I often use Notepad to open plain text files. If the extension of file is of unknown type then I have to browse a list of applications to open that file which is quite painful. Here is a small registry tweak which adds “Open with Notepad” to right click context menu for all file types.

Being a Java developer, I always compile and test my code on different Java versions. But switching between them is a huge problem. So finally I found an easy method to do this. You have to create following batch files and place them in directory you open your command line in or in SYSTEM PATH. You can use you favorite text editor to create these files.

Hello World! Welcome to my new blog. I am Pranav Prakash, currently working as Associate Applications Engineer at Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. in Peoplesoft Enterprise Tools division. I have completed my B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in May 2008. Since then I’m working for Oracle. Up till now, my stay at Oracle has been very much knowledge enriching. I would be posting tips, tricks and work-arounds which I have learned from my experiences in this blog.