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I'm on a WinXP Pro SP3 box. Some time ago, I noticed that opening the Add/Remove programs window takes a lot of time. The window itself opens, but it's building the list that takes so long. I fired FileMon from SysInternals, and it turned out that the process that's supposed to list the programs tries to open every file on my HD.
Anybody experienced this? Any cure?
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This is not a programming question, but the answer is sorta cool (and a good heads-up for those writing installers):
It's scanning because some programs don't provide enough information when they're installed.
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This may seem absurd and it surely is, but I have my reasons.
Running "eject -T" will open/close the CD tray. But the subsequent iterations of the command automatically wait until the tray has physically completed the function (completely closed/opened).
My question... is there a way to interrupt this and process the next command? For example, lets open the tray for about 300ms then close it.
I don't mind using other languages to do this, but can anyone send me in the right direction? Tech docs? etc...
Thanks!
I looked at the source for "eject", it calls ioctl. So it looks impossible to me from that level. I'm unfamiliar with ioctl code, but I believe it doesn't do anything also that would allow you to interrupt it. The only alternative I can think of would be writing a new CD driver... but even then there's a chance that it's not possible. You'll have to dig deep in the kernels of Linux to find a way.
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I am considering upgrading my work computer to use windows 8 as the new file transferring feature seems very useful. Unfortunately after installing windows 8 on my home pc to test it out, the files are being transferred in separate dialogs as opposed to this image provided by microsoft.
As I am transferring files constantly a single transfer dialog would make things much less confusing. Does anyone know what settings to change to make file transfers appear in the same window?
To make file transfers appear in the same window you need to transfer files locally.
This is because a network connection can break out at anytime.
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It can this is a silly question, but is it possible to handle files on Windows (XP, Vista or 7) like on the Mac?
I clarify: on the Mac you can rename or move a file even if it is currently used by an application, on Windows you simply cannot! There is a way to change this behavior with some black magic on the Registry?
If you are interested You can read about File locking and specific implementations in Windows and Mac here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking
I use unlocker to get around this problem in Windows. It's quite handy
http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
No, there is no builtin solution to your problem and I haven't heard of any tool accomplishing that.
It's not possible because the file handling is done in a different way, which is also strongly influenced by the features of the different filesystems.
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In windows 7 when you click start...then the shut down button. what program is it calling to do the work?
You can always use where.exe to find things like this:
C:\>where shutdown.exe
C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe
There is a command-line process "shutdown.exe" which is generally the go-to for programmatic shutdowns/restarts.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491003.aspx
This does the actual shutting down. The various windows or dialogs you see asking you to choose how you want to shut down (shut down, sleep, hibernate, restart, log off) and/or asking you to confirm you want to do what you said you did are just part of the taskbar/start menu program, explorer.exe (which is also the Windows Explorer executable).
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe
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I have this application that I haven't created and I don't have the source for. But it's really handy in handling and recording the time I've used on different projects. But it has this annoying pop-up that comes up that contains a window and some debug text I believe. It wasn't done by a professional, it was just a hobby project. Everything is working even though this window appear. So I was wondering if it's possible to "hijack" a window and minimizing or closing it somehow?
Yes. You could hide the window if you have its title. There are other ways to do it, but..
The following application does a few tweaks on another window, check it out:
Window manipulation using window-handle from different process on MS Windows(XP)