + Shift + Q
Exit Google Chrome (close all Chrome windows)
Alt + F4
Close the current Chrome window
Shortcuts for Chrome web pages
Ctrl + P
Print the current page content
Ctrl + S
Save the current page content
F5 or Ctrl + R
Refresh the current page
Shift + F5
Reload the current page, ignoring the browsing cache
Ctrl + Shift + R
Reload the current page, ignoring the browsing cache (same above)
Tab
Switch forward between clickable items
Shift + Tab
Switch backward between clickable items
Ctrl + O
Open a file on your computer using Google Chrome
Ctrl + U
Open the view page source (HTML source code) of the current web page in a new tab
Ctrl + D
Save the current web page into your Bookmarks
Ctrl + Shift + D
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder
F11
Turn on/Exit Full screen mode
Ctrl + “+”
Zoom out the web page in the current tab
Ctrl + “-“
Zoom in the web page in the current tab
Ctrl + 0
Reset to default size of the browser (the current tab only)
Space or PgDn
Scroll down one page
Shift + Space or PgUp
Scroll up one page
Home
Go to the top of the page
End
Go to the bottom of the page
Shift + mouse scroll
Scroll horizontally on the page
Ctrl + right arrow
Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field
Ctrl + left arrow
Move your cursor to the back of the previous word in a text field
Ctrl + Backspace
Delete the previous word in a text field
Alt + N
Focus to a notification
Alt + Shift + A
Allow within a notification
Alt + Shift + D
Deny within a notification
Shortcuts with mouse for Chrome
Drag a link to a tab
Open the link on the tab
Drag a link to new tab
Open the link on a new tab and switch to the tab
Ctrl + click link
Open the link on a new tab
Ctrl + Shift + click link
Open the link on a new tab and switch to the tab
Alt + click link
Download the target web page/file of the link
Shift + click link
Open the link on a new Chrome window
Drag a tab out of the bar
Open a new Chrome window and move the tab to
Drag a tab into other window
Move the tab to the Chrome window
Press Esc while dragging
Cancel drag and return the tab to its original position
In the serial of Review The Best CPM CPC Networks, I will share some Adsense alternatives networks for publishers where you can make bank without Google Adsense. And PropellerAds is one of the first CPM CPC network you should know and join. With a small website, I can earn about $200 per month. Websites with 20k UV/day can earn about $2000/month and I found someone even earns up to $30,000/month from PropellerAds (means about $1000 a day).
[Best CPM CPC Network] Earn $2000 per month with PropellerAds
Founded in 2011, PropellerAds is headquartered in UK. PropellerAds is one of the leading advertising network in the world. They are welcome publishers from all over the world. Almost all websites are approved within 48 hours.
The eCPM rate is about $0.5 to $2 (for my websites), but some others may be much higher (eCPM about $3- $8) – maybe they have better traffic quality, contents or interactions. The most important thing that makes PropellerAds is one of the best networks is that they are very “easy-going”. I have never seen they ban or block publisher’s accounts or websites.
PropellerAds Media’s details
– eCPM average: 1$ – 5$
– Advertisement type: Banner, Popunder, Direct Link, mobile redirect, and many more
– “Easy going“: Get account approved within 48 hours and never block accounts or websites (in contrast to Google Adsense, as we all know, Google is very strict)
– Support many ad types: Banner (many sizes), popup, popunder, interstitial, direct link, mobile redirect…
– High eCPM rate, upto $8 eCPM (for good quality traffic). I think this network can help you earn up to 70% revenues from Google Adsense.
– Accept all websites from over the world. No minimum requirement, actually.
Disadvantages of PropellerAds Media
– The eCPM rate is sometime terrible low for some publishers. I don’t know why, maybe low traffic quality, no interaction. But I think they should contact directly with supporters of PropellerAds Media (Media Buyer or Account Manager)
– I think the eCPM is only high with English contents.
How to Choose The Best Shared Web Hosting? is one of the first question when you start doing online business. There are a hundred of web hosting providers in over the world and you don’t know who is really the best for you (because all of them said that they are the best!). If you are looking for a shared hosting company then you should read this article first.
What is Unlimited Hosting?
Generally, the term “Unlimited Hosting” refers to web hosting offers that provide unlimited disk storage, data transfer, database, as well as add-on domain. In a way, unlimited hosting providers are actually offering the freedom to host as many websites as you can at an affordable price! (only about 3-5 $/month). Nearly every hosting provider out there offers an unlimited hosting plan. Sounds too good to be true, right?
