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Is there a way to use Linux-like symlinks on a Windows computer?
My application is writing logs to a directory, which is hardcoded "Logs" and is present under the runtime directory of my application.
Today, a customer asked me if it was possible to have ...
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Google Chrome will install but cancel the installation and will not launch
I am an IT worker at a construction company and after my desktop computer did a blue-screen-of-death screen with a restore button, I clicked on it.
After that, Google Chrome will not open at all. I ...
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Windows' File Explorer "Map Network Drive" generates an HTTP OPTIONS request that is unauthorized
We are developing a WebDAV server in Java that we would like to serve a Windows' File Explorer client. I can run the following curl command that gives a good response:
>curl -i -X OPTIONS http://...
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Windows system partition has 450 GB free but cannot be shrunk [duplicate]
I have bought a laptop with a 1 TB bitlocker encrypted drive and Windows 10 installed. I want o reduce the Windows C partition from under 1TB to ~200 GB. I was able to reduce it by ca 476 GB. Now it ...
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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE when booting Windows 2000 after dual booting with Windows XP [closed]
Apparently, I'm having a troubleshoot with both W2K and WXP.
I'll try to summarize: I just got a new PC, and, because it supports both XP and W2K, I had a nice idea to dual boot both of them.
I then ...
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MSRA (Microsoft Remote Assistance) not working on a single machine with group policy deployed
I'm using unsolicited remote assistance offers (msra /offerra) in my network to assist users in my windows domain. The correct settings (firewall, enabling, and all the necessary rules) are deployed ...
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Launch request ignored, instance already running
I have created a scheduled task that runs every minute, indefinitely.
The task launches a batch which moves files between 2 servers. It runs with a specific domain account.
The task takes up to 10 ...
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Does changing an .exe's file extension to .old make it no longer executable?
Some programs leave their old .exe files in place when updating. For instance, abc1.2.3.exe is left there when abc1.2.4.exe is installed.
It's still useful to have the old file around for easy ...
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How can I open local PDFs with Google Scholar PDF Reader?
I like the Google Scholar PDF Reader (Chrome extension) to read papers. It works well on web links, e.g. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.19427.pdf. How can I open local PDFs (i.e., PDF saves on my laptop'...
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Google Chrome on Windows 11 - No Sound, Not in sound Mixer
I'm running Chrome (Version 123.0.6312.86 (Official Build) (64-bit) FWIW) on Win 11 Pro.
I can't get sound from any websites, my first thought was I might of turned it down one day in Windows Volume ...
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Legacy Portable Firefox to run legacy portable Java only and ignore local install of Java
Sorry to post a question regarding legacy applications but we mutiple systems that require legacy browsers and Java.
I need Portable Firefox to run the Portable Java JRE version and not the Java JRE ...
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Chrome browser (windows 11): how to prevent users to change any color: background etc [duplicate]
In one school's computer classroom, it became necessary to prevent any student from changing any color of the Chrome browser. How to do this? After a web search I found that it would be possible to do ...
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How to view Windows update history especially logs on uninstalled updates
I was having issues with Windows 11 restarting by itself some months ago, which started happening after a Windows update, so it was obvious the update was bad, so with trial and error I found the ...
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windows 11: how to display on the desktop just the folder and icons of choice?
Having the desktop of my windows 11 PC full of folder and file icons I would like to know if it is possible (with a free app or other way) to make visible only the ones I choose; all the available ...
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CMD/Powershell looking for "curl" executable in the wrong location despite PATH
I have a strange issue with both CMD and Powershell on Windows 10 that has been giving me some trouble. An unrelated scriptwas failing when running curl, and after some investigation it looks like a ...
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How to copy large folders in windows without getting stuck all the time? [closed]
How can I copy large folders in windows 10 from external drive to partition without getting stuck all the time? In the end I always have to reboot windows, and to copy subfolders by hand to evade ...
