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What is the "SSH" equivalent for Windows 10?
I recently had to start managing remote Windows 10 systems (non-servers) and am curious if there is an SSH equivalent for running command prompt commands remotely.
Is there a default utility for doing ...
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Disable sleep, hibernate, and fast startup using PowerShell in Windows 10
Edit: Skip to the end for the result of my situation
I am trying to figure out how I disabled the sleep, hibernate, and fast startup options in Windows 10, so that I can include them in the PowerShell ...
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Raising a dialog window from a Windows .sys driver from the command line?
I would like to allow the user of my application to directly open the (Windows Control Panel) "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" properties dialog (see image below), for a selected ...
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Is there a way to open windows terminal shells in the current directory with keyboard shortcuts?
I've Windows Terminal (Preview) pinned to taskbar which I launch using win+t. I'm trying to achieve a similar functionality to alt+f+r inside a directory in file explorer which opens powershell in the ...
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Is there a way to make Windows Powershell 6 my default terminal?
I downloaded pwsh 6, or pwsh core, and wanted to make it default.
Currently whenever I use the shorcut for a CMD, I already get the old pwsh, but I wanted to use the new one instead.
Is there anyway ...
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Turn off 'Close lid to sleep' when only connected to dock/monitor - Windows 10
I want to change the 'Close lid to sleep' setting such that:
Whenever my laptop is connected to the dock or monitor, closing lid does nothing
When I disconnect it from dock/monitor, closing lid puts ...
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How do I add a user with "Full Control" permissions to folder without changing owner of the folder (I.E.) Administrators, using the command line?
I want a command-line solution to add a local user account to the permissions table for a directory and grant the account full access... WITHOUT changing the ownership of the directory.
I'm looking ...
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PowerShell equivalent to DISM's /Cleanup-Image in Windows 10
What is the PowerShell equivalent to DISM's /Cleanup-Image in this command:
DISM /Image:%mounted_image% /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /Resetbase /ScratchDir:%scratch_dir%
Within Use DISM in ...
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Connecting/Disconnecting to Bluetooth Device via CMD, PS, or AHK?
I'm at my wits' end right now.
I'm on the latest version of Windows 10 and I just want to run a script to connect/disconnect to my Bluetooth headphones when executed. I've looked at a couple other ...
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piping command to wsl awk doesn't work
I'm running Windows 10 / WSL2 / Ubuntu 20.04 and am trying to do ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{ print $2 }' in PowerShell. Here's what I've come up with:
wsl ifconfig eth0 | wsl grep 'inet ' | ...
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Powershell to set default browser
I created a process using PowerShell to install Chrome. What I am looking to do now is to have PowerShell change the registry for the computer and change the default browser to Chrome.
I would ...
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CTRL+C isn't working as interrupt in command prompt
When I run a command and I wanna to stop it via CTRL+C in CMD or PowerShell nothing happens.
If these shells are run with Administrator group CTRL+C is working fine. Yes I have UAC enabled.
On ...
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Adjust the Display scaling settings from PowerShell?
I want to adjust the Display scaling settings of a remote virtual machine via Citrix:
(picture from another computer)
but I get the error message:
ms-settings:displayThis file does not have an app ...
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Unexpected error when running PowerShell in Windows 10
I am getting an error when I try to run the PowerShell on my Windows 10 machine. Here is the description:
Windows PowerShell terminated with the following error:
The type initializer for 'System....
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Add folder to Windows 10 Library programmatically in a batch file or PowerShell
How do I add a folder to a Library (such as Documents, Music, Videos, Pictures) in Windows 10 programmatically using either a batch file command or PowerShell (or indeed a PowerShell command within a ...
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Is there a PowerShell, Batch, or VBS script that can automatically pin the recycle bin to the start menu?
The recycle bin doesn't show up when you type it into the start menu which seems incredibly moronic. I am able to create a shortcut and pin it to the start menu so it shows up, but I'd like to ...
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bluetooth profiles in-use on Windows 10
tl;dr how do I list in-use "bluetooth profiles".
In Windows 10, I would like a listing of Bluetooth Profiles currently in-use for Bluetooth connected devices. Is there a Powershell command ...
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Windows Registry Shows Windows 10 Pro Despite Running Windows 11 Pro
My laptop is running on Windows 11 Pro, and the system settings indeed confirm that it's running Windows 11 Pro. However, when I use PowerShell to query the registry for the Windows version powershell ...
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Error when running the command to create recommended inbound WSL firewall rule for use with IDEA- 'interface not found'?
Intellij IDEA cannot 'see' my WSL java installation. I thought firewall rules could be the culprit. (I've previously been using Kaspersky firewall but recently switched to just using windows defender, ...
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Windows PowerShell: Get-FileHash and long file paths
OS is Windows 10.
I'm using PowerShell's "Get-FileHash" command to generate a file's MD5 checksum directly within its folder, like so:
PS Z:\Test> Get-FileHash 'test.txt' -algorithm MD5 ...
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Importing modules into a remote PC with powershell
I can't find an answer to this issue which I can understand so forgive me if this has already been answered.
I'm trying to use self-written modules on a remote PC using Powershell.
I would like to use ...
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How can I reinstall Windows 10's calculator app?
I uninstalled the Calculator app like this in PowerShell:
Get-AppxPackage *windowscalculator* | Remove-AppxPackage
How do I reinstall it?
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Import-StartLayout doesn't change anything
I'm trying to create a layout template on Windows 10 using the Export/Import-StartLayout commands.
Here's what I've done.
Open an admin PowerShell window.
Run Export-StartLayout -Path layout.xml.
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Entering cmd into the file explorer address bar not working
I was trying to open an instance of command prompt by typing 'cmd' on the windows explorer's address bar and pressing Enter but nothing happens.
Normally, an instance of the command prompt with the ...
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Eject/dismount a drive using PowerShell
I would like to eject/dismount an external USB drive via PowerShell.
Meaning, I want to replicate exactly the behaviour of these UI actions (Ejecting drive via Windows UI):
Currently I am using this ...
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How to know if a computer is being used remotely
Is there a way to know that a computer (win10) is currently being controlled remotely? (via RDP)
-And if so, can I know the user-name connected to it?
I have several computers that me and my coworkers ...
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How to maintain ssh-agent login session with Windows 10's new OpenSSH and PowerShell
On my Ubuntu machine, I simply use Keychain to maintain a single ssh-agent which stays logged in.
I'd like something similar to that on Windows now that OpenSSH is natively included. I was using Git ...
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How Can I Change File Explorer's Default View to "Details" and Group by Type Using CMD/Batch or PowerShell?
I'm looking to customize the default settings of File Explorer on my Windows 10 system. Specifically, I want to set the default view mode to "Details" and have files always grouped by "...
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Is there a way to make an "intelligent" desktop object that filters a specific target folder's children on whether they contain a certain subfolder?
Let's say we have the following folder hierarchy in Windows 10:
data
acme widgets
2022
2023
2024
gizmos
2023
etc1
etc2
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etc999
There are ...
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PsExec error - "Couldn't install PSEXESVC service: Access is denied
I've done a lot of research into this problem and still haven't found a solution. I wrote a powershell script that uses psexec to activate another one on a file share using a p2p network. I keep ...
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