Category "windows"

How to install and use "make" in Windows?

I'm following the instructions of someone whose repository I cloned to my machine. I want to use the make command as part of setting up the code environment, bu

OSError: [WinError 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application while reading custom DLL in python with CTypes

I am trying to write code that wraps a C library in python. I am planning on using CTypes to do it and I used visual studio to compile my DLL. I started with a

Integrating Crashpad with a Windows Qt application

We are trying to integrate Crashpad with our Qt application and have run into several errors. We built Crashpad and attempted to link it to our application usin

Docker for windows will not start

I have installed Docker for windows as a complete noob looking to try it out. I have ensured Hyper-V is enable, virtualisation is enabled also any time I try an

[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (SECDoClientHandshake()).] SSL security error on windows server 2008

I have a problem of SQL connection between two servers. One of the servers where the site code is stored is a Windows Server 2008 and my database is on a Window

Fast(er) way to get folder size with batch script

PLEASE SEE BELOW THE ORIGINAL QUESTION FOR SOME TEST COMPARISONS OF DIFFERENT WAYS: So I tried 2 ways so far: 1.Iterate through directory using the code from

Windows PATH to posix path conversion in bash

How can I convert a Windows dir path (say c:/libs/Qt-static) to the correct POSIX dir path (/c/libs/Qt-static) by means of standard msys features? And vice vers

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