But what is the truth?
Large hosting companies normally own incomprehensible hosting capacity (bandwidth pipes, computer servers, manpower… etc) that would never be exceeded by a single website; in the same time, most websites need only very little resources to run its daily operation. Seeing that most resources in their servers remain unused, the hosting companies (that offer unlimited hosting) therefore have the ability to just re-sell those unused hosting capacities (such practice is known as overselling). One commercial server may hold thousands of accounts but they said that all accounts are unlimited !!
So “Unlimited hosting” is just a marketing tactic used by hosting companies to win customers.
Unlimited Hosting but not really Unlimited
Why Unlimited Hosting is not really Unlimited?
The quality of a web hosting is determined by many features, while “unlimited hosting” company only provides one or some features that is unlimited and these features are not really important and/ or we do not need much.
As an experienced webmaster, you may know that the quality of a web hosting depends on:
+ CPU speed
+ Network speed
+ RAM capacity & speed
+ Storage (capacity and speed)
+ Software (control panel, database server, 1-click to install…)
I have never found any hosting company that provide “unlimited” CPU, or “unlimited” network speed, or even “unlimited” RAM capacity/ speed. Most “unlimited” hosting company only provides below “unlimited” features:
– Unlimited Disk Space (but never provides “unlimited disk speed“, you may know, 50GB SSD is much better than 100GB SATA disk)
– Unlimited Bandwidth (but never be “unlimited network speed“, you know, they are supplying water through a tiny pipe then saying that they do not measure the amount of water- mean provides “unlimited water”. LOL.)
– Unlimited Domains (but sometimes not “unlimited database”. Normally, each website includes one domain name and one database. What do they mean when they allowed unlimited domains with limited database?)
The quality of a web hosting
Understand “Unlimited web hosting”
Unlimited hosting users are restricted by various limitations and house rules. It could be CPU queries, RAM, inodes, number of MySQL databases, number of MySQL database connections, or even FTP uploads – as soon as your websites hit the red zone; the hosting company will pull the plug or impose additional charges on you. That is how “unlimited hosting” work.
The majority of hosts’ TOSs say pretty much the same things. Most of them clearly state what “unlimited” means and does NOT mean, and it does not mean literally unlimited. It means there’s no imposed cap until your site’s activity puts a strain on the server, which means you’re hogging the resources you’re sharing with every other publisher who has a site on that server.
Understand “Unlimited web hosting” (photo: creohost.com)
The Problem with Unlimited Hosting (hidden limits)
The biggest problem with Unlimited Hosting is that you may lose your websites (lose access to your website). If your host discovers you’ve been taking advantage of your “unlimited” plan (for example: exceed max CPU usage), they can disable your site, and deny you access to your hosting account, effectively locking you out and making it impossible for you to access your site’s files (if you haven’t backed them up elsewhere, which you really should do anyway)
If you’re lucky, the host will be gracious enough to allow you some time to collect your files before they delete them altogether, but they don’t have to. You violated the TOS, the host doesn’t have to give you any consideration at all.
Benefits and disadvantages of Shared hosting
Benefits of Unlimited Hosting:
+ Very affordable, start from $3.95/month (with 50% discount coupon then it is only 1.95$/month)
+ Enough disk space for the average user
+ Enough bandwidth for the average website
+ No set disk space limits
+ Best choice for small sites with small budget!
Downside of Unlimited Hosting:
– Shared server with no dedicated resources: The host server is shared for thousands of websites (included bad sites and good sites)
– Not truly unlimited: They usually limit CPU resource or Database connection
– Not as secure as having your own server (VPS hosting or dedicated server): If one website on the “shared server” is attacked, all other websites will be affected.
How to Choose The Best Shared Web Hosting?
Sharing a server with others means you have to play fair. Trying to run a site that really needs a huge hunk of bandwidth on a shared hosting plan that only costs some dollars a month is not a smart business decision. As soon as you decide to invest in online business, I always recommend a VPS hosting or dedicated server (VPS hosting start from $5/month from Vultr, Ramnode, Linode, or DigitalOcean)
If you are not ready for VPS hosting then here are some suggestions to choose the best shared hosting:
1. Read the reviews/ comparison of hosting providers and take note about their support services.
2. Read the TOS of the company carefully. It usually shows “limited” features. For example, Hostgator, if you use exceed 25% CPU in more than 90 seconds, your account will be temporarily locked.
