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How to changing file permissions of contents in hard disk only for other computers?
How to change file permissions on my hard disk so that when I lend my hard disk for someone they can access only the files I wish them to see?
Like,
Some files should be read-only so that they can ...
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Search all files that are NOT one or MORE specific type/extension in a directory
In a folder i want all files except more than one file extension like pdf and html file.
I have already got for single file extension which is
NOT *.pdf
But In my case I want to exclude two ...
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Visual Studio 2017 window is black
After applying the Fall Creators Update to my Windows 10 I'm not able to open Visual Studio properly. I can see the startup screen like everything would be fine – but after it disappears, the only ...
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Where is windows template folder for any file type?
I'm not talking about office template, I'm talking about template for any file type when you create a new one (when searching on Google I get only Word templates answer): if you put a file .ext in ...
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How to make windows 10 ask for file versioning like on Windows 7
On Windows 7, when copying a file, you could keep old file and the new file altogether as it proposes to increment file name version like file(2).txt
On Windows 10, I can't see the same, it just ...
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Installing Windows 10 fresh copy over existing windows 10 installation?
I've windows 10 installed on my laptop, I'd installed a free edition with a product key available. Due to migration of many software from windows 7 to windows 10, my machine is not working as expected,...
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Bind Windows menu item to shortcut like macOS?
I work on a Mac at work, and my coworker has a Windows PC. We're both using Adobe XD for design. There's a particular menu item that's super useful and I've bound it to a custom shortcut via Mac's ...
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silent installation process without messages [closed]
I often install software on my Windows machine. So I would like to install programs in "silent" mode - I mean, standardly when you run any installation of software, you must confirm few steps. I would ...
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How to add sound effect on closing a window?
On windows system of course.
When we close an file explorer window, is there a way to add sound effect?
The "closing application" doesn't work because of too many processes closed unnoticably. It ...
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How do I stop a Windows shortcut from updating its path?
While developing my product, my test device has several versions of the application installed at the same time. However, in order to get the absolute paths that my application is using to work, I need ...
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What does the % in Disk in Task Manager (Windows) mean? [duplicate]
Recently my hard disk corrupted and my HDD reported as being 100% in use all the time. This slowed my computer to a crawl and became totally unusable at times. I fixed it by changing it with an SSD. ...
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Disabling multi-touch feature in Windows 10
While I'm developing a POS application, I do have some issues with windows 10 multi finger touch. I need to disable multi finger touch and all other touch gestures and make the touch panel behave like ...
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Windows RDP - Remote Control current users on Windows 10
Up to this day, I had a Windows Server 2008, and many users logging in remotely (around 10). Going to tasks manager, I can go to users, and if a user is logged in I can "Remote Control".
Now I need ...
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How to change my language layout hotkeys preferences in windows 7 and 10, using PowerShell?
In windows 7 and 10 there is an option, that once modified, allows me, for example, to change language to English by pressing alt+shift+3, to Russian by alt+shift+2 and to Ukrainian by alt+shift+1. ...
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How to identify the (original) user profile name from a changed user account name in Windows?
On Windows, a user account name would be different from the user profile name after it's being changed from Control Panel.
How to find the original user profile name from a changed user account name?
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Windows 10 Set Icons to File Folder
In my user profile folder, I have Downloads, Documents, Pictures, etc.. the normal folders that come with the standard user account on Windows 10.
My issue is, when I right click and select View > ...
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change to mapped network drive at command line
I have searched for the captioned question here and found these posts :
How do I change to a mapped network drive at the command line?
Windows 7: Command Prompt won't CD into a network mapped drive
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Website Page not displayed in Windows 7 IE
We have recently updated an internal web server application. After the update the following behaviour is occurring:
The website loads fine in Firefox, Chrome, and IE (if Windows 10).
The website ...
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Keeping track of service changes on Windows?
Applications often add new services to Windows, some of which start automatically even though they are unnecessary and sometimes interfere with other programs for no good reason.
Is there any way to ...
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How to properly quit from a Remote-Desktop Session? tsdiscon now logs the local user with priority
I have been using the command tsdiscon happily for disconnecting from a remote desktop connection. I have made a "bat-file" with this line, and have assigned a shortcut to this function. Now, I have ...
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Windows 10 error 0x80070780 on file delete
I have been locked out from my Windows 10 account.
I created a dummy account for Microsoft and now I'm locked out of Windows 10.
I've installed Windows 7 along with Windows 10 to regain control of ...
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How to export installed device driver on Windows 7 for later use? [duplicate]
I see myself confronted with an unusual problem:
I own a laptop which was (past) served with an installed initial disk image with all the required drives already installed on it. Within the installed ...
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My old HD is corrupted. Can I install windows 10 in it?
My HD is now corrupted and I can't even boot Windows, don't know about the rest of my data, though. Seems like windows 10 is only free if you previously owned another version of Windows.
I used to ...
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BOOTMGR in Windows 10 upgraded from Windows 7
Before marking this as duplicate: the problem is common but maybe the situation in which it happened is different, if it had happened before please point me to that solution.
I have a MSi GE70 laptop,...
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Explorer is randomly becoming unresponsive
I have no idea what this issue is, but at random times when I'm using my PC Explorer will NOT respond to any clicks, and sometimes on browsers when I click a tab it will close it instead of switching ...
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Does a Windows code page exist that is automatically included on (most/)all versions and locales of Windows?
I'm looking for a code page that could be used in cmd.exe in all Windows versions - mainly XP to 10 -, regardless of the system locales. The priority being the newer versions and most commonly used ...
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Use Windows 7 installation disk to fix Windows 10 BCD
My whole question is in the title. Is it possible to repair Windows 10 BCD using another version of Windows installation disk, Windows 7 in this case?
I got the Windows 10 BCD corrupted when I ...
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Is it possible to place a bandwidth limit on a Windows computer? [duplicate]
On Linux I know you can install a specific module that will control the network adapter so you have a bandwidth control limit.
Is this possible on Windows as well? I was looking at the network ...
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Windows: Disable folder type detection in explorer globally [duplicate]
In Windows Explorer (Win7-10) the folder's type is detected automatically by the files in it (e.g., music).
I can disable this on folder base manually in the properties of each folder (and its ...
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Swapping hard drives from a lenovo T430 to lenovo T440p
Is it possible to swap a HDD from a Lenovo T430 into a T440p without too much trouble? I'd like to keep both OSs intact.
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