Columbia SE

Columbia does one thing: ping hosts. It does it well, and the bonus is that you can ping groups of hosts all at once.

Search and Replace Demo

By request, this is a explanation and sample project for utilizing the built-in Replace function for VB6. Finding and replacing text within a string is relatively speaking one of the more common functions you’ll perform when working with text. Fortunately, VB6 has included some functions for easing the burden of working with text. One of these built-in functions… Read More »

File Logging Module

This is a simple module that will allow you to log events from within your program to a text file. This is more of a string handling demo, but could be useful as a starting point for something bigger. If you’re like me, you like to know what is going in your application. This information comes in handy… Read More »

Show Seconds in Taskbar

By adding this DWORD value, you can add the display of seconds to the Windows 10 taskbar clock. You’ll have to restart Explorer in order for the changes to take effect.

Restart Windows Explorer

When performing certain operations, such as registry edits, you may be directed to restart Windows. However, some items only require the restart of the Windows Explorer process. Here’s how to do it.