3. Prefer to reasonable packages that meets your requirements and from a company with good reputation, such as Stablehost, Godaddy, Hostgator…
See example features of a package from Stablehost:
CPU: 1 Full Core
Memory: 1GB
IO: 3Mbit
Max PHP Processes: 15
Total Processes: 30
MySQL Connections: 15
Suitable for ~215,000 monthly visitors
Everything seems to be clear, right?!
Cheers.
If you need any help, feel free to leave a comment.
How to fix the error “Source Path Too Long” in Windows ? or How to Delete, Rename or Move files with file name too long? This article will help you solve it.
Error: “Source Path Too Long”
If your PC has files, folders with “long names” or “many levels of sub-folder” then you cannot Rename, Delete or Move them to other location in Windows Explorer. Your Windows will show the error “Source Path Too Long”:
The source file name(s) are larger than is supported by the file system. Try moving to a location which has a shorter path name, or try renaming to shorter name(s) before attempting this operation.
Delete, Move, Rename File Folder Source Path Too Long
Many people also guide to fix this error, but it seems to be quite difficult for who are not professional users, for example, we can use third party’s softwares (Long Path Tool, Unlocker, FilExile, Long Path Eraser…) or use Robocopy in Windows Command Line. Actually, no need for such complex! No need other 3rd softwares. Let’s make it simple by following my instructions below.
How to fix error “Source Path Too Long” in Windows
There are 3 methods you can delete files with “Source Path Too Long” in Windows:
– Method 1: Use Winrar or 7Zip – Method 2: Use Command Line (ROBOCOPY) – Method 3: Use 3rd softwares (We dont need it and I never use it)
1) Delete, Rename or Move “Source Path Too Long” files/ folders by WINRAR or 7Zip
This is the easiest and simplest way to Delete, Rename or Move files/ folders with “Source Path Too Long” in Windows. With this tips, anyone can do it !
Delete, Rename or Move “Source Path Too Long” files/ folders by WINRAR or 7Zip
– Just open Winrar or 7Zip (archiver softwares that are almost pre-installed in all computers). I prefer using 7Zip because it is total free.
– In Winrar or 7Zip, browse to files, folders you want to Delete, Rename or Move and do it! Winrar and 7Zip allow you do not limit the full path of files, folders by 255 characters as Windows Explorer does. You can shorten the full path by renaming the files/ folders then come back with Windows Explorer or Delete these files, folders directly in Winrar or 7Zip.
Done! It is so easy, right!
The above tips is enough to fix the error “Source Path Too Long“, but if you still want to discover your Windows computer or you are an expert in working with Windows Command Line then you may want to checkout the command ROBOCOPY below.
2) Delete “Source Path Too Long” files/ folders by Command Line (ROBOCOPY)
ROBOCOPY (Robust File Copy for Windows) is default available command on Windows 7 and higher. Robocopy is a Windows command to copy files from one location to another. The syntax for ROBOCOPY is quite easy:
The command ROBOCOPY /MIR will mirror the entire folder and it also allows us secured delete files, folders with too long names (full path too long, actually)
To delete files/ folders with ROBOCOPY command, just type or copy/paste below commands into the Command Prompt window:
– FullpathofFoldertoDelete is the full path of the folder you want to delete (or the full path of folder that contains the files you want to delete)
– The second command will mirror the folder TempFolder (an empty folder that is created by the first command) to the destination folder (the folder you want to delete): That means the folder that you want to delete is now empty!
Done.
Bonus: Add RoboDelete function into Windows Context Menu
If you don’t want to type commands each time, you can add this function into Windows Context Menu to delete “Source Path Too Long” files/ folders right on Windows Explorer. With this “RoboDelete” menu, you can delete all files/ folders regardless of whether its name is too long or not.
Add RoboDelete function into Windows Context Menu
– Step 1: Use Notepad (or Notepad++) to create a file .REG (for example robodelete.reg) with below content:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Delete]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Delete\command]
"Extended"=""
@="\"D:\robodelete.bat\" \"%1\""
– Step 2: Use Notepad (or Notepad++) to create a file .BAT. Save this file to D:\robodelete.bat(exact with your setting in the file robodelete.reg). Copy then paste below content into your BAT file:
– Step 3: Run the file robodelete.reg then restart your computer.
