Questions tagged [windows]
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
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Excel files stored in USB drive, seem to be altered after it got plugged on to a computer [closed]
my boss gave me a usb thumb drive to save some music in it. In the drive there was already saved some excel spreadsheets, I didn't touch them, even though my boss said that they have some kind of ...
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Giving application window active focus when opening a file
In the documentation for QWidget::activateWindow() function, the following is said:
... On Windows, if you are calling this when the application is not
currently the active one then it will not make ...
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LNK2019 unresolved external symbol in function defined in static library
I am trying to compile a driver through the use of cl.exe on Windows 10. It is written in pure C. I am using the Enterprise Windows Driver Kit to provide source files and compiling for X86. I ...
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Pushing a branch from a local repo to a separate clone of the same remote repo on the same Windows machine
I have a Git repository, let's call it Foo, which I have cloned twice on the same Windows machine. Let's call the two local repositories Foo1 (in C:\repos\Foo1) and Foo2 (in C:\repos\Foo2).
Now the ...
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Yarn PM not working in Windows when the User folder(UserProfile env var) has space in folder name or path
As stated in title, the Yarn PM(package manager), that I just installed in my system(Windows 11 64Bit) doesn't work if there's space(s) in my UserProfile folder path.
My User folder name is "...
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the procedure entry point hb_ot_tags_from_script_and_language could not be located in the dynamic link library ...libfreetype-6.dll
I'm developing an application on windows that manipulates images.
I'm using msys2/ucrt64 version of gcc for compiling and msys2/ucrt64 version of openimageio library for image import/export.
My code ...
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How to securely store and retrieve sensitive data in a .NET Standard 2.0 cross-platform (Windows+Linux) library
I have .NET Framework 4.7.2 library to store and retrieve sensitive data (like tokens for our desktop apps communication) with help of CredentialManagement package on Windows. Now I need to make this ...
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In windows 10 dark mode, windows file explorer's status bas stays white
In windows 10 dark mode, windows file explorer's status bas stays white, the font however switches to white from black, so it becomes close to invisible. Check the screenshot below.
I had tried ...
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Failed to update help in windows powershell
I am an absolute beginner to Command Line Interface and noticed this when trying to update the help (I'm following Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous, which I suppose is for Linux and I am ...
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Long path aware manifest opt in on older versions of Windows
I have a c++ program for which i created manifest file and set long path aware to true. On newer versions of windows it works as expected.
But what will happen if i launch my app on older versions of ...
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Can I copy paste Python 2.7 packages from lib/site-packages from Windows to Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I am moving to Ubuntu 22.04 from Windows 10 and I was wondering if I could skip installing again all the packages I did on my Windows 10 machine on Python 2.7. Is it possible to save the package ...
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Do python apps uploaded to microsoft app store need to be licensed before uploading the MSIX or .exe file?
I have just finished working on the desktop app that I want to start selling on Microsoft app store. I am not sure on the licensing part. I want to implement a solution where when one downloads the ...
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Window does not receive focus even when brought to the top
I’m working on a program that uses low-level keyboard hooks (LowLevelKeyboardProc) to detect key combinations and switch focus between windows of specific processes. The goal is for the program to ...
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How can I make a python window allow itself to be recorded, when part of it is off-screen?
In windows 10, most application windows can be recorded using a program like OBS.
When the window is dragged such that part of it is not visible on the display, typically, OBS will still receive the ...
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"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect" surfaces in a complex Go app, but identical code runs in simple Go app
In a large Go application, I have this code snippet:
fName = filepath.Join(DestPath, fName)
log.Println(fName)
f, err := os.Create(fName)
defer f.Close()
if err != nil {
log.Println(err.Error())
}
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