A dialog or dialog box is a type of window in a graphical user interface which prompts for user interaction.
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Enable display when there are popups
Have a bunch of Win7 machines on my desk. Each display is disabled/blanked after a few minutes of inactivity.
So when a popup/dialog box is shown, I won't see it until I use that machine again. Think ...
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Java applets do not run after update to 7u21
After Java 7u21 update no applets run, instead I get the following dialog:
How to disable these useless warnings? The problem is that I can’t tell them from the previous “unrestricted access” ...
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Make Add Printer window resizable or larger in Windows
When selecting drivers for a printer using Windows 7's Add Printer wizard, the window cannot be re-sized or maximized. When scrolling through hundreds of drivers for different models of printers it ...
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IDL has no dialog/browse directory popups - I cannot change my IDL path
IDL runs functions and works overall, except that there is no way to browse folders. For instance, to change my current directory I cannot browse for it.
If I press the "Open" button to open a file, ...
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Setting `open file` program
Currently I am trying to use apvlv document viewer. It have tabs and is keyboard-driven, but, unfortunately, when asked to open file, it lauches KDialog for it. Evince uses gtk-based dialog. Where can ...
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Dialog boxes font is missing in Windows 7
About 3 years ago I messed up my laptop with some virus removal software. It's obviously changed the registry settings and the text in dialogue boxes in the control panel, run box, etc. is the wrong ...
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Make UAC dialog have focus by default
I recently threw in some extra RAM and an SSD into a pretty old laptop and tossed in an unused copy of Windows 7, and to my surprise it works pretty well. The only thing I had problems with was the ...
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Printer Properties Dialog is not showing in MS-Word 2010
In Microsoft Word 2010, I can't open the printer properties dialog. When I hit Ctrl+P, the print dialog is opened. When I try to click on "Properties" beneath the printer, nothing happens. Any ideas?
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Show shut down dialog from command line, Windows 8
On Windows 8 if you press Alt+F4 with the desktop in focus, it displays a shutdown dialog. I was wondering if anyone knows of a way that this same dialog can be launched from the command line as I ...
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How to NOT show “Update Table of Contents” dialog box in MS Word?
Is it possible to suppress the appearance of the "Update Table of Contents" when I update the table of contents in MS Word (by positioning the cursor on it ad pressing F9)?
(I always want to "Update ...
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Short-lived Popup - How to identify process?
It's not a virus/spam, but about every 15 minutes a dialog box pops up on my screen. It only lasts for about 5 seconds before going away. It's just an alert message (but it's always the same).
How ...
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Browse for folder dialogs only showing user directory
I've recently noticed several applications where any "Browser for folder" dialogs they generate only show "Desktop" and my user directory. They don't even show the folders on my desktop, just the ...
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How do I enable pressing “y” for the UAC prompt? Only arrow keys work
I run into the UAC dialogue often enough. When it appears, my screen blanks out for a second and then is reshown with everything dim except for the UAC box. The box has two buttons, "Yes" and "No". ...
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get exact file create time windows 7
I'm trying to figure out exactly when I created a file. Windows 7 thinks I don't know how to subtract two times, and tells me it was created "1 hour ago." I need a little more detail than this, but I ...
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How do I restore a dialog window when neither a taskbar button nor systray icon available?
When I use my TWAIN scanner from within Photoshop, it launches a non-modal dialog (or frame, I'm not sure) with the scan options.
I just minimized this window because it was in the way, but I cannot ...
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How to prompt (gui) and use root password on a script?
I would like run a script of mine that need some root privilegies on a gui way.
For example, a simple script could be:
#!/bin/sh
clementine
sudo shutdown -h 00:00
The first line opens the ...
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How to pass AppleScripts display dialog to Growl or growlnotify?
I have this simple AppleScript which takes the text in the clipboard and outputs the amount of words and characters used.
What I'm trying to do is passing "display dialog" to Growl or growlnotify. I ...
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How can I create a popup in Windows with the results of a command called in a .bat file?
I'm calling an exe in a .bat file that returns quickly and I'd like to popup a message box with the results of the text so I can read it (after the program has ended). My .bat looks like this:
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How to prevent a dialog box from opening in Google Chrome?
I have to visit a website in a regular basis that reminds me it was originally designed for Internet Explorer 8 and Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12 to 3.6.10. It displays a dialog box with that warning ...
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ShellScript:dialog inputbox
Somehow to interact with user using shell in Linux you can use dialog.
my question about dialog --inputbox where you let user to enter a string as an answer to a question then you can redirect the ...
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Network Dialog does not show all nodes on network: Why?
There is a network dialog box thats sprinkled througout the Windows (XP,Vista, 7) OS that lets you browse the available nodes that are on your network. For example, this dialog box appears when you ...
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Is there a way to make a zenity dialog modal?
How can I make them modal? With modal I mean: The dialog should block the desktop so the user has only two options: Either cancel the dialog or enter text into it. (I want this basically because new ...
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Can I suppress error reporting dialog boxes that prevent my crashed console app from closing?
I have a windows console app that hosts a WCF service and also transcodes video using DirectShow. I use a great little app called Restart on Crash which reliably detects when a process has exited and ...
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Removing Windows Update's nagging dialogue box
I've found how to stop the automatic restart for Windows Update on Windows 7 Home Premium using regedit, but I still get a dialogue box nagging me every four hours to restart my computer.
Is there any ...
