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Cearley says the transition is "as big, if not bigger" than that made when Microsoft moved from its command-line operating system DOS – where words without graphics appeared teletext-style on a black screen – to the Windows format.

Microsoft sees a future through cleaner Windows 2012

All you need to do is create a new shortcut with mailto: in the location field, and Windows will create a new email message using whatever your default client is — sure, you can always create a shortcut directly to your mail client, passing in the appropriate command-line parameters — but this method is quick, simple, and should work across the board.

Create A Universal Shortcut For Composing An Email | Lifehacker Australia 2009

On the other hand, instead of installing a conversion utility, you can always grab yourself a copy of the command-line ffmpeg utility, which is what most video conversion applications use behind the scenes.

The Complete Guide To Ripping And Converting Flash Videos | Lifehacker Australia 2010

It might be due to old Restore Points being wiped out, or because it runs a command-line cleaning tool, compcln. exe, but a good number of (successful) SP2 installers report tens of gigabytes opening up.

Monday, June 1, 2009 | Lifehacker Australia 2009

If all the command-line options are too much for you to deal with, you can always grab a graphical front-end for ffmpeg, like WinFF or Super.

The Complete Guide To Ripping And Converting Flash Videos | Lifehacker Australia 2010

GPeerReview is a command-line tool that makes it simple to write a review of someone's work and digitally sign them together.

GPeerReview from Google 2009

Even so, I like knowing that if I needed to pop open a command-line terminal and mess with the underlying system, I have that option available to me.

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UltraDefrag is available as a portable application and in a GUI and ultra lightweight command-line only version — the lightweight version is designated as “micro” in the download list and is at the top of the screen, make sure to scroll down for the GUI version if you want to interact with the program like in the screenshot above.

UltraDefrag Is A Portable And Open-Source Disk Defragmenter | Lifehacker Australia 2010

In Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft added official support for encrypting fixed data drives, but it could only be done using command-line tools.

The InfoWorld expert guide to Windows 7 security Roger A. Grimes 2010

The Windows Help blog points out a hidden command-line switch that generates a report with loads of helpful troubleshooting information.

Hidden Windows 7 Tool Troubleshoots Sleep Mode Problems | Lifehacker Australia 2009