Questions tagged [windows-7]
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What is .DS_Store file in windows
I found a file with .DS_Store extension in one of my drives. How did it get there?
My Operating System is Windows 7 64-bit and to the best of my knowledge I never accessed an Apple computer nor was ...
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Windows 7 Explorer keyboard shortcut: set focus to files/folders/content area?
Is there a Windows 7 Explorer keyboard shortcut to set focus to files/folders/content area (depicted below)?
This has bothered me for so long...
I want to set my explorer window's focus to the files ...
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Delete old windows / program files from second drive?
My PC has a bunch of extra drives. Most of them contain old copies of Windows and Program Files. My PC is called "PC", and my admin user is called "Tim". I've assigned ownership of these second drives ...
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Create a bootable USB drive from a DMG file on Windows
A Mac machine needs to be reformatted with Lion. I backed up the Lion dmg file when I purchased it via the Mac App Store.
I now need to create a bootable USB drive from the DMG file but I need to be ...
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File I can't take ownership of
I downloaded a file from the internet (I can link to it here, but in the interests of not annoying other users, I won't post the link), and I can't delete the file with the message:
You need ...
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How to stop windows resizing when the monitor display channel is turned off / switched to different source
I have a new 6870 Amd Radeon adapter with its drivers set to 1080p 60Hz resolution hooked up to a 2008 47" high end Samsung HDMI based TV.
However, when the tv is turned to a different HDMI input -...
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Chrome 100% CPU usage, again - software_reporter_tool.exe
software_reporter_tool.exe belonging to Chrome running at 100% cpu, fan full speed.
Deleting it doesn't fix anything, because it gets redownloaded again!
Disabling "Protect me from bla bla" doesn't ...
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How can I view the binary contents of a file natively in Windows 7? (Is it possible.)
I have a file, a little bigger than 500MB, that is causing some problems.
I believe the issue is in the end of line (EOL) convention used. I would like to look at the file in its uninterpreted raw ...
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What is the command to use to put your computer to sleep (not hibernate)?
I want to put my Windows PC (Windows 7) into a sleep state via command line (so I can bind to macro button on keyboard).
The power button on the PC is setup to but the computer to sleep (but it's ...
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How to extract image from PDF file
I currently use Foxit's PDF reader, and I recently downloaded an image from the Internet, but it is inside a PDF file. How do I extract this image?
Operating system is Windows 7.
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Where does Chrome save its bookmarks on Windows? [duplicate]
I'm trying to recover a Windows system from backups and can't seem to find where Chrome saves its bookmarks.
Does anybody know where Chrome saves its bookmarks on Windows?
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How do I rename a file to .htaccess in Windows 7?
I'm using XAMPP to test a PHP script. Now, in the root of the folder I want to place a .htaccess file according to the requirements of the script.
But Windows won't let me rename it to .htaccess. Is ...
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Show Windows 7 logon time?
On Windows 7 Ultimate, is there a way to see when I logged on into the current session?
I want to find out how long I have been at the PC / when I started it up.
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How to copy files that have too long of a filepath in Windows?
I need to make backups of some files on a network share. However, I need to copy those files to my local drive before burning the disks because those files might be in use. Some of the files won't ...
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Windows update doesn't progress beyond 0 KB 0%
I have Windows 7 64-bit and the Windows Update isn't working properly.
What can I do?
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How can I open the 32-bit ODBC Data Source Administrator in Windows 7 64-bit?
I want to add 32-bit data sources. There seems to be no obvious way to see existing instances of these or create new ones.
How can I open the 32-bit "ODBC Data Source Administrator" window in Windows ...
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Is there a shortcut for creating a new file?
I haven't seen any shortcut for creating "A New Text Document" or any file. Is there any?
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Ctrl+Backspace inserts a small box instead of erasing
When I press Ctrl+Backspace, sometimes a small square is inserted, instead of the entire word being erased.
The problem only happens in some text boxes; in others the shortcut works like it should.
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Drag and Drop File into Application under run as administrator
Whenever I have an application running (Visual Studio 2008, Notepad, etc.) under "Run as Administrator", I cannot drag and drop files from Windows Explorer into the application.
I've tried running ...
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How to view all the Symbolic links, junction points, hard links in a Folder using dir?
The command dir /a displays a list of all the files and folders in a given location.
But it displays the type <JUNCTION> for Junction Points as well as Symbolic Links to Folders. Is there any ...
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Can I make Ctrl+Alt+Del go directly into the task manager in Windows 7?
I am using Windows 7 and when I press Ctrl+Alt+Del I first go into the welcome screen and only then I can go into the task manager.
I have no use for any other option on this screen, can I change it ...
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What is in `C:\ccmcache`?
It seems as if it were some type of windows system file backup, although I am not sure. Anyways, system backup data (at least the restore points) are in C:\System Volume Information, AFAIK. What is in ...
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netstat with process name?
Using netstat -a -o -n I can get the list of ports and PID
then I need to go to task manager and add the PID and see who is it.
(pretty frustrating)
I was wonder if there is a CMD command which ...
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How to make the PC speaker beep from the Windows 7 command prompt?
I'm running some lengthy video encodes using the Handbrake command line interface. After all my encodes are done, I would like to have the PC speaker beep, as I usually turn my large external speakers ...
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Buy old Windows version now and still get the upgrade for free?
We have a little office for our local sports club here. In this office we have three PCs which are all running on Ubuntu.
Because all of the PC users in this office are not that well educated in ...
