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Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Thu, 30 May 2013 12:11:50 GMT

TweetMyPC version 4.0.4 is available now!

TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.5 SP1, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

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You can get the source code of TweetMyPC from the SourceCode Page.

You can subscribe to my blog @ http://www.shobankumar.com or you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and especially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

New Comment on "installation_guide"

motuica — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:35:10 GMT

Hi, i installed 4.0.4 beta hoping it will update my v. 3.9.5 alpha. now i have both on my Windows 8 pc. the old version does not appear unter software, thus i can't uninstall it. Can you provide some manual uninstallation instructions to completely remove v. 3.9.5 alpha? thanks

Updated Wiki: Commands

BasisBit — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:29:41 GMT

Supported Commands for TweetMyPC version 3:

Command	Purpose
shutdown	This command will shut down your computer after showing a warning and a wait-time of one minute.
restart	restartsyour computer after a warning and a one minute delay
standby	Don’t want to shutdown? Then you can make your pc go to standby mode with this command.
hibernate	This command will hibernate your computer after showing a warning and a wait-time of one minute
lock	This command locks your Windows pc – TweetMyPC will still continue running and answer to tweets
logoff	Locking the account is not what you want? Try logoff to log off your Windows-Account and close all programs
abortshutdown	You accidentally tweeted shutdown or hibernate? Don’t worry. You still can stop it by tweeting “abortshutdown” to stop it – if you are fast enough!
physical memory	As the name says, this command will let you know the free Physical Memory of your pc
virtual memory	Want to know the free virtual memory of your pc? Just tweet virtual memory
os	This is one of the command which does not have much value. Tweeting “os” will make TweetMyPC to tweet about your Operating System version.
ip	Know your pc’s internal and external IP-Address from anywhere in the world with this command
screenshot	Want to know what is happening in your pc when you are not around? Just tweet screenshot and TweetMyPC will take a screenshot of your desktop and post it to Twitpic.
getprocesslist	This is one of the very useful commands. On receiving this command TweetMyPC will generate a list of running programs, along with the process ID, and email it to a predefined email address.
kill <process id>	This is used along with the above command. Once you receive the process list you can close a program using the kill command.
download <URL>	Want to download an interesting video but you are on the move? Don’t worry - just tweet download followed by the download URL and TweetMyPC will download it for you and it will be ready when you return back. Note: Twitter automatically converts long URLs into short one using bit.ly. TweetMyPC can download files only if the URL is in the short form for security reasons. Please use bit.ly to shorten your URL before posting.
getfile <filepath>	Missed an important document and you are traveling somewhere? No problem. Just tweet get followed by the file path and TweetMyPC will email the file as attachment to a predefined email. Don’t know the path? Don’t worry. Just checkout the next command.
getfilelist <drive>	This command will make TweetMyPC to send you the list of files and folders in a drive. You can use this command to email you a file once you know the complete path of the file.
volinc	Increases the volume of the main speaker by 20%
voldec	Decreases the volume of the main speaker by 20%
volmute	Mutes the main speaker
volunmute	Un-mutes the main speaker
wallpaper <URL>	You found a nice image and want to use set it as background at your TweetMyPC-Computer? Just use this command with the URL of the Image to set it fast and easy from anywhere!
url <URL>	This command helps a lot for example if you find a website, a document or a download-file you want to review it at your computer. Then you can just open the URL by using this command, and see it at the screen when you are back at the pc. (the url has to start with http:// or www
powerstate	This tweets the battery-state (Charging or not, if power-cable is plugged in and how long the remaining battery-running-time is)
uptime	makes TweetMyPC send you the timespan that your computer is running since the last reboot as days.hours:minutes:seconds
ping	When TweetMyPC reads this, it will answer that it is running and checks for tweets – This is really helpful to see if TweetMyPC is working and if your commands will have any effect. +fun link ;-) try it!
message <your message-text>	Thanks to this command you can send a custom message to your computer, which will be shown as message-box, so you can communicate with other people sitting in front of your computer or just send a notification to yourself to read them later.
stopscr	This stops the screensaver
darkscreen	darkens/turns off your screen for example to save energy or to hide what the desktop shows
print <URL>	TweetMyPC will download and then print the specified file - currently just .doc, .docx or *.pdf supported
<Custom Command> <optional with parameters>	This is the most interesting feature of TweetMyPC. You think the above list of commands is not enough? No problem! With this new release of TweetMyPC you can start any program or shell-command with parameters just by using twitter and this program! You can start any program you want by adding it in the CustomCommand-Window of TweetMyPC and then tweeting the specified name of it. But also you can just add parameters to the tweets. Thanks to this you can now for example start your torrent-client with the torrent download-url as parameter or you can open Winamp and play a webstream, local file or whatever you want. (Example: add %windir%\system32\cmd.exe in the custom-commands window and tweet “command /K defrag /M /U” – see http://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html

