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Questions tagged [application-launch]

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How do I pass command line arguments to Dock items?

I'm attempting to follow the instructions for pinning startup tabs in Chrome. On OS X how do I add command line arguments to items that persist in my dock?
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Pin same app multiple times in Windows 7

I use some programs with command line arguments and like to have shortcuts for launching those programs with those arguments. For example, I keep several Firefox profiles around and like to specify the profile name on the command line. Similarly I…
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
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Check if an app is running as admin

How can I check in Windows if application is launched with administrative privileges? I see no corresponding column in Task Manager.
Waldemar Gałęzinowski
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Launch Windows program with custom environment variable

My JAVA_HOME on my dev machine - which is Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit - points to a 64-bit Java, and that's fine in general. However, I just installed a program - to wit, the FlashDeveloper IDE - for which this setting is not fine: a 32-bit Java is…
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Launch Google Chrome in Fullscreen mode

How can I launch Google Chrome in fullscreen mode from a shortcut? I have tried the CLI arguments --start-maximized and --kiosk, but both do not activate the regular fullscreen mode (i.e. when you press F11). If only there was a way to automatically…
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Opening VLC media player 3 takes a long time to open

VLC Media Player 3.0.8 is taking a long time to launch on my Windows PC. It typically takes 6 seconds or more. I have a Win 10 machine with a class 50 SSD, Six Core Xeon 2.90GHz, etc. VLC launch should not be this slow. How can I speed up the…
Bort
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Windows 10 Programs start without visual Interface

I recently had the problem, that when you tried to start Chrome, you could see the program running in the Task Manager, but there would be no window visible on the desktop. No icon is visible no the taskbar either. I solved this problem the first…
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How do you run an application as TrustedInstaller or SYSTEM without using external programs?

Using only the Command Prompt and/or PowerShell, but without external programs or commands, how can you run an application as TrustedInstaller or SYSTEM?
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Why does Windows 8 application search no longer match substrings?

When I first installed Windows 8, I could start an app by hitting the Windows key once to bring up the Start screen, and then typing a substring of the app's name. At some point since then, the "substring" part seems to have stopped working. So now,…
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Open Run... dialog from command

I would like to run the Run... dialog (the Win+R) from a batch command? There is an shotcut to it in C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools but that shotcut goes nowhere, the target is just "Run..." and the…
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Run 32-bit application on Ubuntu on Windows subsystem for Linux

I have a pretty simple application that was compiled with g++ -m32 flags. Unfortunately, when I try to run it I am getting error: bash: ./a.out: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error If compiled without -m32 there is no error and it runs as…
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Applications take a few seconds to open, but only the first time I open them

I'm not even sure what to call it. Whenever I launch a new application for the first time, it takes a few seconds to open. But then if I close and re-open the program it only takes a fraction of a second to open (basically how long I would expect it…
D. Christopher
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Prevent Discord From Updating Automatically

How do we prevent Discord from Updating Automatically on Linux (point in step by step)?
Dumb
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After forced quit, “killall Finder” says “No matching processes…” but PID still exists?

Here's one for ya. Upon a forced quit of the Finder with unsuccessful relaunch, "killall Finder" in terminal returns: "No matching processes belonging to you were found" Oddly enough, the PID for finder does actually show up after a "ps -A" to…
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Start an application with specific regional settings

I have to work with different applications which are, in my opinion, not wisely-coded; they require the user to use specific regional settings. For example, some applications I use require that the user have an MM/DD/YYYY date format, while others…
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