Note:
You should check carefully before each time you delete files, folders with this menu (ROBODELETE) because these files/ folders will be deleted permanently (not move to Recycle Bin) and there is no way to undo this action.
You can customize the menu’s name, for example, “robodelete”, “Robo Delete”, “Delete LongFile”…
Tutorial Video: How to Delete, Rename or Move “Source Path Too Long” files/ folders by WINRAR or 7Zip
If you need any further help, feel free to leave a comment.
Skype has replaced Yahoo to become the most popular free chat and call software that many of us use it on a daily basis, whether it’s at work or in the home, whether you are on a mobile or on a computer. Besides many useful features, Skype and Microsoft are not much different from others, they steal our information then annoy us with their advertisements.
Remove/ Block Advertisements in Skype Completely
In this article, I will guide you how to remove and block advertisements in Skype completely. This guide works will both versions Skype 6.x and Skype 7.x
How to Completely Remove/ Block Advertisements in Skype
1. Block Advertisements in Skype by setting Restricted Sites in Internet Options Security
– Go to Control Panel => Internet Options
– In the Internet Options windows => Switch to the Security tab => select Restricted Sites => click Sites button
– In the popup of Restricted Sites, type (or copy/paste) below domains into the text box: Add this website to the zone
apps.skype.com ad1.msn.com b.ads2.msnads.net
– Save and restart Skype.
Done!
Block Advertisements in Skype by setting Restricted Sites in Internet Options Security
Note:
+ The domains you have just Add to Restricted Sites zone actually are ad server of Skype (used for ad serving/ delivery). It may be changed by Microsoft, then you only need to update the new domains to Restricted Sites zone to block Skype ads.
+ As adding domain apps.skype.com to Restricted Sites zone, we also block the “Home page” of Skype interface (where Skype updates news feed), however, I think no one considers about Skype Home page.
+ This method works well with Skype 6.x. In Skype 7.x, this method will block Skype ads but there is a blank space in Skype that you will want to remove it. Let’s follow the method 2 below.
2. Completely Remove Advertisements in Skype by setting AdvertPlaceholder
– Select the folder with your Skype ID => Select file config.xml => Open with Notepad ++ or Notepad (I prefer to use Notepad++, it is a very useful text-editor tool in Windows).
Completely Remove Advertisements in Skype by setting AdvertPlaceholder
– In Notepad ++, press Ctrl + F to search for keywords “AdvertPlaceholder”.
AdvertPlaceholder
– Replace the strings:
<AdvertPlaceholder>1<FAdvertPlaceholder>
by:
<AdvertPlaceholder>0<AdvertPlaceholder>
– Save the file config.xml and check Skype Windows now.
Done!
Note:
– The above method works well even with the latest version of Skype 7.x
– This will not only block Skype ads but also remove all advertising area on Skype. Your Skype is now completely clean !
Before removing Skype ads:
Before removing Skype ads
After removing Skype ads:
After removing Skype ads
3. Block Advertisements in Skype by setting the hosts file
– You can use the hosts file to block ads, banners, 3rd party Cookies, 3rd party page counters, web bugs, and even most hijackers…
– To block Skype ads by hosts file: open Windows Explorer => Select the system partition (for example C:\ ) => Windows => System32 => drivers => etc (You may just paste this into Address bar of Windows Explorer or Run dialog: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\).
– Open the hosts file with Notepad or Notepad ++ and then add below strings into the file:
Full-Time Jobs is almost the default setting in our society, but that does not always make it your best choice! Some people may not recognize, while some others may know but there are several reasons why they are still working full-time. Why you still do if you don’t really want to? The money? The status? The fear of failure? Other concerns? Or just because you wish for a peaceful and smooth life ?!
5 Reasons Why A Full-Time Job Is Not Always The Best Choice
Korea and Japan are known as two countries with the tradition of “working like a horse“, they work almost 12 -16 hours a day. But in comparison with the US and most Western countries, the working time here has a difference. They only work 8 hours a day, no less and no more. They make plans and work on schedule.
You think what “working style” is better? Work like a horse in Japan or Work on schedule in Westerns? In my opinion, there is nothing wrong here, it is the culture, the habits.
