HOWTO list local administrators on the Windows commandline

net localgroup administrators

Install a local Minecraft server

Here are the steps I used to setup a local minecraft server for my kids.
Note: minecraft server is free but requires a registered minecraft user account ~$40.00/person.

Read this guide: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server

(ps note to self: Check google drive for backup of mine craft server settings for 1.8.3)

1) Download minecraft server from https://minecraft.net/en/download/server
2) Install JAVA as needed
3) Configure server properties:
4) Create users who are owners in ops.json
    Use this tool to get uuid from user name http://minecraft-techworld.com/uuid-lookup-tool
[
  {
    "uuid": "",
    "name": "UserName1",
    "level": 4
  },
  {
    "uuid": "",
    "name": "UserName2",
    "level": 4
  }
]
5) Run minecradrserver.exe or  minecradrserver.jar file.
6) Open Firewall for Minecraft (if you want the share the server with those outside your local home network. otherwise skip this.)
    see http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/205188/how-do-i-add-minecraft-as-a-firewall-exception
7)

Fixing a long annoying issue Plex + FireFly + DVD Order

Download DVDOrderAgent.bundle from https://github.com/HuggableSquare/DVDOrderAgent.bundle

Follow steps in this post
1) Stop plex server.
2) Copy DVDOrderAgent.bundle,zip to plug in folder
    Path ~ C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins
3) Extract  DVDOrderAgent.bundle,zip  to here
    Delete zip file
4) Start Plex server
5) In Plex web app,  go to a TV show - not a season page, the main page for the show - click the ellipsis (...) on the left and select "Fix Incorrect Match". Click on the "Auto Match" drop-down menu, and select "TheTVDBdvdorder". The metadata will be updated with the correct alternate order.
Episode order is fixed!!!

Useful Batch Files

Batch File Copy  full file names for all files in folder and sub folders to text file.

(replace &gt with )

dir C:\Data\Documents\*.* /b /s /a:-D >  C:\Documents.txt

Batch File: Copy just file name of files in folder to text file:
(replace &gt with )

dir C:\Data\Documents\*.* /o-n-d /b  >  C:\Files.txt

Some Useful powershell scripts

Power shell scripts:

#1 Read file names from csv file using pipe delimiter and copy files to with new name to new destination

C:\Temp\finals.csv - csv file
FileName - source file
NewFileName - new name and destination for file

$csv = Import-Csv L:\DataMigration\CalRad\Reports_finals.csv '|' -Header FileName,NewFileName
foreach ($line in $csv) {    If ((Test-Path $line.FileName)){ Copy-Item -path $line.FileName -Destination $line.NewFileName } }

#2  Get all of the pdf full file paths
      execute application using full file path as a command argument.

  $items = Get-ChildItem "L:\DataMigration\CalRad\LegacyData\LegacyReports\Scanned_Docs" -Filter *.pdf 
  foreach ($item in $items) { L:\DataMigration\CalRad\PDFToImage\PDFToImages.exe $item.FullName 140}

#3) import csv file pipe delimited with 4 columns
      copy file to new location using 3rd parameter as source location and 4th parameters as destination path and file name.

$csv = Import-Csv L:\DataMigration\CalRad\LegacyData\LegacyReports\Scanned_Docs.csv '|' -Header Accession,Type,FileName,NewFileName
   foreach ($line in $csv) {    If ((Test-Path $line.FileName)){ Copy-Item -path $line.FileName -Destination $line.NewFileName } }