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qt online installer can't extract metadata on windows

Every time I try to install qt 5.12 using the qt online 3.1.1 installer for windows, I get an error during the extraction process saying that it is unable to open the archive. I tried to disable ...
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How to extract all tracks from a DVD movie

I have a DVD movie that contains special features. I'd like to extract everything from the DVD in question as individual items - the special features in particular, but also audio tracks, subtitle ...
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Extract Text from Powerpoint

So, I have found this nice Script here: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00274_Export_Text_to_a_text_file-_extract_text_from_PowerPoint_-Mac_or_PC-.htm (I'm using the second one) The import part is this: ...
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Virus scanning a compressed file before vs after extracting

If I download a compressed file (i.e. a zip file, etc), does it make a difference if I: a) virus scan it as is vs. b) virus scan after extracting it? What are the differences/considerations if I ...
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Tableau extract connection doesn't save - keeps going back to Live

I have a workbook with three different data sources and it has been working fine for a couple of weeks now. Suddenly one of the data source (and they are all very similar SQL queries) changed to Live ...
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Extract Numbers after a specific word in a cell/string, to different cells

I want to extract the price/rate from the below string. "38A Standard - HotelCollect 2019-01-01 Per Day Rate CAD 99.00 2019-01-02 Per Day Rate CAD 99.00" I want to extract the rate that appears ...
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Extracting Text from HTML Files

In Windows, how would I go about parsing a folder full of HTML files and extracting all the strings between a particular tag pair? Ideally, this would all go into a CSV file, with one field for the ...
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Extract text between two symbols (PS-Pad, CudaText)

I need extract text between symbols '$$$ and ' How to do it? Example: dva_popup(identifier: 'importAs', label: '$$$/MediaCoreUI/PhotoshopImporterPrefs/kResMediaCoreUIImportAs=Import As: ', ...
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Extract ARJ files in linux

While playing CTF competition I came across this ARJ files. After doing some research found out that. ARJ is Archiver for .arj files and Like most archive file types, they're used to store and ...
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Why does my windows computer keep getting this error whenever I try to extract a certain file?

I'm trying to extract this file but whenever it extracts, it stops at 63% and presents this error to me every time. I tried restarting my computer and re-downloading the file on several occasions but ...
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Extract Text from in front of, after, and inside characters

I have a variable (%~1) set to something like: Hello there this is a block: [C]Inside of Block[/C] Did you like it? I want to have it separated into three variables: Front=hello there this is a ...
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Have repetitive table, need to compile

I have a simple repetitive 2-column table with the following structure (here columns are separated by comma, but in my file they are tab separated: Unique_Identifier_1 , Data_typeA , Data_A1 ...
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Extracting audio from mp4 has less bitrate

I'm using ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:a copy -vn -sn output.m4a to extract audio from an mp4 file. However, when I open the mp4 in Spek, it shows 255kbps AAC and the extracted file is only 200kbps. Also, ...
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Microsoft Dynamics AX File(.ald) Convert PDF or Print

I need to extract this file as pdf. Can you help me ? Thank you file:http://yanityayincilik.com/akillitahta/prf/PRF-LYS-Matematik.zip 1.ald file virustotal https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/...
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How can I extract a PDF/SWF file from an EXE? [closed]

I have a book which is inside EXE, how can I extract the PDF file from EXE? universal extract not working. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pxzw3y0ppSrHFkCMTM0jTDe1sdLKCrf_/view
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FFMPEG How to extract a variable number of audio streams?

I'm trying to make a small batch file that extracts all audio streams when dragging a video onto it. ffmpeg.exe -i "%1" -map 0:a? -c:a copy "%1~extracted.aac" But this seems to be overwriting the ...
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How could I change file creation/modification date from filename? [closed]

I have a bunch of pictures that each have its creation date in the filename with this format: IMG-YYYYMMDD-WAXXXX.jpg but when moved from smartphone internal memory to sd card, all the pictures got ...
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How to extract all tar.gz files present in multiple folders at a time to another directory?

There are many folders in my current directory. Each folder has a tar.gz file. To extract the tar.gz file I need to be inside each folder and run the following command every time. tar xvzf tar.gz -C /...
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How to parse multi-line log file in awk and output only single line with last known ip address

I am stuck and looking for assistance. I want to trigger an event which I'd like to process further through a bash script. The data is retrieved from a log file. Before I start to explain I'll show ...
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How can I extract files from an AppImage?

Simple question, how can I extract files from an AppImage? GUI, CLI, it doesn't matter, as long as it gets the job done. I'm using openSUSE Tumbleweed if it matters
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zip extract all here (one click)

It is amazing how many compressed files I end up working with, and while I know it is not a long process, I want to see if its possible to save some steps Right now, its right click "Extract All..." ...
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ffmpeg extract pictures from several selected time points

I have a videofile and like to extract a single image from (about 1500) specific timepoints.(expl. -ss 00:50, ss 00:67, ss: 01:70 ...) Is there a way to do this? I tried out to use this command: ...
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Extracting multiple email address from excel cell /excel file

Is there a way to extract multiple email address from excel cell /excel file | A | B ----|------------- 1 |HTML | |...
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Program that reads a picture and extracts the words in the picture? [closed]

Not sure if this is the appropriate subboard for this question. What I'm trying to do is essentially: (1) I'm given a picture of a book/paper. All the words in this picture were typed, but I cannot ...
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Extract from Excel ... in Mac

Hi I'd like to be able to extract data from an Excel file. As opposed to "export," an extract would open an Excel file in some manner, read all cells in a certain row-column range, and write the ...
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Batch decompress encrypted rar files with unar

I'm on macOS and I downloaded unar to decompress encrypted rar files. It works fine for individual files but I can't get it to work with a wildcard for multiple files. I have a list of rar files ...
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Batch extract files from every archive with 7-zip

I want to use this code in a batch. First step is to input source folder which tree would look like this: What I want to achieve is to extract every type of archive within the source folder to the ...
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Extract graphic images from FLAC audio files

I bought some music online and downloaded it in FLAC format, and I was pleasantly surprised to see some artwork apparently embedded into each audio file. I suspect that they're a bit higher ...
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Is extracting a ISO file to USB, the same method as creating a bootable USB?

