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Change default icon for “.exe” and “unknown” filetypes on Windows 7
I have looked all over the place with no success.
I'm wondering how I can change the default icon that windows shows when an exe file does not have an icon contained within it. I am also trying to ...
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Setting default keyboard layout in Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012
When there are multiple input methods (keyboard layouts) installed, the first one in the list is supposed to be the default. In my case I have two custom keyboard layouts:
US (Customized)
Czech ...
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How to enable default notifications with notify-osd?
Some time ago I found that pretty ubuntu notifications are available as a package notify-osd in ArchLinux. I installed and tested it. The question is how to enable notifications running by default in ...
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How can you change your startup programs in Windows 7?
On start up several programs start up that I would rather not have starting up and I would like to be able to change this while also getting some programs I would like to open on start up to do so.
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How do I change the default font in PowerPoint?
PowerPoint has this default font called Calibri (Body) and Georgia (Headings). How do I change this, such that I can have, for example, Helvetica Neue Light (Body).
In case you ask why I want this, ...
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How do I make Adobe the default PDF reader in Chrome?
I installed Chrome 17.0.963.56 on my MAC running MAC OS 10.6.8. I cannot find where to make the Adobe PDF Reader the default in the preferences.
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Visio defaults settings changable?
I would like to change how much I can move a drawing object using shift key and arrow keys. I would like to make the increments very tight for precision moving of items like in AI to get lines to ...
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Can't find Google Chrome in “Default Programs” in my control panel
I can't open links from skype and other programs with my Google Chrome, I have it set as default browser throught my preferences in Google Chrome, but when I checked my Default Programs in my control ...
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Setting the windows Explorer Default View
Win7 Home Prem 32-bit
Is there a way to set the default location of the windows explorer window when you open it?
For example whenever i open windows explorer i want it to open on the 'My Documents' ...
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How can I set the default photo effect in Microsoft Word 2010?
How can I set the default photo effect in Microsoft Word 2010?
Is it possible in Word 2010?
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Remove Ubuntu's default applications
I need to remove everything I don't need in my OS, ubuntu 12.04, in order to have an smoother faster and better boot, remove things and packages like the printers manager and the bluetooth, and all ...
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Why can't I set the default Ruby version in Ubuntu?
I'm trying to set my Ruby version to be 1.9.2, but I can't change it from the system Ruby installation. What am I doing wrong?
My terminal output is:
$ rvm list
rvm rubies
=> ruby-1.9.2-p180 [ ...
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Change the default browser to X with Windows 7
I installed Google Chrome, which sets the default browser to itself. After I uninstall Chrome, I can't open web browser from the links in Lotus Notes.
How can I set Internet Explorer back to the ...
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How to change the default view in MS Excel 2013 to 80%
Every time I open a new workbook or worksheet in Microsoft Excel, I find myself adjusting the view to my preferred view of 80%. Is there a way to make 80% the default?
I have tried two things, which ...
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Internet Explorer defaults to 64-bit version
My IE8 has suddenly started defaulting to the 64-bit version. I have no idea how or why this has happened, but I suspect it might be linked to the Browser Choice Screen that Microsoft was recently ...
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How to customize default tab in Eclipse?
I search by files often in Eclipse. Is it possible for the "File Search" tab to be opened by default when I press Ctrl+H?
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How do I change my default shell on a remote server?
I tried changing it the way recommended in How do i change my default shell from bash to zsh?, as shown below:
chsh -s $(which zsh)
but that gave me an error. The system asks me to use ypchsh ...
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How do I set Internet Explorer 64-bit as my default browser?
Windows Vista x64. It defaults to IE 32-bit, and will not allow me to set 64-bit as the default with the "Make Default" button.
I'm currently forced to workaround by starting IE 64-bit manually, and ...
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How can I always open certain URLs/domains in certain browsers?
My main browser is Firefox, so I want most URLs to open there when I've clicked on them from Thunderbird. But I want to look at Google+ in Chrome, where it's faster; likewise a few other ...
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how to select a program as an “open with” option on mac osx
I'm using mac osx 10.7.5 and I want to be able to right click a file and chose open with... and have the icon appear in that menu, without having to select "other" and go to my application folder to ...
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How can I get Windows 8 to stop asking me about mailto links?
About once a day when I go to gmail's website using Desktop Chrome, Windows 8 asks which app I want to use to send email. I select gmail, my current/always default, and it shuts up briefly. However ...
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How do I set the default View in MS Publisher to Page Width?
Every time I open my .PUB, it defaults to Normal View when I want Page Width. Is there a way to change the document's default view, or even better, MS Publisher's default view, to Page Width?
Specs:
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Change default viewer in eclipse/texlipse
Using Eclipse + Texlipse (LaTeX plugin) on Ubuntu 11.04 -- though it should apply to other OSs too.
In the project explorer, double clicking on a PDF file will open it with the "System Editor" or ...
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Windows 7 - Change Region and Language settings using a script
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
I have a machine that has had its "Region and Language" settings all set to "Canada".
What I need to do is change all those settings to revert back to the default of "United ...
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How do I get Outlook to actually default new emails to a specific account and not ignore the default setting?
There doesn't seem to be any answers on any of the other SU questions on this topic. So I'll just ask again.
