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Keyboard language keeps changing in Windows 10
So I recently did a clean install of Windows 10 English. I configured it to have English UI language but Norwegian keyboard. I have several problems with that setup:
The keyboard language keeps switching to English constantly
I can't see the…
Nilzor
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How do I view, add or edit Cookies in Google Chrome?
I wish to view, add and edit the cookies of my google chrome. Can anyone suggest to me a way to do it?
user67024
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How to force refresh without cache in Google Chrome?
Does Chrome have an equivalent to Firefox's Ctrl+F5 refresh? I can't seem to find one.
I changed my gravatar last night, and I can see the new one in Firefox after a Ctrl+F5 refresh, but Chrome seems to be stubbornly hanging on to the old Gravatar.…
Kip
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Linux unzip command: Option to force overwrite?
I am writing a shell script that unzips a ZIP file into an existing hierarchy of files, potentially overwriting some of the files.
The problem is that the unzip command asks for confirmation:
replace jsp/extension/add-aspect.jsp? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll,…
Nicolas Raoul
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How to append to a file as sudo?
I want to do:
echo "something" >> /etc/config_file
But, since only the root user has write permission to this file, I can't do that. But the following also doesn't work.
sudo echo "something" >> /etc/config_file
Is there a way to append to a file…
agentofuser
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How can I search within the output buffer of a tmux shell?
I can't get this to work. How can I search the buffer of a tmux shell?
NES
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Determine which tab in Firefox is using CPU resources?
Is there anything in the current Firefox similar to the Task Manager in Google Chrome? (Shift + Esc)
There is something that occasionally takes up enough CPU to make Firefox unresponsive - but with multiple windows, each with a dozen or so tabs…
chris
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How to convert 2 horizontal panes to vertical panes in tmux?
After doing join-pane on 2 windows, you have 2 horizontal panes. How do I rearrange the panes to be vertical panes instead?
krishonadish
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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…
Sam Harwell
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How to pin either a Shortcut or a Batch file to the new Windows 7, 8 and 10 Taskbar and start menu?
We are having trouble adding our batch scripts to the Windows 7, 8 or 10 taskbar or start menu.
Our batchfiles take some arguments and just execute other application based on those arguments .
To keep it simple, we created some shortcuts for our…
Shaharyar
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How do you prevent the dock from switching monitors in macOS Monterey?
In Mavericks, Apple introduced a "feature" where if you hover at the bottom of any screen the dock pops up on that screen.
This is disrupting my workflow as I am constantly having the dock pop up when I don't want it to and then I have to go to…
Brad Dwyer
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Conclusively stop wake timers from waking Windows 10 desktop
How do you stop a Windows 10 Desktop waking up from the sleeping/hibernated power state without user intervention?
For lots of users this won't be an issue but, if you sleep in the same room as your PC, then having your machine wake up at 3:30AM to…
seagull
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What does the "Fi" in "Wi-Fi" mean?
I just got into a heated discussion about Wi-Fi. What does the Fi in Wi-Fi mean? I would have thought potentially "frequency interface" since all network adapters are classified as interfaces. However I'm not certain.
NotAdmin Dave
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How to match whitespace in sed?
How can I match whitespace in sed? In my data I want to match all of 3+ subsequent whitespace characters (tab space) and replace them by 2 spaces. How can this be done?
Peter Smit
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How can I extract .rar files on the Mac?
Is there anything built-in that does this? (E.g. command line tools.) Or are there any third-party apps?
Update: I like The Unarchiver, but vote up your favourite, or add it as an answer if it isn’t there.
Paul D. Waite
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