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Are there commands in PowerShell 7 to split the current window into four and request to run Python files in each of them?

Currently, I click + 3x while holding Alt to create four divided terminals within the same tab: In each of these, I need to run a different Python commnd: cd "C:\Users\Computador\Desktop\Test ...
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How can I have a colored Powershell prompt and still have conda env label?

When I add the code below to C:\Users\USERFOLDER\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1: function prompt { $ESC = [char]27 "$ESC[46mPS $($executionContext.SessionState....
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Looking to 'hide' a window by sending it to background or 'detatching' it from another window

I've compiled a little python program and it has this window open (cmd console) and I would like to make it a background task or just hide it from the user somehow. Yes I am aware that I can compile ...
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Python Can Run with Typing "python.exe" Rather Typing "python"

I have added python to env on PATH correctly C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\ But now I need to type python.exe to start it rather than typing python like before And it will ...
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How can I monitor a specific directory in Windows 11 to see when a new file is added?

I have a shared folder within my company that often gets new builds added to it. It is my job to do QA on the builds in that folder but I am getting tired of just having to check the folder every day ...
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Windows 11 on 16 core processor reduces CPU utilization when minimizing python processing console window - WHY?

I have a weird issue when doing long term image processing on my 16 core 24 thread i7 13700k processor, on windows 11 pro. My processing lasts for hours so I fire up several python scripts in ...
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1 answer
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How to use `python` again in windows PowerShell?

As of yesterday I could run a python command like python code.py on a windows 10 powershell command line. After an update this does not work anymore and I get an error Python was not found; run ...
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Run Python Script with Powershell by default instead of Cmd (Windows 10)

I'm on Windows 10 using Python 3.6, and I notice that whenever I double click on a Python file (for example, from File Explorer): It runs inside a command prompt window! I would prefer if it were to ...
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Is it possible to control a PC through Python/Powershell using RDP or VNC?

I'm writing a script to perform some actions (e.g: execute scripts, copy/paste/rename etc) on a remote machine. The remote machine only has RDP, VNC and FTP activated. I can perform all the above ...
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How is miniconda getting added to my powershell $env:path?

When I check my user and system PATH variables, neither of them has the Miniconda path included. However, if I open up a powershell prompt and run echo $env:path I see that this includes the contents ...
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PS2Exe to run Python Script Doesn't Print Color (Colorama)

I want some of my Python scripts on Windows to have a custom icon, have their filename text in the title bar, and I want them to be pinnable to the taskbar and start menu. The easiest way to do this, ...
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Cannot find pip on PowerShell

I am trying to install a package for python and I'm following the "installing packages" on the python documentation in order to do so. First it asks me to check that I have python on my computer. I'm ...
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1 answer
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Windows Powershell using python Ping instead of default

I am trying to run a ping using windows powershell, but this is the result: ping google.com Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Program Files\Python36\Scripts\ping.py", line 31, in ...
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Windows PowerShell returns error for "python --version" even though I have it installed

For a very long time I've used python to code. I installed Anaconda and I use Visual Studio Code to write the code. I want to download a new package using pip, and following the "Installing packages" ...
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Python 3.6 does not run on Windows 10

Using Windows 10. First I uninstall any existing versions of Python 3 or Python 2.0 https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/python-3.6.0-amd64.exe Then I run the above program, Windows seems to ...

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