Category "windows"

Windows ISO 8601 timestamp

I need to convert a date in Windows PowerShell to the ISO 8601 format. In Linux/Unix it was no problem with TZ=0 date -d "<random-format>" +%Y-%m-

Install Protocol Buffers on Windows

I am unable to find clear instructions to install Google Protocol Buffers (including compiler) on Windows x64 platform. I went through the instructions README

Preventing Winform from being maximized?

I want to prevent my desktop application from being maximized. It should not become maximized by any means - by double clicking on title bar, or by clicking Win

C Standard Library for Win32/Win64 other than MSCRT

In unix/linux world, there are a couple of different C Standard Library implementations to choose from and link against, but although I spent some time searchin

AutoHotKey permanently changed my keyboard keys, even at the bios level

Recently installed AutoHotKey to remap some keys in order to play a video game. It seemed simple/attractive enough at first. Was not really sure of how it worke

Is WTL (Windows Template Library) still maintained and should I use it to create new Windows programs in C++?

I'm interested if I still should use WTL to write Windows applications? I really like how it's written but does anyone know if it is still maintained? (Maybe th

Batch script access denied even with admin privileges

I have a batch script in Windows7 to update the hosts file that fails. I am logged as a user with administrative rights. Even if I run the script with the "Run

error: cannot run ssh: No such file or directory when trying to clone on windows

I am trying to clone a remote repository on Windows, but when I did this: git clone [email protected]:organization/xxx.git I got this error: error: cannot run ssh

Debugging a driver with WinDbg - How set a breakpoint at DriverEntry?

I have a driver which is, for some unknown reasons causing a bugcheck 0x0000003b. So I decided to set up a Hyper-V VM and use kernel debugging to see what exa

Change Windows command prompt to show only current folder

Instead of showing C:\Users\test_user\Documents\Folder\etc show \etc or if possible limit it to a certain number \Document\Folder\etc

How to override other windows application's elements? [closed]

Can you please point me into the right direction? I want to edit other application textbox or click, programmatically. For example, in a web

Access forbidden! Windows 10 PHP XAMPP

Suddenly, i got this error when trying to submit my form. It worked fine until now. Access forbidden! You don't have permission to access the requested

Delphi FTP upload Access violation

I'm trying to upload a file .txt in my web space, but then the problems start, the code I tried is this: uses Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, G

Can we set themes in GTK 3 for Windows?

In Ubuntu, installing themes are as easy as copy-pasting GTK theme into the themes folder, then with the tweaks tool we can select the theme. I couldn't find a

The System cannot find the file specified error while deleting folder

Hi can some one suggest me how to delete below folder(abc) using a batch file? %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\abc

Unable to restore Visual Studio 2022 window (IDE itself) after minimizing

I have Visual Studio 2022, newest version 17.1.0 running on Windows 10 Pro (up to date). This just started happening yesterday, so maybe it has something to do

Windows Batch: Split String to individual characters to variables

in Windows Batch, if I had a variable (length can change) that was, for example: "hello world!" is it possible to "split" the variable so each character is its

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)

I have a client/server app which I have been developing on a single PC. Now it needs two serial ports, so I borrowed a PC from a friend. When I build my app an

Why is the Tkinter render quality much worse on windows?

I have developed a python app with Tkinter on a Mac. It involves forms, and canvas drawings. On the Mac, it looks great. However on my Dell laptop (4K display,

Keeping window visible through "Show Desktop"/Win+D

I'm creating a desktop gadget, and am running into problems. The window will be hidden by the "Show Desktop" command - STOP, I know what you're thinking and don