Comment by wjandrea on Script renaming on Synology NAS
Also you could reduce duplication using logical OR and grouping: find . \( -name "*:*" -o -name "*<*" -o ... \) -exec ... (-name and -iname are synonymous in this case).
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Firefox shortcut to open a particular account container
Note if you have the extension pinned to the overflow menu, the numbers don't work until you press Tab twice
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Is my Dell Inspiron compatible with Ubuntu?
Related questions on Ask Ubuntu: Will my device work with Ubuntu?What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop?How do I find out which version and derivative of Ubuntu is right...
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Windows 10 Taskbar: Never combine, always hide labels
I already have the taskbar on the left, but there's still a tiny bit of text poking out, see image. Do you know how to get rid of it?
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on How can I hide taskbar labels in Windows 10 without...
How is this useful? Are you proposing opening a bunch of unnecessary windows just to hide the labels?
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on How can I hide taskbar labels in Windows 10 without...
@stevedude That doesn't exist...
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on How to move MFT on Windows 7
This worked for me on Windows 10, but it caused some sort of problem and I had to do a disk check shortly after.
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Is there any way to hide taskbar labels and not...
I just tried the Group Policy option, but it locked in "Never" under the Taskbar settings, so it doesn't seem to work.
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Windows 10 setting for full shutdown?
Does this answer your question? Disabling Hybrid Boot In Windows 8?
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Disable "Print..." in Context menu of selected text in...
Any idea what the equivalent is on Ubuntu Linux?
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Autokey error, not apparently related to my script
For reference, the commit that changed that line is 37a69c (which also included an inconsequential change to the comment just below). And you didn't install an old version; that commit just hasn't yet...
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on Autokey error, not apparently related to my script
You're correct, index -1 is the last character in a string.
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on How do I change the background image of Home page in...
Why not just use background-image instead of all this rigamarole in the CSS? and background-color as a fallback
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on What are lb-140-82-[XXX]-[XXX]-[a-z]*.github.com links?
"fra" looks like France, but what's "ams"? American South? Amsterdam?
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for Accidentally deleted partition table, got it back, but...
The solution was to boot an install disc, start a command prompt, then run bootrec /rebuildbcdEdit (2016-06-16): Whoops, I forgot I had already tried that. I may have solved the problem by adding an...
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for CPU fan always at 100% - MSI mobo, AMD CPU
In BIOS, open H/W MonitorEnable CPU Smart FAN TargetI set it to 50C, but I think any value will doSet CPU Min FAN Speed to 0% I suppose anything <50% will workSet SYS FAN 1 Control to 50% seems...
View ArticleCPU fan always at 100% - MSI mobo, AMD CPU
The fan is always running at 100% (1800 RPM), even when the PC is idle (<5% usage) and temperatures are normal (<40C).I've tried:Updated BIOS to latest versionInstalled AMD Overdrive, but the fan...
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for "My" Application on Windows 10 startup
CCleaner can identify unknown startup items.Install CCleaner or run the portable versionGo to Tools → StartupAlso look under Tools → Scheduled Tasks, cause some malware will try to hide startup items...
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for Resetting TCP/IP Settings on Windows 8
I've run this command on a lot of customers' PCs, and despite the error message, the command has always done its job. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the command to say why it produces an...
View ArticleAccidentally deleted partition table, got it back, but now can't boot Windows
I'm dual-booting Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 10. I accidentally deleted the partition table for my main HDD, but was able to recover it. Now, I can't boot Windows. Thankfully, it was easy to reinstall...
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for Can I force Google Chrome to remember passwords?
For some websites, Firefox will let you save the password where Chrome will not. So you can save the password in Firefox, and import it into Chrome.In Chrome, go to Settings→ Import bookmarks and...
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for Why is my Linux system repeating every command that I...
At least on Bash 4.3, this command has a similar effect to set -v:trap 'echo "$BASH_COMMAND"' DEBUGTo check if this affects you, runtrap -p DEBUGTo unset it, runtrap - DEBUG
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for What is the bash equivalent of zsh vared command?
This is based on thecotne's answer, written for GNU Bash 4.3:vared(){ # Based on the zsh builtin of the same name. IFS= read -rei "${!1}""$1"}Note this has some subtle differences from the Zsh builtin,...
View Articlechocolatey pauses during download or install, until button is pressed
Issue: When installing a list of programs using Chocolatey, it will sometimes pause during the download or install and won't continue until I return to the CMD window and tap a button. For example, I...
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for How do I prevent Atom from updating a package?
I commented out the repository info in the package.json file, and that seems to have stopped it. This should prevent all updates to the package. I'd prefer to skip just the bugged release, but the...
View ArticleHow do I prevent Atom from updating a package?
atom-script has a major bug that popped up in the latest update so I've reverted to the previous version. The maintainers haven't fixed it after two months, so I'm starting to think they never will....
View ArticleAnswer by wjandrea for What files does Windows 10 "Reset this PC" keep?
Adding to user1465113's answer and LPChip's answer on a related question, here's a tree.Legend:0 removed (i.e. moved to C:\Windows.old)1 keptA untested, but I assume removedB untested, but I assume...
View ArticleComment by wjandrea on How to set friendly network name of android phone?
My Moto G6 with Android 9 has that set already, but the router says the hostname is --.
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