If you have suggestions for more commands or any other ideas, please fill out our feedback form at spreadsheets.google.com/...
For help please see our Issue Tracker.

Info: You can use the same commands more then once in a short time by just adding "## some random text" after the command. TweetMyPC will just ignore this additional text but still execute the command.

Updated Wiki: installation_guide

BasisBit — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:18:21 GMT

How to install and use TweetMyPC:

To install TweetMyPC version 3 at your Computer, open http://tweetmypc.codeplex.com
Switch to the Download-section and download the latest TweetMyPC file
(Read) and accept the license by clicking at I Agree
Download the file to your computer and follow the installation instructions
Follow the dialogs and install TweetMyPC

Now TweetMyPC is successfully installed. Follow the next steps to configure and use the application:

If you don’t have a second twitter-account just for TweetMyPC, then go to http://twitter.com, and create another account by clicking at “Sign up now” and fill out the formula.
Now read security information and make your tweets private as shown in the video at that website
After you finished creating and configuring the twitter-account, start TweetMyPC by opening the shortcut for the application at your desktop
The main window of TweetMyPC will now pop up – fill in the needed data. Info: if you don’t enter username and password to a google-email-account, then commands like getprocesslist, getfile and getfilelist will not be usable!
Now press the Save&Hide button to activate TweetMyPC

That’s it! TweetMyPC now is configured and running – just tweet the wanted commands as twitter-messages from the same Twitter-Account you configured TweetMyPC to use.

Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:56:43 GMT

Updated Wiki: Home

shobankr — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:51:17 GMT

TweetMyPC version 3.9 is available now!

TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.5 SP1, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

---
You can get the source code of TweetMyPC from the SourceCode Page.

You can subscribe to my blog @ http://www.shobankumar.com or you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and especially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

New Comment on "installation_guide"

srnirmal — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:57:54 GMT

I'm not getting the screenshot of my pc. FYI, I'm not a developer of any sorts, just an end user.

Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:57:14 GMT

TweetMyPC version 3.9 is available now!

TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.5 SP1, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

---
You can get the source code of TweetMyPC from the SourceCode Page.

If you are a developer then you can subscribe to my programming blog @ http://www.codegeeks.net. Not a programmer? then you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and especially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:56:52 GMT

TweetMyPC version 3.9 is available now!

TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.5 SP1, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

---
You can get the source code of TweetMyPC from the SourceCode Page.

If you are a developer then you can subscribe to my programming blog @ http://www.codegeeks.net. Not a programmer? then you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and specially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

New Comment on "Commands"

mikemtgy — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:00:40 GMT

Have you contacted any device companies like dishwashers, coffee makers, etc? This could be away to use your phone to control all the devices in your life. Very nice implementation.

New Comment on "FrequentlyAskedQuestions"

BasisBit — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:35:17 GMT

nimano80: hotmail will be added soon

New Comment on "Commands"

thurrio — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:27:23 GMT

Its nice! congratulatons!

Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:20:14 GMT

TweetMyPC version 3.5 is available now! This new version now also works with the new twitter authentication!

TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.0, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

---
You can get the source code of TweetMyPC v3 from the SourceCode Page.

If you are a developer then you can subscribe to my programming blog @ http://www.codegeeks.net. Not a programmer? then you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and specially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

New Comment on "FrequentlyAskedQuestions"

nimano80 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:52:50 GMT

Why only Gmail not Hotmail? I REALLY want Hotmail =(

Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:25:33 GMT

Update: TweetMyPC Version 3 has been released! (Support for windows vista, seven, 64-bit; faster reaction; more features and better security). Update now...!
TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.0, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

---
You can get the source code of TweetMyPC v3 from the SourceCode Page.

