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Add backslash if a string doesn't have it
I'm developing a command line Batch file on Windows 7. I'm trying to add \ to a dir if it hasn't.
This is only a test:
@echo off
set solutionDir=%CD%\
echo %solutionDir%
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Windows 7 command promt number of buffers and buffer size
In Windows 7, the Command Prompt has two configuration options called Buffer Size and Number of Buffers found in the Options tab. Following these instructions, I've tweaked these two values to ...
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cmd.exe error windows 7 the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click ok to close the application
when i try to open the cmd.exe. a box pops up with the message of cmd.exe error windows 7 the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click ok to close the application.
my pc was ...
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Notepad++ open cmd in current file's directory
Is there a way (probably a macro) how to open cmd in current file's directory?
Say I am editting a file D:\foo\bar.txt and would like to open cmd in D:\foo\. It would really help running various ...
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Unable to output to lpt1: from cmd
I am running Windows 7 32-bit on an old laptop with an onboard parallel port. I have an Okidata Microline 320 printer connected to that port; the printer has been tested to work fine when printing ...
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What privilege is required by the caller to invoke the -ExecutionPolicy parameter of Powershell 7.x
When invoking Powershell directly by invoking PWSH.EXE, it accepts an -ExecutionPolicy parameter for essentially a "one time/this-instance-only" invocation with something other than the ...
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How to Execute ShortCut From Command line in Windows 7
We came with a scenario where we have to use Shortcut file (.lnk), which is on the desktop, to execute an application for a headless device (i.e, without manual intervention).
Is there any way to ...
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UAC problems with msiexec silent mode
I have a msi package which I want to install to some computers, which aren't necessary on the same domain neither network.
The way I spread the msi package it doesn't matter. We can expect that file ...
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Running a program from network location on Windows 7 from cmd
I have to run a configuration script on a number of computers that is stored on a network location. I run CMD as administrator and then run the command which looks something like this:
\\server\...
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How to list installed font families?
How can I list the family names of installed fonts on Windows?
Any command line utility or any registry paths?
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Changing Visual Effects settings through command line
Is there a way to change/modify the Visual Effects settings via command line? For example, I want to control (enabling and disabling) on Animate windows while minimizing and maximizing option from ...
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How to start on-screen-keyboard when installing windows
How do I start the on-screen-keyboard during the windows installation process? I need to install Windows 7 and I don't have keyboard, I only have a mouse.
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How can I verify that CNTLM works correctly?
I had installed and configured CNTLM on my Windows 7 machine.
CNTLM is running and I can see it in Process. I have problems with a development tool that points to http://localhost:3128, I have doubts ...
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Is it possible to get ONLY the Drive Label using WMIC?
Using WMIC, I want to get only the drive label based on the drive letter:
for /f "skip=1" %a in ('wmic volume where "Driveletter like '%C%'" get label') do echo %a
Now, those of you who understand ...
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Batch execution error "not recognised as an internal or external command"
D:\temp\copyTXT.bat is a simple script containing:
XCOPY /v D:\temp\MyFile.txt D:\Documents\
Executing the script fails, flashing a window for ~100ms, then does nothing (no copy at all), but if I ...
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