Get Class name from Static method in C#.NET

In order to get class name from the static method I used the following code, using .NET reflection

String className = MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Name;

Remove registry keys and subtrees

In order to remove the registry key and all sub-tree beneath it, create file with extension .reg and put this text in the file and double click the file. In following example all registry keys and sub trees under MyProgram will be deleted


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MyProgram]

Disable monitor timeout from Ubuntu server console

To disable monitor auto off from Ubuntu Server console, I used following commands

$setterm -blank 0
$setterm -powersave off
$setterm -powerdown 0

Disable Ubuntu monitor auto turn off

To disable auto turn off monitor for Ubuntu Server console I changed /etc/console-tools/config and made BLANK_TIME=0

Check the memory taken by files and directory

Check the memories taken by the files and directory I used this command

du -h -s -c *

Change Hostname of Ubuntu server machine

Edit the file /etc/hostname and put hostname in this file.

and execute /etc/init.d/hostname.sh start

Also edit /etc/hosts file and change hostname in that file.

Disable Windows XP active screensaver

From registry editor... (Run=> regedit)

HKEY_USERS -> .DEFAULT -> CONTROL PANEL -> DESKTOP, Set the "ScreenSaveActive" value to 0 and the "ScreenSavetimeOut" value to 0 to disable active screen saver.

Change Hostname of Ubuntu Machine

To change hostname of Ubuntu machine use following commands

Edit file /etc/hostname and change the hostname in that file

run the command sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh start

run the command sudo sysctl kernel.hostname=newHostname

Change UUID of Virtual Box Disk (VDI)

In order to change UUID of Virtual Box Disk Image (VDI) use following command from DOS command prompt.

VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid "c:\diskName.vdi".

VBoxManage is command is located at C:\Program Files\Sun\xVM VirtualBox. You can add it to Environmental variable and then execute above command from the directory where VDI file is located

Visual Studio Tweaking

Visual Studio every time says loading for first time...

To avoid this do

Click on the Tools > Options

Select "Import and Export Settings",

Edit the path for "Automatically save my settings to this file:" to a path on disk drive but not My Documents or any network drive.

IF Statment for MS-DOS batch file

SET FrontEnd="false"
SET BackEnd="false"
SET Translations="false"

IF %FrontEnd% == "true" GOTO FrontEnd
IF %BackEnd% == "true" GOTO BackEnd
IF %Translations% == "true" GOTO Translations
GOTO END

:FrontEnd
ECHO I am FrontEnd
GOTO END

:BackEnd
ECHO I am BackEnd
GOTO END

:Translations
ECHO I am Translations
GOTO END

:END

SET and GET values in DOS Batch file

Set a variable in DOS Batch file using following syntax

SET myVariable="Hello"

Get the value of the variable in DOS Batch file using following syntax

%myVariable%

Delete all Objects (Images) from Excel Workbook

Select the workbook
Press F5
Click Special
Select Objects
Click OK
Press Delete key from Keyboard

Install Flash Player for Firefox on Ubuntu

Install Flash Player on Ubuntu linux, use following command

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Know the Ubuntu version

Use following command to know the Ubuntu OS version

cat /etc/issue

KDE on Install on Ubuntu Server

Install KDE desktop on Ubuntu Server

- sudo aptitude update

- sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop

Remove Hyperlink from multiple cells in Excel

In a blank cell, enter the number 1 .
Copy that cell.
Select the cells with the hyperlinks.
Right click on the seleted cells and click Paste Special.
Under operations, select multiply and click OK.

Get XML element inner text

XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument(); // Creates new instance of XMLDocument

xmlDocument.Load(filePath); // Loads the XMLString which is XML file in one single string

XmlNode XMLElement = xmlDocument.SelectSingleNode("//data[@name='BrowserString1']//value"); // Gets the List of all XML elements foun

String value = XMLElement.InnerText;