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PATH for Windows 'run' dialog different from the Environment Variables' PATH [duplicate]
for example, if I type firefox in run dialog, it runs fine, but if I open cmd or cygwin shell to execute firefox, I get,
"Command not found"
I know how to export PATH variable, but I still ...
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Making a Win8ToGo external HDD Failed
I'm trying to boot and run Windows 8 from a Hitachi 320GB SATA External HDD, the HDD already has Windows 8 installed with a 100Mb boot partition. When i try to bcdboot c:\windows I get failure when ...
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Folder to be found using %folder-name%
As we can go to the temp folder by typing %temp% in the run Window.Is there any way to make this command work for our folders as well
eg-If we have a folder say SUPER then i want this folder to open ...
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Problem with running different programs the Start - Run menu
When I try to run Chrome via Start → Run → "chrome", I succeed.
However, I fail when I'm trying to run the Beyond Compare program via Start → Run → "bcompare", as I saw the ...
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Clear Windows “Run” box cache
One thing that I use almost every minute is the Windows Run box (WINDOWS+R). It let's you type a path and auto-completes it really quickly so that you can jump to any dir in no time.
My problem is ...
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Why doesn't the windows registry know how to interpret or expand %temp%?
I have a registry entry in the Run key as follows:
type = REG_SZ,
value = test,
data = %temp%\test.exe
When I reboot my machine test.exe does not run, but if I do the full path of the temp folder ...
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Problem with most recently used in RUN command prompt
In Windows XP, when I enter some path or process name in 'Run'(Start->Run) i had to enter the full path/name.
For example consider the path,
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\MEDIA or excel or ...
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Run a program from Windows run
There's suppose any application installed in c:\program files\program.exe
How do I run this program by simply going to Start --> Run --> program.exe
I tried setting environment variable but that ...
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Bat/cmd script - run multiple instances of a program, don't wait for each instance to finish
I'm trying to execute multiple instances of EXE simultaneously. However, the script is waiting for previous instance to finish before advancing to the next one. How to make it run all without waiting?
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Run .exe files on Mac OS X
I know it is possible to run windows files on Mac using cider or Wine, I have CrossOver, but I am totally confused how to do it. What would be the simplist working way to run a windows .exe file on a ...
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Running Windows without administrative rights?
Among the millions of applications written for Windows, I assume there are probably quite a lot that are too old or too sloppy to run without administrative rights.
To convert users to using ...
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How can I open VLC multiple times?
In my particular case on a Mac, I would like to dump several parallel Flash video streams. So the question is, how can I run several instances of VLC?
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execute program on port connect to windows
is there a program that listens to a specific port and executes an arbitrary executeable on incoming connection to that port?
the reason: sometimes itunes is not running, then id like to be able to ...
