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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 open a cmd window in a specific location?

How can I open a cmd window in a specific location without having to navigate all the way to the directory I want?
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How to get a path to the desktop for current user in C#?

How do I get a path to the desktop for current user in C#? The only thing I could find was the VB.NET-only class SpecialDirectories, which has this property: My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Desktop How can I do this in C#?
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How to get the path of the batch script in Windows?

I know that %0 contains the full path of the batch script, e.g. c:\path\to\my\file\abc.bat I want path to be equal to c:\path\to\my\file. How can I achieve that?
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IIS Manager in Windows 10

How do you open IIS (Internet Information Services) Manager using Windows 10? I have installed the developer preview of Windows 10 and can't seem to find IIS Manager? It is not in Control Panel > Administrative Tools. When I browse to the…
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How to install OpenJDK 11 on Windows?

In the past, Oracle used to publish an executable installers for Windows that would: Unpack files Add registry keys indicating the installed version and path Add the JRE to the system PATH Register an uninstaller with Windows. As of Java 11, the…
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How do I watch a file for changes?

I have a log file being written by another process which I want to watch for changes. Each time a change occurs I'd like to read the new data in to do some processing on it. What's the best way to do this? I was hoping there'd be some sort of hook…
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What does %~d0 mean in a Windows batch file?

I'm looking at a batch file which defines the following variables: set _SCRIPT_DRIVE=%~d0 set _SCRIPT_PATH=%~p0 What do %~d0 or %~p0 actually mean? Is there a set of well-known values for things like current directory, drive, parameters to a…
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How can I find where Python is installed on Windows?

I want to find out my Python installation path on Windows. For example: C:\Python25 How can I find where Python is installed?
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Really killing a process in Windows

Occasionally a program on a Windows machine goes crazy and just hangs. So I'll call up the task manager and hit the "End Process" button for it. However, this doesn't always work; if I try it enough times then it'll usually die eventually, but I'd…
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"NODE_ENV" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable command or batch file

I'm trying to setup an environment for a Node.js app. but I'm getting this error every time. "NODE_ENV" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable command or batch file. What does this mean and how can I solve this…
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How do I find where JDK is installed on my windows machine?

I need to know where JDK is located on my machine. On running Java -version in cmd, it shows the version as '1.6.xx'. To find the location of this SDK on my machine I tried using echo %JAVA_HOME% but it is only showing 'JAVA_HOME' (as there is no…
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How to delete files/subfolders in a specific directory at the command prompt in Windows

Say, there is a variable called %pathtofolder%, as it makes it clear it is a full path of a folder. I want to delete every single file and subfolder in this directory, but not the directory itself. But, there might be an error like 'this file/folder…
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How to checkout a specific Subversion revision from the command line?

I want to checkout a specific revision of a folder in Subversion using the command line. I don't see an option for specifying the revision number in TortoiseProc.exe, TortoiseProc.exe /command:checkout How do I get the revision I want? Is…
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How to stop a PowerShell script on the first error?

I want my PowerShell script to stop when any of the commands I run fail (like set -e in bash). I'm using both Powershell commands (New-Object System.Net.WebClient) and programs (.\setup.exe).
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Git for Windows: .bashrc or equivalent configuration files for Git Bash shell

I've just installed Git for Windows and am delighted to see that it installs Bash. I want to customise the shell in the same way I can under Linux (e.g. set up aliases like ll for ls -l), but I can't seem to find .bashrc or equivalent configuration…
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