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    Windows 7 "system cannot find the path specified" trying to run a .cmd from DOS

    Hi. I'm using Win7 Enterprise. I opened a DOS window as Administrator and I navigated to a directory with two files in it - someFile.cmd file and a someFile.jar file. I typed this on the command line: someFile.cmd and I get, "The system cannot find the path specified". When I type...
  2. Windows 7 .exe refuses to open

    Hi guys The problem is as folllows; 1) I click on an application 2) I get the blue loading circle for a few seconds as if the application is about to open 3) Nothing happens I have had this problem on my laptop running Windows 7 home basic on the executable for "BMW M3 Challenge." This was...
  3. Windows 7 Software that can create a backup from just a desktop shortcut.

    What I'm looking for is software that can create backups of installed software just by right clicking a desktop shortcut and selecting 'create backup' or something like that, then the program would make a note of the install directory the shortcut is referring to, then it'll scan the HD for data...
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    Windows 8 Running executable files from the Windows explorer address bar without typing the extension

    I have a question about running "executable" programs in Windows without having to type the extension. I've recently learned that, in addition to the command prompt and run box, you can also run executable files (.exe, .bat, .lnk, .vbs) from the Windows Explorer address bar. The only problem...
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    Windows 7 Appcrash on programs - StackHash_d957, help.

    Hi everyone, first post here, due to this problem I am having regarding appcrash on several programs, mostly games. I have tried researching this problem alone, but cant seem to find a solution. Here is an example of what i get every time i try to open the affected programs (the executable is...
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    Windows 8 Difficult question about taskmanager

    Hello people, I would like to know if it's possible to setup a configuration with task manager that starts a p rogram as soon as it sees an executable in a directory. i.e : Lets say i have a file called adobe.exe and when I put it in a directory called C:\Adobe it should start automatically...
  7. Windows 8 About Regedit file .reg

    Hello, I want to create a .reg file, like this: ----------------------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\C:_Users_Djap_Desktop_HelloOlla.exe] "FontSize"=dword:00080008 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Basically, i need...
  8. Windows 8 Run .exe with using cutom resolution with .bat/.cmd?

    I'm new to batch files and I know a few basic commands but I want to go into the more in-depth commands, such as runnin files with different attrbutes etc. There is another I want to use by i'm not sure if it's possible. So: Is it possible to run a .exe (executable) file in a custom resolution...
  9. Windows 8 Windows 8 in Virtual Box

    I am very frustrated with Microsoft right now. I currently have a Macbook Pro with Retina Display and want to install Windows 8.1 in virtual box. I went to the MS website and was a little confused about the options so I started a live chat for help. They told me to purchase the Windows 8 Pro and...
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    Windows 7 Installed software is not being recognized under "All_Programs" from the start menu?!?!

    I'm in the IT department at my school and we have a room with about 12 computers that need CodeWarrior installed on them. I logged in as the administrator and installed this program which will make it available to all student accounts when a student logs in. However, later when I had a student...
  11. Windows 7 Is SNZ.exe Malware? Questions About COMODO and Windows 7 Startup

    I recently got COMODO and every time my windows 7 OS loads up it promts me if i want to run the snz.exe executable. I dont know if prior to me getting comodo SNZ.exe was executed or not, but my point is that from reading online about this executable i dontr know if it malware or not. Some...
  12. Windows 7 SvcHost & AutoRun Problem (Don't Think It's Virus-Related)

    Link Removed Two problems, possibly a single issue from Webroot Secure AnyWhere; I don't think my computer is infested, but I could be wrong. First, a number of AutoRun.INF files I have authored keep vanishing. I have a large number of drives on my computer, and I have created AutoRun files to...
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    Windows 7 Folder permission script

    I need to create a script that deny's all privilages to a folder for all users. the program runs from a hidden directory under individual user accounts is the tricky thing. example User A: did not install the program and cannot see that the program is installed. User B: installed the program and...
  14. Windows 8 vb40032.dll on Windows 8.1

    Don't laugh, but I have a very old Visual Basic program that I wrote many years ago, and I still use it for a quick-and-dirty checkbook balancing tool. Yes, of course I could do something similar with an Excel spreadsheet or Quicken, but I still want this program to work. It has run flawlessly...
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    Windows 7 Potential virus, then no internet connection

    The machine in question is a Dell 8300, core i7 chip, running Windows-7x64 and had Norton Internet Security on it. My internet IS working in my house. I have a number of wired and wireless connections, all working. 1 computer had an issue with an .exe that was taking about 50 % of CPU cycles...
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    Windows 7 missing msvcr80.dll

    Windows7 64 bit custom enterprise image HP laptops trying to launch exe from Desktop will make this error come up and app wont launch. from some laptops it will and not others? I;ve tried installing the vcred stuff from Microsoft but still doesnt work. has all the updates anything else i can...
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    Windows 8 BSOD on new build with Asus 7870

    Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone could help me. I keep getting seemingly random bsod's. The last one I got was from opening a picture, and bam. Before that, it would be while starting a game. Sometimes, when I am using TeamViewer from work to get into this machine, running executables makes...
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    Windows 7 Problem with Simple BAT file

    I have created a batch file to run three programs. However it doesn't run the first two just the last one. Whenever the batch file is running I see a window open and quickly close when each of the first two programs are requested to run. The window is only open for a second so I cannot see...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Windows Task Scheduler, when running silent, also suppresses sound

    I had found that, to not have my programs visible in the TaskBar (ie: DSNTODAY), I must, in the General Tab, select 'run whether user is logged on or not'. Unfortunately, tho logically, this also seems to apply to sound (ie: the Win32API BEEP and MESSAGEBEEP). When I select 'run only when...
  20. Update to improve messaging of dialog boxes when you run executable files in Windows

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