Filed under: Utilities, Windows
Find all of XP's "hidden apps"
by Marc Perton Aug 20th 2005 at 11:29AM
Chances are you already know a few of the "hidden" Windows XP apps — those utilities and other oddball programs that you access via the "Run" command — but if you're looking for a more complete list, check out this post (and the comments). I use a few of these pretty regularly (like msconfig to tweak startup), but I had forgotten some of these, including my new favorite: progman, which brings back the Windows 3.1 Program Manager. If you've never used old school versions of Windows, try it out and you'll gain a new appreciation for the XP (or even 95) UI (unfortunately, XP SP2 wipes out this chestnut, so if you've been diligently upgrading your XP install over the years, you're out of luck).
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