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Typing into input fields on remote computer from android
I have installed Chrome Remote Desktop on Win10 Chrome (and Brave) browsers. Also installed on Android 14. How to type a IRL on the Android so it appears on Win10 browser
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How can I erase my hard drive?
I have an old Alienware computer. I am upgrading to a new model. My Alienware is around 8 years old. My wife says I want your old one when you get the new one. That's fine, but there are sites and ...
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Combining secure and unsecure environment on one PC
I would like to create an environment for playing PC games with my friends. Most of the PC games run under windows. There are potential problems from a security prospective.
It may happen that one of ...
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Open Cygwin/MinGW/PowerShell/Cmd in current folder open in Windows Explorer
Lets say I have a folder open in Windows Explorer like this:
I want that I be able to open a Cygwin terminal directly here by using keyboard shortcut or alteast by doing right click and selecting an ...
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New Teams Windows Firewall Rules
I genuinely think I'm going crazy with this, does anybody know how to allow any version of the new Microsoft Teams through the Windows Firewall.
If it installs an update, a new location within "...
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NVMe m.2 drive refuses to boot on its original HP ProBook
Background (I apologize this will be long): I received this laptop from an end user after it stopped booting. Laptop is an HP ProBook 640 G5. NVMe M.2 contains Windows 10.
Problem is, when the laptop ...
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My Windows Host machine has almost constantly above 95% CPU utilization. How to reduce the high CPU utilisation?
I have a host windows machine with the following details (72 GB RAM, other resources:
Host
: Socket - 1,
Cores - 4,
Logical Processors - 4
I have set up three hyper-v virtual machines on this host ...
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My mouse keeps turning off, I've no idea what could be a reason
I bought this Legion M300s mouse 6 month ago, and it worked perfectly all this time with my Acer Aspire 7 laptop. Some time ago it started to randomly turn off (the device manager still sees it ...
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Can I "restore tabs" in Microsoft Edge from another user's profile?
I have had a new Windows user profile created for me, with the old Users\ subdirectory for the previous profile still available and readable by me.
I am a bit hesitant about doing a "rough" ...
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What's the Windows equivalent for the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard? [closed]
Linux has the FHS, the systemd file hieararchy, the XDG Base Directory Specification, etc.
What is the equivalent for modern Microsoft Windows?
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Windows 11 Browser videos are not visible behind transparent CMD window
Hi I am experiencing a strange issue with my recently installed Windows 11, I adjusted transparency of CMD terminal window such that the background contents are visible. It helps to read documentation ...
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How can I check that files match a list of MD5 checksums on Windows 10?
I downloaded a large number of files via magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5f96d43576e3d386c9ba65b883210a393b68210e&tr=https%3A%2F%2Facademictorrents.com%2Fannounce.php&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer....
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Veracrypt somehow really messed up the bootloader on my PC
So basically I wanted to install windows on a secondary physical drive in my PC so I could have a second bare metal OS for testing stuff. I have 1 M.2 SSD that has my main windows installation ...
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Windows 10 Host pc doesnt load after logon sometimes [closed]
We are using Windows 2019 Server in our office, the host pc uses Windows 10 mostly. Sometimes after the login credentials are entered, the OS doesnt load completely, it keeps trying to load or just a ...
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Turn off Hard Disk manually from the operating system
I have Windows 10 installed on an SSD, a hard drive for the data.
The hard drive continues to operate for a few minutes before it's turned off by the power options in Windows system.
Windows turns it ...
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Is there a way to quickly switch between two audio inputs without using the command line?
I've got like 9 audio outputs in the toolbox menu but I only use 2 of them 90% of the time. Two of the nine are named "Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)" so that's super unhelpful. ...
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Can we get text scaling and monitor properties with WMI?
It is possible to use WMI to detect things like:
Text scaling
Screen resolutions
Multiple Monitor configuration/layout
?
