Locating Startup Folder on Window 8

Since I have been using Windows platforms for a long time, I use Start menu’s “Startup” folder frequently to run several apps that I want to launch when I logon. Now I'm using Windows 8 and I couldn't find this folder. After searching, I found out a way to locate to this folder.

The best solution for locating Startup folder is executing one of these Shell commands from the run box (WIN+R):

shell:startup
or
shell:common startup

Hope this helps...

SQL Query To Get Nth Row From A Table

Today a friend of mine asked me how to select the nth row in a SQL database table. I didn't know the answer, so I googled it. Of course, there were many solutions to this problem but I picked one and tried it on my local SQL Server. I want to share it with you now. Here is the template:

Reset Google Account Password

Yesterday, I had a problem with my Google account and I had to change my account password. Then I solved the problem and wanted to use my old password again. But surprisingly Google didn't let me use my old password even after 5 or 10 attempts and kept saying "Choose a password you haven't previously used with this account". After a bit of searching, I found out that you can't simply use your old passwords because Google "remembers" all of your old passwords.

Hosting Multiple Web Sites on the Same Server

So, today I will try to give you a hint about how to host two or more .NET applications on the same IIS. In order to do that, you need to configure a unique ID for each of the application. There are 3 different approaches:

How To Get The Last Day of The Month - PL SQL

Having problems with PL SQL when trying to get the last day of a month? Well, I have good news for you then. Let me give an example of what I try to explain...