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Disable illegal operation dialog boxes
Is there any way to configure Windows 32-bit not to show dialog boxes when programs have performed illegal operations? I just want them to be killed and not be notified.
I am hoping there is a ...
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Is there any way to determine what program or service is using a device when I try to eject it?
I keep getting a message like this. How might I debug / troubleshoot why this is being thrown?
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Firefox extension to that add rename feature to download dialog
Is there a Firefox extension that add a rename feature (for example a textbox) to Firefox's Download Dialog ?
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Word 2007: How to remove reminder about comments when saving?
At my new job, the Enterprise IT folks appear to have enabled a reminder (presumably for security) when saving documents that contain comments. While this might be helpful for most, I use comments to ...
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human input in system dialog without knowledge - is is possible to “recall”? [closed]
While I was writing email in Gmail (Ubuntu 10.10, Firefox 7) suddenly I got popup (not website, dialog box (like system/browser).
I was just pressing space, so dialog box got submitted by default ...
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GNU Dialog and UTF-8 characters
I'm using GNU dialog in one of my lengthy shell scripts. One of the areas I've got problems with is when I'm asking for an inputBox where the user can type a book's title, mostly in French.
In this ...
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Mac OS Modal Dialog Offscreen Blocking Google Chrome?
I have a MacBook Pro that I take from work to my house. I rarely open the lid and almost always hook up to an external monitor.
I frequently find, and I'm unable to find a pattern to consistently ...
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Image file for Windows XP CTRL-ALT-DEL login box
Way back before SP2, the guy who got me started down the IT support road showed me where the image was for the Windows XP CTRL-ALT-DEL login box.
By replacing this image with a different image, we ...
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Command-line or registry alternatives to Windows Color and Appearance Dialog?
Does anyone know of alternatives to the Windows Color and Appearance Dialog?
I would like to set the fonts, colors, and sizes from a .cmd file or from a registry script rather than from the dialog. ...
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Is there a GUI type “choice” app for OS X? (similar to choice.com for PC)
I'm running a terminal script and I would really like to send option choices to the OS X GUI, similar to how choice.com works for Windows / DOS, but a GUI version.
I know I can use applescript's ...
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Disabling “Open” on IE's File Download Dialog
Is there a way to disable the Open (or Run for executables) option on Internet Explorer?
I am pretty much just trying to find a way to only allow the user to save or cancel, though simply saving ...
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What's up with my Explorer?
Please, can you look at the pics. This wrong thing I take in all open file dialogs. What is it? Can you help me fix it? Thanx.
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Force Windows dialog boxes to always display “More details”
Is it possible to have Windows copy and move dialog boxes always display the "More details" segment without having to ask every time?
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How can I turn the “… is a script application. Are you sure you want to run it?” warnings in Coda off?
If I paste some code into Coda (for mac) and then change to the preview tab, it asks me:
Untitled2.php is a script application. are you sure you want to run it?
This is annoying. Of course I want ...
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Can I change the font used for Windows 7 properties dialogs?
In Windows 7 its easy to edit photo tags directly from the file properties dialog but the English version of Windows 7 uses a font in this dialog which does not support Japanese and other characters. ...
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how to avoid firefox “opening” dialog for blocked content?
I use firefox for browsing at work. IS of the company blocks couple of websites including facebook. So, every website uses facebook connect or put facebook "like" button shows this dialog:
This ...
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File Open/Save Dialog always 'Not Responding'
I am aware that this question has been asked once, however the solution for them didn't work with me.
Whenever I go to open/save a file in any program, the dialog does not come up, and the ...
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WinXP: Persistent dialog “There is no disk in the drive.” after using USB
After using a USB flash drive or memory card on my laptop (Win XP SP2) I get the following dialog saying:
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive .
Notice the space between ...
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Windows: shortcut for switching to a modal window
I know there's Alt+Tab for switching between windows in MS Windows.
This only works for windows that appear as their own item in the taskbar, though.
The person I'm asking this for is blind. He's ...
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Barcode scanner work in browser
I have a Manhattan Barcode scanner Contact CCD Handheld 80mm scan width, USB. I have connected it to Windows 7 x64.
I managed to get it to scan several barcodes by configuring it to USB Mode.
If I ...
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How to tell if user is actively typing in Linux?
I'd like to write a little script to ask me what I'm doing at regular intervals, but I'd like it not to grab focus if I'm in the middle of writing an email or filling in a password. The two options ...
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Can I add a “place” to the Open… dialog in Windows XP? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to add custom location is Save As dialog box?
There's an existing question for Windows 7.
Is it possible to add new "places" to the Open/Save dialogs in Windows XP?
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Skipping the download dialog in Firefox
In Firefox's options, you can either set that you want to be asked where to save every file, or you want it to be in place your favourite directory here, I've noticed that most of the stuff I save I ...
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Firefox “Bookmark This Page” dialog disabled
For some weeks now, the "Bookmark This Page" dialog stopped appearing. When I try to add a new bookmark using Cmd+d It automatically adds it somewhere; usually the Bookmarks Toolbar or the Bookmarks ...
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How can I disable the 'your formula has an error' pop-up in Excel 2007?
This is driving me absolutely crazy, while I'm in the middle of typing my equations into a cell I like to pre-create the parenthesis sometimes when order of operations is being explicitly set, however ...
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trusting files on my NAS in XP
I have a commercial Network Addressable Storage (NAS) that I use as a file storage location with multiple computers and operating systems.
I prefer to get to it by its IP address rather than set it up ...
