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Fairly new computer, windows 10 pro, not able to open cmd in a specific path by typing cmd in the address bar of file explorer
I used to be able to do this on my laptop. But now I have a desktop and when I try this, it just shows C:\>
instead of being in the path I want it to be in. I have no idea how to fix this or where ...
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How can I run Cygwin Terminal under a current Cygwin installation under Windows 10?
In the past I have used Cygwin Terminal, i.e. a window similar in external appearance and external behavior to the DOS/Windows command line window that runs natively under Windows.
Right now, in my ...
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How can I temporarily prevent a WSL WSLTTY terminal from automatically closing?
I have a shortcut on my taskbar that opens a WSLTTY terminal. When I click on it, it flickers open and immediately closes. I suspect there is an error message being printed but it closes too fast for ...
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Where is windows terminal setting location (json file) in windows 10?
I saw a youtube video in which by editing the json file of cmd they could make the interafce of windows cmd better but it was in windows 11 not 10.
I wanted to access the both json and the location ...
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Having conda terminal as a terminal in VScode (in Windows 10)
I do not have this problem in Linux. However when I (very rarely) program in Windows 10, and I use VScode (as usual) I want to use the attached terminal.
When I do, I have the following options:
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Every terminal is crashing in Windows 10 [closed]
Very weird thing happening: every terminal in my system is crashing after few seconds of opening [cmd, PowerShell, etc.]. I tried with a stand-alone terminal like cmder, that is crashing too.
It's ...
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I installed grype on my Windows 10 machine, but my WSL2 console does not seem to detect it. What have I done wrong?
I installed Grype through a command I ran in WSL2 and I believe I correctly added it to PATH.
When I try and use Grype in my terminal however, nothing happens.
I added "C:\grype" to PATH.
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How to disable Windows built-in keyboard using command [duplicate]
Is there a way i can disable the Windows built-in keyboard via Terminal Preview, Just like how i can accomplish the same thing on Ubuntu with thee command xinput disable <key> ?
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Statement completion in Windows Terminal displays but doesn't engage
Recently Windows Terminal got updated and it got History suggestions. It looks like this:
As I type, it shows the history item that matches my entry. I thought pressing Tab would auto complete the ...
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How to open windows 10 in cli/tui mode
I want know if it possible to install and boot windows 10 home in cli/tui like you would do in something like arch linux i know that windows before xp had dos mode because of 9x kernel but windows xp ...
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How to run a program like sublime text 4 Editor from Terminal\PowerShell on windows computer?
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I tried "start subl" in the terminal, but it didn't work.
is someone can help me figure this out I would be grateful.
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How to change process termination shortcuts in a terminal on Windows?
On Windows to close a program, CTRL+C does not always work (eg: ping).
To close anything immediately, CTRL+BREAK can be used.
The problem I have is that on my Dell laptop, there is no BREAK key, Fn+S ...
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Windows Terminal usually freezes ssh session after unlocking Windows
Here's what happens:
I'm in an ssh session in Windows Terminal (Version: 1.11.3471.0, Windows 10 20H2).
I need to step away from my machine, so I lock it by typing Windows-L.
When I come back, usually ...
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TERM value for Windows 10 terminal [duplicate]
What is the proper or closest TERM environment variable value that covers the Windows 10 command line/terminal window?
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How to fix WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux) font on Windows 10
My WSL font keep change to default font(not even mono fonts!) when I launch another utilities(man,vi,nano,etc...)
I checked the "Defaults" and "Properties" of WSL and set the fonts ...
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WSL terminal's keyboard paste is not working
In Ubuntu WSL2 in Windows 10 (Pro 20H2 19042.1237) I cannot paste text to the terminal using the keyboard (Ctrl+V), despite the fact that I activated the property in Preferences:
Does anyone know how ...
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How is this app able to dim my laptop screen on Windows below 0 and how to replicate this through terminal commands?