The "default" email account ability of Outlook, for every version I'm aware of, is ...
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Outlook 2010 - double click calendar to make meeting requests, not appointments?
In the Outlook 2010 calendar, if you double click a timeslot you will create an appointment by default. Is there a way to create a meeting request by default instead?
(Meeting requests have ...
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Search all or search files as default in Windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to show all Windows 8 Modern UI search results on one page?
In Windows 7, Win key + [search term] would return both applications and files. In Windows 8, ...
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Bulk revert to previous Default Program settings
I managed to set my default program for all extensions to Chrome and am struggling to revert this. eg it won't let me open Skype as it tries to open it in Chrome. Only affects one user.
I have ...
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Change wallpaper that appears between login screen and finder screen in Snow Leopard?
I changed the login background in Snow Leopard. Each time I start up the computer, I see my nice new login background, but after I log in, I get the same old Aurora image for about a second before the ...
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Resetting file format default in Photoshop PS5
My photoshop CS5 has always saved in .PSD and back to the previously saved into folder. Now it wants to default to bitmapped and to the Temp folder. I didn't modify it to do this and I wish to ...
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OSX 10.6 keep using default route other than what it gets from wireless DHCP
OK, this problem has been driving me nuts for days now. I'm typically a linux guy, so while I'm comfortable with the command line stuff. I have no idea where to look on OSX. And typical googling is of ...
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Enterprise Redhat RHEL Server default/built-in Applications? [closed]
I'm gonna buy a RHEL Server but before i do it, i very much need to be confirmed about some built-in Applications/Softwares which will come along with, inside.
Does it come along with following ...
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KDE - Attach window as tab by default
I have a 'console' windows that shows the logs of one of my applications, and I really would like to have it always attached to my main window when it starts up. Is there a way to do this?
Latest ...
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In Windows 7, can a program overrride file associations not set in “Set Default Programs”?
I am using Windows 7. I installed a media application (KMPlayer) that does not show up in the "Set Default Programs" list.
Now in the KMPlayer's preferences, there's a setting to associate file ...
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Make files open with a certain app on Windows client machines
At work I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit and all the clients are Windows 7 32-bit.
I would like all ISO files to open automatically with VLC player when double clicked. At the moment if I ...
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How to explore more defaults write tweaks on OS X?
I would like to explore some new tweaks which can be done by the "defaults write" command in OS X(ML).
What can I do to find them out myself rather than hunting online for known tweaks?
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Which registry keys need to be edited to change the default browser?
Which registry keys need to be edited to change the default browser?
I have found these keys so far and they seem to do what I want, but I am not sure if I have found all of them:
Data in:
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Change the user defaults back to the original defaults in UNIX
I changed the default of users with "useradd –D –b /home/packers –s /bin/bash –g packers" this command. But i want to change them to original default. which command do i need to use?
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Change the default “Outlook Template” location
When I try to save an outlook file as an "Outlook Template", upon switching the file type to outlook template the folder switches to something like:
user/applicationdata/microsoft/templates
I want ...
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Delete default template in Microsoft Excel 2010
A default template has accidentally been made and continues to open on start up of Excel. How can I delete a default template in 2010?
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How do I revert to having sudo ask for a password again?
I accidentally made a mistake and made my sudo commands passwordless on my Mac. How can I get it back to default?
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No Signal for VGA/HDMI on new computer
So I ordered a new computer from CyberPowerPC and it just arrived. On my old desktop, I recall that the VGA output did not give a signal when I plugged it into my monitor; rather, with searching, I ...
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Changing num lock state on boot, VMWare Player
For school we have to work with different virtual machines in VMWare Player for some courses. There's CentOS6, there's Ubuntu, there's Windows 7.
The passwords on these machines contain numbers and ...
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Selecting default application for all unknown and different file types (extensions) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Default editor for files without file name extension in Mac OS X
I work in cluster computing and am using Mac OS X 10.6. I send off hundreds of computing jobs a day, and ...
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Reset console in windows
I messed up my console while screwing with its settings is their anyway to reset the console to its defaults and if not could someone please post the console defaults like width font etc
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Sharepoint Gantt chart - default view to always show 'today'?
I have a gantt chart which always defaults to the start of the first bar (earliest point in time)
This is very annoying in our dashboard as I can't see where we are on this i.e. it should be dynamic ...
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Why does mouse behavior differ in Windows 8?
Why do the default mouse driver and settings feel different in Windows 8, as compared to Windows 7. Is there is a way to make the mouse behave more like it did in Windows 7?
Others have also noticed ...
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How to get acrobat reader 8 to open hyperlinks in firefox?
Currently, clicking on a hyperlink within a pdf document opens internet explorer, even though firefox is the default browser. I don't see a setting anywhere in Reader to change this.
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FireFox -setDefaultBrowser does not work in XP?
Im trying to run a script that will set firefox as the default browser (in windows xp).
According to this site, I can run firefox.exe -silent -setDefaultBrowser and it should set firefox as the ...
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Windows XP: How can I set the default browser to be Internet Explorer via a Script? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Set Internet Explorer as the default browser from the command line
How can I set the default browser to be Internet Explorer in Windows XP via some type of script?
I've ...