Working Full-Time Is Not Always The Best Choice
Full-time: Working Full-Time or Full-Time jobs means you work all your time at a job (they usually work about 8 hours a day or 40 – 44 hours a week, depends on the policy and law of each country) Part-time: Working Part-Time or Part-Time jobs means you only work at the job in a certain time, even your spare time (they usually work about 2 – 4 hours a day)
If you still think that Full-Time jobs are always the best choice for you, then you must read this article carefully. It gives you some useful information. And If you are working Part-Time, then this article will energize you. Be confident about your choices and keep going on, there’s a lot of wonderful things are waiting for you ahead.
Here are 5 reasons why you should choose to work part-time rather than full-time:
1. You Don’t Need to Work Full-Time
You Don’t Need to Work Full Time
Do remember: We would focus on how much money we earn, rather than how much time we work.
If you only work about 2 hours a day to get the same income then there is no reason that you have to work all the day. Working part-time help you save more time to think and make plans before doing anything. You also have more time for family, friends … and other things to get some other income. Below are some advantages of working part-time:
– Get more productive and therefore get higher paying rate – Become your own boss and get all the revenue you made, you don’t have to share it for anyone else. – Have more time for find/ create many other income sources.
2. You can save more time for your friends and family
You can save more time for your friends and family (Photo: schoolculture.net)
You work less but still earn enough for your life, and you can save your time for other better things, such as: play some sports, take care for your kids and your family, discuss with your friends or make some new friends, and even invite your friends for a drink in your free time…
You can also have more time to relax or for your hobbies.
3. You will be more creative and easy to learn new things
You will be more creative and easy to learn new things
Having more time with your friends, family and relaxing helps you improve your creative thinking. You have the creative freedom now. No dead-line, no pressure, no stress from your bosses, you can breathe a sigh of relief and think deeply every problems to find better solutions.
With part-time jobs, you’ll always have enough time to learn new things that makes life even more awesome. Plus you will learn easily when you feel comfortable and fresh. It is easy to remember new knowledge!
If you are working full-time, you may still get a few training opportunities, but it is for the current job only, and you can hardly remember the lessons when you’re completely exhausted after a full-time working day.
4. No more stress
No more stress (Photo: mybodytutor.com)
No more stress, you only work with your happiness and hobbies. You are your own boss now!
You may still have some pressures but it is your own plans, you work on schedule.
5. You will be more productive and get more choices for your career
You will be more productive and get more choices for your career
If you work part-time, you will have less time – just enough to complete your work. When you’ve got a short amount of time to spend on work you’ll focus better, work faster and make fewer mistakes. That is why you are more productive. If you work full-time, you have enough time to relax, even to surf the internet, read newspaper and online Facebook all the days.
Instead of spending all your time at a full-time jobs, you can work several part-time jobs. You will have more information, comparison to find better one.
Conclusion:
Working full-time is not always the best choice, sometimes, choose to work part-time work is also a great option. The key here is that you must be able to recognize your advantages, disadvantages then go on the right way, choose the right option that best fit you.
Have you ever forgotten your Windows password? That would be your bad time. Don’t worry! There are several ways to retrieve or reset it: If your PC is on a domain/ company, your system administrator must reset your password. If you’re using a Microsoft account, you can reset your password online…
How to Reset forgotten passwords in Windows easily
Even if you have none of above, you still have many other methods to reset your Windows passwords: 1- Use a password-reset disk; 2- (trick) Use Command Prompt; 3- Use third party apps/ tools such as Hiren’s Boot CD. Follow this article, I will show you how to Reset passwords in Windows easily.
1. Reset Windows passwords with a password-reset disk
The easiest way to reset a forgotten Windows password is to use a previous created password-reset disk. You can create such a disk/ USB within the Windows User Accounts menu (insert a USB first) by opening the Windows Control Panel =>User Accounts =>Create a password reset disk.
Reset Windows passwords with a password-reset disk
Go through some next easy steps then you will have a Windows password-reset disk. Once you have the disk, you can insert it when starting the PC to cause Windows to display the ‘Reset password‘ option at the login screen, allowing you to regain access to the system.
In case you forgot your Windows password and have not created a password-reset disk before, just follow method 2 or method 3.
2. Reset Windows passwords by using Command Prompt
Note: This method works well in Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 (R2 SP1) but does not work in Windows 10. I have not tested with other Windows versions. If you are using Windows 10 then please follow method 3.
If you usually use Common Prompt (Command Line) then this method would be perfect for you!
