Comment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on How to automate Adobe Acrobat XI Standard...
No problem: some people do have the "big" Acrobat Reader XI package, so the screen shots and steps will help those people (so your answer is a very good addition to the terse one by Max Wyss). Could...
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on List files recursively showing only full...
Better use an extra @ in front of the echo %~, as otherwise the prompt will vanish.
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on How do I turn OFF Windows Narrator?
Nope. I got here searching how to exit Microsoft Narrator on Windows 10 via Google Search (: Can it be solved by just adding a "Windows 10" tag? Or is that too much of a shortcut?
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on What is the default monitoring port for...
@djsmiley2k I reflected your last comment in a pending edit to your answer.
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on sed Command on BusyBox expects different...
BusyBox v1.29.3 (2021-01-17 01:25:00 PST) multi-call binary on ESXi: echo '{"expires": "Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:30:29 +0000", "upload_id": "hhgJHflih753jDhhod", "offset": 293876}' | sed -n -e...
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Windows how to redirect file parameter to...
@zod that's the Windows way of using pipe named foo, see docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ipc/pipe-names
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Windows how to redirect file parameter to...
Thanks. I've added your code as a revision to this gist: gist.github.com/jpluimers/c38271933bdea49b1902fa88d568ab10/…
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on How can I force chrome to remember my...
@SMeznaric this link seems to do the same as the original one: chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions (at least in 2021 when it was available, so I archived it at archive.is/EBPlH)
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Immediately Allocate All RAM to Virtual...
Note that the sched.mem.min value ("Reservation" in the ESXi UI) needs to exactly match the memSize value ("Memory" or "RAM" in the ESXi UI depending on the ESXi version). So if you ever change memSize...
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Show EXE file path of running processes...
where shows cmd.exe on the Windows search path, not where where cmd.exe is running from. Example: on my system there is a difference on where procexp.exe is running from...
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Show EXE file path of running processes...
@nawfal I missed your comment back-then, but your solution is awesome! Running on cmd.exe, now PowerShell (Get-Process procexp).Path gives me...
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Which duplicate files and folders finders...
Thanks: still works fine in 2022. Download from web.archive.org/web/20220516125012/http://… is a simple ZIP file which you can extract and just run the executable. No need for complicated installers or...
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Finding which partition on a particular...
Note this only works for MBR disks, but fails for GPT disks as there the concept of "active" is not part of the partition but of the BCD.
View ArticleComment by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on How to set boot disk flag with diskpart
This bit of your answer is why I upvoted it: "everyone should note that as written, these procedures are for Windows installed on a MBR disk (ie. not for Windows installed onto a GPT disk on UEFI...
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Answer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for How to stop and start dropbox.app in...
In addition to the answer by slhck:When the DropBox menu icon hangs and shows the rainbow wheel/spinning wheel then the below command will kill Dropbox:killall DropboxThen you can start it with open -a...
View Article7z commandline: test archive and only show failures?
What is the easiest way to get only the failures from 7z when testing an archive for integrity?Looking at the command-line options, there seems to be no verbose or non-verbose option (i.e. there seems...
View Articlewindows username: shortcut for current machine?
Some applications insist that you write a username like domain\user, even if the current computer is not in a domain.Is there a shortcut that resolves to domain to the current machine?I mean something...
View ArticleHow to license P2V OEM Windows 7 with a retail license with VMware Fusion?...
A friend of mine did a P2V of his Acer physical Windows 7 Home Premium to run on his Mac using VMware Fusion.Now the VM complains it is not properly licensed. Microsoft is directing him to Acer, and...
View ArticleAnswer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for Show EXE file path of running processes...
PowerShell to the rescue.First I used Get-Member to see what Get-Process could return:PowerShell Get-Process ^| Get-MemberThen I filtered the Path from Get-Process to figure out which Spring.Tests...
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Hooking Linux machine to secondary router/ISP: how to setup routing correctly?
Abstract:I have (I presume routing) issues when adding a secondary ISP to my existing network setup: incoming traffic through Router1 is not answered, but local traffic and incoming through Router0 is...
View ArticleHow to mount a folder as a virtual CD/DVD drive?
As a follow-up on my question VMware Workstation 8: how to fake a bootable USB stick?How can I mount a Windows folder as a virtual CD/DVD drive?That way, I could mount the folder as a virtual CD/DVD...
View ArticleHow can I stop percentage expansion in a batch file?
(This is on NT based Windows like 2000, XP, Vista, 7)On the command-line, the percentage characters are ignored:wget...
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Answer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for How to automate Adobe Acrobat XI Standard...
This is how I did it in Adobe Acrobat XI Standard:no need for the Action Wizardno need for AutoItThe trick is to ensure no PDF files are open in Adobe Acrobat XI Standard. Then the Reduce side PDF......