I wanted to be able to dim my laptop screen below 0 in Windows 10 but wasn't able to do it through the terminal.
I tried using this command in Powershell to lower the brightness to -1 instead of the ...
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Ctrl+L stopped clearing screen in PuTTY sessions [duplicate]
I have PuTTY 0.76 running on Windows 10 2004.
I use PuTTY for connecting to several Linux servers using SSH.
In past I have been able to to clear terminal screen with key combination Ctrl+L.
But now ...
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How do I hide the windows terminal from a cmd file
I have this in my startup folder "C:\Users\Person\Desktop\Element.lnk " as a cmd file. I wanted to know how to make the terminal not display visually.
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Tera Term logged files are missing
I've logged 3 serial devices for hours with Tera Term and the output files somehow disappeared. When I try to log again, it shows the missing files in the file dialog (anchor_log_1.csv, anchor_log_2....
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Is there a way to ssh into Linux PCs from windows with oneclick - using windows terminal?
I use SSH authentication and it works fine.
Right now I have a batch file(.bat) which has "ssh username@server"
In one click I connect to that particular linux machine's Shell. But it opens ...
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Stop cmd from beeping when connected to linux terminal via ssh
I use cmd.exe of Windows 10 to remotely connect to a linux server via ssh. But it keeps beeping when I press certain keys, for example, pressing backspace when it is empty after the prompt, or ...
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Making key repeat behavior consistent across Windows and UNIX operating systems
I split my time between Linux, macOS, and Windows about evenly. This is because there is software that is unique on all 3 systems that I need to use regularly between work and leisure.
Lately I have ...
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From the terminal, how do I determine the date/time for the last time Windows was locked or unlocked?
I press WinKey + L every time I physically leave my computer, for basic security. When I come back, I enter the short Windows password and press Enter to go back into my desktop. (This is not "...
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Win10 Terminal / ssh to multiple panes How do I type one line in one pane and have it replicated in others
I have just been making changes to three Raspberry Pis. To do so I ssh to each one via a cmd prompt and make an entry e.g.
usr@pi22:**~ $ sudo reboot
I then go to the next cmd prompt and type exactly ...
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Is there a Windows terminal app that will colorize certain text strings that appear in the terminal? [closed]
When your command line app pours a lot of text at you, it would be nice if it could colorize the words ERROR and WARNING.
Anyone found an app that will do that?
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Paste with right-click in unfocused Windows console
By default, in Windows 10 console, to paste a text with right-click I have to focus the console window first.
I'd like to reproduce the Putty console behaviour, where the text can be pasted to an ...
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Windows Terminal with git-sdk autocomplete for git doesn't work
I am using git-sdk in my Windows Terminal. "profiles"/"list" entry for it looks like this:
{
"guid": "{00000000-0000-0000-ba54-000000000002}",
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Change the window-terminal to Emacs edit-mode
I plan to change the window-terminal to Emacs-Editing style with:
Set-PSReadLineOption -EditMode Emacs
but it failed to work when start new terminal instance or restart the machine.
As a solution, I ...
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For the Windows "shutdown" command, is "/p" the exact same as "/t 0"?
For many years I have been absolutely confused by the cryptic help output of shutdown /? (it's not by any means better on Linux/FreeBSD) - (I have deleted many irrelevant flags):
/s Shutdown ...
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How to change the title bar color in windows terminal(installed from ms store)
I am trying to change the color of the title in windows terminal. Is there any way to change title bar color. \
default one
Desired one
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change selected text color in windows terminal
Windows terminal gained a lot of traction since its release. I was trying to customize it and found that I cannot use light themes in it. Selected text color is by default having grey color and with ...
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Windows 10 terminal: Is it possible to save ssh password?
My question is about the new windows 10 terminal
At work, I SSH to several servers daily, centos 6 and centos 7, I need to save ssh password, like mobaxterm
I can't create ssh keys, because I have far ...
