Questions tagged [windows]
For questions not specific to a single version of Microsoft Windows. Otherwise, use a more specific tag such as [windows-7], [windows-10] or [windows-11].
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Change Shared Drive icon in Windows 10 with Registry setting
I want to make my desktop look a little more to my liking, and that includes changing some of the icons. One of the icons I want to change is the shared drive icon:
I want to do this using the ...
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Using `runas.exe` doesn't seem to work as PowerShell sudo
I am trying to use runas in a PowerShell function to serve as a poor man's sudo, but runas doesn't seem to actually give me admin access. For example, I get an access denied when running:
runas /user:...
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How to Retrieve a Saved Password from Cyberduck bookmark?
I'm able to access the host server via the Cyberduck bookmark. However, is there a way to retrieve the saved password in this case?
This seems to suggest there is a thing called keychain, but where do ...
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Why do i keep getting an java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: when running sbt?
I want to run a bot on windows. I'm trying to run sbt in cmd. I installed sbt and java 22 x64 MSI Installer. I ran sbt but i keep getting an error. I think maybe this has to do with java so i ...
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How to open a Windows store app from command line?
How can I run an app installed from Windows Store (https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) from the command line, please?
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Formatting numbers in .bat files
In a .bat file, I echo strings containing large numerical data (representing bytes of a Storage Space, i.e. non-negative big integers), e.g.:
" 123456789012345"
I'd like to format these numbers ...
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Bass in Sound fails sometimes
I sometimes have the problem that the bass in my sound is missing/failed. When I restart the system, the bass is back.
Software Info:
Realtek Audio
FxSound
The problem is NOT solved by disabling ...
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Run task forever in Windows Scheduler, restart if not running
There's a lot of ambiguity about Windows' Task Scheduler ability to receive return codes from scripts. I've found several useful Stack Exchange answers but none of them quite fit my need.
I'm ...
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Outlook 2016 - How to display multiple mailboxes in a single pane?
I'm working with Outlook 2016 and I'd like to display multiple mailboxes (.pst or .ost) simultaneously on the left pane. I have set up for a user multiple profiles attached to different mailboxes.
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How to lock "full screen mode" a program on Windows 7?
When I say "Full screen mode" I mean without any borders and with no option to maximize/minimize with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts.
I want to make a "kiosk windows 7" with a program that is ...
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Window installation error with linux boot drive
I can't install Windows 11 on my SSD with a GPT partition. I've tried using both Ventoy and Rufus, with and without secure boot, but nothing seems to work. It keeps showing the error:
Windows could ...
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Failover clustering validation report error: Validate Active Directory Configuration
I am deploying failover clustering on windows server 2012 r2 enterprise
When validate configuration, failover cluster validation report an error
At system configuration > Validate Active Directory ...
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"Super" Hidden Folder?
So, I bought an SSD to upgrade the speed of my PC, and started transferring extranneous files over to a 10TB portable USB drive that I had. In this effort to reduce the size of my hard drive before ...
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Terminal Powershell differences
When I type dir /A into terminal I get desirable output, but when I type the same to Powershell i get
dir : Cannot find path 'C:\A' because it does not exist.
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format EFI, Recovery partitions windows 10 in clean install?
I'm going to do a clean install of Windows, but during the installation I want to format all the partitions and then delete them, but I have some concerns!
As you can see in the picture below, I have ...
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Is there anyway to resume "stuck" cmd.exe in windows 10?
For a lack of a better description, look at this screenshot:
Sometimes, after an out of memory semi-crash, cmd windows remain in this state.
If I click on them, nothing happens.
(some of them work ...
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Using wildcards with the rmdir or rd command
Let's say there are some folder in the D: drive:
D:\Air
D:\Abonden
D:\All
D:\Whatever
I want to delete all folders starting with "A" (including all subfolders and files). I tried this command:
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How to pass commands to a telnet window with a batch script?
I'm trying to control a wifi device with a batch script using the telnet command in Windows 7, but I don't know how to pass the commands to the telnet window. This will be a part of a longer script ...
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Windows 10 won't boot, primary partition has become RAW
My Dell 5559 laptop shutdown suddenly due to power outage. After that, when I tried to turn it on, it gave an error:
A disk read error occured
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
I have been looking at all ...
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What is "Authentication failed" status on network adapter
I did not know that network adapter can even have status such as "Authentication failed":
Do you know what is causing this and how it can be resolved?
The network connection through this adapter is ...
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How to open PWA minimized on startup? (Windows, Edge)
I want a Progressive Web App to start minimized on startup. I use Edge on Windows.
Bonus points if it can minimize to system tray.
Is there a way to set this up?
Is it possible using other browsers?
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How do I to use Google Speech to Text in any Windows application?
When using Android, using the Swiftkey keyboard, I can use the Google Speech to Text anywhere, simply quickly holding a key. In my Windows PC, I want speak with the microphone and let Google type for ...
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Move mouse USB to hard drive/RAM [closed]
I use a USB mouse, but the USB drive on my laptop is iffy, and often dislodges the USB. This means the mouse will continually disconnect unless I hold the USB in a particular orientation. Is there a ...
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What are Windows $DATA files, and can I delete them?
I am running WIndows 10.
I have moved my Desktop file to an external drive. My Windows is running in a virtual machine, and I need to access the desktop from elsewhere, so I though I’d try this. I ...
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How to delete files from a folder using a list of file names in windows?
i have a folder with 2K+ files in it, i need to delete around 200, i have a txt file with all the file names i need removed ordered in a list, how do i remove the specific files from the folder using ...
