Most Popular
1500 questions
96
votes
13 answers
Where are ALL locations of Start Menu folders in Windows 10?
I am trying to fix start menu damage after windows 10 install.
Currently, I removed all files from known locations of start menu files, but still have some entries in Start Menu.
Here is the proof folders are empty:
And here is the proof that I…
Dims
- 11,432
- 76
- 153
- 240
96
votes
6 answers
Disadvantages of partitioning an SSD?
A wise guy who goes by the name of NickN maintains a lenghty forum post on his views about building a powerful computer (directed towards playing Microsoft's Flight Simulator X, a very demanding piece of software).
He sums up points about SSD drives…
MarioDS
- 1,552
- 5
- 19
- 34
96
votes
9 answers
How to enable confirmation alert before closing chrome tabs?
How to enable confirmation alert box option before closing opened tab in chrome browser? Need to change setting? I couldn't find any such options in setting window.
Kumar V
- 1,061
- 1
- 8
- 9
96
votes
7 answers
Virtual Box - not filling entire screen
I am new to VirtualBox and am trying to set up an instance of Windows 7 64.
I have the virtual machine instance running with Windows 7 now installed, but it only fills up a small portion of my screen. Even when I go full screen, the window stays…
jdavis
- 1,111
- 2
- 8
- 5
96
votes
8 answers
What is the equivalent of Linux's "~" (tilde) in Windows?
In Linux, we can go to the user home by entering the tilde (~) character after cd:
cd ~
How to do the same in Windows?
Each time, I need to type:
cd C:\Document and Settings\freewind
That's too boring.
Freewind
- 1,797
- 2
- 18
- 25
96
votes
2 answers
CMD cd to other drives except C:\ not working
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 until now cmd was not that important to me.
I have checked…
Shishant
- 1,305
- 2
- 11
- 16
96
votes
4 answers
How to remove executable bit recursively from files (not directories)
When I plug-in an USB stick (FAT) into my Mac or Ubuntu machine, all files have the executable bits set. After having copied the directory structure to my hard disk how do I remove the executable bits recursively just from the files and keep those…
Mike L.
- 5,297
- 14
- 48
- 67
96
votes
9 answers
How can I get (g)Vim to display the character count of the current file?
I like to write tutorials and articles for a programming forum I frequent. This forum has a character limit per post. I've used Notepad++ in the past to write posts and it keeps a live character count in the status bar. I'm starting to use gVim…
OwenP
- 1,489
- 1
- 12
- 18
96
votes
1 answer
What's the (exact) naming scheme for Dell monitors?
Dell monitors have cryptic model names/codes such as "U2312f" or "E2318H".
The model names is made up of (at least) four elements:
Category (1 character):
E (Economy) / T (Touch) / P (Professional) / S (Studio) / U (Ultrasharp)
Diagonal length in…
einpoklum
- 7,742
- 17
- 65
- 134
96
votes
10 answers
Google Chrome Auto-Close Download Bar
Having to hit the X to close out that bar over and over is such a pain. When a download completes, I want to have the bar clear itself and leave the bottom of the screen, similar to the way Download Statusbar for Firefox does. How do I do this?
finiteloop
- 1,913
- 3
- 16
- 16
96
votes
10 answers
how to run a powershell script as administrator
On my Windows 7 Desktop, I have script.ps1, which needs admin privileges (it starts a service). I want to click on this script and run it with admin privileges.
What's the easiest way to accomplish this?
Sajee
- 5,549
- 6
- 26
- 20
96
votes
9 answers
Is there any way to view Chrome browser notifications history?
I get Chrome notifications from several websites and they work when I don't even have any tabs open for those sites.
But sometimes I get these Chrome notifications when I am not at my desk or looking at my laptop.
As some of these notifications are…
paradroid
- 22,329
- 9
- 71
- 111
95
votes
16 answers
Stopping all automatic updates Windows 10
We've upgraded some machines to Windows 10 and realized there were some updates which updated as required. However, I realized there was no option available to stop the download similar to that on Windows 7 and 8.1. The only way I could stop the…
Izzy
- 1,137
- 1
- 8
- 11
95
votes
2 answers
Can you extend the expiration date of an already expired GPG key?
Lets say I add an expiration date to a GPG/PGP key, then for some reason am unable to extend the expiration date of the key before its time is up.
Assuming I still have access to the private key (and the public key has only expired, not been…
IQAndreas
- 3,237
- 5
- 26
- 47
95
votes
8 answers
Search through text files in Mac OS X
Is there a way to search through all the text files in a folder (and subfolders) for a specific string or bit of text in Mac OS X?
Paul Sheldrake
- 4,734
- 10
- 33
- 30