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remove duplicates command prompt on mac
I have looked for various free software to remove duplicate on my mac but could not find a good one. I have finally settled on command prompt to delete duplicate files but I can't get it to work ...
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Debian - deleting thousands of files
I have machine running Debian Squeeze with apache, mysql, php... In one of the directories there are some other dirs and way too much files more than 500k files, I tried deleting via WinSCP but it ...
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Deleting photos from itunes
Can I delete only some of the photos from iTunes or do I have to delete all the photos stored in iTunes?
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Getting “GRUB loading … no such partition”?
I am having a dual os, windows 7 and linux,
the c drive have 20 GB, in which 5 GB is allocated for windows 7 (original) and 15 gb for linux
since the spacing for windows is very low i used EaseUS ...
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Deleting same text (not duplicates) in excel 2010
I'm using Excel 2010 and have a number of cells that contain *10^9 e.g. 5*10^9, 3.4*10^9 and need to remove the *10^9. Given that there is about 50000 entries I don't particularly want to do it ...
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Unable to delete Gmail profile in Outlook 2010
I used to have 2 Gmail profiles set up in Outlook 2010. I initially had it set up using IMAP, but I deleted it (or so I thought), and re-set it up the old-fashioned way without IMAP. Then finally, I ...
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How to prevent automatic emptying of Deleted Items when exiting Outlook 2010?
I've just started using a new PC running Outlook 2010 and I'm trying to set my preferred options. In Outlook 2007 on my previous PC, I had changed the settings so that the Deleted Items folder was not ...
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How do I get rid of deleted messages in Outlook 2003 with gmail?
I use a gmail account with Microsoft Outlook 2003. When I delete messages from my Inbox, a line is drawn through the message, but I can't seem to make it go away, so my inbox has thousands of ...
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Cannot delete a folder in Windows 7
I have a few folders that I can't delete:
I right-click > properties > security to try and give myself permission, but no joy:
So I try to take ownership of the folder in advanced > owner...
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Permanently delete files from a flash drive
I heard some people mention that files are deleted from flash drive for good, there is no tracing back. Is that really true?
If not, how do I permanently delete files from it? I have a sensitive ...
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do files in the temporary folders get automatically deleted?
We are thinking to make our web application hosted on a windows server 2003 machine create temporary files, and "leave" it there as such. We won't manually take any action on them. So will these files ...
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Cannot delete folders on a network drive from Windows 7
I have a really strange problem. I am using Windows 7 Professional with SP1 installed. I have a My Book 500GB external hard drive connected to the network via Linksys E3000. Now in Windows 7 I am ...
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Thunderbird 5 not deleting messages older than X when using POP3
I've been using my sites webmail (Squirrelmail) only for a few months due to a disk crash on my desktop that hosed my Thunderbird.
With the desktop up and running again, I installed Thunderbird 5 and ...
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Why is erasing files in a virtual machine so slow?
I'm erasing tens of thousands of small files in a VMWare Workstation 7, and it's taking HOURS.
I can't figure why this is so, as the computer is very high speced, and the VM runs on an SSD.
Any ...
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Upgrading software in Mac OS X
When I upgrade a program like iPhoto or Final Cut Pro etc. can I just delete the old one from Applications?
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Windows 7 delayed file delete
I'm stuck with a pretty rare problem that happens on Windows 7 OS only.
Every time I'm deleting the file with *.exe extension through explorer, the file doesn't get deleted immediately. I'm forced to ...
