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How can I display the contents of an environment variable from the command prompt in Windows 7?
In Windows 7, when I start the Command prompt, is there any command to display the contents of an environment variable (such as the JAVA_HOME or PATH variables)?
I have tried with echo $PATH, echo ...
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How can I find out when Windows was last restarted?
How can I know when my computer running Windows 7 was last restarted?
I prefer a solution that doesn't involve searching the event log, but something like wmic or maybe cmd commands.
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Restart a Windows service from the command line
Is there a way to restart a Windows service from the command prompt?
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How can I always run the command prompt as administrator?
As a developer, I often have the need to open a command prompt for various purposes. For example, I use iisreset to restart my local web server.
I typically open the command window in one of two ways:...
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CMD cd to other drives except C:\ not working [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using cd Command in Windows Command Line, Can't Navigate to D:\
I am unable to cd D:\ or cd D: or to any other drives. I am facing this problem from last 2 months but ...
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Turn off display in Windows on command
Is there a way to turn off the display in Windows (7), preferably without using additional software?
Powershell script works fine, but leaves command-line window after turning on the display.
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How can I delete all files/subfolders in a given folder via the command prompt?
I would like to delete all files and subfolders using a batch file in Windows 7 and keep the top folder. Basically emptying the folder.
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How to check if a directory exists in Windows?
I would like to translate this Linux/Bash script to Windows shell:
if test -d myDirName; then echo "ok"; else mkdir myDirName; fi
It tests if a directory exists, and if it doesn't it creates it.
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How do I locate the MAC address of my computer?
I am unable to locate the MAC address in a new computer with Windows 7. I've tried ipconfig /all in the console to which I got no items match your search. I also tried getmac. A screen flashed very ...
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Can I get more information on what Windows Update is doing?
It often happens that I have to watch this screen for minutes:
I have no clue what's happening in the back. And I'm also not interested in watching the WindowsUpdate.log for changes.
I would love to ...
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Hibernate computer with a timeout from command line on Windows 7
I am trying to hibernate my computer from the command. I was using shutdown /s /t 20 to shutdown the the computer. I change /s to /h to hibernate and now it just returns the usage text as if it doesn'...
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How can I permanently change the Command Prompt in Windows 7?
I would like to change the prompt to $p$g$_$f permanently, but it resets itself every time I reopen the command window.
How can I get it to stay the same forever?
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Less or More in Windows?
Is there a command in the Windows DOS prompt that is equivalent to the UNIX less or more?
Basically, the problem is that when I type hg log, the output has too many lines to fit on the screen and I ...
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Which special variables are available when writing a shell command for a context menu
When extending the Windows' shell context menu (e.g. for adding an 'Open command here' prompt on directories), a 'command' key needs to be created in the registry.
The value of this 'command' key ...
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Command prompt hangs until keypress?
Problem:
For some reason once in a while my command prompt would hang until I press a random key, and it would continue operation as if nothing happened.
Occurrence:
This happens when I am running a ...
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