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Balerion · 10-21-2010, 10:55 PM

Hi all,

just thought I'd provide the shortcut I use to copy paste and rename the autoreboot file into reboot, all with just a single click (win7) or a double-click (XP, Vista).

Just do the following (on your desktop or wherever).

1) RIGHT-click an empty space, and go to NEW ---> SHORTCUT

2) In the target location box type the following...

(Windows Installation Hard Drive Letter):\Windows\System32\cmd.exe[single-space]/c[single-space]copy[single-space][kindle drive letter]:\linkfonts\autoreboot[single-space][kindle drive letter]:\linkfonts\reboot

Example:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c copy D:\linkfonts\autoreboot D:\linkfonts\reboot

NOTE... make sure you put [forward-slash]c just before the copy command and not a backslash, or you can just copy and paste the above, replacing the D with your Kindle's drive letter

3) click NEXT, name your new shortcut and click FINISH. tada!

4) change the icon if you want by RIGHT-clicking your shortcut, going to PROPERTIES, select CHANGE ICON, browse and select a new icon, OK, APPLY it, OK... you're done.

Now the application of the reboot file is just a double-click away or a single-click if you have win7 (pin to taskbar) or an app launcher\dock program like rocketdock or objectdock.

Just repeat the process for the screensaver but replace linkfonts with linkss

I also found a tiny app to eject the Kindle in the same way... just a single-click or double-click, rather than the OPEN EXPLORER, RIGHT-CLICK Kindle drive letter and select EJECT method... here

Hope that's useful to some people

10-21-2010, 10:55 PM	#968
Balerion Connoisseur Posts: 69 Karma: 14 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: K2i K3w	Font and Screensaver Reboot Command Prompt Executor Hi all, just thought I'd provide the shortcut I use to copy paste and rename the autoreboot file into reboot, all with just a single click (win7) or a double-click (XP, Vista). Just do the following (on your desktop or wherever). 1) RIGHT-click an empty space, and go to NEW ---> SHORTCUT 2) In the target location box type the following... (Windows Installation Hard Drive Letter):\Windows\System32\cmd.exe[single-space]/c[single-space]copy[single-space][kindle drive letter]:\linkfonts\autoreboot[single-space][kindle drive letter]:\linkfonts\reboot Example: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c copy D:\linkfonts\autoreboot D:\linkfonts\reboot NOTE... make sure you put [forward-slash]c just before the copy command and not a backslash, or you can just copy and paste the above, replacing the D with your Kindle's drive letter 3) click NEXT, name your new shortcut and click FINISH. tada! 4) change the icon if you want by RIGHT-clicking your shortcut, going to PROPERTIES, select CHANGE ICON, browse and select a new icon, OK, APPLY it, OK... you're done. Now the application of the reboot file is just a double-click away or a single-click if you have win7 (pin to taskbar) or an app launcher\dock program like rocketdock or objectdock. Just repeat the process for the screensaver but replace linkfonts with linkss I also found a tiny app to eject the Kindle in the same way... just a single-click or double-click, rather than the OPEN EXPLORER, RIGHT-CLICK Kindle drive letter and select EJECT method... here Hope that's useful to some people Last edited by Balerion; 10-21-2010 at 11:45 PM.