Open command prompt from Windows Explorer in folder path and vice versa

Many a times you have Windows Explorer opened to a folder location and you need Command Prompt to be opened in that same location. Rather than opening Command Prompt and then navigating to the said directory there is a better way.

Hold down Shift key and right-click. Click on “Open command windows here”. This feature seems to have been present since Windows Vista.

Conversely, if you are in your Command Prompt in a specific folder and you want to open that folder in Windows Explorer then simply type in the following command:

start .

Installing Ubuntu on VirtualBox

I have a Windows 8 machine on which I will be installing Ubuntu 14.04 inside Oracle VM VirtualBox. First download VirtualBox and install it. For this example I am using 4.3.12. Download the image file for Ubuntu.

Once you have installed VirtualBox open it and click on "New" on the toolbar to begin the process of creating a new virtual machine.

Give a name to your virtual machine and select which OS you would be installing in it and click on "Next".

Remove passwords from PDF files

A very simple trick to remove passwords from your password protected PDF files so that you can forward them.

Open your password protected PDF file in Google Chrome. Now hit Ctrl + P and save password protected PDF file as, well, again a PDF file. This would save a copy without the password.

Enable "Developer options" on your HTC One X

Recently I noticed that the Developer options on my HTC One X was gone. I remembered before updating it to 4.2.2 it had the Developer options. Then I remembered that from Android 4.2 and higher the Developer options are hidden by default.

To get back Developer options go to "Settings > About > Software information > More". Once there tap on "Build number" seven times to enable it.

Remove Skype from taskbar in Windows when you close it

Skype has an annoying bug feature; when you close it, it does not disappear from the taskbar unlike other programs. To make Skype behave like other programs, in menu go to "Tools > Options". Under "Advanced > Advanced settings" uncheck "Keep Skype in taskbar while I'm signed in".

So now when you close Skype it disappears from taskbar but it is still running and you can see it in notification area of taskbar.

Using ‘html’ option in SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog

I was trying to use SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog with html option using the below code:

var options = {
    title: "Title",
    width: 400,
    height: 600,
    html: "Content of dialog"
};
SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);

But I was running into this weird error:

Sharing folders between Windows (host) and Ubuntu (guest) in VirtualBox

I have Windows 8 installed with Ubuntu 12.04 in Oracle VM VirtualBox and quite a few times I want to share files between them. For that, first you need to install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Linux. Guest additions consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability.

To install Guest Additions go to Ubuntu Launcher and you would see VBOXADDITIONS_X.X.X_XXXX mounted.