I see Win32_DesktopMonitor but it doesn't seem to give me any of this info.
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How to change boot_drive/operating_system from within that operating system?
I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to change boot drive or operating system that PC will boot into during the next startup but from within that operating system (!) as oppose to just going into ...
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Hide/Disable SRP warning message
I am using Software Restriction Policies on my Windows 10.
When I try to run any *.exe file from non-allowed places, there is the warning message:
"This app has been blocked by your system ...
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How to activate Windows during a massive OS deployment + machine testing?
I need to install Windows on 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T460 and 200 Lenovo ThinkPad T470 laptops, which will then be delivered to various countries in Africa. These PCs are used and require a check of their ...
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How to move files from an Android Phone (Pixel) to a Windows PC?
I'm having a lot of problems with this, and not found any kind of resolution in the last 2 years.
I would simply like to get the contents of an entire folder on my Pixel 7 Pro and move them to my ...
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Can't delete TEMP folder under windows, permission error. Windows server 2019
Operating System:
Windows server 2019
The problem:
One of our servers has a lot of accumulated files under c:\windows\temp folder.
Disk cleaner doesn't seem to delete those files - it always reports ...
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Create a dual boot with an already existing windows partition
For the past few months I had an ubuntu with main OS and a windows 11 that I used with kvm/qemu. The whole data is on a distinct partition. Now I want to switch back to a dual boot with windows and ...
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Windows 10 network adapter MAC address change
Trying to replace original MAC address of my network adapter with a custom one, but it behaves strangely:
Changed MAC address (tried many custom ones, such as 0123456789AB) within adapter properties' ...
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why glassfish crashs randomely
I'm using oracle-glassfish3.1.2 on java 1.7 (I know these technology is a little dated) , when I start the server I use the verbose option: asadmin start-domain --verbose;
I've also used asadmin to ...
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The system cannot find the file bin\gatherosstate.exe in windows 10 pro
this file is not available in windows 10 pro version The system cannot find the file bin\gatherosstate.exe. Actually i upgraded from windows 8.1 to windows 10, is this error coming because of that, i ...
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I need to switch to second monitor while main monitor is not available
I have a laptop connected to a video projector but the computer is on the end of life and the main screen is not working fine anymore, most of the time there is nothing displayed.
So the video ...
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Windows 10 RDP - which process to restart, when getting Windows Update as blue window with gear?
I use Windows 10 over Remote Desktop Protocol (typically with remmina on a Linux Client).
Very often, the usage is fine; then I disconnect the remmina client from the Windows 10 RDP server; then I log ...
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How to reset X windows layout on WSL 2 on Windows 10?
I use WSL 2 extensively. When my computer monitors go to sleep, the layout of the X windows from WSL can get messed up - they are half rendered offscreen, I can't move them etc.
If I go to windows ...
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Complain about kyocera machine sir I need help please sir [closed]
My kyocera machine is printing but the scanner is not working? Is only display error occured call the service person c6400?
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How can I idenfity a program making network requests to unknown domain
I'm observing network traffic directed towards a suspicious domain . While I can't see the data being transmitted or identify the originating program, I've temporarily blocked it using the hosts file. ...
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Black Screen Issue Running Windows 10 VM on MacBook Air M2 using VirtualBox
I recently acquired a MacBook Air M2 and installed VirtualBox to run a Windows 10 virtual machine.
However, upon launching the VM, I encounter a persistent black screen. Despite the VM running, I'm ...
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Activate Windows with OEM product key in BIOS via autounattend.xml
I'm working with Windows System Image Manager to create an autounattend.xml file to automatically install Windows 11 fresh for a set of OEM PCs.
I know each of the OEM PCs I have contain a Windows ...
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Preventing Accidental Clicks on Chrome Picture-in-Picture Window
I'm encountering an issue while gaming where I inadvertently click on the picture-in-picture window, causing disruptions such as moving the window around, pausing the video, or interfering with ...