Christian Tang TangChr

Software Developer, casual gamer and low light enthusiast. I use Arch, btw.

TangChr / cmd_here.reg

Created July 26, 2016 14:53

Registry: Add "Open in cmd" shortcut to Windows Explorer’s Context Menu

	Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

	[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd_here]
	@="Open cmd here"
	"Icon"="cmd.exe"

	[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd_here\command]
	@="cmd.exe /s /k pushd \"%V\""

	[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd_here]

TangChr / Test-IsAdmin.ps1

Last active March 15, 2022 20:52

Check if Command window is running with administrator permissions

	function Test-IsAdmin {
	try {
	$identity = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
	$principal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal -ArgumentList $identity
	return $principal.IsInRole( [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator )
	} catch {
	throw "Failed to determine if the current user has elevated privileges. The error was: '{0}'." -f $_
	}

	<#

TangChr / .gitconfig

Last active August 6, 2018 06:18

Adding Visual Studio Code to .gitconfig

	[core]
	editor = "code --wait"

	[diff]
	tool = default-difftool

	[difftool "default-difftool"]
	cmd = "code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE"

	[merge]

TangChr / RemoveOldModules.ps1

Last active April 29, 2021 09:35

PowerShell method to remove old versions of installed modules

	function Remove-OldModules
	{
	Write-Prompt "------------------------------------------" -ForegroundColor Cyan
	Write-Prompt "Removing old versions of installed modules" -ForegroundColor Cyan
	Write-Prompt "------------------------------------------" -ForegroundColor Cyan

	$modules = Get-InstalledModule
	Write-Prompt "$($modules.count) module(s) found." -ForegroundColor Yellow
	Write-Prompt ""
	foreach ($module in $modules)