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Use for questions about programming with or for Windows 7, a past release of Microsoft Windows. General software or troubleshooting questions not directly related to programming are off topic and should be posted on Super User

Windows 7 is an edition of Microsoft Windows, released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009. Windows 7 is the successor to Windows Vista, which was released three years prior, and is succeeded by Windows 8.

A fully detailed description of Windows 7 can be found at the Wikipedia page on Windows 7 and also on the Microsoft website. It's based on the Windows NT line of Windows.

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The 'json' native gem requires installed build tools

I have ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32] installed on my windows 7 machine. Now I tried to install the JSON gem using the command, "gem install json" and got the following error. ERROR: Error installing JSON: The 'json' native gem…
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Adding VirtualHost fails: Access Forbidden Error 403 (XAMPP) (Windows 7)

I've got a XAMPP installation running on Windows 7. As soon as I add a VirtualHost to httpd-vhosts.conf, BOTH the 'regular' http://localhost AND the new dropbox.local aren't working. This is what I added to my httpd-vhosts.conf: …
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Taskkill /f doesn't kill a process

When I start up an Experimental instance of VS from VS for debugging and stop debugging (sometimes directly from the parent VS), a zombile devenv.exe process remains running which I am unable to kill. It holds on to many of my dlls. As I am logged…
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WCF ServiceHost access rights

I get the following error when going through the WCF tutorial. HTTP could not register URL http://+:8000/ServiceModelSamples/Service/. Your process does not have access rights to this namespace (see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70353 for…
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How do I run a Python program in the Command Prompt in Windows 7?

I'm trying to figure out how to run Python programs with the Command Prompt on Windows 7. (I should have figured this out by now...) When I typed "python" into the command prompt, I got the following error: 'python' is not recognized as an internal…
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Visual Studio Code "Open With Code" does not appear after right-clicking a folder

Just installed Visual Studio Code 1.1.1 on a Windows 7 machine. When I right-click on a folder, "Open With Code" does not appear.
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"Active Directory Users and Computers" MMC snap-in for Windows 7?

Is there an equivalent tool available for use in Windows 7? I just need to browse the membership of some small Active Directory groups that are deep within a huge hierarchy, so I can eventually write code to work with those groups. The Windows…
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How to find out if an installed Eclipse is 32 or 64 bit version?

How can I find out if a specific Eclipse instance on my (Windows 7) PC is the 32-bit or 64-bit version? I've checked the About screen and the maze of dialogs one can call from there, but I didn't find any clues. Also, right-clicking eclipse.exe in…
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Why am I getting ImportError: No module named pip ' right after installing pip?

I have installed pip and ez setup. I also checked the system path and I can see the module in the folder structure. Still when I try to run the pip command, I get an Import error saying no module named pip. I am running 32-bit Python on a Windows 7…
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The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched

I am getting the following exception. I have given full control to Asp.net account on Eventlogs in Registry edit. [SecurityException: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs:…
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how to release localhost from Error: listen EADDRINUSE

i am testing a server written in nodejs on windows 7 and when i try to run the tester in the command line i get the following error Error: listen EADDRINUSE at errnoException (net.js:614:11) at Array.0 (net.js:704:26) at EventEmitter._tickCallback…
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Making WPF applications look Metro-styled, even in Windows 7? (Window Chrome / Theming / Theme)

I like the window chrome on the new Office Suite and Visual Studio: I'm still developing applications for Windows 7 of course, but I'm wondering if there's a quick and easy way (read: WPF style or Windows Library) to emulate this style. I've done…
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Can't start hostednetwork

When I try to run netsh wlan start hostednetwork, I get the following message: C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan start hostednetwork The hosted network couldn't be started. The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested…
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how to install gcc on windows 7 machine?

I have MinGW on my windows 7 machine. I wish to install and use complete gcc for C compiler. I found there is no single pre-compiled ready-made installation file for this purpose. I checked the following page : http://gcc.gnu.org/install/ It is…
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How to get started with Windows 7 gadgets

I have never programmed a gadget for Vista or Seven, but I would like to try to make one. But where do I start? I have tried to search around on google and msdn, but I haven't managed to find anything useful. Either very, very old stuff (Vista beta…
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