Questions tagged [url]
A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator, a unique string of characters that identifies a reference to a resource on the internet. It can be used as a readable text address to redirect users to the internet resource.
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Is there a quick way to clear URL Text Fragments' highlighting on the page?
For instance, when I follow a google link to the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definiteness#:~:text=In%20linguistics%2C%20definiteness%20is%20a,not%20(indefinite%20noun%20phrases).
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How can I store a webpage title inside a Windows .url file?
This is a question about the .url file format:
How can I store the webpage title inside a Windows .url file ?
I was unable to find an official documentation of the .url file format anywhere on the Net....
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How to start Zoom muted from CLI
We have --url option to zoom (or zoom.exe) binary to start a meeting from the command line providing the meeting ID (confno) and meeting password (pwd) parameters as explained here:
Start a Zoom ...
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Block specific API request system-wide
I'd like to block system-wide the request to the Graph API getting profile images from Graph that is using this url:
https://tasks.office.com/COMPANY.onmicrosoft.com/GraphApiV1/GetUserPhotoAsync
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Google Chrome - Bookmarked pages don't show URLs anymore on dropdown. Just the bookmark folder. That's very annoying! Is there anyway to restore URLs?
Chrome and other Chromium based browsers (e.g. Microsoft Edge) have a new annoying "feature" that hides the URLs of bookmarked pages on the Address Bar dropdown. Incredibly annoying! This is ...
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Block specific URLs / URIs in browser, like the file:// protocol and other from being visited - How to set Browser policies
How to block specific Uris or Urls in a browser? For example I don't want the file:// protocol can be visited or other specific locations by the user. Can I also add other policies and if so, how?
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Sharing a webpage with a filled out form
Is there a way to share a webpage with a filled out form to someone else? Meaning, let's say the page has a HTML form on it, and I fill it out. Can I share it so that when someone else clicks the link ...
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why chrome open's without com/edu/org suffixes?
This address continues with company domain name like http://redmine.company.com.tr but somehow chrome can resolve when I enter this http://redmine. I wonder how chrome does this while firefox, edge, ...
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Blocking an ip with netsh
I know that netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="name" dir=out remoteip=%IP% protocol=TCP action=block
blocks the IP, and we can find the IP by simply pinging it.
I used to use it to ...
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Alias for an URL and not for a file in MacOS
In macOS, an alias is a small file that I can click in Finder, which represents another object in a file system and provides a dynamic link to it. Is there a way to have a small file like an alias ...
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Htaccess remove trash from end of URL using redirect 301
I need to remove "trash" from the end of the URL.
I have more than 1000 URLs with this word: "card link" at the end of the URL.
The URL before the word "card link" is ...
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Some custom URI schemes not working on Edge
I've discovered the concept of Custom Protocol Handlers lately and have been using it to access some desktop (.exe) applications through my browser (which is Edge).
I've registered many of my apps to ...
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KeepassXC: command to open local server and then a specific firefox profile and url
I am running Arch linux.
I am trying to run two applications in the URL: field within KeepassXC.
I want to open the Openrefine server, which I can do using
cmd://openrefine
but I also want to open a ...
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Possible to set SVG width/height in browser's address bar with a URL parameter?
To preview SVG images, sometimes I want to just enter the URL of the image in the browser's address bar. (I use chrome usually.) Often the image is presented too small, but also occasionally too ...
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SMB address handling in web browsers: file:///// or file://?
When a SMB share path is \\server\dir, if I type that in FireFox, FireFox shows the directory's content and the address showing is file://///server/dir. If I do that with Edge, it also shows the ...
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Programs that use URN protocol
Does there any Windows 10 program or handler to use URN protocol?
It's possible to write a script that handles the URN protocol and register it in the Windows registry. But is there a finished utility?...
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Cannot create desktop shortcuts to Windows URI
I am trying to create a desktop shortcut to a windows URI, e.g. ms-settings:privacy. Sites such as https://winaero.com/windows-11-uri-commands-to-launch-apps-directly/#Create_shortcut_for_URI_command ...
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Get URL autocomplete to match around subdomain
A variety of sites that I use have the company name behind a subdomain, e.g.
app.asana.com
<mycompany>.salesforce.com
mail.protonmail.com
<mycompany>.latticehq.com
I'd like to be able to ...
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What is the URN to a RFC section?
The "IETF document as URN" RFC doesn't address sections/anchors in the document.
Should the full URN for https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2648#section-3 look like urn:ietf:rfc:2648:3 ...
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How do I create references (as web URL Links) to specific emails in my Gmail account? [closed]
I want to create references (as web URL Links) to specific emails in my Gmail account so I can refer back to them quickly eg. Requests for specific features from clients that might be scattered across ...
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How to download list URLs using wget using a single command?
I am using the following command to download multiple files using their direct links using wget in google colab:
import os
os.chdir("/content/drive")
!wget -c "https://server3.mooo.com/...
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Is it possible to open Jetbrains projects with url, e.g. `webstorm://<path_to_project>`
For open content in same topics quickly, I write a list, which works well in MarginNote, web links and opening Jetbrains apps. However, I cannot find a document about parameters of webstorm://... url? ...
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Browser address bar often forgets the link after I press Enter and does nothing
I have this problem that is bothering me for quite some time and it happens on my desktop and laptops.
It happens quite often, at least one time to a few times per day.
I mainly use Chrome and Opera ...
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What setting on Windows controls Chrome "tel:" URL redirection to voice.google.com
I do not have Google Voice extension installed, and I open a new window in "Incognito mode", and when I type "tel:+1234" in the address bar and hit enter a redirection event is ...
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How do you download something using wget and the download URL when the web page requires a checkbox ticking?
