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Typing “python” on Windows 10 (version 1903) command prompt opens Microsoft store
Fixed it by removing it automatically on the settings page. Under Apps and Features, there are an application execution aliases.
I am running the latest 1903 update.
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How to open Windows CMD so that it starts in the current folder?
Enter cmd in explorer's address bar & press enter
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Why is DNS apparently involved in issuing "dir" on Windows 10?
The second cmd.exe fails to locate and subsequently load the localized strings from the cmd.exe.mui satellite resource library.
Here is what it really attempts to say, taken from a 10.0.18362.1 (...
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How to open Windows CMD so that it starts in the current folder?
You can also shift-right-click in a folder, and notice a new entry in the context menu (Open command window here):
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Is typing %^ into cmd.exe a Windows easter egg?
No.
Microsoft formally stopped including Easter eggs in its programs as part of its Trustworthy Computing Initiative in 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products
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Why is DNS apparently involved in issuing "dir" on Windows 10?
I have managed to duplicate the problem:
(I agree that the messages are not very informative.)
The problem is that starting from Vista all the text messages are compiled into
a separate file, so ...
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run powershell command from cmd
powershell -command "get-process | ? {$_.Description -eq 'Sysinter Process Explorer'} | select processname | out-file $env:APPDATA\example.txt"
basically you have a powershell command and paste it in ...
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How to run multiple commands one after another in cmd
Run multiple commands one after another in cmd
Try using the conditional execution & or the && between each command either with a copy and paste into the cmd.exe window or in a batch file....
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Why does a file get opened when I write its name, without extensions, in the command line?
Because %PATHEXT% is set to .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC by default. Note how it contains .js.
That means if you type a name, CMD will look for files with these extensions ...
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How to decode contents of a batch file with chinese characters
The file actually has regular ASCII text (or Windows-125x).
It only looks a little like UTF-16 containing some Chinese characters, due to some carefully chosen bytes at the very beginning that are ...
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How to show full command line of all processes in Windows
In cmd, run the following:
wmic process get processid,commandline
To filter for a particular program:
wmic process where "name like '%chrome%'" get processid,commandline
The other properties that ...
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Running .exe in command prompt
This will leave the console window open even after MyApp.exe terminates:
cmd /K "C:\SomeFolder\MyApp.exe"
You can create a shortcut with the above. This solution works with all console programs and ...
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Windows 10 Powershell tree command, how to show files
Simply use tree /F on any powershell instance to have the same behavior the normal tree on UNIX has.
The tree alone on Powershell shows only folders but not files in them.
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Open CMD as admin with Windows+R shortcut
The easiest and quickest solution that follows your method, is by starting the command prompt as follows:
Press win to open the start menu. Type in cmd to search for Command Prompt.
Press ctrl+shift+...
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What is the command to reset a Windows installation without deleting any files
After searching for a whole hour I found the solution: sysprep.
Enter this is in the command line and it will shutdown your PC after confirming. The next time you start your PC it will look like a ...
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How to crop an image using ImageMagick from the command line?
Assuming that you always know the size of your image you can do it like this:
convert original.jpg -crop 640x620+0+0 cropped.jpg
With the -crop operator you specify the size of the cut out image and ...
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Is typing %^ into cmd.exe a Windows easter egg?
CMD is line based. It only reads and executes one line at a time. When you are typing and you haven't finished a line it prompts with More?.
Your specific thing is there is no line ending so it's ...
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How to get the ACTUAL version number for Windows 10 from command line? (NOT build number!)
How do I get the version, such as 1903, instead of the "build number"?
The following PowerShell command will provide the information you are seeking: (Source: How to get Windows version ...
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How can I restore Cmd.exe (Command Prompt) if it doesn't exist?
You can run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) which will repair missing or corrupted system files:
Open PowerShell as administrator.
Enter sfc /scannow.
From Microsoft:
The sfc /scannow ...
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How to save ipconfig output to text file when `tee` isn't available on Windows?
Try redirection. Instead of | tee, use > output.txt e.g.
ipconfig /all > output.txt
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How to open the Windows Terminal (Preview) in File Explorer
You can try this command in the folder path:
wt -d .
source
EDIT: Microsoft mentions the previous command in one of their videos alongside with many interesting features of Windows Terminal 1.0
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How to open the Windows Terminal (Preview) in File Explorer
To fix this:
Open Windows Terminal
Click the down arrow in the toolbar to get the menu and select "Settings"
Update your profiles.json defaults so that all shells starting directory is the current ...
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Pinging different IP address than what I entered
On Windows CMD if you put leading zeros on the IP address means octal.
It is interpreting 016 as 16 octal and converts it to 14 decimal.
You can use octal, decimal or hexadecimal notation as in the ...
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Switching default audio device with a batch file
I appreciate you don't wish to use any third party software, but as an option for if you don't mind using a ~100kb exe, you can use Nircmd with the commands:
nircmd setdefaultsounddevice "Speakers" 1
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CMD prompt window pops up and instantly disappears periodically
Check the task scheduler, see if anything added in there could be triggering it.
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Change working directory to network share
The Windows command prompt cmd does not support UNC paths as current directories.
C:\Users\User1>cd \\myServer\myShare
CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.
Solution: Use pushd.
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How to open Windows CMD so that it starts in the current folder?
How do I open Windows CMD in explorer from the current folder?
Enter cmd in the explorer address bar and press Enter
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Tasklist shows process but taskkill is unable to kill it, even as admin
I had a similar problem with multiple instances of conhost.exe that I could not terminate with taskkill, even giving the exact pid. I always got the same error, saying that there are no instances of ...
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Typing “python” on Windows 10 (version 1903) command prompt opens Microsoft store
Deleting "C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\" from the system environment variable, PATH, prevented the Microsoft Store application from launching when I typed python.exe and ...
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CMD prompt window pops up and instantly disappears periodically
I think it's fixed! I checked the Task Scheduler, like NetServOps said, and found one line item that was scheduled to run every 10 minutes. "Firefox Default Browser Agent A99BB431EF49E2C3". ...
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