Unanswered Questions
16,246 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Batch script does not output file when limited user runs it from an administrator task manually
The Problem:
I want to let a limited user restart a Service. This requires admin privileges, and thus the limited user is unable to restart individual services. I also want to create a timestamp file ...
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Looking for a way (shell/powershell) to healthcheck socks5 proxies and forward requests to the healthiest one
I have 3 socks5 proxies on 3 different servers, the addresses are as follows:
socks5://192.168.100.139:10051
socks5://192.168.9.160:10051
socks5://127.0.0.1:9150
Due to their nature they are ...
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How to run a command using command line arguments for Windows Terminal using wt command?
I'm trying to setup my environment. The below code is working, I just need to execute "Code ." in the new tab opened. Tried doing -Command 'code .' , -c 'code .' , but no luck.
Here's my ...
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How do I determine which line has too many arguments within the script itself?
When I run the script I get the following errors:
./A_High_Stakes_investigations.sh: line 11: [: too many arguments
./A_High_Stakes_investigations.sh: line 11: [: too many arguments
./...
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An installed program has been deleted by someone - how to find their identity?
13 days ago I asked about how to uncompress files downloaded from the arXiv math site, and I got the following response:
Downloading from the arXiv site and uncompressing
I downloaded files from the 7-...
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How can I stop Acrobat Reader from giving an error trying to mysteriously access an unloaded removable D: drive?
For a long time now, whenever I cause Acrobat Reader to launch, before it does anything else, it gives me this error message:
Each of the buttons (including the close button) result in simply ...
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Change clock settings using terminal
what would be terminal command to change(enable in my case)this setting?
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No terminal commands being recognized in macOS Terminal using Zsh. How can I get them back?
None of my commands are working inside my macOS terminal. Usual commands like sudo, nano, vim, ls, cd, all are not working or being recognized.
They were working before however after adding flutter $...
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Realizing auto-inputting command after logging in session in PuTTy
Is there an option in Putty that can auto-insert commands when I start a session?
The general scheme will look like this:
Start session -> Auto logging with a certificate -> Insert the command &...
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how do I format the wildcard inside the BOOLEAN expression so that it tests for all extensions?
I'm trying to sync two directories, Masters and Proxies, via a bash script:
# Loop through files in Proxy Files folder
for file in "$ProxyFilesDir"/*; do
# Extract filename without ...
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Should I be concerned at Command line refusal to recognize .zshrc?
I know nothing about command line instruction. When I open Terminal after installing Homebrew I am told my .zprofile is not recognised.
By researching the issue I find the ‘nano’ instruction can be ...
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Windows 10 - how to force monitor to be recognised as NON PNP
This might be a strange question, but I'm looking for a way to force Windows 10 to recognise a plug-n-play display as a non PNP display...?
It's a long tale, but the TL;DR is I'm working on upgrading ...
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FFmpeg -ss option and keyframes
I would like to clarify that I understand how to use -ss, -t, -to, stream copy, and the difference between stream copying and reencoding/transcoding.
What I don't understand, is how the seeking/...
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Changing a Backup using xcopy to one using robocopy in Win 11
In a Windows 11 Pro and Office 21 Pro environment on a Lenovo 13th Gen, Intel i7-55U, 16GB, 64 bit, Notebook, are there any pitfalls in an incremental copy of Dir/files from external drive F to ...
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Downloading from the arXiv site and uncompressing
When I want to download a math-paper I put out on the arXiv server, I get a file with filename "arXiv-xxxx.xxxx.tar.gz" and I'm having trouble "uncompressing" this file to get the ...
