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I deleted the Downloads folder in my Windows 7 home directory (which I had moved and renamed to incoming) I was able to restore the folder from a backup, this restores the contents as well as Desktop.ini (hidden) that gives it the right folder icon within the home directory. However, right clicking does not show […]

I have many directories named “test” and I would like to remove them. I know how to find them and print them using: find . -name test -print Now, how to do I remove the directories? Please note that I have files in the directory as well and they must be removed as well. Solution:

(I’m talking about the shell Fish, esp. Fish’s Fish.) For Bash/ZSH, I had ~/.profile with some exports, aliases and other stuff. I don’t want to have a separate config for environment variables for Fish, I want to re-use my ~/.profile. How? In The FAQ, it is stated that I can at least import those via

How to enable keyboard shortcut to open specific bookmark / URL while using Chrome? Solution: Without extensions The only ways (that I know of) to open a bookmark with the keyboard are the following: Using the Bookmark Manager: Open Bookmark Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + O. Three options: Search all bookmarks (just start

I want to buy the ZOTAC ZT-50401-10L GeForce GTX 550. Which is PCI Express 2.0 x16. I am a bit concerned about this because the official tech support said:   The Motherboard Asrock G41M-VS3 R2.0 has a 16X PCI-Express slot first generation, and works well with this current generation either be ATI or NVidia, do

Today I see that there’s an update to my graphics card driver (NVidia GT 220) available on Windows Update. Should I install that, or stick to the drivers provided by the manufacturer? (Re-asked here after asking on gaming.stackexchange). Solution: Odds are, the manufacturer’s version of the drivers is newer, just not “certified.” In the olden

Firefox can do it, can Chrome? Here’s what I’m looking for: Firefox – always show the tabs in fullscreen mode Solution: I’m using Google Chrome (Version 22.0.1229.79) and fullscreen mode still shows the tabs! You can toggle fullscreen mode using: mac: Shift + Cmd + F windows: F11 and you can toggle the bookmarks bar

I have just tried to turn my PC on this morning and it won’t stay powered up. It will come on as normal for about 5 seconds, not quite long enough for the monitor to wake up. Then it will power off. After about 2 seconds it will start again, it will continue like this

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium. When I shut down my computer why does the screen show this: Before shutting down I’m close all programs. Solution: From Windows Seven Forum:   1) This is not a problem. It’s actually a good thing because Windows  is waiting for programs to shut down and disk buffers

Are there any built in command-line tools that I can encrypt and decrypt a text file (and provide it some sort of password). Solution: openssl comes pre-installed on Mac OS X. You can use the following commands: # encrypt file.txt to file.enc using 256-bit AES in CBC modeopenssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in file.txt -out file.enc#