Intalled Nircmdc and Nircmd (Screen Issue)

[canibe]

Hello, thanks for letting me ask you for some help.
I just formatted my laptop. It is a MSI a6300 with a i3 cpu.
I wanted to created a screen shutoff shortcut so i installed both nircmd.exe and nircmdc.exe. The problem came up when I clicked the shortcut I made to shutoff the monitor. When the screen resumed I got this. Now everytime my computer come back from sleep I get this.

Sometimes those pixels cover the whole screen.
I cannot capture with screen print button in case that helps.
I am trying to avoid having to format my laptop again.
Thanks

 

[canibe]

YouTube - ‪My PC Messing Up‬‏
a vid of it messing up

 

[Anak]

Hi! canibe, welcome to 7F

Did you follow How-To-Do-It here: Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Turn Off the Monitor - How-To Geek

And, if you like the CMD line try this: GRC | WIZMO - Steve's Windows Gizmo  

 

[Anak]

When posting a vid of youtube copy/paste only the sequence after the = sign

Your link: YouTube - ‪My PC Messing Up‬‏

So you would only copy/paste vlE6yHMgQvw after clicking on the youtube icon.

Thus:



Sometimes there is added alphanumeric sequence added after, so you have to experiment.

 

[canibe]

yeah the how to geek one is the one i used

 

[canibe]

ahh thanks

 

[Anak]

Your welcome! Did you follow it precisely?

 

[canibe]

no there are a few things i didn't follow.
I copied the exe to windows.
when making the shortcut I didn't put the directory or timer.
I just put nircmd.exe monitor shutdown or what ever the html that came with it said.
I couldn't see it messing up my display though.

 

[Anak]

Instructions/directions are there for a reason.

I would do a restore point and then retry it.

 

[canibe]

sounds like a plan. Thanks. I don;t think i am going to reinstall the nircmd. anything that can damage my system like that so easily doesn't sounds safe.
Thanks again

 

[Anak]

Your welcome.

Nirsoft programs are usually very good and efficient at what they do.

But....The user has to be careful about system requirements.

NirCmd System Requirements

System Requirements

This utility can work in all 32-bit Windows operating systems: Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. However, some of NirCmd commands works only on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista.

Source: NirCmd - Windows command line tool

In a general sense, some programs can run in Windows 7 if Vista is listed, but I stay away from the ones that include OS's that I highlighted in red, and will take a chance on the ones that only list what I highlighted in green.

I apply this logic to any software developer, not just Nirsoft.

You will also find most if not all Nirsoft programs will be flagged by system anti-malware as harmful, not that they are.
It must be in the programing language he uses, and or the way he uses it as he tries to cover a broad scope of Windows Operating Systems.

Gibson likes to use assembly language that is pretty digestible by any Windows OS, so the Wizmo program may work better, but as in all things the user in today's world has to be vigilant.

Your Mileage May Vary....