To list all User in Windows, you can use the command:
net user
To reset a Windows password by Command Prompt, use the following command:
net user UserNameNewPassword
Replace UserName with your Windows account username, NewPassword with your new desired password
Problem here is how to open Windows Command Prompt if we forgot our Windows passwords?
Here is a tip:
– Windows will open Sticky Keys screen if you press “Shift” key five times (Sticky Keys screen can open without loging in to Windows). That means if you press “Shift” key five times, the application sethc.exe, located on c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe will run (don’t need any Windows passwords)
– You have to replace the file c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe (Sticky Keys) with the file c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe (Command Prompt). Then reset your computer, at Windows Logon Screen, you press “Shift” key five times to open Command Prompt window… and user the above commands to reset your passwords.
Replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe
You can replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe by using a Hiren’s Boot CD (or USB) then Load Mini Windows XP. In Windows Explorer of Windows XP Mini, you can easily copy and replace the file sethc.exe with cmd.exe.
If you do not have Hiren’s Boot CD, please follow the instructions below:
– Boot your computer to “Repair your computer” mode
Boot your computer to “Repair your computer” mode
Follow the wizards until you get to the option to open the Command Prompt, which you’ll want to select.
Select Command Prompt System Recovery Options
In Command Prompt window, type the following commands:
Note: The first command is to backup the original file sethc.exe to C:\ (C: is the system partition)
Now you can reboot the PC then reset your passwords on Command Prompt window right at Windows Logon screen!
3. Reset Windows passwords with Hiren’s Boot CD
Hiren’s bootCD is full of handy tools and life saver utilities and Windows Password Recovery tools also included such as Active Password Changer; NTPWEdit. I’ve never tried Active Password Changer for Windows 10, but it works well with Windows XP and Windows 7. NTPWEdit can reset passwords for almost all Windows versions: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
Follow below steps to reset Windows passwords with Hiren’s Boot CD:
Step 1: Boot your computer with a Hiren’s Boot CD or USB (next time, I will guide you how to make a Hiren’s Bootable USB Flash Drive in detail)
Step 2: On Hiren’s Boot menu, select Mini Windows XP
Load Mini Windows XP From first Boot Screen
Step3: After loading Windows XP Mini completed, launch NTPWEdit tool in: Programs => Passwords / Keys => Windows Login => NTPWEdit (Reset Xp/Vista/7 User Password).
Launch NTPWEdit tool from Hiren Boot
Step4: In NTPWEdit window, follow the instructions below:
– Select the location of SAM file (it usually located on C:\Windows\System32\ or C:\Windows\System32\Config\)
– Click Re(open) button
– Select Windows username you want to reset password
– Click Change password then input your new password on the next pop-up.
– Save changes.
Reset Windows password with NTPWEdit 0.3
Step5: Restart the computer and enjoy!
Video Guide How to Reset Forgotten Passwords in Windows Easily
Feel free to leave a comment if you need any help.
How to create a website? or How to build a website? is the first question when I started doing online business. Building a website is quite subliminal and difficult for who does not study or work in Information Technology field. What does a website include? What is web hosting? What is a domain name?. In this article, you will have all these basic knowledge; and you can easily start to build your own website(s) for free (or almost free).
How to create a professional website for free
What are components of a website?
All websites have the same structure, it includes 3 main components:
– Domain name
– Web hosting (hosting)
– Web data (source code, images, text, database…)
If we compare a website with a house, then web hosting is the ground/ platform, domain name is the address and web data includes all things we use to build up that house (brick, cement…). Easy to imagine, right? So, to build your own website, you must have all three components.
1. Domain Name
Domain Name is like your home address, people can visit your website by inputting your domain name on address bar in a web browser. Domain name is the most important factor in brand expression. A good domain name is short enough (easy to remember) and rich information (provide information about your website, your business ideas or your style). For example, the domain name of our website is coin14.org, we share all useful tips to make the world technology easier! LOL
Domain Name
There are many different kinds of domains, such as international domains (.COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU, .GOV…), the national domain name (.US, .CA, .CN, .UK…)… The most popular domain name type is .COM (it is common, easy to remember and easy to SEO top Google), you may all know: facebook.com, google.com, yahoo.com or microsoft.com
2. Web hosting
Web hosting is where you store your website on the internet (exactly, web hosting stores all website’s data, includes: source code, database, text, photo…). Web hosting actually are some physical or virtual servers, we called such servers are “web server“.
