Why can't I create a new file in my working directory?
Issue I am using PHPStorm 10.0.3 on Windows 7, and I have had no problems working in my project so…
Category: Windows
How to silently and automatically deploy and install Github CLI on Windows?
Issue The Github CLI repo has an MSI installer for Windows in their latest release. The file I have been…
DNS lookup fails after sleep – Windows 10
Issue Since a few days, after sleeping my computer, all name lookups fail. This causes the browser to not load…
How can I upgrade the Python version if I only have the .tgz or the .tar.xz file?
Issue I see that Python recently upgraded their 3.7 and 3.8 version of the language, but they only offer the…
What is the reason for the obscure error in dir /al /s in command to report junctions -> file not found?
Issue We have some code in C#: RunProcessAndWaitForExit("cmd.exe", $"/C dir {pstrDriveLetter}:\\ /al /s > {pstrDriveLetter}:\\junctions.log"); In more simple terms its:…
Batch command to find number pof occurrences of a string in a file
Issue I need to find how many times a string exists in a file. If it is not equal to…
DirectSound crashes due to a read access violation when calling IDirectSoundBuffer8::Play (inside LFQueuePut, a dsound.dll internal function)
Issue I am working on a game, and am sporadically observing crashes inside of dsound.dll. This happens right after creating…
How come the allocation of virtual address spaces doesn't rob you of all virtual memory?
Issue On a 32-bit computer, a virtual memory address is represented as an integer between 0 and 2^32. By virtue…
How to distinguish if console program is opened in Powershell or in Windows Terminal?
Issue I’m programming a library which will make setting colors, modes, etc. easier in console program. But I’ve encountered a…
Windows API to trigger wallpaper shuffle
Issue Is there a way to trigger a shuffle in windows wallpaper slideshow? Preferably something I can use from .net…