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How to change the background of a folder?
How to change the background of a folder text located in D:\? I am using a shortcut of the folder on the desktop. When short cut clicked changed background is not appearing. But when the folder is ...
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Run app as desktop background on Mac
I like to make my own desktop backgrounds, so I wrote a quick little animation using a Lua game development tool with the intention of using screenshots of it as my background. However, I realized ...
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IE - New Tab appearing with black background
I don't remember exactly what I customized/personalized in my system. The problem now is that the 'New Tab' in IE 10 is appearing with a black background as shown below:
How do I revert back/fix ...
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Execute command after seconds (without sleep)
How can I run a command after X seconds without sleep. Or with sleep but without the shell just wait for the response of that command?
I use this but it not work
sleep 5 ; ls > a.txt
I need to ...
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Python program starting on start-up?
I want to make a python program run on startup and stay running in the backgorund in a manner that would allow me to access it at any time?
I found some articles on how to make it run in the ...
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How to force copy/move dialog in Windows 8 to be always launched in the foreground?
When I copy or move files in Windows 8, the copy/move dialog is sometimes launched in the foreground and sometimes in the background of other open file explorer windows.
I have found out that:
The ...
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Where is the dock background image located in OSX?
Just so you know, I have seen the other similar posts, like this. Anyway, do you know where the background image is located in OSX Mountain Lion? Or at least a way to change the dock background ...
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Is it possible to change the background color of the tmux pane or window?
I would like different panes to appear in different background colors in my tmux session. Is this possible?
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OpenOffice Calc: Cell Background/Border Color
I am trying to create a spreadsheet with colored cell backgrounds. But I encountered this strange bug, where the background of a cell is bigger than the shown border, so coloring a cell will actually ...
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How do I change the background color in Chrome?
The background color on some web pates is light gray. Makes it difficult for me to read the page. I want to change the background color to white. I use the Chrome browser. How do I do this?
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Background from terminal emulator to Openbox session
Is there any way to run a command from a terminal emulator in Openbox, so that Openbox would own the process, rather than the terminal? So that I could launch a program from a terminal emulator that ...
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How can I run an .app as a desktop background/fake it?
I'm using OSX 10.8.2 and I've been playing around with desktop background .plist files trying to run an app (specifically launchpad.app) on the desktop (replacing the usual background image) - it's ...
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Is it possible in Gnumeric to paste-special only background colors w/o overwriting foregroudn colors, boldness, etc?
I've written a huge complex spreadsheet in Gnumeric, with areas of different background and foreground colors, text and numbers in bold or various colors to indicate meanings. Certain cells ise a ...
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How to change the background colour on Windows 8?
I have Windows 8 and the background is very white. Being dyslexic I find this hard.
One of the things that I could do was change the white background in the Personalisation options to a colour like ...
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Website as background on linux
Is there some way to set a website as a background? I would like it to behave just like a wallpaper (links should not be "clickable"), but it should refresh every x minutes automatically.
My DE is ...
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How can I set my desktop background folder to a shortcut?
I have a shortcut in my Pictures folder that points to a folder in my Dropbox containing my desktop backgrounds. I would like for my desktop backgrounds to cycle through images in this folder. But ...
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How do I remove the bar from the picture password screen in Windows 8?
I think the bar which comes on the left side of the Windows 8 picture password screen is ugly, I'd like to make it transparent. I want my logon background to be fullscreen. Any tools/hacks to do this ...
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Display webpage on desktop background (WinXP)
I want to display a website on the desktop background imitating the functionality of Active Desktop (I decided against using it because it is really limited). Here's what I'm looking for:
It should ...
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How to view PDF with changed background color?
I have some PDF and want to have light gray background when viewing them, but i don't need to permanently change its background. What's the easiest way to do that? I normally view it using Preview ...
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Windows 8 logon screen background
I got irritated by the standard Windows 8 logon screen (the same one as lock screen). How do I change the background?
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Windows 3 Animated Background/Desktop/Wallpaper [closed]
In the summer of 1995, I visited some family in Los Angeles. My uncle had a computer with Windows 3 (or some version thereof since Windows 95 had not been released yet).
In Windows 3, there was no ...
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How can I set up a virtual background for video conferencing software? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Greenscreen (aka chroma key) effect with a webcam?
I've been using Skype since its inception and think it's the greatest of tools, however I have a challenge I need ...
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Run remotly, in the background, using ssh, then log-out, keep process running, how? - Simply pls :-)
The following question has been asked millions of times (be patient towards it please :-)).. Why O why - can't I find ONE SIMPLE, CONCLUSIVE answer? - Would be highly appreciated!
Is running a ...
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How do I set the paper color in LibreOffice Writer?
In LibreOffice Writer, if I choose
Format -> Page... -> Background -> Background color
I can set a background color, but it is only used within the margins. How do I set the paper color?
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Is it possible to show file output on desktop background?
Maybe this question a little bit strange, but i want to understand is it possible to show file output like
tail -f file.log
on windows desktop background?
I saw something like this feature in ...
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What causes the laser printer to print all pages with a washed out background?