Trying to create a bootable USB with just my phone. Was wondering if booting would work with just extracting the files to the USB. Thanks in advance!
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Why does unxz return this invalid argument error?

I'm using the command unxz on Linux (Ubuntu) to convert an .img.xz file to just an .img file. The command I'm entering is as follows: unxz kali-2017.01-rpi2.img.xz But it just returns this error: ...
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I need to extract a 8 characters between known and copy value to clipboard

I am not a superuser but more of a supertinkerer. I would like to take a text file, a CNC program to be exact, and extract an 8 digit string from between the known characters of "TxxxxxxxxM6" where T ...
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Getting drivers and their programs from a Windows 7 recovery USB

I have an ASUS Laptop that came with an incorrectly installed recovery partition. After a lot of hassle, I ended up buying new recovery media from the third party ASUS recommended – which was also ...
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Download and extract archive without archive save

1. Briefly I don't find, how I can automatically quick extract zip or/and rar archives after loading for Windows 10. It would be nice any gratis solution. Firefox solution is preferable. 2. Settings ...
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Windows refuses to create folder or file when a file respective folder with the same name exists

I have tried this on two computers so far. If puzzles me because i can't understand what is going on here To see it yourself download this file https://pypi.python.org/packages/bd/cf/...
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Extracting Data Between two Different Characters in Excel

I have data in the following format in Excel: ABC - DEF - XYZ; GHI, JKL, MNO, PQR, STU, VWX, YYY, ZZZ Is is it possible to extract the data between the second hyphen "-" and the semicolon ";" - in ...
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Read Excel Macros Programmaticly in PHP or JS or Another Language

How to extract macros in Excel file in PHP or JS? I found https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/ but there is nothing about macros.
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Extract PDF Data using categorized annotations

Are there any existing tools to extract data from PDF files using this method. Lets say I have 3 categories Image - this will be a rectangle annotation which will crop that specific area where the ...
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A "proper" way to extract AAC audio from an MP4 file?

I use Linux (Kubuntu 16.04), and I have some .MP4 files with audio tracks, which I want to extract, save as .AAC/.M4A files and tag. Now, I've been doing the extraction using MP4Box -raw $...
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moving files from many directories into one

Is there a way to move a bunch of files that got extracted into individual directories into the parent directly easily, or do I have to move each one individually?
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Extracting a very large file (400GB+) from a .rar archive without the computer freezing

I've have a very large file (433GB) in a splitted .rar file. While extracting it the WinRAR program always freezes, and it's a very long process prone to errors or last-minute failures. Do you have ...
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How can I extract SRT subtitles from (MKV) video's?

I read that MKVToolNix will allow you to extract .SRT subtitles from .MKV videos. I'm using gMKVExtractGUI (v1.8.0.0) with MKVToolNix, but as the screenshot below shows it will only extract .ASS files....
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How can I extract a PDF file from an EXE?

I have a book which is inside EXE, how can I extract the PDF file from EXE? This is the book that is in EXE: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6qvDUQA_4lscGR3OVZFQ05mTHM Here are the screenshots, I ...
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Extract used RAM of program by batch

What is the easiest way of checking the amount of RAM a specific program uses with a batch file? I know that i can access the whole information by: set tempfile=%temp%\temp.file tasklist >%...
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Optimal compression parameters to improve unzipping speed?

Which parameters for compression into a ZIP-archive will result in optimal unzipping speed? The size of the archive does not matter a lot in this case. I was going to use 7-Zip. Maybe other tools ...
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LibreOffice 5 pdf security disable extract pages but pdfsam can split pdf file

i export doc to pdf with security options not to extract pages (none). But i can split the pdf to non secure pdfs. Why?
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Is it possible to extract url from hyperlinks in excel if it's setup like this?

I have few hundred lines like this in excel file. I have tried to copy them one by one and it's very tiresome; so I am wondering if there is a away to extract the urls from all of them at once? <...
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How to move files with a specific file extension from within a parent folder as well as its' subfolders to a new folder

I want to move all files with extensions such as: .JPEG .MP3 .MP4 .MOV .AVI .PDF .PSD .WAV .TXT ...to new parent folders named after the extension of the files contained therein. Currently I have too ...
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Secure ZIP is giving error while trying to extract excel files from zip

Here I am trying to extract excel file from a zip file, which is giving below errors. I don't have option to use either 7-zip or winzip Secure zip error console Edit-1 : integrity test result
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FFMPEG Same Commands?

Is there any difference between these two commands for extracting audio from a video? ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy -map 0:a output.wav ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vn -acodec copy output.wav
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7zip - Create self-extracting Archive (sfx) with specified Extract path

I am trying to get the 7zip SFX archive to create an executable. I am able to get the executable. But when I run it, it give the downloads path for Extract to:. I would like to to change to %AppData%\...
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