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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 to change users in TortoiseSVN

I was setting up another user to use our SVN repository. He didn't have a username/password, so I logged in with my credentials. We now have a username/password for him. How do I get TortoiseSVN to logout and forget the old password so I can…
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Is there a better Windows Console Window?

I find working on the command line in Windows frustrating, primarily because the console window is wretched to use compared to terminal applications on linux and OS X such as "rxvt", "xterm", or "Terminal". Major complaints: No standard…
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Create an empty file on the commandline in windows (like the linux touch command)

On a windows machine I get this error 'touch' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I was following these instructions which seem to be linux specific, but on a standard windows commandline it does…
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Stop and Start a service via batch or cmd file?

How can I script a bat or cmd to stop and start a service reliably with error checking (or let me know that it wasn't successful for whatever reason)?
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Get encoding of a file in Windows

This isn't really a programming question, is there a command line or Windows tool (Windows 7) to get the current encoding of a text file? Sure I can write a little C# app but I wanted to know if there is something already built in?
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What exactly are DLL files, and how do they work?

How exactly do DLL files work? There seems to be an awful lot of them, but I don't know what they are or how they work. So, what's the deal with them?
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How to echo with different colors in the Windows command line

I know that the color bf command sets the colors of the whole command line window but I wanted to to print one single line in a different color.
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Keyboard shortcut to paste clipboard content into command prompt window (Win XP)

Is there a keyboard shortcut for pasting the content of the clipboard into a command prompt window on Windows XP (instead of using the right mouse button)? The typical Shift+Insert does not seem to work here.
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How to do something to each file in a directory with a batch script

How do you iterate over each file in a directory with a .bat or .cmd file? For simplicity please provide an answer that just echoes the filename or file path.
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How to check if a process is running via a batch script

How can I check if an application is running from a batch (well cmd) file? I need to not launch another instance if a program is already running. (I can't change the app to make it single instance only.) Also the application could be running as any…
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Using port number in Windows host file

After installing TeamViewer, I have changed the wampserver port to 8080, so the address is http://localhost:8080. For the host file located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\, I have also made the change as below BEFORE 127.0.0.1 …
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stop all instances of node.js server

This is my first time working with Node.js and I ran into this problem: I have started a Node server through the plugin of an IDE. Unfortunately, I cannot use the IDE's terminal. So I tried to run the script from the command line. This is the…
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How do I start PowerShell from Windows Explorer?

Is there a way to start PowerShell in a specific folder from Windows Explorer, e.g. to right-click in a folder and have an option like "Open PowerShell in this Folder"? It's really annoying to have to change directories to my project folder the…
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What encoding/code page is cmd.exe using?

When I open cmd.exe on Windows, what encoding is it using? How can I check which encoding it is currently using? Does it depend on my regional setting or are there any environment variables to check? What happens when you type a file with a certain…
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port forwarding in windows

I have two network board in my pc: The main one has the local ip -> 192.168.1.111 The secondary ones has the local ip -> 192.168.0.200 The main one has internet connection and the second one is connected to a device with the IP 192.168.0.33, it has…
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