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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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Get current batchfile directory

Firstly, I saw this topic but I couldn't understand that. Question : There is a batch file in D:\path\to\file.bat with following content : echo %cd% pause Output is : C:\ It must be D:\path\to What am I doing wrong?
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Git on Windows: How do you set up a mergetool?

I've tried msysGit and Git on Cygwin. Both work just fine in and of themselves and both run gitk and git-gui perfectly. Now how the heck do I configure a mergetool? (Vimdiff works on Cygwin, but preferably I would like something a little more…
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How to set commands output as a variable in a batch file

Is it possible to set a statement's output of a batch file to a variable, for example: findstr testing > %VARIABLE% echo %VARIABLE%
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How to run a hello.js file in Node.js on windows?

I am trying to run a hello world program written in javascript in a separate file named hello.js Currently running windows version of node.js. The code runs perfectly in console window but how do I reference the path in windows…
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'npm' is not recognized as internal or external command, operable program or batch file

I am completely new to nodejs. I am trying to get nodejs to work on my Windows 2008 box in order to install Karma which I would use for TDDing my AngularJs code. I have done the following steps so far Install using Chocolatey ==> npm is not…
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Where is git.exe located?

I have PyCharm and I am looking around trying to find git.exe to set it up with my repo. What is the PATH to git.exe?
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Docker for Windows error: "Hardware assisted virtualization and data execution protection must be enabled in the BIOS"

I've installed Docker and I'm getting this error when I run the GUI: Hardware assisted virtualization and data execution protection must be enabled in the BIOS Seems like a bug since Docker works like a charm from the command line, but I'm…
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How to install and use "make" in Windows?

I'm following the instructions of someone whose repository I cloned to my machine. I want to use the make command as part of setting up the code environment, but I'm using Windows. I searched online, but I could only find a make.exe file, a…
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Python not working in the command line of git bash

Python will not run in git bash (Windows). When I type python in the command line, it takes me to a blank line without saying that it has entered python 2.7.10 like its does in Powershell. It doesn't give me an error message, but python just doesn't…
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How do I negate a condition in PowerShell?

How do I negate a conditional test in PowerShell? For example, if I want to check for the directory C:\Code, I can run: if (Test-Path C:\Code){ write "it exists!" } Is there a way to negate that condition, e.g. (non-working): if (Not (Test-Path…
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Mount current directory as a volume in Docker on Windows 10

Description I am using Docker version 1.12.5 on Windows 10 via Hyper-V and want to use container executables as commands in the current path. I built a Docker image that is running fine, but I have a problem to mount the current path. The idea is to…
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Run a task every x-minutes with Windows Task Scheduler

I'm trying to get Windows Task Scheduler to run a particular .exe every 10 minutes or so, but the options only allow for once a day execution. Is there a way I can get it to run a .exe every 10 or 20 minutes?
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What is the Windows equivalent of the diff command?

I know that there is a post similar to this : here. I tried using the comp command like it mentioned, but if I have two files, one with data like "abcd" and the other with data "abcde", it just says the files are of different sizes. I wanted to know…
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CSV in Python adding an extra carriage return, on Windows

import csv with open('test.csv', 'w') as outfile: writer = csv.writer(outfile, delimiter=',', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL) writer.writerow(['hi', 'dude']) writer.writerow(['hi2', 'dude2']) The above code generates a file, test.csv, with…
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Batch script loop

I need to execute a command 100-200 times, and so far my research indicates that I would either have to copy/paste 100 copies of this command, OR use a for loop, but the for loop expects a list of items, hence I would need 200 files to operate on,…
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