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Disable or delay Alt+Tab Aero Peek effect in Windows 7
In Windows 7 pressing Alt+Tab shows the transparent windows (Aero) effect. The screen change is distracting while I'm trying to figure out which window to switch to based on the thumbnail preview (...
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What does it do exactly if I click in the window of cmd?
Suppose I run cmd.exe and ping localhost. After that I ping localhost again but I click into the window and the ping stops until I press enter.
What happens exactly when I click into the window? Does ...
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How do you register the 7-Zip GUI program with the .7z extension in Windows?
For whatever reason, the 64-bit Windows Installer doesn't seem to register the .7z file extension with the 7-Zip GUI (or with anything, as far as I can tell).
How do I go about doing it. A simple "...
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Change Windows 7 explorer "Edit" context menu action for jpg and other image file types
When I right click on a jpg file in Windows Explorer (Windows 7), I see that there is an "Edit" menu item. If I click this item, it opens the image in MSPaint. Blah. I have Paint.NET installed, and ...
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Use NVidia GPU from VirtualBox?
How do I make the VirtualBox guest use the NVidia graphics?
Host setup:
Windows 7 x64
NVidia Optimus
In NVIDIA Control Panel, I explicitly selected High-performance NVIDIA processor
for:
C:\...
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My webcam just came on "out of the blue"
I have a Microsoft LifeCam HD sitting atop my monitor. Today, completely out of the blue, its light came on -- I was simply browsing the web (in Chrome) when it happened. After about 5 minutes the ...
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Overriding HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH as a Windows 7 user
My employer has an Active Directory group policy which sets my Windows 7 laptop HOMEDRIVE to "M:" (a mapped network drive) and my HOMEPATH to "\". Since I have read-only permissions for the root of ...
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My computer freezes irregularly
My computer started to freeze at irregular times for 3 weeks now.
Please note that this question change with each things that i try. (For additional details)
What happens
My computer freezes, the ...
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Bidirectional clipboard not working in VirtualBox
I'm using VirtualBox Version 5.2.6 r120293 (Qt5.6.1).
Guest OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit)
Host OS: CentOS 7
I tried enabling bidirectional clipboard by going to Settings -> General -> Advanced and ...
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Make a hard link without extra programs in Windows 7
My objective here is to synchronize my emule credit file (application.dat?) by Dropbox. But the credit file is not inside the Dropbox directory (by default). So I want to make a hard link to get this ...
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Why can't I delete all partitions on a flash drive in Windows 7?
Recently I purchased an ADATA C802 8GB flash drive. Since the drive was new I decided to run some of the HD Tune Pro (v4.50) performance tests on it, mostly just for the heck of it.
To avoid ...
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Tool to change file modified date with a tool which works inside File Explorer? [closed]
Looking for a tool to change a file's modified date which works from inside File Explorer context menu. I am aware of external tools like BulkFileChanger but I want to right click on a file and make ...
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Shortcut in Windows 7 to switch between same application's windows, like Cmd + ` in OS X
Is there a shortcut in Windows 7 to switch between windows in a given application only? I very much like this feature in OS X; what is its equivalent in Windows?
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Why does my Windows computer immediately turn back on after sleep/hibernate?
After clicking sleep or hibernate in Windows 7, my computer loads for a while and then goes into sleep mode, but not 1 second later it powers back up. The event log has no errors and no warnings ...
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Explorer does not auto-refresh
When I create a folder or copy files, after the operation finishes I have to manually refresh the Explorer window (F5). For example, when I create a folder, I don't see the "New Folder" until I hit F5....
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How does Windows 7 licensing work for running the OS as Virtual Machines?
I plan on buying Windows 7 Ultimate Edition to run on an old Pentium 4. I also want to run Windows 7 virtual machines inside Windows 7. My question is two fold:
Do I need a license for each Virtual ...
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How can I detect the amount of memory slots I have?
I know that there used to be a Corsair memory detection tool, but I can no longer find it. I didn't find anything when searching Google.
I would like to scan my machine to know a few things:
How ...
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How to copy a directory structure without copying files?
I have a folder with a lot of subfolders and files in them. Is there a way to copy the folder and subfolders directory structure without copying the files they contain, using cmd or powershell?
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Burn Image context menu item missing in Windows 7
My understanding is that in Windows 7 if I right click an ISO image I should have an option Burn Image, or if I double click an ISO I should get a dialog to let me burn the image....
Not happening ...
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Windows RDP -- Possible to resize resolution on-the-fly?
I'm wondering if it's possible to resize the desktop on an RDP session on the fly
I realize you can do it before you connect, but I'm looking to resize it on the fly similar to how vmware works. If ...
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How can I convert a Windows batch script to a .exe?
I have a fairly simple batch script that I would like to execute using a macro on my fancy gaming keyboard. However, SteelSeries Engine only supports opening a .exe file with the macro buttons. Is ...
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How to search inside PDFs with Windows Search?
I'd like to use Windows Search for searching through multiple PDFs in one go, but I see that in the Indexing Options' Advanced Options screen, PDF files don't have a registered IFilter:
What is an ...
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How to use two audio devices simultaneously with Windows 7?
I have an audio connector on board (Asus P8H67-I) and an USB audio card (Teufel). How can I use the two devices simultaneously?
As far as I can see I have to set one device to the standard output ...
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Windows 7: Image thumbnails fail to appear
All right, I've got a pretty strange one here. Since I installed Windows 7 on this machine some time ago, image thumbnails have never worked properly. For the vast majority of images, they ...
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msfeedssync.exe what does it do?
I had a program msfeedssync.exe as a scheduled task on my machine.
Wondering what is this for and how did it get scheduled on my Windows 7 machine?