Questions tagged [nircmd]
NirCmd is a small command-line utility for Windows that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.
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Invoke S0 Sleep using Task Scheduler for all users
I'm trying to get a Windows 10 Optiplex 7000 to go to sleep at 10pm every day. I installed nircmd and created a task in task scheduler to run a .bat file with the following command: nircmd.exe monitor ...
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Make power-button force shutdown
I want my PC power-button to shut down Windows immediately. But what it actually does it prompt for action if there are e.g. unsaved changes.
How can I force the power button to shut down immediately?
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How do I create a batch command to minimize the window of a particular program?
I'm using Task Scheduler to launch SoundID Reference.exe, a third-party program, 60 seconds after my Win 10 64-bit computer starts up. That's working fine.
I would like to create a batch command to ...
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NirCmd volume control of certain applications from Volume Mixer not working?
So I use this app to mute microphone communication in Valorant.
But I also want to mute the game itself.
The devs of the game have separated these 2 so in Volume Mixer (SndVol.exe) they are 2 ...
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Can you use nircmd to help save clipboard contents to a Batch File variable?
In a batch script, I wish to save the clipboard text into a variable. Having searched it seems that this is not possible without 3rd-party tools. Well I have nircmd, and one of its commands is:
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NirCmd: Copy Path vs. Copy File Name
nircmd.exe execmd (echo.|set /p=\"%1\") | clip
Copies %1 path to the clipboard.
How can I copy the file name to the clipboard using NirCmd?
echo. | set /p = "%~nx1" | clip works in ...
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How to get system volume level(audio) in windows?
Using nircmd we can set system volume level(audio) but how to get system volume?
How can we get system volume using powershell?
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Using nircmd to turn off monitor instead puts PC to sleep
I've been using nircmd to turn off the monitor/display of various PCs like so:
nircmd.exe cmdwait 1000 monitor off
The cmdwait 1000 part just adds a 1 second delay (to let the last keystroke and ...
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Mic mute/Unmute Toggle is not working
Trying to toggle Mute/Unmute for my microphone on the latest windows 10 build but its not working
what I'm trying to do below in the code is toggle the mic and each time I do toggle the mic a ...
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NirCmd 'Failed to copy NirCmd!' & can't get NirCmd to work overall
NirCmd has been working just fine for me for a very long amount of time, but not today... I couldn't get the following command to work, although it always worked fine in the past:
nircmd win close ...
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CMD | Command to change position of monitor on dual monitor display setup
I'm a newbie to cmd, but I've managed to create 2 bat files that switches between primary displays (Display 1 and Display 2).
I did this to simplify the process of running a dual-monitor splitscreen ...
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nircmd screen capture is smaller than actual resolution of the screen
I am taking a screenshot using NirCmd savescreenshot. The result screenshot is smaller than the actual resolution of the my screen. My screen resolution is 1920 x 1080.
When I tried this link, it ...
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Focusing a window in cmd with Nircmd
First time posting. I have been playing around with creating macros that can individually adjust the sound of individual application. Found that Nircmd has the commands that I want for example if I ...
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NirCmd setsysvolume startup issue
Copying the string "nircmd.exe setsysvolume 49151" (without quotes) into command prompt works, when i copy it into an example.cmd file and doubleclick to open it, it does not work.
What am i doing ...
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how to close a specific instance of a process using nircmd?
I have been using the following command to try closing the notepad file "temp.txt" opened on the windows.
nircmd win close title "temp.txt"
But this command seems not to work.
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NirCMD - Command line screenshot with incremental numbering
NirCMD is a free command line utility. I am using it to take the screenshot at a fixed time interval. (NirCMD reference).
I am trying to get it index the image names so that it would be
img1.png
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NirCmd won't run on Windows XP
I am using the NirCmd Command Line utility. It works fine on Windows 10, but I am trying to use it on Windows XP SP3. It says that it is not a Win32 compatible program. The website claims that it ...
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Nircmd not recognized in directory
I've an interesting issue; I added nircmd.exe to my directory by running it as administrator and going through the prompts, and confirmed it was in the directory by looking in C:\Windows.
Yet ...
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Shortcut created with script not showing up in Start Menu
I've just started trying to use nircmd. When I made a shortcut in a batch script, the shortcut was successfully created in the folder for my user's Start Menu > All Apps (%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\...
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Create shortcut using app path
How can I create a shortcut (perhaps using NirCmd) to Acrobat.exe using the path in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Acrobat.exe and parameters /A "page=10" "file.pdf"?
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Nircmd: Invoking monitor using 'enter' key goes back again to monitor off state
I have created a shortcut with below command to turn-off laptop monitor (referred from this web link).
“C:\path\to\nircmd.exe” cmdwait 1000 monitor off
This solution is working fine for turning off ...
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remove password using cmd if user name is of two words
I want to change password using cmd.exe but I can't do this. :(
Because the user name is of two words(e.g. Engr. Saud). It works only on One word. How I tell cmd.exe as both words are Single user name?...
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Nircmd | Setting Volume | set specified volume amount (*/100)
Nircmd is like a variable to windows already built-in cmd and comes along with great informative, most especially brief documentation.
SETTING VOLUME (commands)
changesysvolume
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Find what program or device turns display on
I'm using program NirCMD to turn display of computer off.
"C:\Program Files\nircmd-x64\nircmd.exe" cmdwait 1000 monitor off
How can i tell what device or software turns it back on?
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cmd.exe at \\computername to run on remote machine
My original problem was the NirCmd remote \\PC_D ... (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html) was failing. I tracked that down to it using at \\computername command which is not working on all ...
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NirCmd Screen stays black after waking up from sleep mode
I have a computer that should have 0 user interactions.
I want it to turn off and on on specific times.
Right now, i have a command that puts the computer to sleep. However i also need a task that ...
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sending keypresses to a process using nircmd
I'm trying to use nircmdc to send a keypress to a background process (without bringing it to front).
More precisely, i'm tring to send Ctrl+Shift+S to notepad++.exe:
nircmdc win postmsg process ...
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NirCmd won't copy to windows directory
I was suggested to use NirCmd from this quesiton. However, when I pressed the "Copy to windows directory" button, I got this error. Why?
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Setting cmd with default command and user defined message
On button click in a winform application I am executing cmd.exe file (Using system("cmd.exe");), which opens perfectly fine and displays the following:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 6.1.7601]
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My monitor doesn't auto-turn off!
I have Windows Vista and I've set up my display to turn off after 1 minute of inactivity in Power Options. However, it simply doesn't.
I also tried a utility called "nircmd" which has a "power ...
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Windows Task Scheduler and possible permission problems
I use NirCmd (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html) to enable me to run commands such as "power off the monitor", "mute system volume" from the command-line (and I highly recommend it, BTW). My OS ...
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