Web hosting
There are also many types of hosting, both free and paid for you to choose: Shared hosting (cheapest, even freebut slow and not secure); VPS hosting (more secure, difficult to manage and still slow for big websites); dedicated server (best choice! but quite expensive).
3. Web data
Your web data includes source code, database and contents (such as image, text…).
The source code of a website determines how the website work? Source code is complex computer programs. To make it easier, they build Content Management System (CMS). It is an interface so that webmasters can manage the website easily and visually. For example, WordPress is one of the best free CMS.
Content Management System
How to create/ build a professional website for free
Now you all know what a website includes, so let’s start to build your own website(s).
How to create your own website(s) for free
To create a website for free, you should find somewhere provides all 3 components of a website for total free: – Use their own CMS (that include both source code and web data)
– Your domain name with be their sub-domain: For example, their domain name is wordpress.com then your domain name (the sub-domain) will be yourname.wordpress.com. The most popular free CMS that you can start to create free websites are:
WordPress.com (Powered by WordPress)
Blogger.com (Powered by Google)
Wix.com
Webs.com
Yola.com
Follow these easy steps to start to create a free website (I will use blogger.com as an example, you can do similarly with other CMS)
1. Open an account at blogger.com:
Go to: https://www.blogger.com to create an account here. You can also login with your current Google account (your gmail), because blogger.com is powered by Google. 🙂 and I believe that we all have at least one account at Google.
2. Create a new website/ blog at blogger.com:
Now you can login Blogger.com and create your own website(s). You can create many websites/ blogs with a single Gmail account.
Create a new website/ blog at blogger.com
After creating a website at blogger.com, you should publish some page to introduce your website, for example: About Us, Privacy Policy, TOS, Contact Us…
And then you can start to post some first articles!
How to build your professional websites
With above step, you now have your own website(s) / blog(s). But it is not really professional. Because you are using a sub-domain (http://yournewblogabc.blogspot.com) and along with a free, basic interface template (theme). In this part, I will try to help you to build professional websites. Follow below guides:
1. Use free CMS (source code and web data) but buy your own domain instead of using free sub-domains:
You should buy your own domain name, because it is quite cheap ($0.99 for the first year and about $9 for each next year). I suggest buying domain name at below registrars:
– Godaddy: No.1 Domain Registrar in the world ($0.99 for the first year and about $11 for each next year). – Namecheap: Top best Domain Registrar in the world (about $4 for the first year and about $9 for each next year).
After buying a new domain, you have to do some configuration at your CMS setting (below image is about Blogger.com):
2. Use premium templates/ themes:
Instead of using the default templates/ themes provided by the CMS (blogger.com or wordpress.com), you should use (find or buy) other premium templates/ themes. Many people share it for free. If you use CMS WordPress, you can find many WordPress premium themes here.
3. Use your own web hosting and/ or with your own CMS (source code):
With blogger.com and wordpress.com, you don’t care about web hosting because it is free and included with the CMS. But the problems here, you cannot control the source code 100%. It means you cannot set, change or config all components of the websites as your ideas. To fix this disadvantage, you have to use your own web hosting with your own CMS (or open source CMS)
You can buy shared hosting, VPS hosting or dedicated server. If you are new, you should buy a shared hosting to start (you will upgrade to VPS hosting or dedicated server later, when you have more experiences). Here are some best web hosting providers:
– Godaddy hosting: idea for shared hosting – Hostgator: idea for shared hosting – Stablehost: idea for shared hosting – 1and1: idea for VPS hosting – Interserver: idea for VPS hosting – Ramnode: idea for VPS hosting
You also can find some free hosting providers, but I suggest not to use free hosting. You should use free CMS (Blogger.com or WordPress.com) until you can spend about $3/month to buy a premium web hosting package from above providers.
When you have your own web hosting, domain name, let’s start building your own website with below steps:
1. Point your domain name to the IP of your web hosting (setting on the Domain Control Panel of your registrar) 2. Choose a CMS then install on web hosting (setting on the Hosting Control Panel). For example, I use WordPress CMS (see more at wordpress.org). Most hosting control panel provide “1-click to install” function. With the function, you can install your WordPress website within 1 click (include: set your hosting configuration, create a database for your website and some further configurations). If your hosting provider does not support the function, you have to config yourself. It will take some time!
3. Start to manage your website: Post introduction pages, and post some articles…
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