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REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /V Wallpaper /T REG_SZ /F /D "%USERPROFILE%\Wallpaper.bmp"
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /V WallpaperStyle /T REG_SZ /F /D 0
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /V TileWallpaper /T REG_SZ /F /D 0
start /MIN /B %SystemRoot%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters

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#include <windows.h>

/*
We define WinMain to simply run the user's command line; this is nothing they
couldn't already do via Windows+Run. It is useful if you want to prevent any
console windows from appearing on the user's desktop.

We wait for the process to exit and return the exit code to the caller.

@param hInstance Not used; o/s module handle for current process.

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;
; For Windows 7 use ChangeFileAssociationV5.reg instead, this version only
; works for older versions of REGEDIT
;

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.]
@="Notepad++_file"

; Note: Notepad++ doesn't make the "Notepad++_file" registry key until you run
; as Administrator and manually add at least one other file association.

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# Launch an http server on localhost using a random port to serve files from
# the current working folder. Automatically open a web browser pointed at the
# root url as a convenience.

from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
import webbrowser

# Create a localhost server, specify port 0 so it will pick one for us.
httpd = HTTPServer(("localhost", 0), SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)