Dialog boxes come in two main types, modal an modeless. Modal dialog boxes are spawned by a particular window and block events to that window until the interaction between the dialog box and the user is complete. Modeless dialog boxes do not block events to the main application windows and both ...
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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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apache (don't send) error message on every system restart
I am getting this error message every time I restart my machine.
Here is the screenshot that will describe my problem properly.
and here is the another screen when I clicked the 'click here' link ...
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Post to feed in dekstop application shows captcha after posting and end with an error
I'm using the 'feed dialog' with my Facebook desktop appliaction to recommend my app (and not using prefilled text).
This dialog worked well before, but since Sunday after trying to post I'm ...
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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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Is there ever a response to the, “check for solution and close” dialog in Windows?
Usually iTunes crashes for me in Vista x64 half the time it starts. I have tried troubleshooting, reading all sorts of things and attempting many of them. The only way I can get rid of it is to kill ...
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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? [closed]
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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How can I prevent pinentry from stealing keyboard input?
I am using gpg keys with passphrases set to connect to different jabber accounts. When I restore from hibernate I am prompted by two pinentry dialogs for these passphrases. But very often one of these ...
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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 ...
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What does the “Apply” button do on Windows print dialogs?
This has been bugging me for a long time: All standard Windows print dialogs have an Apply button next to OK and Cancel. What does it do?
Sometimes it seems the application remembers preferences set, ...
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Some dialogs do not work anymore in Windows 7
Some dialogs are broken on my system.
This includes:
- some file selection dialogs (open and save). Not all of them though. File selection dialogs in some Qt apps (including Qt demo) don't work ...
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run as dialog always pops up
I recently got some malware on a machine that I don't use for much (partly intentional). I've cleaned it, but now everytime I open any .exe the 'Run As' dialog pops up asking me which user I want to ...
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Show entire file contents in dialog on Linux
I want to show the contents of a file on Dialog box for which I have use the "--textbox" dialog and "--tailbox" dialog.
But it doesn't show the whole contents of file, it only shows some of the ...
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Deleting… dialog box stays on screen for over a minute when deleting one small file
Every now and again I log into a Windows Server 2003 box with a remote desktop connection and delete one small file. When I do this, the Deleting... dialog box appears and remains on the screen for ...
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How to disable the “Please Install the Windows Live Device manager” dialog?
Whenever I plug in a USB device, Windows Live Messenger pops up the dialog box:
Please Install the Windows Live Device manager
How can I disable it other than by actually installing the ...
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Tool to copy text from dialog windows?
In Windows sometimes I get an error dialog with long text. Is there a tool which can copy the displayed text?
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How to get rid of ThinkPad “TrackPoint Scrolling Tips” dialog
UPDATE 2: NOT SOLVED AFTER ALL
Unfortunately this setting gets reset after EVERY SINGLE REBOOT.
Question:
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad (T400) that has been configured to use the middle button above ...
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Why does the Mac OS X firewall dialog recurringly pop-up and disappear by itself (without letting me respond) under Snow Leopard?
From time to time, I'll be on my Macbook using a program that accesses the network – whether Firefox, or Sony's Reader Library – really, it seems like it could happen with any program that ...
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Windows 7 Copydialog
how to ALWAYS show the "more information" info when copying files?
must be a .reg-entry or something like this...
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Big fonts and dialogs in Windows 7
Today I installed Windows 7 in a Dell Studio laptop I have.
The problem is that everything is really big, the letters, fonts, dialogs, pretty much everything is bigger than it should be. The clock ...
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Vista Admin User Dialog Hidden
Sometimes when I start an application with admin rights the modal dialog box that requests my permission to continue becomes hidden. I'm forced to press ctrl-alt-delete and start task manager so I can ...
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Disable confirmation questions when copying mass files on Windows XP
Where in Windows XP (SP2) can one disable questions, or the confirmation dialogs that pop up, before copying a large sum of files?
I want to be able to set up a mass copy and not be bothered by or ...
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What can I learn from the “The system has recovered from a serious error.” dialog?
Occasionally I see an error dialog that looks a lot like the one pictued below.
I want to understand what went wrong, so I click to see what data the error report contains.
The next dialog that I ...
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Pecked to Death By Keychains
Every time I close the lid on my MacBook Pro, running 10.6.2, and open it again, Mail, Cal, and/or Adium will pop up the keychain unlock dialog. Even if they are minimized to the task bar. The unlock ...
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How do I disable the nag dialog when closing a Remote Desktop session?
When I'm running Remote Desktop and I close a window, I get a little nag dialog box that reminds me that my programs will keep running and that I can reconnect later. Thanks, RDC. I know. Then I have ...
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Setting the Open File dialog default view in Vista
In Windows Vista, it looks like everytime I navigate to a new directory a new "View type" is used. Sometimes it's a list, sometimes it's detail, etc.
I'd like to make it detail by default, but I ...
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Why does my Task Manager window outline keep disappearing?
I'm not sure what the proper term for the window outline is (chrome, I think?), but it keeps disappearing.
As you can see, theres no File->Exit or buttons that allow me to minimize or close this ...
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XP's file selector: Is it possible to change the font used in the file name text box (from default system font)?
Ideally I'd like to change the font (or even just the font size) used in XP's file selector from the standard Microsoft font (MS Sans Serif - I think). It's too small on my monitor and makes ...
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Windows XP File Dialogs Very Slow
I'm using Win XP SP3, and I'm finding that the Windows File dialogs (Import, Save File As etc) are incredibly slow in MS apps such as Access and Word.
By default, these dialog boxes open up in "My ...
