I use nircmd as well. I use it mostly to run a batch script that logs into a network drive, without showing a window

What was the name of the program shown here that does this?? Does anybody remember? I think it had "network profiles" or something...

MePerson

I use Wizmo for everything from being able to open and close my dvd/cd drives from the quick launch to using with with AutoIt to have installation cds pop open when complete. Don't knock it 'til you try it.

genghis_schmengis

I know zero about lauching command line stuff, so I found this confusing....
However, I did try Fastkake, thanx to comments posted here and love it, I wish it had the 'instant screen darkening' feature Wizmo seems to have....

Fullbug

I like command line tools.

tireless

@Saibot: FastKake is great - thanks for that tip, although i use autohotkey a hell of a lot, and have now setup shortcuts to the most prominent fastkake bits i use. That, coupled with Launchy...what mouse?

manijel

just installed this the other day and use it with slickrun. i setup my slickrun magicwords to launch my wizmo shortcuts + other apps. with the taskbar on auto-hide and no shortcuts on the desktop, i just have the tiny slickrun date and time on a black screen - just the way i like it.

A-rev

Always nice to see new and updated stuff from Steve Gipson

FastBytes

@Saibot: You just described my setup! Pretty sweet ain't it! :)

AskTheAdmin

Sounds a lot like FastKake, except that FastKake creates all the shortcuts for you automatically. No fuss, no muss.

FastKake + Launchy = mouseless bliss

Saibot

Nircmd is great, in addition to just shutting off the monitor it can be useful for a variety of minor automation tasks from BAT files, not worthy of firing up AutoIT or Autohotkey.

I have a shortcut (accessible through Launchy) that will lock my computer, wait 2 seconds, then shut the monitor off. I use this when I step away from my laptop so I can immediately shut off the screen, without having to shut the lid.

When I had Vista it was all messed up and would shut off the screen, then come back on. I ended up creating shortcuts that would change the monitor shutoff timeout from 15 minutes to 30 seconds and vice versa.

johnsmith1234

Wizmo is an extremely useful "Windows Gizmo" I created when I could not find anything else on the Net to do similar jobs.

Thomasmrph

I have a shortcut setup at work to put the monitor on my Windows (read: email, internet, general distraction) box into sleep mode.

There's a known quirk with it, though (in XP, at least). If you use Wizmo to put your screen into sleep mode and, while the screen is still off, your box automatically locks itself or goes to a password-protected screensaver, wiggling your mouse or pressing a key won't bring your screen back to life. You'll have to unlock/type your password in blind. Once you're through that, Wizmo will let you wake up the screen.

Ugly Joe

Either Wizmo or NirCmd can be a great addition to Launchy - create the shorcuts in a special folder in your start menu or in C:\Program Files\Launchy\Utilities (writing to the Program Files folder can be a big hassle in Vista - you may have to create them elsewhere and then copy-and-paste).

NirCmd includes more functions than Wizmo, but the instructions are not quite as easy to understand.

joelena

Nircmd is a free command line program, does the same thing. If you can't find what you need with Wizmo, try it.

[www.nirsoft.net]

jharris0221

I used Autohotkey -
#o:: ; Win+O hotkey that turns off the monitor.
Sleep 1000 ; Give user a chance to release keys (in case their release would wake up the monitor again).
; Turn Monitor Off:
SendMessage, 0x112, 0xF170, 2 ,, Program Manager ; 0x112 is WM_SYSCOMMAND, 0xF170 is SC_MONITORPOWER.
; Note for the above: Use -1 in place of 2 to turn the monitor on.
; Use 1 in place of 2 to activate the monitor's low-power mode.
return

Sets windows key + o to turn off my laptop screen. Coped directly from the example code in Autohoytkey help for PostMessage/Sendmessage - cause, no, I'm not this good...yet.

M_Hagen

@tireless: I prefer command line tools myself, I use NIRCMD quite a bit, although it appears you can run Wizmo from the command line as well since it works with parameters.

Coldmiser

Wizmo is much like the command line, though. You place a few parameters in a shortcut and bam, when you click it, it executes as you want. Like a batch file or script.

genghis_schmengis

I've used this program for years on both of my laptops in order to turn off the screen instantly without closing the lid. A special thanks to Steve Gibson for writing this program.

Solarusdude

A useful feature of Wizmo is adding an exclamation mark to the end of a command (the 'damnit variations'), for example wizmo shutdown!, it forces the function to succeed. Useful if Windows is refusing to shut down.

Jalada