If you are a developer then you can subscribe to my programming blog @ http://www.codegeeks.net. Not a programmer? then you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and specially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:40:40 GMT

Update: TweetMyPC Version 3 has been released! (Support for windows vista, seven, 64-bit; faster reaction; more features and better security). Update now...!
TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.0, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

---
You can get the source code of TweetMyPC v3 from the SourceCode Page or if you are looking for a c# version then you can get the source code of TweetMyPC V 1.0 from http://tweetmypc.codeplex.com/Release/....

If you are a developer then you can subscribe to my programming blog @ http://www.codegeeks.net. Not a programmer? then you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and specially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

Updated Wiki: Home

BasisBit — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:40:03 GMT

*Update: TweetMyPC Version 3 has been released! (Support for windows vista, seven, 64-bit; faster reaction; more features and better security). Update now...!
TweetMyPC is developed in Developers free time. Help us keep the project running :)

About
TweetMyPC is a little software-application for Windows, written in VB.Net using the .Net-Framework v3.0, which allows you to control and access your computer from anywhere by simply sending a twitter-message with a special command as its content.

Why twitter?
Most time when you want to connect two personal computers you need a Server between them to get access and forward the wanted data because firewalls often block direct connections and most people don't have internet-connections with static IPs. For example if you use Skype or another instant messenger, your client connects to a server which 'manages' all the data-transferring and tells the clients the addresses of the other computers. But why should you develop a complete-Server-Client-system just for sending a few short messages to your computer, if there are simple systems like Twitter? This service gives users a really easy and fast way of communication. Twitter already is a stable system for which there are many libraries software-developers can easily use to connect with their programs to twitter. Another advantage of twitter is that the users can even send messages called "tweets" using your mobile phones independent from where they are! And exactly this is what we need for TweetMyPC!
Many people now think why they should use TweetMyPC if there are things like Remote Desktop or vnc; but as already said before, you still need the IP-Address and often an open port for being able to use these technologies - this is not needed with TweetMyPC and it also would be more work to do.

How to use TweetMyPC
For instructions on how to install and use TweetMyPC, see the Installation Guide page.
Also you can find a list showing the commands you can use to control your pc at this wikipage.
You still have any questions? Then take a look at our FAQ.

Feedback & Support
If you have the time, please fill out this online-form. This will help us plan future versions of the tool.
If you need help installing or using the tool, use the Discussions tab to ask (or find answers to) your question.
If you find a bug or think of a feature, use the Issue Tracker tab to create a new (or vote for an existing) request.

Screenshots

---
You can get the source code of TweetMyPC v3 from the SourceCode Page or if you are looking for a c# version then you can get the source code of TweetMyPC V 1.0 from http://tweetmypc.codeplex.com/Release/....

If you are a developer then you can subscribe to my programming blog @ http://www.codegeeks.net. Not a programmer? then you can follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/shobankr where I will be posting about TweetMyPC and other interesting stuff.

Thanks to Kushal, Nicolas and specially BasisBit for helping me with the development!

Updated Wiki: FrequentlyAskedQuestions

BasisBit — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:37:06 GMT

Frequently asked questions (FAQ):

Q: Are there versions of this program for Mac OS X or Linux?
A: Yes, there is TweetMyMac and a custom-commands-only version for Linux written in java

Q: TweetMyPC has been released using which license?
A: We licensed TweetMyPC by the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) which you can find here: http://tweetmypc.codeplex.com/license

Q: Is it safe to use twitter as the communication-way for controlling your PC?
A: See the About::Security page

Q: TweetMyPC doesn’t work at my Computer – what shall I do?
A: See Known Problems Page

Q: What commands can I use?
A: See Custom Commands List
Info: You can use the same commands more then once in a short time by just adding "## some random text" after the command. TweetMyPC will just ignore this additional text but still execute the command.

Q: Does it still work if my Windows-Account is locked and/or if someone else is logged in to this computer?
A: Yes, it still works as long as the application is running and has access to the internet - but some commands might not work because of missing permissions.

