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Create a Context Menu item to Convert Selected Text String to Uppercase (or lowercase)
I want to figure out how to create a custom Context Menu item to convert a string of selected text to uppercase (or lowercase) using Regedit and Powershell.
I am interested in this being a non-program-...
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Windows Explorer Shift+Right Click Commands for Python versions
I used to have scripts that would update the registry editor (regedit) to add multiple python versions so that when I shift+right click, I can select one and a command window linked to that python ...
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Userinit autolaunch C# Windows 10
I tried this code to add my program to \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Userinit autolaunch in C# Windows 10. This is my code:
using Microsoft.Win32;
using ...
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Deleting all subkeys in regedit with powershell
I want to delete all the subkeys of this path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Workspaces\Feeds
Here I have {E3CA8511-C9A2-4B55-A008-E2823464A6C0} which needs to be deleted.
But I could have ...
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.profile from Linux on Windows
I'm working on a project where I need to implement a login screen that appears immediately after entering the username, but before establishing any connection to the system. This behavior is similar ...
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Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} failed due to the following error: 80040154
I have a simple PowerShell script as below
$excel = new-object -ComObject excel.application
$filePath = 'filename.xlsm'
$wb = $excel.workbooks.open($filePath)
$excel.Run('Macro')
$excel.quit()
Stop-...
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How to change XAMPP Software installation date in Windows?
There is no XAMPP entry in regedit when trying to access
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\...
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Extracting active users to a txt
im trying to extract the active users of my pc via registry keys,i check HKLM... and HKU... and then i compare them to check for the active users, but when i try to extract the data via out-file -...
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Cannot force Print support app for every printer
In this link, it shows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\PSA\Association path is used for overriding user's printer dialog for every(?) printer. But it also shows this photo:
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Add entries to Registry Editor
How do I add a custom key and a value type to the Registry Editor? For example, if I want to add Windows Mobility Center: "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MobilePC\AdaptableSettings&...
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How to uninstall Chrome with PS script
I am writing a script that uninstall Chrome and install specific version of this. I want to keep short this code but Invoke-Expression or Invoke-Command not working properly because the uninstall ...
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A problem during the installation or adding components to Visual studio 2022: Couldn't install Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community.Shared.Msi
I am trying to add MAUI environment to my existing installation of Visual studio 2022, however the installation using visual studio installer fails. This is the error I get in the logs:
Package '...
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The type of the value object did not match the specified RegistryValuekind or the object could not properly converted Registry.SetValue c#
I am using Winforms on .NET 4.5, I try to set registry value.
This is my code:
Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile", &...
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How to remove or edit 'Value Data Open Folder as Pycharm Community Edition Project'?
When you right-click (in general) inside any folder, one of the options is 'Open Folder as Pycharm Community Edition Project'. Actually, it helps a lot. But it just does not look good.
The size of ...
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Set ip settings from cpp(Qt)
Its really hard going to code to save the ip settings(RegSetValueEx()) from cpp(By registry editing of WinCe).
Its issue about encoding of string(which I parse to BYTE* and if I use hardcoded string,...
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Reading the installation date of the C# OS
With the C# Core 3.1 WinForms application, the first installation date of the operating system cannot be read through regedit. It gives different results than the date given by "SystemInfo" ...
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Modify registry value during uninstalling MSI build in Windows
We have tried to modify the proxy value which is present in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings during the uninstall process in windows machine (32-bit). We ...
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How to create a program that can rename an exe in program files and rename a folder in Windows registry
I'm new in this stuff! As far as I know when you install a program, the installer creates a folder in C:\Program Files with the contents of the application, and a folder appears in the windows ...
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Standard user running PS script automatically as admin
Some users are experiencing problems with their OneDrive therefore we need to change the D word in Regedit to 0.
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKEY:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive" -...
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Disable Gestures through registry
On windows, I want to disabe gestures through Settings->touchpad->three-finger/four-finger gestures works immediately.
I noticed that when setting changed, registry value changed on the same ...
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Change destination for ms teams link
I want to change app for opening ms teams link. I think that command for opening store to the register, but if I change command to my app and restart PC, I see in register my command, but if I open ms ...
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Automate Removing "Flip To Boot" on Lenovo 82H8
Background: I have a set of Lenovo 82H8 laptops that have a pre-enabled feature called "Flip to Boot". Essentially this feature automatically turns on the computer when the lid is opened.
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Can't Enable QueryBuilder for Outlook 2019
I've followed the instruction from here to enable QueryBuilder in Outlook 2019.
In RegEdit I didn't found the "Outlook key" in that path, but I created it anyway, together with the "...
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Getting the time of USB connection
When someone is connecting a USB device into a computer, the computer writes its properties into the registry under the ENUM\USB Hive.
I know that in order to get the time of connection i can just ...
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Is there a registry key I can add to an installed service to make it appear in Services.msc
Is there a registry key I can add to the registry of an installed service that is currently "hidden" from Services.msc for whatever reason to make it display in Services.msc
I wanted to make ...
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