Questions tagged [context]
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Marco Polo for Windows
Marco Polo is an Apple solution which "knows" where you are and configures your networking, printers, shares, proxies etc... Basically anything that can change when you change location.
Windows 7 has basic support for printers - but is there…
Robert MacLean
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what's the meaning of ^@, ^I and $ in vi?
When I try to use Context.write(k,v) in MapReduce(using Java) to write data to a file ,I find the following contents in file(opened with vi, have :set list):
^@R^@u^@n^@^I1$
^@a^@c^@c^@e^@s^@s^@^I1$
^@d^@e^@f^@a^@u^@l^@t^@…
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How to add "Duplicate" to Windows 8/10 context menu
I work between Mac and Windows all day mostly with Creative Cloud products. One item I really miss on windows it the simple 'duplicate' command. Context or CMD+D on a Mac.
I know I can copy and paste but I would like a similar command between the…
Brad L
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Help files and power point presentations
Edit: Some clarifications:
We already use Help and Manual for our help files
The question is really what to use that allows us to make hyperlinks from help file to presentation, and back, and still have presentation be "easily presentable".
I'll…
Lasse V. Karlsen
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What’s the deal with helpfiles these days?
In relation with this question at SuperUser, I also want some user feedback about this topic.
So you install a desktop application which you've just bought/downloaded/pirated and you start it up. You look at the screen and you're start having…
Wim ten Brink
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Windows 7 Batch file to Make Directory
I had a simple batch file I would use in Windows XP to create a set of specific subfolders inside a folder. I had it set up as a Right-Click context menu so that when I right-clicked on a folder within Windows Explorer, I could execute the batch…
Calvin
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How can I find StackOverflow answers in my search results easier?
In my every day Google, Yahoo, and Bing searches, how can I better pick out the results that are StackOverflow results? (Sure wish my browser knew I preferred getting StackOverflow results)
Mike Grace
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I want to make my MacBook Pro's security settings location-aware and automatic
I travel back and forth, using the same macbook pro at the office as I do at home. How can I get my MacBook Pro to recognize when it's at home and doesn't need to keep bringing up the password screen every few minutes without having to go into…
Arrdenet
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Is there a search addon for Firefox that allows to add GET/POST variables from current page?
What I am looking for is basically the Firefox equivalent to this Chrome extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/selection-search/gipnlpdeieaidmmeaichnddnmjmcakoe
Now before everybody yells "Context Search", please have a closer look at…
user2174689
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When a thread is created, how is the initial context determined?
How is a thread's initial context (registers state) determined on thread creation?
For example:
Current thread context eax=0x4, ebx=0x9000, ecx=0xfff, etc...
Create a thread is called to begin executing at 0xbfbfbf. It seems obvious that the…
user179659
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Windows context menu items not showing until hover
I have a strange bug. Windows 10 context menus (on desktop and in apps) is white and not showing until I hover over it.
Video: https://i.imgur.com/PvG6tMy.gifv
Nazarko
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Ignoring file extension when running program from Windows context menu?
I have added a "convert to JPG" option to my windows context menu. I have accomplished this by setting the context menu to run magick convert %1 %1.jpg. However, while this works, it will leave the original file extension in there too (so…
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How do I correctly return context from a gnuwin32 grep (grep in windows cmd)?
I want to return a line of context after the string I'm searching for as per
grep --help
Context control:
-B, --before-context=NUM print NUM lines of leading context
-A, --after-context=NUM print NUM lines of trailing context
-C,…
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Shell Context Menu Commands for Kindle Files Only Showing for Certain Extensions
A while ago, I added a number of context menu commands to import Kindle books into Calibre and convert them to EPUB (under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Amazon.Kindle.content). All associated extensions are set in the registry to point at…
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Right Click Context menu - Menu Item name is location of right click target
Is it possible to add an option to the right click context menu that has a dynamic name? Meaning the name could change? I'd like to (for fun) have a menu option added with a name that would be the location of where the right click took place.
For…
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