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Writing software specific to the Microsoft Windows operating system: APIs, behaviours, etc. GENERAL WINDOWS SUPPORT IS OFF-TOPIC. Support questions may be asked on https://superuser.com

General support questions for Windows should be asked on Super User

Windows is a family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for server, client, and mobile platforms.

Recent Versions

  • Windows 10 was released on July 29, 2015.

  • Windows 8.1, the first significant update to Windows 8, was released on October 17, 2013.

  • Windows 8, the successor to Windows 7, was released to the market on October 26, 2012. It was designed to be used on both tablets and conventional PCs.

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If your question relates to using Windows APIs or Windows-specific behavior with a particular version of Windows, use the tag for that particular version – for example:

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How can I find and run the keytool

I am reading an development guide of Facebook Developers at here It says that I must use keytool to export the signature for my app such as: keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore | openssl sha1 -binary |…
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Command-line svn for Windows?

Is there a command-line based version of svn for Windows? I know I can get TortoiseSVN, but that just doesn't work for me.
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Set up Python simpleHTTPserver on Windows

I want to set up Python SimpleHTTPServer on Windows XP. I have Python installed on my computer. I am executing the following command: python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8888 But I am getting the error: C:\Python33\python.exe: No module named…
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Possible to change where Android Virtual Devices are saved?

I've set up the Android SDK and Eclipse on my machine running Windows XP and AVDs (Android Virtual Devices) are saved to "Documents and Settings\user\.android" by default. Is there any way to change this behavior? I have all of the other…
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Which icon sizes should my Windows application's icon include?

I have a Windows application which will run in Windows XP and newer (i.e. Vista/7). According to the Vista UI Guidelines, the standard sizes are 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 256x256 (XP standard sizes do not include the 256x256 icon). In addition to those…
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gulp command not found - error after installing gulp

I've installed Gulp both globally and locally using npm install gulp npm install gulp -g npm install gulp-util npm install gulp-util -g When try to run gulp I get 'gulp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or…
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Command line to remove an environment variable from the OS level configuration

Windows has the setx command: Description: Creates or modifies environment variables in the user or system environment. So you can set a variable like this: setx FOOBAR 1 And you can clear the value like this: setx FOOBAR "" However, the…
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Open Cygwin at a specific folder

How can I create a Cygwin shortcut that will open Cygwin at a specific folder? This would obviate having to type cd /cygdrive/c/Users/Tom/Desktop/ each time I launch Cygwin.
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How to run multiple Python versions on Windows

I had two versions of Python installed on my machine (versions 2.6 and 2.5). I want to run 2.6 for one project and 2.5 for another. How can I specify which I want to use? I am working on Windows XP SP2.
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How to output something in PowerShell

I am running a PowerShell script from within a batch file. The script fetches a web page and checks whether the page's content is the string "OK". The PowerShell script returns an error level to the batch script. The batch script is executed by…
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npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename

When I execute npm install I get this error npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename C:\projects******\node_modules\react-async-script' -> 'C:\projects*******\node_modules.react-async-script.DELETE' I am running the cmd as…
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Git file permissions on Windows

I've read through a few questions regarding file permissions in Git and I'm still a bit confused. I've got a repo on GitHub forked from another. Post merge, they should be identical. However: $ git diff --summary origin/epsilon master/epsilon mode…
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Key hash for Android-Facebook app

I'm working on an Android app, in which I want to integrate a Facebook posting feature. I downloaded the Facebook-Android SDK, and I got the readme.md (text file) in there, in which it is mentioned to generate the key hash for Android. How do I…
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"Register" an .exe so you can run it from any command line in Windows

How can you make a .exe file accessible from any location in the Windows command window? Is there some registry entry that has to be entered?
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NPM stuck giving the same error EISDIR: Illegal operation on a directory, read at error (native)

I am stuck with this error no matter what directory I am in, and what I type after "npm" in cmd.exe. Here is the npm-debug.log: 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe', 1 verbose cli 'C:\\Program…
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