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What is the command line to start a gadget in Windows 7?
I need to make sure that some Windows 7 gadget is running at a specific time of day (10am) for an user.
Surely, I can start it once and let it run forever, but the user may accidentally or ...
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How to change input method when using command prompt?
There are several input methods like Chinese, Japanese, or Russian.
But, when I change code page into 65001 (UTF-8), I can only type English.
How to change input method when using command prompt ...
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Windows batch "rmdir /s /q" empty a folder but it is still there (but 0KB) and can't access
I use Windows 7 x64. I have a svn checkout Working folder, say "Working".
When I use a batch file or just open CMD, I did
del "%currPath%\Working" /s /f /q
rmdir "%currPath%\Working" /s /q
The ...
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How can I modify the BAT file in this post so it will randomly select 1 background contained in a folder containing multiple backgrounds?
Is there a way to modify the bat file from this post here: How do I set the desktop background on Windows from a script?
so that it will randomly select 1 background image from a folder containing ...
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Preventing Windows Update from updating a certain driver via command line/script?
I work as a part-time system administrator and recently (in the last few months), we've been experiencing BSODs on almost all PCs in our group. We do know that most of these BSODs were caused by a ...
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Open in Command line doesn't work anymore since the last windows update
Since the last Windows update (2013/11/12), this doesn't work anymore on Windows 7 64bit:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\cmd]
@="Open cmd here"...
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Error 10053 using composer
I need to use Composer in my wamp server on a windows 7 machine but I keep on getting a 10053 error.
For example when I try to install laravel I get the following message:
[Composer\Downloader\...
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Windows 7's compatibility mode set to Windows XP SP3 for an executable from the command line and bypass User Account Control Prompt
I'm trying to package an application called Boss and it's intended to be deployed through SCCM 2012 and seems that it's an old Windows 2K application so it doesn't has all the properties I wish it ...
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Start/stop services from command prompt under non Administrator user, but belonging to administrators group
I have a WIN7 computer with user which is in Administrator group. Let's call it MyUser.
UAC turned ON.
I have several services launched under local system.
When I'm trying to start or stop these ...
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DNS Server not authoritative for this zone in windows Command Prompt
Every time I try and enter a location on my computer through the command prompt,
e.g. C:\Users\Owner\workspace\swarm
it keeps returning with "DNS Server not authoritative for this zone", what ...
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Recovering drive via boot to Win7 setup command prompt
I am trying to recover data from two old IDE drives. Drive1 has been successful, but something is wrong with Drive2. It does not appear as a drive letter.
Due to limited legacy hardware, the only way ...
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How do you assign a shortcut key to Command Prompts so that it can open multiple windows?
On every Windows machine that I've ever owned (or used at work), I've assigned a Shortcut key to open a Command Prompt window on entering the shortcut key.
If you enter this shortcut key several ...
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How do I install/uninstall drivers from CMD in windows7?
Recently I had to change the motherboard(different manufacturer and chipset) on one of my computers and now windows 7 wont start.
I would like to avoid reinstalling windows from scratch since it would ...
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Updating BIOS, won't recognize battery is plugged in
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 running Windows XP. I am trying to upgrade to Windows 7, but it tells me I first need to update my BIOS.
I downloaded the BIOS file and have tried running it, but it ...
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Windows task scheduler not running batch file on network drive
I have a batch file that I'd like to run with the Task Scheduler. Running the batch file manually works fine. If the batch file resides on the C:\ drive, task scheduler runs it fine, but if the ...
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