Some deployment scripts need to check if certain required software is installed on a Windows Machine. You could check if the file is present at a certain location, but there is a better way to check if software is installed: the uninstall database in the Windows Registry. PowerShell makes it really easy to query the registry!
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As a .Net Developer, I need my MacBook Pro to run Windows. I did so using Boot Camp (which was okay, but my mouse wouldn’t scroll) In Windows I use alt+tab a lot. But the cmd and alt keys are not in the right place (from a Windows keyboard perspective). I use the Windows key a lot too (like Windows+r for run). So let’s swap those keys!
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Installed Windows 10 via BootCamp? Missing scrolling on your Air Mouse 2? After hours of searching I’ve found the simple solution: update the Apple software using the Apple updater located in your Program File directory.
Read the article Fixing Air Mouse 2 Scrolling Windows 10 (Boot Camp)
Entering a javac (compile) and a java (execution) command seems tedious, so I wondered if those could be scripted into a good old .bat file.
I’ve created a file called yall.bat to help with the process. It has been a while since I’ve been playing around with batch files. I’ve seen my father do it… it still looks like a dark – and ancient – art to me.
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Today we had a problem on the server: our app was causing the application pool to crash. Windows error reporting didn’t give a clear result of what was causing a stack overflow exception within the app. No stack-trace, no nothing. So how to solve a problem like this?
Read the article How to debug a StackOverflow crash in a .Net application on an IIS (production) server?
I like to browse the web using my computer, but I like to share the content with my friends on social platforms. Is this hard? Not with QR Codes and your mobile…
Read the article How to share from your computer to your phone?
Sometimes you need to test if two files are the same. As files are getting larger, your scripts will take longer, so we need to look into performance. In this article, I’ll show how to compare two files using a buffered approach in PowerShell.
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