View ArticleWindows 8.1: what to do when the "sidebar" on the right side of the screen...
When running Windows 8.1, some settings show up on a metro-like sidebar that comes on top of the classic Windows < 8 desktop. E.g., this happens when you press the network icon in the notification...
View ArticleAnswer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for How can I search for files that are...
and31415 has posted a nice solution for Windows Explorer that works at least in Windows 7 and up (maybe in Vista, will check that later).So for older Windows versions like XP and 2003, I've researched...
View ArticleHow to uninstall a Windows Update that seems invisible after installation
I learned the hard way that installing the "Synaptics driver update for Synaptics Composite USB HID Device" on Windows 7 x64 kills the trackpoint and touchpad of my Lenovo USB SK-8835 USB keyboard.The...
View ArticleMIME decoder for Windows
Is there a (preferably command-line) MIME decoder available for Windows (like ripMIME for *nix)?Someone sent me a MIME encoded message (this one with multiple MIME parts) that Google mail nor Outlook...
View ArticleEasiest way to grant "Log on as a service" to a Windows user from the...
I want to script an install where a service needs to be run as a user. I want to be able to specify the user.Creating the user is easy through the NET USER /ADD command.Specifying the user for the...
View ArticleHow can a partition be full if du does not show it is?
On one of my systems, the root partition is full:snip:˜ # df -hFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted onrootfs 11G 9.3G 0 100% /devtmpfs 744M 36K 744M 1% /devtmpfs 751M 0 751M 0% /dev/shmtmpfs 751M...
View ArticleAnswer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for How can a partition be full if du does...
First some background informationIf you have btrfs on your root file system on http://www.opensuse.org/en/, then two things will happen:openSUSE will automagically start using snapper to take snapshots...
View ArticleIs it possible to install PowerShell 3 on a Windows Server 2003 or 2003 R2?
On a Windows Server 2003 rig (which already has .NET 4 but no 4.5 on it) that is to be expired before the end of the year, I'd like to run a few PowerShell 3 scripts on a scheduled base as the scripts...
View ArticleAnswer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for The last unmovable file appears to be:...
A bit late to the game, but I had this happening on a PC this week.My solution was to:boot the GParted live CD http://gparted.org/livecd.phpstart GParted in UI mode (you might want to use the safe mode...
View ArticleAnswer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for Whitelist Windows Update Servers
Microsoft keeps a list with wildcards at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693717.aspxThere are however quite a lot of routers that do not allow wildcards, or call "http", "https" and "www"...
View ArticleHow to automate Adobe Acrobat XI Standard to re-compress a lot of PDFs?
I've about 15 gigabyte of PDFs scanned with an old version of Adobe Acrobat that are huge.Adobe Acrobat XI Standard that comes with my new scanner has an option to (it seems lossless) recompress these...
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Answer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for Bring OS X Error Message window to the front
Based on the first answer, I found out that these sets of steps on High Sierra bring an existing Problem Reporter to the front.The GUI way:Press Command+Space to start Spotlight SearchSearch for...
View ArticleHow can I search for files that are either compressed or uncompressed in...
I know that Windows explorer can colorize the NTFS compression state of a file, in both the regular and search views.How can I specifically filter/search for files that are compressed or uncompressed...
View ArticleInstalling/deleting root certificate without CertMgr / CertUtil asking the...
When you install or delete a root CA certificate using the commandline tools CertUtil.exe or CertMgr.exe, Windows asks the user for confirmation using a MessageBox (for certificates other than root CA...
View ArticleWhy are Excel weekdays wrong for 1900?
This question is based on the observations of AdamV in his answer on How do I get the day name into a cell in Excel?When A1 has the value 2009-08-01, then:=WEEKDAY(A1) will obtain 7=TEXT(7, "dddd")...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 8: how to fake a bootable USB stick?
I want to experiment with various Windows builds.Normally, I'd put those builds on a bootable USB stick, then either deploy them on a physical or VM machine using something like Plop bootmanager.How...
View ArticleShow EXE file path of running processes on the command-line in Windows
How can I show the full EXE file path of each running process from the command-line in Windows?I've tried tasklist and pslist, but they don't show the full path:tasklist /FI "ImageName eq...
View ArticleWindows how to redirect file parameter to stdout? (Windows equivalent of...
Windows console:Tool A can write binary data to a file, but has no option for telling it to use stdout.Tool B can read binary data from stdin and process the info in it.How can I get the output from A...
View ArticleAnswer by Jeroen Wiert Pluimers for Disable Win 10 "Lets finish setting up...
The response by @dalija-prasnikar to my tweet thread starting at this tweet made me find your question.Digging for "reg add" "ScoobeSystemSettingEnabled" "ContentDeliveryManager" revealed Optimizing...
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