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I know it has been discussed that it is not possible to start an application from an usb drive upon connection due to limitations of autorun (or autoplay??) in Win 7. But … Windows – Starting scheduled task by detecting connection of USB deviceRead more

Because there’s no sudo command in Cygwin, scripts that I want to run fail with ./install.sh: line N: sudo: command not found What’s the standard way for getting around this? Editing the … Windows – There’s no ‘sudo’ command in CygwinRead more

I have an external hard drive that is starting to fail; it has some bad sectors. It’s a 1 TB Fujitsu Siemens case with a Western Digital hard drive inside. Eventually I will … Windows – Tool to copy files of HDD with bad sectorsRead more

Is it possible to have a slightly transparent command prompt window in Vista or Windows 7? Are they any 3rd party alternatives? Solution: I like Console, It supports transparency as well as … Windows – Transparent Command Prompt in Vista?Read more

Is there a way to see a list of all the symbolic links that are active on a Windows machine? I have accepted @JoachimOtahal’s answer as it works within a single second … Windows – View a list of symbolic links on system?Read more

Is there a way to run a VNC session while the screen is “locked” on windows? I want to start a VNC server on a windows box, lock the screen (so that … Windows – VNC session with locked screenRead more

I am working with batch files in Windows, using both Notepad, and Notepad++. When I run the batch files, which all start with @echo off, I see the first line (when running … Windows – Weird characters (´╗┐) at the start of a batch fileRead more

Based on the question: How to make using command prompt less painful, what are the . and .. entries in the most voted answer? I see it when I do a dir … Windows – What are “.” and “..” in a directory?Read more

What are Thumbs.db files for? I’ve seen them mostly in picture folders. Wherever pictures like icons and wallpapers are located, a Thumbs.db is automatically generated. I’ve deleted them many times, but they … Windows – What are Thumbs.db files for? How can I prevent them from being created?Read more

On all Windows machines there seem to be a number of svchost.exe processes running. What do this processes do and why are so many running? Solution: I’ve written a lengthy explanation of … Windows – What does the svchost.exe process do?Read more