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Windows – Why does a file get opened when I write its name, without extensions, in the command line?

On Windows 10, I have a file called truffle.js in my current folder.I write truffle in the cmd window, expecting to invoke the truffle program which resides elsewhere on my path. Instead, truffle.js is opened in my favorite IDE (.js files are associated with that IDE). I thought this behavior is only like this for […]

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Windows – Why is there a difference between ping “localhost” and ping “local IP address”?

Using cmd and ping on Windows gave me the following results: Pinging “localhost”: Pinging “192.168.0.10” (local IP address): Aren’t both situations exactly the same? I mean, I’m pinging the same interface, the same machine and the same address. Why do I get such different results? EDIT: Here is my ipconfig /all screen: Solution: You are

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Windows – Why is this simple Excel calculation not netting Zero?

It’s supposed to be zero but for some reason the result produces a peculiar series of digits at the end. Also, here’s the .xlsx of it: http://83.212.111.36/Book1.xlsx Solution: This happens because of the limited precision of floating point numbers representation on computers and cannot be fixed because it is an intrinsic problem of the way

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Windows 10 – Add Bookmarks to Microsoft Edge manually

I would like to add bookmarks to Microsoft Edge, not by importing from IE but simply by dumping the bookmarks in the Edge bookmark folder. This was possible in the Spartan builds and I think it was possible when edge was launched. I think the path used to be – C:UsersDuncanAppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbweACMicrosoftEdgeUserDefaultFavorites I have tried dumping

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Windows 10 – Chrome ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR on known working site

When I connect to https://www.feeguarantee.com, Chrome gives me an ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR.  Firefox gives SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG.  Edge gives some generic error.   All other sites appear to work fine, including sites I know to be hosted on the same server machine.  Others using my network are able to connect to the site fine as well. The DNS is

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Windows 10 – Error: The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect

When I tries to run Glary Utilities 5.46, the following error message appears.’The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail‘ I had posted a question in Microsoft Community and did what the support

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