Questions tagged [script]
An automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order, such as a Windows script created to launch a specific program on startup.
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How do I remove a app using its name with powershell?
I'm trying to write a script that can remove apps using the DisplayName from this piece of code
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object ...
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Windows 10 20H2 Powershell job not executing during deployment task sequence
My SOE builds have included a script to get rid of all but a few of the user based apps.
The script has worked perfectly in all my builds up until Windows10 20H2.
If I log into the workstation once ...
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Run script on startup in W10 - version "20H2"
Uh-oh. I have an Autohotkey script which has always run on startup, for years. I have just updated my W10 OS from 1607 to "the latest", which appears to be called "20H2".
Neither ...
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How to check a virtual machine free disk space and increase the size to a specified size using PowerShell script
I need help with a script to check if the free disk space is 30GB and if it is less than 30GB, increase it to just the difference to make the free space 30. I need this to work for 1500 VM's so it ...
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Launch Multiple Instances of Shell scripts in Parallel
I have a parent folder which contains a script mytestcase.sh
Parent_folder/mytestcase.sh
I would like to launch 5 terminal instances to run mytestcase.sh from 5 different terminals at the same time ...
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Windows Admin Center (WAC) + Powershell
so I'm using a PowerShell script which runs .exe installation,
both the script and the .exe file located in the same network folder,
when I run the script directly from the pc it runs well,
but when I'...
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Script to find out which disk a nearby (LAN) Mac computer is booted off?
I have a headless Mac (OS X 10.13.6) on my LAN which sometimes reboots, and when it does, it occasionally boots off the wrong internal disk. I want to be able to check periodically, from my other ...
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Intune Win32 app batch script installation can't run as user
TL:DR When trying to install and run a .bat script file via intune Win32 app the install behavior is stuck on SYSTEM and greyed out, but the batch script requires to be run as current logged in user.
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Powershell; Delete users from computer by Get-LocalGroupMember
I'm trying to delete all users from the Group Users from the computer except the NT Authority accounts. I want to get the list of users from the Group Users, and use that list to delete the profiles ...
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Adding computer's description to BGInfo
Is it possible to add the computer description value to BGInfo?
The closest information I've found so far is the <Host Name> (available in the defaults field) but I guess I would have to write a ...
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(net was unexpected at this time
I am trying to write batch file to map drive when needed but whenever I run it I get an error:
(net was unexpected at this time
@echo off
SET /P Site=Which site you want to map please type SITE ...
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Use OR with condition in AutoHotkey script
I created the following AHK script to answer my own question here:
NumpadEnter::
Process, Exist, httpd.exe
If ErrorLevel = 0
{
Run, C:\XAMPP\apache_start.bat,,Hide
Run, C:\XAMPP\...
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Make AutoHotKey's Edit This Script open scripts in Sublime Text 3
For years I've been using AutoHotKey to automate a few common tasks on my system using hotkeys. By default clicking Edit This Script on a running script (from the Windows system tray) opens Notepad. ...
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How to check if variable is empty [duplicate]
I've made a script to execute rsync only when $VAR (part of a file path) has some content and in case it's empty the script will stop and return error 1. This is the command:
test -n $VAR && ...
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Powershell script to remove files older the X days, keep getting prompted to confirm for child files
The script below I found and tried to use this to automatically monitor a folder en delete files older then 2 days. The problem I experience is that I'm prompted with "The item at G:\test\XXX has ...
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How to place continuous numbering on PDF?
I want to place continuous numbering on a pdf document 1.5cm from the page edge. The numbering should run from the top to bottom of every page. This is similar to line numbering, however the ...
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start /wait doesn't wait. How to workaround without using pause in script (Script is meant to be unattended)
I have a script that is run after windows is installed and performs a vast number of tasks, including installation of drivers and various programs. The intent is that the script is run unattended.
I ...
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move hard-drive from /dev/sdb1 to /dev/sdc1
During a backup procedure in a bash script, I should remount a hard-drive mounted on dev/sdb1 onto dev/sdc1.
I am able to umount /dev/sdb1, but then I loose track of the device. After shutting down ...
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Using Powershell to turn on/off the bluetooth: script doesn't work
I'm want to switch on/off Bluetooth using a shortcut. So I found this script here.
But my problem is that it doesn't work for me. In fact, it seems to do nothing. I tried to run the script without ...
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Reset a network connection by name?
I quite often need to reset "Ethernet" connection as shown above. Currently I disable then enable it from the control panel but I wonder if I can create a script that I can simply double-...
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On Windows, how to make a .bat or .ps1 file automatically elevate itself when running?
I have pinned admin cmd and admin pwsh to taskbar, I know how to run .bat files as Administrator, just right-click->"Run as administrator", for .ps1 files, I have modified openwith of ....
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EXIFTOOL set MP4 to earliest date recursive - Can it be done?
I've been wrangling nearly 40TBs of videos that were recovered from 2 crashed RAIDs. Nearly all files have correct EncodeDate, TrackCreateDate and/or MediaCreateDate, but I'm biff'd on a mass rename ...
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How to open multiple folders at once on spcific position without any program
How I can open multiple folders at once on a specific position without any program.
Maybe using some script or something. I can't install a program like Window Manager or something
See here what I ...
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How do I extract a portion of a sentence in a list of sentences to a separate file and then replace a portion of the original sentences in notepad++?
I have a list of sentences in a text file and I would like to extract the part between |SENTENCE| and|TRANSLATION| to a list in a separate text file (I placed a bold and as a placeholder for what I ...