Q: How can I send a custom shell-command with parameters directly from twitter to my computer?
A: Add the file %windir%\system32\cmd.exe in the custom commands window. Then you can send a command like this tweet: “command /C <program-name> <parameters>” (without the brackets) – see http://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html for more information or Custom Commands List

Updated Wiki: Commands

BasisBit — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:35:53 GMT

Supported Commands for TweetMyPC version 3:

Command	Purpose
shutdown	This command will shut down your computer after showing a warning and a wait-time of one minute.
restart	restartsyour computer after a warning and a one minute delay
standby	Don’t want to shutdown? Then you can make your pc go to standby mode with this command.
hibernate	This command will hibernate your computer after showing a warning and a wait-time of one minute
lock	This command locks your Windows pc – TweetMyPC will still continue running and answer to tweets
logoff	Locking the account is not what you want? Try logoff to log off your Windows-Account and close all programs
abortshutdown	You accidentally tweeted shutdown or hibernate? Don’t worry. You still can stop it by tweeting “abortshutdown” to stop it – if you are fast enough!
physical memory	As the name says, this command will let you know the free Physical Memory of your pc
virtual memory	Want to know the free virtual memory of your pc? Just tweet virtual memory
os	This is one of the command which does not have much value. Tweeting “os” will make TweetMyPC to tweet about your Operating System version.
ip	Know your pc’s internal and external IP-Address from anywhere in the world with this command
screenshot	Want to know what is happening in your pc when you are not around? Just tweet screenshot and TweetMyPC will take a screenshot of your desktop and post it to Twitpic.
getprocesslist	This is one of the very useful commands. On receiving this command TweetMyPC will generate a list of running programs, along with the process ID, and email it to a predefined email address.
kill <process id>	This is used along with the above command. Once you receive the process list you can close a program using the kill command.
download <URL>	Want to download an interesting video but you are on the move? Don’t worry - just tweet download followed by the download URL and TweetMyPC will download it for you and it will be ready when you return back. Note: Twitter automatically converts long URLs into short one using bit.ly. TweetMyPC can download files only if the URL is in the short form for security reasons. Please use bit.ly to shorten your URL before posting.
getfile <filepath>	Missed an important document and you are traveling somewhere? No problem. Just tweet get followed by the file path and TweetMyPC will email the file as attachment to a predefined email. Don’t know the path? Don’t worry. Just checkout the next command.
getfilelist <drive>	This command will make TweetMyPC to send you the list of files and folders in a drive. You can use this command to email you a file once you know the complete path of the file.
volinc	Increases the volume of the main speaker by 20%
voldec	Decreases the volume of the main speaker by 20%
volmute	Mutes the main speaker
volunmute	Un-mutes the main speaker
wallpaper <URL>	You found a nice image and want to use set it as background at your TweetMyPC-Computer? Just use this command with the URL of the Image to set it fast and easy from anywhere!
url <URL>	This command helps a lot for example if you find a website, a document or a download-file you want to review it at your computer. Then you can just open the URL by using this command, and see it at the screen when you are back at the pc. (the url has to start with http:// or www
powerstate	This tweets the battery-state (Charging or not, if power-cable is plugged in and how long the remaining battery-running-time is)
ping	When TweetMyPC reads this, it will answer that it is running and checks for tweets – This is really helpful to see if TweetMyPC is working and if your commands will have any effect. +fun link ;-) try it!
message <your message-text>	Thanks to this command you can send a custom message to your computer, which will be shown as message-box, so you can communicate with other people sitting in front of your computer or just send a notification to yourself to read them later.
stopscr	This stops the screensaver
darkscreen	darkens/turns off your screen for example to save energy or to hide what the desktop shows
print <URL>	TweetMyPC will download and then print the specified file - currently just .doc, .docx or *.pdf supported
<Custom Command> <optional with parameters>	This is the most interesting feature of TweetMyPC. You think the above list of commands is not enough? No problem! With this new release of TweetMyPC you can start any program or shell-command with parameters just by using twitter and this program! You can start any program you want by adding it in the CustomCommand-Window of TweetMyPC and then tweeting the specified name of it. But also you can just add parameters to the tweets. Thanks to this you can now for example start your torrent-client with the torrent download-url as parameter or you can open Winamp and play a webstream, local file or whatever you want. (Example: add %windir%\system32\cmd.exe in the custom-commands window and tweet “command /K defrag /M /U” – see http://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html

