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ROBOCOPY /MIR (or /PURGE) follows and deletes target symlinks
Let's say we have a folder SOURCEDIR to be synchronized with TARGETDIR. The problem: if TARGETDIR contains directory symlinks, ROBOCOPY /MIR (or /PURGE) will follow the symlink, and delete every file ...
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Disable unread count in the Skype taskbar icon
This is a Windows-equivalent question of this OSX question here on SuperUser: Disable unread count in the Skype dock icon.
Rationale: sometimes I don't want to be disturbed by incoming Skype messages ...
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Easy way to recover Windows.old folder after Windows 8 PC Refresh?
I recently did a Windows 8 PC refresh, hoping it would solve an issue I'm having, which it didn't. Now I'm hoping there's an easy solution for undoing the refresh.
Is there an easy way to recover any ...
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Force Windows 7 to store thumbnails locally
I want Windows 7 to store thumbnails cache files in the same folder as the files (thumbs.db) instead of using the centralized location for all thumbnails (By default %userprofile%\AppData\Local\...
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How to reduce the hide-delay of Windows 7 taskbar previews?
When you hover the mouse over a taskbar item in Windows 7, it pops up the thumbnail preview. When you remove the mouse, there is a short delay and then the thumbnail disappears. Does anyone know if ...
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arrow keys not working in Java application when using xmodmap
I've defined my keyboard mapping using xmodmap and it works beautifully with my browser and the rest of my software except java applications.
I tried switching the AWT_TOOLKIT to Mtoolkit instead but ...
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Start a process in Windows efficiency mode
I noticed that the Windows 11 task manager has an option to switch a process to "Efficiency Mode". When doing this, it looks like the process is pushed over to E-cores on my Intel CPU.
Is ...
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`snap list --all` does not show everyting in /var/lib/snapd/snaps
I have lots of old snaps in /var/libd/snaps
#> ls /var/lib/snapd/snaps | sort
bare_5.snap
chromium_2556.snap
chromium_2642.snap
core_16091.snap
core18_2790.snap
core20_2015.snap
core22_864.snap
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How to change windows settings programmatically?
The following are the categories of settings in windows:
Each has their own set of sub settings (sometimes nested too), as shown in the following picture:
Whenever I format my computer I change a ...
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Can you dual boot 2 installations of Windows 11?
Say there's a case where you want a secure installation of Windows 11 and another normal one for games and less secure stuff.
Could one install Windows 11 on one drive and then encrypt it with ...
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Windows 10: AAC Support
I bought new AirPods Max for various reasons. They work flawlessly when connecting them via Bluetooth to my Windows PC when only listening to music. The microphone quality is, however, atrocious.
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Ctrl+F (find) is not working as expected on certain websites in Firefox
I'm (now) using Firefox 89.0 (64-bit) for Ubuntu, but this issue has existed for a long time when using Firefox on Ubuntu.
I'm having an issue with Ctrl+F (the find feature) in Firefox. Mostly it ...
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GRUB boot detection failed
I updated my image to ubuntu 20.04 from 16.04 and as a part of it upgraded grub to grub2. From the syslog, I am observing the following errors:
Oct 19 10:30:10 host-1 systemd[1]: Starting GRUB failed ...
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How to disable Ctrl+Shift+U in Ubuntu 20.04?
ctrl+shift+u is a change case, to set lowercase, but it conflicts with annother command, that produces a underlined ''u'', which produces an emoji when combined with a number.
It annoyed me so much ...
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Windows 10 Pro can not enter Standby (S3)
I just recently reinstalled Windows 10 Pro and initially everything worked properly. However, the S3 Standby is not available anymore. Running powercfg /a gives:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg /a
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