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How to search inside files on Windows 7?
In Windows XP we can search for files that contain a defined keyword (inside all files types). Windows 7 can look inside files for a keyword, but only for text files. ( ), not ( ). Microsoft search filters don't contain any filter I can use for this. How is this possible?
Notepad++ is unable to load langs.xml, why?
Whenever I open NotePad++ the following error message appears: --------------------------- Configurator --------------------------- Load langs.xml failed! --------------------------- That obviously means that there is also no syntax highlighting. My OS is Windows 7 64-bit.
How do I synchronise two folders in real-time in Windows 7?
I want to synchronise two folders in real time under Windows 7. Basically, I want to monitor a folder and synchronise each change (new files, changed files, deleted files) to another drive. It has to be in real time, so it gets synchronised instantly when a change happens. A one-direction synchronisation is enough. I tried Microsoft's SyncToy, but it does only syncing by hand or scheduled (thus not satisfying the "real-time" requirement). Can this be achieved with Windows 7 itself? If not, are there other methods of doing this?
What keyboard shortcuts move, resize, and maximize windows under Mac OS X?
I just checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts but the following "Window management" entries are blank for Mac OS X: Move the focused window Resize the focused window Maximize the focused window Are there really no built in keyboard shortcuts for these in OS X? I do this stuff all the time with GNOME under Linux.
Typing the tab character in browser text boxes
A lot of the time, when I want to format text within a web page's text box I'll hit the Tab key. Unfortunately, that doesn't insert the tab character but instead moves the control to the next form element (like a button or a check box). For browsers like Firefox/IE, is there a way to get the formatting behavior of a tab, within a text box, by typing a key combination?
What is the difference between NTFS hard links and directory junctions?
The title says it all... what's the difference? When do I use one and when do I use the other? Added: Note that Junction points, Hard links and Symbolic (soft) links are three separate things on NTFS.
How to avoid keyboard layout automatically changing on windows
I have two input languages in my language bar (windows xp). The problem is that windows likes changing between them without any intervention. That's really annoying! I know about the shortcuts and already turned off Word language detection, but the problem is everywhere (specially command prompt). I use both languages and I want to change between them only manually. How to turn off this automatic change?
Windows 7 Taskbar Icon Highlight Sticks
After running Win 7 for some unknown period of time, the taskbar icon highlight starts to stick (video demo here: http://screencast.com/t/l5LhJ2uM). If I restart or kill explorer.exe and relaunch, it goes away. Any idea what might be causing this?
Is there a way to fake a dual (second) monitor
Is there a way to fake a dual monitor for testing. I have only one monitor and I have to make an application that is suitable for two monitors. The second monitor screen should appear as a window on my primary monitor.
Show only current directory name (not full path) on bash prompt
The way my bash prompt is currently configured, it shows the whole path to the current directory. This is annoying when I'm deep inside a directory tree, as the prompt becomes so long that every command wraps into the next line. How do I make it show only the last part of the path? This is what I have in my :
How to move all files from current directory to upper directory?
How to move all files from current directory to upper directory in linux? I tried something like , but it doesn't work.
chown is not changing symbolic link
I'm trying to change the user/group of a symbolic link with the command: But it's not changing. I'm logged in as root. The current user/group is set to root:root. What went wrong?
How can I tunnel all of my network traffic through SSH?
Whenever I'm using the internet from an insecure location (such as public wifi) I like to use an ssh tunnel ( ) to ensure my traffic can't be sniffed. Unfortunately, there seem to be many applications which do not provide a way to specify a proxy (Flash is one major example). It feels like there should be some way to use a tunnel for all network traffic from my computer, but I'm complete ignorant of how to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Which Unicode characters do smilies like ٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ consist of?
How do I make Unicode texts like the one in the title, or like the following, without resorting to copy+paste? ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃•̃). As an aside, note that in your browser the above example should look like:
Enter to open a file in Finder
I find the Cmd + O shortcut to open a file in Finder unintuitive. Does anyone know how to change it? I'd like to set it so that enter opens a file instead of going into rename mode.
Menu select item stuck on screen after context or command menu has closed
Periodically when I select a menu command, the label or selected option gets "stuck" on screen and won't go away. I can close all open applications, including whichever one I was using when it got stuck, but it still won't go away. In the screenshot below, I opened an new instance of IE just to show how the label stays on top. The label was not created by this instance of IE. (I added the circle in MS Paint. That part isn't stuck.) The label that gets stuck is the first menu command I select in IE. If a label is already stuck, a new one does not get stuck (regardless of which instance(s) of IE are involved). Based on this knowledge, I now just open IE on my secondary monitor, carefully open the context menu so the Properties command is in the bottom corner, and click it. This is not a solution. The floating label never moves and is transparent to mouse input (if I click it, it's as if I clicked the item behind it). The label does not go away if I close all running applications. I have…
Move an off-screen window back on-screen on Mac OS X
It seems that Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard has a tendency to leave some windows off-screen at times, especially when I disconnect an external monitor from my MacBook. How can I move the window back on-screen when it's not possible to grab the title bar and drag it back onto the screen? XvsXP.com recommends adjusting your screen resolution downward to have off-screen windows "snap back into view" and then adjust your screen resolution back to its original setting. In OS X 10.4 Tiger, I had a script that brought all off-screen windows back on-screen, but in my upgrades to Leopard and now Snow Leopard, I don't seem to have that script. Any better solutions out there?
32-bit vs. 64-bit systems
What are the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit systems? If you have used both of them, what kind of sharp differences have you experienced? Would it be a problem to use 32-bit programs on 64-bit systems in some cases?
UDP traffic through SSH tunnel
The title pretty much sums it up. I would like to send UDP traffic through a SSH tunnel. Specifically, I need to be able to send UDP packets through the tunnel and have the server be able to send them back to me on the other side. I know how to do it for TCP connections. Is this it possible with UDP?
Where are the shortcuts for the Windows 7 Taskbar stored on disk?
Where, in the Windows 7 file system, are the taskbar shortcuts stored (per user)?