Farr Alias: nircmd alias

[jgpaiva]

Here's an alias that uses nircmd to do several useful functions



Here's the table describing this alias:

Command	Description	Example
cmd	List all the commands	cmd
Screensaver	Start your Screensaver	screensaver
Monitor	Turn your monitor on or off	Monitor on or Monitor off
LockPc	Lock your computer (the same as pressing windows+L)	LockPc
Set Resolution	Set the resolution of your computer (width, height and depth)	SetRes 800 600 32
ChangeVolume	Increase or Decrease the master volume of your computer (varies from 0 to 65)	ChangeVol +10 or ChangeVol -10
Mute	Toggle the mute status the computer sound	mute or unmute
Reboot	Restart the computer	Reboot or Restart
Shutdown	Shutdown computer	Shutdown or PowerOff
Standby	Get the computer in standby state	Standby
Logoff	Logoff from the current session	Logoff

Note: Everything assigned in bold is a farr keyword. If you find any keyword is too long, just type part of it, then when it's the first result, press tab to autocomplete.

[lanux128]

nice work, jgp.. i also would like to propose that a child board for Farr's aliases & plugins would make it easier to locate them..

[mouser]

good point lanux, though i am in the process of building a new farr2 page, and here is one of the subpages:
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/addons/

probably still a good idea to make a child board dedicated to such things.

[lanux128]

i forgot that you're in the midst of building a Farr2 page, mouser.. btw, that page looks cool..

[davidma22]

Sorry, I know this thread is kind of old, but could someone please explain how to install this plugin? It would really help if these things came with readme's...

Thanks.

[tomos]

Sorry, I know this thread is kind of old, but could someone please explain how to install this plugin? It would really help if these things came with readme's...

unzip - the zip has a nircmd folder already in it,
copy that folder into the AliasGroups/Installed directory plugin folder in the FindandRunRobot install folder
hope that makes sense!
Tom

[mouser]

Not in the plugin directory, in the Aliases/Installed directory.

[tomos]

Not in the plugin directory, in the Aliases/Installed directory.

sry, just read "plugin" & started typing

[mouser]

in reality it will work in the Plugins directory too, but the proper place for it is as a subdirectory of AliasGroups/Installed.

[davidma22]

Thanks guys. That's perfect. Easy enough. Like I said though it might not hurt for plugin writers to include a little readme file with the simple instructions. (Though it should also mention that you need to restart FARR for the plugin to take effect.)

Thanks again. Love this program.

EDIT: Quick question about this plugin. It has standby, but it seems to be missing a command to put the computer in Hibernate (which I use far more often.) Is there any way for me to add that myself? Thanks.

[nitrix-ud]

it is not a plugin per se
it is only an alias

[mouser]

it seems to be missing a command to put the computer in Hibernate (which I use far more often.) Is there any way for me to add that myself?

Yes.

This alias pack uses the commandline tool NirCmd from Nirsoft.
That tool does have support for sending the computer into hibernate mode.

So, all you need to do is add a new alias to the pack which calls NirCmd with commandline parameter to hibernate.

See if you can figure out how to do that yourself, since it would be a good learning experience -- if you can't, come back and we will help.

(ps. one way to make your life easier is to move the alias pack from the AliasGroups/Installed to AliasGroups/MyCustom while you edit it since that will allow you to edit it from within FARR).

And if you figure it out, please share it so we can add the new hibernation alias to the official alias pack. 

[davidma22]

I did it! 

Not exactly sure what the format for this should be, so I'll just copy/paste what I did. I copied the line for Standby, changed the right places so they said hibernate, used the same image (since windows uses the same one, it's just a slightly darker color), and changed the windows cmd command to Hibernate. Simple enough. (Tested it too, just in case. It works fine.) Thanks for the help and the push Mouser.

EDIT: Forgot to say what I named the Alias, but I guess people can name it whatever they want. Personally I prefer using "Sleep" since it's shorter and easier to type than "Hibernate".

Hibernate Computer | %ALIASDIR%nircmd.exe qboxcom "Do you want to Hibernate the computer?" "question" Hibernate /ICON=nircmd_icons\Standby.ico

[mouser]

good work and welcome to the FARR customization club 

[davidma22]

Thanks. Another question for ya. I added an alias that uses nircmd's emptybin function to empty my recycling bin, but I can't find the recycling bin image on my computer anywhere... any idea where I would look for that? Thanks.

[Grorgy]

you can find most of the standard icons in windows\system32\shell.dll  at least thats where i found 'em 

[tomos]

Thanks. Another question for ya. I added an alias that uses nircmd's emptybin function to empty my recycling bin, but I can't find the recycling bin image on my computer anywhere... any idea where I would look for that? Thanks.

is it under
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll  [missed your reply there Grorgy]
(I've messed around with my icons -got the Tango pack to replace all windows icons so not quite sure if that correct location)

I'm afraid the hibernate alias doesnt show for me -
I tried it in FARR as you recommended mouser
Duplicated Standby, changed name and added your alias David

I notice FARR options show Reboot & a bunch of others under the nircmd alias that dont show in FARR window - anyone got any ideas there?

[Grorgy]

oooops yeah like tomos says shell32  sorry 

[tomos]

oooops yeah like tomos says shell32  sorry 

noo nooo, you got there first 

[davidma22]

Hm. Did you move the nirCMD folder into your custom alias folder before you edited? Here's what I did exactly. I moved the folder over to my custom aliases (and then restarted FARR), chose the NirCMD aliases from the list (where Reboot, Standy etc are listed). Right-clicked, selected Add New Alias, called it "Sleep", used the result from my previous post, and restarted FARR again. After that it worked fine.

EDIT: Okay, I know what the problem is. I added my alias to the list without adding it to the CMD group. So when you type CMD, it doesn't show up, but if you just type "Sleep" or whatever you call it, it will still show up and run fine.

[davidma22]

Okay here's how to add it so that it shows up when you type CMD. In the list of NirCMD aliases, edit CMD. Down at the bottom, add this line.

Hibernate Computer | restartsearch Hibernate /ICON=nircmd_icons\Standby.ico

After that it will show up and run if you type CMD first. But like I said, it's much quicker just to type the alias name rather than type CMD first.

[tomos]

Okay here's how to add it so that it shows up when you type CMD. In the list of NirCMD aliases, edit CMD. Down at the bottom, add this line.

Hibernate Computer | restartsearch Hibernate /ICON=nircmd_icons\Standby.ico

After that it will show up and run if you type CMD first. But like I said, it's much quicker just to type the alias name rather than type CMD first.

got that, thanks

[delwoode]

why all the files in the zipped folder?
apart from the nircmd.exe  there were 4 alias files
nircmd.alias
nircmd.alias~
nircmd.alias.bak
nircmd.alias.bak~
do I need all these?
also my antimalware program didnt like nircmdc.exe and removed it but it thought nircmd.exe was fine

[jgpaiva]

You're right, delwoode. I have removed the superfluous files, and removed the nircmdc.exe file (which wasn't being used anyway).

[koro]

For those of you having problems with hibernate instead of suspend, I'd like to point out that you don't need nircmd to do this.
You can just create a new shortcut called "hibernate" and place it anywhere in the search path of FARR.
The command to be executed by the shortcut is the following:

%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate

For other options, you can create shortcuts like this:

For Shutdown: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s
For Reboot: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r
For Logoff: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -l
For Standby: %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Standby