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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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Keyboard Shortcut to Cycle through Windows of same Application in Windows 7

I would have expected this to be a very simple task: switching between windows of the same application, but I can't seem to find the shortcut to do it. I generally have several windows of applications like Chrome (each window holding all the tabs…
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How to run a program automatically as admin on Windows 7 at startup?

I created my own parental control app to monitor my kids activity. The app's only GUI is a task bar icon. The program is installed as admin. I'd like this program to be started up automatically as admin user on Windows startup, so that standard…
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ImportError: No module named virtualenv

I am using Django 1.3.7 and python 2.7.6 on windows7 I got an error when I executing my manage.py in this line of code import shutil, sys, virtualenv, subprocess amd running it, I got this error C:\Django-Proj\>python manage.py update_ve Traceback…
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Open Powershell in a specific directory from shortcut

How can one make a windows short-cut that opens Powershell into a specific directory? Such as the target: %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -command {cd c:/path/to/open} But that just spits out the command as…
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Where does GitHub for Windows keep its SSH key?

GitHub distributes a simplified Git client for Windows they call GitHub for Windows; it authenticates via GitHub account, and although it usually uses HTTPS remotes for local repositories it creates, if you tell it to use an existing local…
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Is it possible to install both 32bit and 64bit Java on Windows 7?

Is it possible to install both 32bit and 64bit Java on Windows 7? I have some applications that I can run under 64bit, but there are some that only run under 32bit.
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Msysgit bash is horrendously slow in Windows 7

I love git and use it on OS X pretty much constantly at home. At work, we use svn on Windows, but want to migrate to git as soon as the tools have fully matured (not just TortoiseGit, but also something akin the really nice Visual Studio…
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Changing "git status" output colors in Posh-Git

In Posh-Git, when I run "git status" in a repository, the colors for changes and untracked files are dark red, when I have tried to configure them to be "normal" red. I want to do this because I have a console with a dark background, so dark red is…
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Changing default startup directory for command prompt in Windows 7

How do I change default startup directory for command prompt in Windows 7? I usually do the following to start command prompt from C:\ WIN-R (Run Prompt) cmd /K cd C:\ I want to do the following to start command prompt from C:\ WIN-R (Run…
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Send maven output to file

On Windows 7, I am trying to send the output of a maven-3 command to a text file. I call the command from the root of the project I am trying to analyze. The command is: mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose -Dincludes=commons-collections…
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In Windows 7 Git Bash, is there a way to explore the directory at the current location?

I would like to explore the folder in the Windows Explorer from the shell. I know a lot of people have been asking to Cmd here from a folder. I'd like to do just the opposite and open a new window located at the current directory being browsed.
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Windows 7, update.packages problem: "unable to move temporary installation"?

I am using R 2.13.0 with windows 7, after giving my user full privileges to the R folder (as described here). This allows me to install new packages just fine. However, when using update.packages(), to update existing packages, I keep getting the…
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How to access shared folder without giving username and password

I have shared one folder to "Everyone" on a machine 1 and trying to access the folder from another machine 2. It is asking for username and password of the machine 1. I am accessing the share folder from Run>//shared folder path. I am using Windows…
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Windows 7 progress bar in taskbar in C#?

If you've noticed in the Windows 7 beta, if you copy files or other system actions, the windows explorer icon in the taskbar will fill up with a green progress bar equivalent to the progress bar on the form. Is there a way that, in my C# forms, I…
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PowerShell on Windows 7: Set-ExecutionPolicy for regular users

I want to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 7 as a regular user. Whenever I try, I get the following error: File C:\Users\danv\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1 cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system.…
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