Recent content by eldiener

Putting single quotes around the file After doing dir /x I was able to use the short name to delete the file successfully.

When I try, from the directory in which the file exists: takeown -f footer. I receive the reply: ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified. Yet when I try: dir I receive the output: Volume in drive C is MYDRIVE Volume Serial Number is 1E72-AA80 Directory of some_long_path...

When I click on the Properties for the file, and then the Security tab, it says: "The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed."

I have a file in a directory called "footer." This file was evidently created by some software I have. All my attempts to delete this file come back with: "Could Not Find some_long_path\footer." Yet the file shows both in Explorer and when I type "dir" from a command window. In Explorer the...

Thanks ! Powershell docs have always seemed very poor to me. If I really want something better I use Python. Using the %~1 syntax solved my problem in the batch file.

In a batch file I have a line such as: if "%1" == "some_value" goto somegoto in order to test a parameter against a value. If however I need to pass as the first parameter to my batch file a string with some equal signs in it such as: "cxxflags=-std=c++11" I pass it with quotes so it is a...

The problem was having Fast Startup turned on for Windows 8.1. Once I turned it off the problem went away.

Windows7: winobj = \Device\HarddiskVolume8 fsutil resource info f: = RM Identifier: 187797D5-D704-11E5-B3D1-806E6F6E6963 KTM Log Path for RM: \Device\HarddiskVolume8\$Extend\$RmMetadata\$TxfLog\$TxfLo g::KtmLog Space used by TOPS: 1 Mb TOPS free space: 100% RM State...

I have a laptop which multi-boots between Windows7 and Windows8. I share an NTFS partition between the two OSs. If I boot into Windows8 and make changes with files in the shared NTFS partition, everything works fine and I can reboot into Windows8 with no problems. If, however, I subsequently...

There is no counting down where I can press a key to tell Windows to cancel the chkdsk. The chkdsk just begins running automatically when it gets to a certain part of the boot process.

I scheduled a 'chkdsk /f /r c:' for my C drive under Windows 8.1. When I next booted the check disk started running, reached 13%, then never got beyond that point. I can leave it running for hours and the screen shows 13% completion and the check disk never completes. This has the effect of...

I realized just recently that Sleep is working on my computer, even if I change nothing in the default Power Management Balanced settings which I use and also accept the defaults in the Device Manager for my USB devices and USB hubs. It was my error to think that Sleep was not working for my...

I have a wired USB keyboard and a wireless USB mouse on my computer. I have set the Power Options for sleep mode under Windows 8.1 to occur after a certain amount of time. When I have returned to my computer when it is in Sleep mode after a particularly long period of time both the keyboard and...

It turned out that I found a post on the Internet about AMD display drivers not working on Windows 8.1, along with an AMD Clean Uninstall Utility for removing any AMD drivers. Once I applied the utility, and rebooted Windows 8.1, my problem has so far vanished. I am hoping I have permanently...

If I choose a screensaver under Windows 8.1, the screensaver will occur after the designated time but if I afterward come back to my computer after doing something else where I live I will see a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left-hand corner, and Windows 8.1 is completely...