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How to expand the Windows partition when the Recovery one is in the way?
My partitions on my primary disk look like this:
I would like to expand C: with the Unallocated space but the 946 MB Recovery partition is in the way.
Is there a way to swap the Recovery partition ...
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Default permissions for "Program Files" folder?
I modified the default permissions of "Program files" and now some things aren't working (Windows Mail isn't opening)
What are the default permissions of "Program files" so that I can reset it?
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Fullscreen Photo/Video Slideshow App?
I have a folder that contains a lot of subfolders which include photos and/or videos. Is there any free application that would display them in a random slideshow? It's something I want to run on a PC ...
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Save password in CheckPoint VPN
For remote work I use CheckPoint SecuRemote, and upon connect, it asks me for password; how can I cache this password?
Are these settings related to my question?
# Within: %ProgramFiles(x86)/...
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Why do Windows 10 / Windows 11 copied/pasted shortcuts not appear, but newly created ones do?
With Windows 10/11 you can access the start menu items in these locations:
"%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"
%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\...
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Outlook already running
This is the new mail client for Windows 11 which MS have decided to call outlook. It is not about Outlook that comes with office.
When I first start up the mail client, everything works fine. If I ...
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How to solve a final pb when merging a series of .ts file with concat command of FFmpeg?
I had dowloaded some videos from the Internet, feaw years ago…
I obtained many files: a series of files in .ts
In my example: a series of 306 files named from segment1_4_av.ts to segment306_4_av.ts
A ...
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New Windows mail client installed, old client keeps asking for password
I've got new outlook (mail client) installed on W11 after a lot of resistance to it. Anyway, I changed the password on one of the accounts in new outlook. Now, whenever I login, old outlook asks for ...
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Network cable not working - dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10
I have dual boot (Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10) installed on my laptop.
I found out, that when I shut down Ubuntu and run Windows then often happens that network cable stops working. I usually restart ...
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How to check If ssd was replaced / taked out / data restored/copied
Laptop was 5h in workshop, where was Windows reinstalled. Need to check / controll, If during this time was ssd replased / taked out / restored data / etc. How is it possible?
Thank you for the answer....
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Dism wim export and split different hashes
I have a rather weird question.
I am in the process of creating bootable media/ images and I noticed every time I split a .wim into smaller .swm files the file hashes change for the .swm file every ...
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VMware workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. How to Remove the Hyper-V role?
I’m running VMware Workstation for virtualization, and as you all know,
VMware and Hyper-V are sworn enemies.
After the last Windows update, Hyper-V was enabled again, but it was easy to just ...
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openssh windows bad owner or permissions
I've installed openssh for windows and when I run ssh localhost I get
Bad owner or permissions on C:\Users\gary/.ssh/config
I've looked at these 2 questions "Bad owner or permissions" ...
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Cannot map a network drive in windows 7
I know there are many topics, all with same problem, but all the answers seem irrelevant.
I have a ftp server/site and I am trying to map it to a drive in Windows 7...
Whatever I type as FTP address ...
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How can one close all non-existing files at once in Notepad++?
When closing a non-existing file in Notepad++, one gets this window:
How can one close all non-existing files at once in Notepad++? I use Windows.
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How to change GPT partition type on windows?
The GPT format introduce far more place to metadata.
To set a partition type in diskpart, one use :
DISKPART> create partition msr
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DISKPART> create partition efi
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DISKPART> create ...
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Configure Windows 10 Explorer settings via GPO (Personal folder, Start Menu folders)
We're currently rolling out Windows 10, and trying to configure GPOs for ease of use for student accounts. As part of that, we're looking at forcing users to save to their Home Folders (H: drives).
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How can I open more than one instance of Microsoft Project?
Is there any way to open more than one instance of Microsoft Project on a Windows desktop computer? Clicking to launch a new instance while I already have one open or going to Start -> Run... -> ...
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How to return a GPO to Not Configured?
Recently a new piece of software started being included in our corporate Windows 7 image that, during silent install during the deployment process with Windows Deployment Workbench, sets the Windows ...
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Vagrant hangs on SSH auth method: password
I’m trying to load a VM via Vagrant. It’s my first time attempting anything like this.
I'm using Windows 10 64bit and trying to run my MS Server 2016 standard.
I created a new VM in VirtualBox and ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro VM (on VirtualBox running on Ubuntu) won't boot [closed]
First and foremost, forgive me if any of the following command returns are too vague or missing; I'm typing this up partly from screenshots and partly from memory. Happy to run any or all of them ...
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What's the database format for WhatsApp Desktop for windows?
I'm trying to extract all of my WhatsApp messages with metadata for analysis, searching, graphing, e.t.c. Extraction of the Android database requires rooted access, so I'm trying to use the database ...
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Is there a deterministic way to reboot Windows 10/11 from the login screen (if you can't see the screen)
I have a machine that sometimes boots up without activating the discrete Nvida GPU.
Thus I have a machine that's booted, running, at the login screen, but sending video to the wrong place. A reboot ...
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explorer.exe freezing when right clicking desktop with 2 monitors
Since I added a second monitor to my computer, when right clicking the desktop and trying to bring the context menu, the desktop and all other explorer.exe windows will freeze for ~5 seconds before ...
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I can't insert long paths in the "Target" box in Windows 11 shortcut properties (might consider using vbs or batch)
I'm trying to create a Windows shortcut that will be put in my startup folder. The shortcut starts a program (Discord), but with a 1-minute delay. I'm doing this because my (ancient) core i3-2100 PC ...