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Windows 10 terminal: Is it possible to have a dropdown or folders of SSH connections?
My question is about the new windows 10 terminal
At work, I need to ssh to several servers daily. We have many clients, each client has between 3 to 5 servers I might need to ssh to.
Is it possible to ...
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Connect and open file share from Windows Terminal
How can I connect to a file share address from Terminal and open it as folder in file explorer? Is there a way to do this?
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Launch any app from Windows 10 Terminal
How can I launch any installed app from terminal without writing the full path?
I understand that I can launch an app using start C:\…\…\app.exe. Is there an equivalent that allows me to launch any ...
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Hotkey/menu to select-all and copy text in the Windows Terminal App
How do I quickly select-all text using a hotkey or a menu in the new Windows Terminal App in Windows 10?
In the Command Prompt or in PowerShell I can right-click on the top of the window and select ...
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ls doesn't work in mobaxterm local terminal
I'm having a strange issue running mobaxterm v20.2 on Windows 10:
I am unable to use ls to see the contents of the local directory. For example, in this screenshot, the output of ls is empty, but the ...
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Windows Terminal, just translucent (not blurry) background is impossible?
I want to achieve something like the screenshot below (not mine, found by Google image search) with Windows Terminal (1.0.1401.0). Just black with low alpha value.
Setting the acrylic efect, I can ...
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How do I get the drive label from the drive letter in Windows 10 in cmd.exe?
I truly cannot believe I have to ask this, but after searching countless times and finding nothing online on how to do this, I must ask.
I already know about the "label" command. While it does output ...
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I can't see anything but the terminal when running Debian 10.3.0 in VirtualBox from Windows 10
I followed the guide of this site (https://techbland.com/install-debian-9/), but for Debian 10.3.0, and when I open VirtualBox and run Debian 10.3.0 all I see is the terminal. Terminal commands work ...
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Windows Terminal can't scroll up
I'm using Windows Terminal Preview v0.8.10091.0 on Windows 10. In the past, I can scroll up in a cmd profile.
But I don't know why, it doesn't work now.
I suspect it's some directories added to the ...
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How does Windows Terminal (preview) assign colors to files?
I'm using the Windows Terminal (preview) to interact with the Linux subsystem. As far as I know, there is only one way of customizing the terminal, and this is through the profile.json configuration ...
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How do I remove/hide the cursor (the blinking underscore character) in cmd.exe, *from* the command line?
Before you say anything, I know about right-clicking the cmd.exe window title and clicking "Properties" or "Defaults" and changing the color of the cursor. This is not what I mean for two reasons:
It ...
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Configure win10 as rdp client only
I have a company with AD RDP terminial server (win 2016) running.
People use a win10 computer to sign into the RDP server using the standard windows RDP client.
I have been able to auto connect to ...
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Black on white theme in windows 10 terminal
I just installed new windows 10 terminal. It is simply superb. I want to change the theme to black on white (currently it is white on black). Any configuration available for that? I got some configs ...
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Run pip from Ubuntu terminal on Windows
When I run this command in the Ubuntu terminal on Windows 10:
victor@DUMMYPC:/mnt/c/Users/user/Documents/programming$ pip show numpy
I receive this message:
Command 'pip' not found, but can be ...
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Use conda and git from same terminal (W10)
Windows 10 beginner here - currently using:
Anaconda Prompt terminal to use conda and manage python environments.
git bash terminal to use git and manage code.
I want to use both conda and git in ...
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Running cmd (in Win+R) opens black terminal console
Windows 10 [Version 10.0.18362.207].
A strange thing happened after I changed settings for the terminal (played with fonts and legacy mode) and return back to original (actually default).
Now when I ...
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What will be the sudo password in windows new Ubuntu terminal
Windows has launched its new terminal which is also having Ubuntu terminal. Ubuntu terminal is asking password to install things with the help of sudo. I tried the windows PIN and the Microsoft ...
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