Just thought I’d write this very brief how to since I needed to do this tonight in preparation for starting a new computer build. I want to make sure I have a list of everything on the old computer so that I can re-install everything I need on the new computer. Open Powershell by starting…
Continue reading →Have you ever wanted your TV or monitor to have lights behind them reflecting what is on the screen, like those fancy expensive Philips TVs? Apparently they are called Ambilights 🙂 Lighting up the wall behind the screen is a brilliant way to add more ambience and makes the watching movies/TV so much more immersive….
Continue reading →There are times when we want to run a batch file, program or command from the Windows command prompt but we don’t want the command prompt window to appear or to hang around on the desktop. For example, I have a batch script which backs up a load of files and it is triggered by…
Continue reading →UPDATE (May 2018): A newer version of TraktForVLC has been released – here It makes everything MUCH easier. Use this new version. Simply install from the command prompt (use an administrator cmd prompt – search for cmd in the Windows menu, right click and select run as administrator). I usually use Plex for viewing Movies &…
Continue reading →I wanted to make a list of my owned movies in Excel (for reasons we’ll not bother going into now) so after much Googling I managed to find a way to pull a list from Plex from here, documenting it here so that I can come back to it later if I need to. Using…
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