Questions tagged [nircmd]
NirCmd is a small command-line utility for Windows that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.
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Mute specific application in Windows without nircmd
One of my games will not respond to the usual nircmd command to mute it:
nircmd snircmd muteappvolume Cyberpunk2077.exe 1
I suspect it may not be working as it may be one of those applications that ...
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Stop Screensaver using Task scheduler windows 8.1
I have an old windows 8.1 tablet that I'm trying to set up as a digital picture frame. It's a winbook tw700.
The tablet does not support wake timers so I have sleep for battery and plugged in as ...
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Invoke S0 Sleep using Task Scheduler for all users
I'm trying to get a Windows 10 Optiplex 7000 to go to sleep at 10pm every day. I installed nircmd and created a task in task scheduler to run a .bat file with the following command: nircmd.exe monitor ...
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Make power-button force shutdown
I want my PC power-button to shut down Windows immediately. But what it actually does it prompt for action if there are e.g. unsaved changes.
How can I force the power button to shut down immediately?
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How do I create a batch command to minimize the window of a particular program?
I'm using Task Scheduler to launch SoundID Reference.exe, a third-party program, 60 seconds after my Win 10 64-bit computer starts up. That's working fine.
I would like to create a batch command to ...
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NirCmd volume control of certain applications from Volume Mixer not working?
So I use this app to mute microphone communication in Valorant.
But I also want to mute the game itself.
The devs of the game have separated these 2 so in Volume Mixer (SndVol.exe) they are 2 ...
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Can you use nircmd to help save clipboard contents to a Batch File variable?
In a batch script, I wish to save the clipboard text into a variable. Having searched it seems that this is not possible without 3rd-party tools. Well I have nircmd, and one of its commands is:
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NirCmd: Copy Path vs. Copy File Name
nircmd.exe execmd (echo.|set /p=\"%1\") | clip
Copies %1 path to the clipboard.
How can I copy the file name to the clipboard using NirCmd?
echo. | set /p = "%~nx1" | clip works in ...
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How to get system volume level(audio) in windows?
Using nircmd we can set system volume level(audio) but how to get system volume?
How can we get system volume using powershell?
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Using nircmd to turn off monitor instead puts PC to sleep
I've been using nircmd to turn off the monitor/display of various PCs like so:
nircmd.exe cmdwait 1000 monitor off
The cmdwait 1000 part just adds a 1 second delay (to let the last keystroke and ...
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Mic mute/Unmute Toggle is not working
Trying to toggle Mute/Unmute for my microphone on the latest windows 10 build but its not working
what I'm trying to do below in the code is toggle the mic and each time I do toggle the mic a ...
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NirCmd 'Failed to copy NirCmd!' & can't get NirCmd to work overall
NirCmd has been working just fine for me for a very long amount of time, but not today... I couldn't get the following command to work, although it always worked fine in the past:
nircmd win close ...
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How to change the position of monitor on dual monitor display setup in Windows using the command prompt?
I've managed to create 2 bat files that switches between primary displays (Display 1 and Display 2).
I did this to simplify the process of running a dual-monitor splitscreen configuration for Rocket ...
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nircmd screen capture is smaller than actual resolution of the screen
I am taking a screenshot using NirCmd savescreenshot. The result screenshot is smaller than the actual resolution of the my screen. My screen resolution is 1920 x 1080.
When I tried this link, it ...
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Focusing a window in cmd with Nircmd
First time posting. I have been playing around with creating macros that can individually adjust the sound of individual application. Found that Nircmd has the commands that I want for example if I ...