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Extract all rar files in a folder and subfolders using 7zip [closed]
I have the following folder structure in Windows:
D:\TV Shows
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\----Show
| |
| \----S01
| | |
| | \----E01
| | | |
| | | \----E01.rar (contains E01.mkv)
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Renaming pdf files to include the parentfolder name as the prefix, and including a unique suffix
Please can you help. How can I rename pdf files to include the parentfolder name as the prefix, and adding DRAFT as a suffix?
For example, for parent folder name \ABCDEF:
xyc123.pdf
fgh456.pdf
I ...
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Transpose vertically with a catch
I've been working through some issues preparing data for logstash ingestion. I have a decent chunk of the process worked out but I'm wondering if there's a better way to do this. Basically I need to ...
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Script sort MP4 (and other) videos by orientation to portrait and landscape folders >>> IMPOSSIBLE?
I've been wrestling with a 14TB+ video library for the last months trying to dedupe and sort all of it into production ready folder structure.
For the life of me I have not been able to find (spent 3 ...
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How to read last character of file through Batch Script and update the last character in a file
I have a very huge file in json format where each record end with "}}}," and same goes till last record where the last record comes like "}}}, " which has "comma(,)" and ...
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how to give a variable value is empty in bash scripting
I'm trying to export 2 dashbords into two different files, Here in the loop 1st dashboard id is reading and value is storing {ES_HOST1}, then the {ES_HOST1} coming into empty, then in the loop 2nd ...
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Run Script At Shutdown but not Reboot (Windows)
I'd like to run a script to turn off my monitor when my PC is shutdown, but only when properly shutting down and not rebooting. Obviously if I'm rebooting, I want the screen to stay on!
I know you can ...
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How would I modify this script to convert all files recursively?
#!/bin/bash
#convert
for image in *.png; do
convert "$image" "${image%.png}.jpg"
echo “image $image converted to ${image%.png}.jpg ”
done
exit 0
I'm a Python ...
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When script carries common strings from rows, lines are truncated
I have this script
BEGIN {
OFS=FS=";"
}
ARGIND == 1 {
map[$2] = ($2 in map ? map[$2] OFS : "") $1
next
}
{
r = $0;
for (i=1; i<=NF; ++i)
if ($i in map)
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Find files that i added to an bootable USB
I used ISO Master to add a file to an Arch Linux installation .iso. But i can't find it. Where can i find the .sh file i added when i boot the .iso say on a VM? I have read many tutorials about making ...
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A text file list for each archive with relative name
To get a list of files inside a .rar archive I can use this batch
@(for /R "%UserProfile%\Desktop\test winrar" %%I in (*.rar) do @"%ProgramFiles%\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe" lb "%%I&...
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How to make Google chrome the standard browser every time i boot my pc
I was wondering if anyone knows how to make google chrome the standard browser every time i boot.
This is for a school pc bc the kids change the default browser a lot.
Maybe someone knows how to make ...
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Run a script with a different user credentials implemented
I have a VBS script that create folders and subfolders.
dim filesys, newfolder, newfolderpath, number, address
number=inputbox("Please enter the request number to create","Request ...
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how to terminate ahk script after another app is finished
I have a simple AHK script I use to launch Google Chrome and also remap 2 keys to help me navigate my browser more easily. The script has 2 functions:
Launch Chrome
sets the navigation shortcut keys (...
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How do I configure AutoHotKey to use mouse for shortcut?
I am trying to create a script that will change desktops based on the following:
When I hold down the right mouse button (i.e right click) and then use the scroll wheel.
Scrolling up should go to left ...
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Script to open a PDF with an in-document link in new tab in Adobe Acrobat
I need to open PDFs from another pdf document in new tab. I found this solution and it's working like charm:
a) in the Document-level script:
var myOpenInPlaceSetting = app.openInPlace ;
app....
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How can I update the date of a renamed folder in batch?
The problem is when I start the script it will copy the folder and rename it and add the current date and time to the name. But while the script is running and changes in the folder were made it would ...
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How to fix a messed Excel sheet and make a proper format?
I have a problem in a specific sheet: I need only country,network,NetworkName and currency columns, but in sheet all messed up. As you can see in network Colum there are name and MCCMNC code also same ...
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SSMS - executing two ALTER table statements concurrently for same table
Are there known issues with executing two ALTER table scripts for the same table? Both scripts alter the datatype for one (but different) column in a table?
I'm wondering if one script finishing and ...
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How to use a Fingerprint Sensor to Login to windows programs that ask for a username and password?
There are Windows programs that ask for a username and password but don't allow alternatives like Fingerprint login.
In my specific case, i have a POS (Point of Sales) that needs to be used by ...
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Batch File That Keeps Other Batch Files Running
I run 3 .bat files on my computer at all times 24/7 for a business that I have. Every now and then they will close because of my internet drops due to the area I live in and they need internet to run.
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Proxy not working after setting from an automatic script
I set a proxy using a power shell script and it is showing fine in internet options however when I am opening the browser the proxy is not set.
I even checked the registry to see the current proxy ...
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Bash script to rename PDF files based on filename [closed]
I want to write a bash script to periodically rename incoming PDF publications.
When the PDFs are downloaded they have filenames in the following format :
<Pub.Name>-<Day>.<Spelled ...
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Watch for process start, then execute command
Short of hacking together a service to monitor process launches, is there any other way I can go about attaching code, or executing a command/process to an event handler for another specific process ...
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Advanced find and replace text in photoshop
In photoshop, let's say I have a few texts layers with contents like this:
Text layer 1: 1@@text01@@abc
Text layer 2: 2@@text02@@cef
Text layer 3: 3@@text03@@hgi
I would like to replace all the ...
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Execute script when other app is calling for a "registered file type" (like .mp4)
I'm experimenting on Windows 7 and need little assistance.
I've got an app that's listing my duplicates, it's the best I've found. BUT it doesn't show the filenames, only the option to "remove&...
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