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How to create a desktop icon with Inno Setup

I am very new of Inno Setup and I wish to add an optional Desktop icon to my executable in Inno Setup. The file is stored in C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist\giotto.ico I tried to follow several examples but without results. ; Script…
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How to get Docker desktop on Ubuntu?

I am new to Docker/Kubernetes and trying to see if there is a way to get 'Docker Desktop' like functionality on Ubuntu, which is my primary development machine. All I know from my search is that the 'Docker Desktop' is only from Windows and Mac. It…
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How to get the icon for a file extension or filetype without creating a temp file?

I list some filenames with their icons (like the ones in the Windows Explorer) in a JTable. I know the two ways to get the icon if I have a File object from the local file system:…
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Gradle Could not find tools.jar

I am trying to make a game with LibGdx. I love it! It is sooo simple and a lot better than JME3 and LWJGL. But trying to package it I am having an error. Here is an image of the gui for Gradle: http://prntscr.com/845kyx and here is a the full debug…
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Use embedded web browser (e.g. Chrome) as GUI toolkit for Java desktop applications?

Those HTML5 websites look great - why don't my Java desktop apps do? Swing and SWT are, well, just old-school. They do their job, but to create fancy looking GUIs with animation and everything is merely impossible. I was wondering: Is it possible to…
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Disable Gnome 3 notifications/pop-ups/integrated notifications

I would like to disable the Gnome 3 notifications/pop-ups/integrated notifications (if that's even the right term for them). For example, they're the notifications that appear when your receive an IM via Empathy, or when Rhythmbox begins playing a…
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Python Desktop Application with the Browser as an interface?

I want to create an application that runs on the users computer, a stand-alone application, with installation and what-not, but I want the interface to be a browser, either internal and displayed as an OS window or external accessible using the…
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How to remove git repository created on desktop

I accidentally made my Desktop a git repository. How to remove the git-related files from Desktop? I have tried to go to C:/User/my_user/Desktop and un-hide hidden git files but couldn't un-hide them. Then I tried to delete the files using Windows…
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How to capture the desktop in OpenCV (ie. turn a bitmap into a Mat)?

I want to use OpenCV to process my desktop as if it were a video stream. I am familiar with OpenCV. I am not familiar with the Windows API. I realize there are other ways to capture the screen, but for the purposes of my question, I need it to be…
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Django Projects as Desktop applications : how to?

How to make Django projects packaged as desktop applications? I found some tutorials, but is there any solution as DjangoKit , for Linux and Windows? List of related tutorials : Deploying a Django app on the desktop Django application as a…
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Allow Windows service to interact with desktop

How do I enable "Allow service to interact with desktop" programmatically? In services.msc > Action > Properties > Log On > Allow service to interact with desktop, I can enable my service to interact with the desktop. I want my service to play sound…
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How to change windows Application's default icon in Setup Project

How to change the Windows Application's default icon with other one in C# desktop application. I am trying to change it in Setup Project but it is not. I want to show my own icon with Application's shortcut rather then windows default icon
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How to programmatically switch to a specific window in compiz?

Is there a command to tell compiz that we want to bring in front and set focus to a specific window? How should we identify the window in that command? The reason behind this question is the following use-case: Suppose we have a wiki to keep notes…
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Hardware-accelerated OpenVG implementation on Desktop based on OpenGL ES

I'm currently trying to get OpenVG up and running on my desktop. The problem comes here: I am / will be developing an application for a Windows CE device (with .NET compact framework), which has hardware-accelerated OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.0.1…
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Need Advice on Implementing a Time-limited Trial

I'm developing a shareware desktop application. I'm to the point where I need to implement the trial-use/activation code. How do you approach something like this? I have my own ideas, but I want to see what the stackoverflow community thinks. I'm…
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