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Windows Power User Shortcuts & Hidden Commands Cheat Sheet

November 12, 2025 by admin

If you love mastering Windows at a deeper level, this cheat sheet is for you. It’s packed with shortcuts, hidden commands, and lesser-known tricks every power user or IT pro should know. All of these work from the Run dialog (Win + R), Command Prompt, or PowerShell.

⚙️ System Properties

Quickly open specific tabs in System Properties:

sysdm.cpl – Main System Properties
SystemPropertiesAdvanced – Advanced tab
SystemPropertiesComputerName – Computer Name
SystemPropertiesHardware – Hardware
SystemPropertiesProtection – System Protection
SystemPropertiesRemote – Remote settings

💡 Pro Tip: Pin these commands to Start or make desktop shortcuts for one-click access.

Skip the Wait: Mastering the CHKNTFS Command in Windows

May 1, 2025 by Zaur Bahramov

You boot up your computer and—bam!—Windows starts checking a drive for errors.

Great… unless you’re in a rush and suddenly watching a countdown timer like it’s Y2K.

Want to take control of those automatic disk checks? Meet your new friend: CHKNTFS.

Using SUBST to Create Virtual Drives in Windows

April 16, 2025April 15, 2025 by Zaur Bahramov

Ever wish you could turn a long, annoying folder path into its own drive letter — instantly?

Good news: Windows has had a secret command for that since the stone age (aka DOS). It’s called SUBST, and it lets you create a virtual drive letter for any local folder. Think of it as a symbolic link’s chill, drive-mapping cousin.

Mastering mklink: How to Make Windows Behave Like Linux (Sorta)

April 16, 2025April 14, 2025 by Zaur Bahramov

Ever wish you could trick Windows into thinking your files and folders are somewhere they’re not — without copying a single byte? 😏
Whether you’re syncing game saves to the cloud, taming unruly config files, or just want your OS to behave a bit more like Linux, you’re in the right place.

In this guide, we’ll dive into mklink, one of the most underrated (and wildly useful) tools in Windows.
No fluff — just real examples, practical tips, and the occasional nerdy grin.

Let’s link stuff like pros.

Secret Agent Vibes: Encode and Decode Files with the Windows Command Line

April 16, 2025April 7, 2025 by Zaur Bahramov

Have you ever wanted to hide a message in plain sight? Or maybe just look super cool using the command line like a digital ninja? 😎 In this post, I’ll show you how to encode and decode files using the Windows command line — no extra software required!

We’re not doing anything fancy like encryption here — we’re just encoding data using a format called Base64. It’s a neat way to turn your files into a scrambled-looking format that’s still perfectly reversible.

Let’s jump right in!