Updated Wiki: Commands

BasisBit — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:47:55 GMT

Supported Commands for TweetMyPC version 3:

Command	Purpose
shutdown	This command will shut down your computer after showing a warning and a wait-time of one minute.
restart	restartsyour computer after a warning and a one minute delay
standby	Don’t want to shutdown? Then you can make your pc go to standby mode with this command.
hibernate	This command will hibernate your computer after showing a warning and a wait-time of one minute
lock	This command locks your Windows pc – TweetMyPC will still continue running and answer to tweets
logoff	Locking the account is not what you want? Try logoff to log off your Windows-Account and close all programs
abortshutdown	You accidentally tweeted shutdown or hibernate? Don’t worry. You still can stop it by tweeting “abortshutdown” to stop it – if you are fast enough!
physical memory	As the name says, this command will let you know the free Physical Memory of your pc
virtual memory	Want to know the free virtual memory of your pc? Just tweet virtual memory
os	This is one of the command which does not have much value. Tweeting “os” will make TweetMyPC to tweet about your Operating System version.
ip	Know your pc’s internal and external IP-Address from anywhere in the world with this command
screenshot	Want to know what is happening in your pc when you are not around? Just tweet screenshot and TweetMyPC will take a screenshot of your desktop and post it to Twitpic.
getprocesslist	This is one of the very useful commands. On receiving this command TweetMyPC will generate a list of running programs, along with the process ID, and email it to a predefined email address.
kill <process id>	This is used along with the above command. Once you receive the process list you can close a program using the kill command.
download <URL>	Want to download an interesting video but you are on the move? Don’t worry - just tweet download followed by the download URL and TweetMyPC will download it for you and it will be ready when you return back. Note: Twitter automatically converts long URLs into short one using bit.ly. TweetMyPC can download files only if the URL is in the short form for security reasons. Please use bit.ly to shorten your URL before posting.
getfile <filepath>	Missed an important document and you are traveling somewhere? No problem. Just tweet get followed by the file path and TweetMyPC will email the file as attachment to a predefined email. Don’t know the path? Don’t worry. Just checkout the next command.
getfilelist <drive>	This command will make TweetMyPC to send you the list of files and folders in a drive. You can use this command to email you a file once you know the complete path of the file.
volinc	Increases the volume of the main speaker by 20%
voldec	Decreases the volume of the main speaker by 20%
volmute	Mutes the main speaker
volunmute	Un-mutes the main speaker
wallpaper <URL>	You found a nice image and want to use set it as background at your TweetMyPC-Computer? Just use this command with the URL of the Image to set it fast and easy from anywhere!
url <URL>	This command helps a lot for example if you find a website, a document or a download-file you want to review it at your computer. Then you can just open the URL by using this command, and see it at the screen when you are back at the pc. (the url has to start with http:// or www
powerstate	This tweets the battery-state (Charging or not, if power-cable is plugged in and how long the remaining battery-running-time is)
ping	When TweetMyPC reads this, it will answer that it is running and checks for tweets – This is really helpful to see if TweetMyPC is working and if your commands will have any effect. +fun link ;-) try it!
message <your message-text>	Thanks to this command you can send a custom message to your computer, which will be shown as message-box, so you can communicate with other people sitting in front of your computer or just send a notification to yourself to read them later.
stopscr	This stops the screensaver
darkscreen	darkens/turns off your screen for example to save energy or to hide what the desktop shows
print <URL>	TweetMyPC will download and then print the specified file - currently just .doc, .docx or *.pdf supported
<Custom Command> <optional with parameters>	This is the most interesting feature of TweetMyPC. You think the above list of commands is not enough? No problem! With this new release of TweetMyPC you can start any program or shell-command with parameters just by using twitter and this program! You can start any program you want by adding it in the CustomCommand-Window of TweetMyPC and then tweeting the specified name of it. But also you can just add parameters to the tweets. Thanks to this you can now for example start your torrent-client with the torrent download-url as parameter or you can open Winamp and play a webstream, local file or whatever you want. (Example: add %windir%\system32\cmd.exe in the custom-commands window and tweet “command /K defrag /M /U” – see http://ss64.com/nt/cmd.html

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