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Turn on/off Bluetooth radio/adapter from cmd/powershell in Windows 10
Such a simple task, one would say, and I haven't found a satisfiable solution. What I've tried (with music playing through a Bluetooth-connected speaker to really know the state of the radio):
using ...
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Typing “python” on Windows 10 (version 1903) command prompt opens Microsoft store
This is strange issue I have observed. I installed Active Python 2.7 on Windows 10 (version 1903).
On typing “python” from search, opens the Python 2.7 prompt but when I type from command prompt ...
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Completely disable UAC in Windows 10
When I was running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, I had UAC disabled and everything was working smoothly for me. Now I've updated to Windows 10 Pro 32-bit (and recently also the 2015-11 update), I'm ...
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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 number for Windows 10 [1903], instead of the build number [10.0.18362.592], via command line?
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How to access efi partition on windows 10?
I am having trouble accessing the EFI partition on windows 10 I tried this method in cmd (I used Administrative privileges
):
open cmd as admin...
diskpart
sel disk 0
sel part 1 (efi part)
assign ...
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Start a Zoom meeting from the command line
I attend several recurring Zoom meetings every day and would like to streamline the process of joining them.
Is there a way to launch a Zoom meeting (with password) from the command line in Windows?
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How to colorize the Powershell prompt?
I always make my prompt to be this color in my linux
Then I can find my input in the black command window. But can we make the same color in my Powershell?
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Is it possible to run the Windows 10 Command prompt on Windows 7?
I'm running a Windows 7 Machine and wish to use it with my Windows 10 Batch file, however the colored text it uses does not support the Windows 7 Console (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...
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How to restore "Open command prompt" in Windows Explorer's File menu on Creators Update?
I got used to opening Command Line in a folder I have open in Windows Explorer by clicking File → Open command prompt. Recently this menu item has disappeared from my menus and there's only Open ...
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Command line code to pin program to taskbar Windows 10?
I'm trying to reimage several computers, and am making a batch file to run the basic commands. Is there a command line code that will allow me to pin programs to the task bar? For instance, Internet ...
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How can I wake-up a PC using a command? (i.e. equivalent to moving a mouse, etc)
It doesn't seem like this would be very difficult, but how can I wake-up a PC by doing the equivalent of moving a mouse or pressing keys on a keyboard?
My PC is running Windows 10 and I only have the ...
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Parsing Command Prompt Output
I am retrieving disk information via JavaScript with the wmic statement, wmic logicaldisk get freespace,name,size,volumename, which produces the following output, but in a single string.
"FreeSpace ...
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Why is DNS apparently involved in issuing "dir" on Windows 10?
For complicated reasons, I have been forced to make an identical copy of cmd.exe and rename it to cmd-2.exe, which I put as a shortcut on the Taskbar to have them "grouped" in different taskbar groups....
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How to automate setting Chrome as default browser in Windows 10
I've tried setting default in the reg keys:
hkeycu>software>microsoft>windows>shell>associations>urlassociations>http and https.
Tried using master_preference file.
Tried using ...
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How do I determine if my system is Windows 10 using the command line? [duplicate]
I'm working with InstallAnywhere, an old program for creating installers. I would like to install a particular file, only in case of Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Due to InstallAnywhere limitations, ...
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