My HP laserjet 1200 series laser printer is now printing all pages with a grey background from the toner covering the whole print area. I can still see the printed letters as much darker, but this ...
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I want to DEACTIVATE the window's focus, please help me
I want to disable something for a specific window :
the window's ability to get activated or focused. Everytime a window gets a focus or it gets activated( ex: when you click on it ) ,the window ...
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How to change Firefox image background color back to white?
I have problems viewing any transparent images, which have no background color set: the black lines are almost invisible on the dark gray background that Firefox has now set instead of the white color ...
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Wallpaper/background switcher for Linux?
I'm looking for a background switcher that has these features:
Add folders to use as source of wallpapers (usually called 'monitor folder')
Enable/disable those folders (not just add/remove)
Crop ...
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Execute background program in bash without job control
I often execute GUI programs, such as firefox and evince from shell. If I type "firefox &", firefox is considered as a bash job, so "fg" will bring it to foreground and "hang" the shell. This ...
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How to change the lockscreen background in Gnome 3 (Fedora 17)?
While seeking a solution to my login background question I realized that the lockscreen has to be configured seperately. But how? On a quick google search I only found the suggestion to replace the ...
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What is the simplest way to change the login background in Fedora (17)?
I want to change the login screen of my Fedora 17 box. I found some instructions on the web saying a lot about manually editing gconf settings:
$ su -
$ su - gdm -s /bin/bash
$ `dbus-launch | sed ...
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Can't start a service (sudo) remotely from script and keep it running
I have a service (tomcat) that needs sudo to be started. I made a simple script on the remote server in /root/bin/test.sh
#!/bin/sh
sudo service tomcat start
read
(The script needs to do other ...
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Replacing background graphics of a PowerPoint theme
I'm using this theme (this is my .pptx file).
When I check the "Hide Background Graphics" checkbox, the butterflies' graphics disappear.
I want to replace such buttefly graphic by my own ...
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Wallpaper or background or both? [closed]
In terms of electronic screens (computers, cell phones, pda, tablets etc..) what is more accurate to say: wallpaper or background. Or are they equal?
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Windows: Making Windows Explorer distinctive (changing background color or file/folder icons) for specific folder
Is there a way to change the background color in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 when the current folder being displayed meets a certain condition? Or is there a way I can change the icons of the ...
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Running multiple concurrent background processes then wait for all of them to terminate, on Windows
Anybody know if there is cmd script that does that and/or a command line tool ready for the job?
Thanks!
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Use metro background as desktop background
I would like to use my metro start screen background as my desktop background like Ed Bott did here: Change the desktop background to match the Start screen. However, I would like to just 'find' the ...
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How can I add a full background to an A4-sized Word document?
I'm trying to add a background to an A4-sized Word document.
What is the correct background image size (in terms of resolution) to put into an A4 document? I tried Watermark, Fill effects, and ...
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How to get an image to stretch on a multi-screen setup?
I have 3 monitors (each 1600x1200) setup in a following configuration:
I have a image that is 4800x1200, thus should neatly fit across three screens.
However, no matter what I tried it won't ...
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Is there a way to change background color for a table in onenote?
In word or excel or power point you can change the background color of a table or selected rows or columns of a table, but I can't find a way to do this is onenote.
Is there a way to do this?
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Terminating/closing synergy
I managed to set synergy (ubuntu box as server and mac as client - it doesn't work the other way around). Currently I'm running:
synergys -f
synergyc -f SERVERNAME
on the ubuntu and mac ...
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Stardock's LogonStudio doesn't change the login screen background?
I am using a Sony VAIO laptop (that comes with a custom login screen to begin with) running Windows 7 Home Premuim 32 bit.
I am trying to use Stardock's LogonStudio to change the background of my ...
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How to continue downloading files with ftp command after session is closed?
I need to create a script in Linux to get from server multiple files. After downloading files started need to close the session but without stopping the download.
How to do this?
Thanks
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How to change the background color of a transparent desktop image on Mac OS X?
Under Desktop & Screen Saver I have selected to show a PNG image with transparency on my Desktop. It looks like this:
The transparent area shows the exact same color that is listed as the first ...
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How can I make a layer “blend” into an existing picture in Photoshop?
I am trying to insert a cropped out part of one picture into another picture.
I am copying over a layer, but my issue is that the target picture is a little grainy. The layer lines up perfectly from ...
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How do you set the background to none on windows 7
I am trying to find how to set the background to none on windows 7. Not a solid color, but none. You can easily do it on XP. The reason I want to do this is I use xearth to display the background. For ...
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How do I change the login screen colour or background in Windows 7?
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium at home and Professional at work.
How can I change the colour and/or the background image of the lock/login screen? I'd like to set it to something nicer than the ...
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Background process (nohup &) suspends/resumes when user logs out/logs in
Ubuntu Server 11.10
When a normal (non-root) user starts a process with nohup, when the user disconnects from the terminal the process (java) stops responding. When the user connects again, the ...
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How can I better detect background traces after creating a transparent background in photoshop?
I know how to create a transparent background. However, when I use the magic eraser tool, there will always remain little areas or dots of old background. Sometimes they are so small that I only see ...
