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October 17, 2002
Tab completion in Windows 2000
One of my favorite features of unix is tab completion. You can type the first letter of a directory, and then hit tab and it will complete the rest for you. This is enabled by default on Windows XP, but on windows 2000 it isn't. Here's how you enable it. Run regedit.exe and browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\PathCompletionCharSet the value to the key to 09 that's hex for tab. If you only want to enable it for your user account use these keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\PathCompletionCharI guess I don't need to upgrade to XP now! I should mention that tab completion only works within the command prompt, don't expect it to work within windows file choosers.
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Comments
On 03/03/2004 at 6:26:02 PM MST Anonymous wrote:
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Thanks much. I love this feature.
On 04/09/2004 at 10:23:50 AM MDT Dave wrote:
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Create feature, thx
On 04/15/2004 at 10:19:18 AM MDT Avi Flax wrote:
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THANK YOU! wherever did you find this???
On 09/07/2005 at 5:52:47 AM MDT Vishol wrote:
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Thanks. Very usefull
On 10/27/2005 at 4:50:15 AM MDT kroesi wrote:
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thanks a lot !
On 12/09/2006 at 11:15:51 AM MST goodini wrote:
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