I want to download some data. On the web page where the download is, there is a box that needs checking to confirm that the terms have been agreed before allowing this download. When I try to download ...
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After an MP3 file has downloaded is it possible to see where it was downloaded from?
Is it possible to see where a MP3 file was downloaded from? Like if the file was downloaded from Google, Safari or other sites?
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Can't open notes:// links in HCL Notes 12.0.1
I am using HCL Notes 12.0.1 and Windows 11 Pro, I can't open links that I have dragged from a tab in Notes to a folder on my harddrive. also tried to enter the url into Edge/Chrome with same error
I ...
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What part of the url is host?
As per this doc
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986
what is the host in the url below?
https://www.drive.google.com
is the host drive.google or just google?
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Create desktop shortcut for Safari to a specific web - on MacOS
I'm trying to create a desktop shortcut for Safari that will lead to a specific website when the users will use it. Trying for hours but with no success. Can someone help please?
Thanks
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IDN U-Label to A-Label wrong with many services
I own the Unicode Domain κλαρα-σωλις.ευ, which should be converted to xn----ylba7abgd9bnh0e.xn--qxa6a, but many services convert the URL to xn----ylba7abgd9buc7d.xn--qxa6a.
Websites like https://www....
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Excel 365: Is there a way to fully protect (hide or encrypt) the url provided for a Data Source?
I'm importing data to Excel 356 using a data source "From webb". The url provided includes an API key that I do not want to share with others when I share the Excel file. I can use Protect ...
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How to prevent auto opening of url on any browser
Is there a way in windows 10 , window firewall or any third-party program that can detect and block urls/links before it decide to open any browser . Here my issue, I was using a free vpn program call ...
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Open company-domain links in Opera Browser and everything else in Chrome Browser to separate my Personal and Corporate lives
I use the same PC (Windows 10) for work and personal purpose. The company I work for has some services running under its own domain (something.COMPANY.com) and some under other domains via cloud ...
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External links not opening in Google Chrome
I'm running in Windows 10 Pro. Chrome is my default browser.
When I click on the Chrome icon in my taskbar to open it, and then click on any external URL link, for example a link in a Microsoft Teams ...
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Unable to access internal websites that starts with HTTP when I run powershell command to check website status
I'm getting "Unable to run/search" for the status for http://example.com/ but for those that starts with HTTPS:// has no issue, I am getting Status: 200 with OK. What I need to add on my ...
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Opening .txt file from URL/URI via browser
I need some assistance in a project regarding opening a .txt file from URL\URI via browser
I have created below key in the registry:
reference snap 1
reference snap 2
So now whenever I try to open ...
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For .url files, how do I get url in the properties panel to match the contents of the file?
I wrote a powershell script to correct the contents of many url files. However, clicking them takes me to the wrong page, because changing the link in the contents of the file didn't update the url in ...
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Batch file that launch admin login window with Menu Options, unable to open urls on Chrome/MS Edge
I tried a batch file menu options with a prompt to enter admin password after clicking the bat file icon. But I noticed on the Menu options where it should open multiple websites on chrome, it was not ...
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When Chrome wants to open an application, how do I get info about it?
For multi-factor authentication, I have a web page that wants to open an application.
Is there a way for me to discover the value of the implicated link? (What is its scheme? What is its path? What ...
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Batch file to call URL and find variables inside the response
This is probably way beyond what a batch file can do, but I am trying to accomplish this:
Call a URL http://127.0.0.1:7001/ec2/getCamerasEx?extraFormatting which would require a username and password ...
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How to find a "Copy link to highlight" menu in Vivaldi?
Chromium introduced a feature to create a user urls anchored to arbitrary text in page that user highlighted.
In chromium it is available in right mouse button menu. But I cannot see it in Vivaldi (...
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Is there a way to display % codes as literal characters in the browser’s URL bar?
Some websites use % codes (e.g., %3A) in their URLs. This makes the URL quite unreadable. I understand why these characters need to be escaped, but from a user perspective, it would sometimes be ...
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Protecting url / link from copy & paste/sharing [closed]
I would like to know whether it is possible to do the following:
I have a link that is generated by a software package and this link is then used as a hyperlink / url input on an app via an icon. I ...
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NGINX proxy_pass without changing URL
My Goal
My goal is to redirect to a different web page without changing the URL in the address bar. So for example I want to redirect from https://my.site.com/path to https://external.com/other, but ...
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Meaning of admin:/// in a URL
While reading https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/ssd.html#ID6, I noticed this command line instruction:
xed admin:///etc/systemd/system/fstrim.timer.d/override.conf
I have not seen the ...
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How to download a file using wget when url has parameters?
The URL is this:
https://software-download.microsoft.com/db/Win10_21H1_English_x64.iso?t=52dbec9b-63f5-47e9-b4b2-ccbcbb6beb7a&e=1627124449&h=42e9a2a8e1f843e5a4573960dc07feaa
The error is:
wget ...
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How can I use Excel to parse Google Analytics UTM URLs
How could I take a URL such as...
website url/directory/another-directory?utm_id=inc0000000&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=2021+q3+campaign&utm_content=post&...
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How can I best go about approaching this issue of extracting URL links from an RSS feed?
I googled a lot before landing here but I can't find anything that answers my question.
I essentially I want use my windows file manager to browse the latest RSS feeds as URL links that I can open in ...
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What is the rest of the text in the Google search URL?
For example, when I search "superuser" on Google, the first part of the URL is https://www.google.com/search?q=superuser, but there's also some extra text following behind it. When I remove ...
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http://104.225.171.33/
Why did all my tabs suddenly reload and go to a new website with the URL http://104.225.171.33/, which does not load? I'm on Google Chrome. After I go type in the URL on those pages, though, it works ...
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