Questions tagged [handle]
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Where are lists of all files recently opened by a process?
If I remeber correctly somewhere windows has an utility to show all opened files by processes and all recently modified file (without having to make a normal hard disk search)
Maybe in the administrative tool?
user63099
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'[WinError 6] The handle is invalid' When building any python file in Sublime Text 3
Whenever I try to Build (ctrl + b) any python file in Sublime Text 3, I get this error: [WinError 6] The handle is invalid. It was working fine before and all of a sudden started giving me this error.
fvgs
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zsh handlers like command_not_found_handler()
I'd like to format the zsh output.
eg for unfound functions I now have:
function command_not_found_handler(){echo $fg[red]"\033[4m???\033[0m"$fg[red]" Command \"$1\" not found."}
which returns red text and underlined ???.
I did this for the…
romeovs
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Firefox or Chrome doesn't release handles
I've noticed that when browser (tested with Firefox and Chrome) has been running for a long time, it stops connecting sites. I found out with task manager that the count of handles for browser process is 90000+. When shutdown the browser handle…
Harriv
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What might cause the Windows kernel to leak an EXE handle?
This issue is mostly coming up in the context of software development, but I'm asking it here because it also cropped up with an entirely unrelated program.
Essentially, the problem that I'm encountering on my computer is that sometimes, when I…
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How can I link an open window to the process?
There is a small window that opened up on my desktop. It opened along with Windows when booting up.
Task manager does not show it as an open window:
Alt + Tab can switch focus to the window, but it does not have a title bar.
Windows + Tab does not…
Ash
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Windows OpenedFilesViewer. Strange unaccountable file handles
If using the nirsoft’s OpenedFilesViewer, which prints file handles. There are some “processes” with strange chinese characters that have a handle on inexistent files on C: drive. I haven’t paid much attention to it, since I can’t find the files nor…
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High values of Process ID in Task Manager
I have a curious sequence of events which may be related.
The symptom: My PC suddenly began to take ages to perform a link at the end of a compile. This was assocaited with continuous disk activity. I looked in Task Manager and:
plenty of…
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What is the point of such handle redirection as 1<&2?
According to what is said here:
For example, the following command redirects handle 2 (that is,
STDERR) into handle 1 (that is, STDOUT):
1<&2
I understand why we might need to apply the redirection such as 2>&1, but I can't see any reason for…
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In the output of SysInternals Handle.exe what does RWD stand for?
I'm using handle.exe from SysInternals to grab information about open handles. Running just handle.exe -p cmd to get the handles for cmd.exe, I get the following output. Other output is similar, just much longer.
cmd.exe pid: 22916 NT…
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Excel shortcut equivalent of double clicking fill handle (not ctrl + D)
is there a shortcut equivalent of double clicking the fill handle for Excel? I am aware of ctrl + D and that is not the functionality I need.
With ctrl + D it's necessary to manually select the cells you want to fill. I am searching for shortcut…
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Cannot delete files even though I kill the handle
In Windows Server 2008 R2 which serves as a Terminal Services server I have 50 users.
One of the users has locked a file using a custom built software.
They exit the software (doubled check the process is not running) and I even killed the handle to…
user5495269
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Can't Build Program Because It's Being Held Hostage by Another Program
I know this has been asked before, but none of the questions I've looked at seem to answer my question. So, with that, and to assure I've done my homework before someone gets on me, let me tell you what I've done to cause the error, and what I've…
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cannot delete windows executable files
i have created a file named test.bat on my desktop
named it "test.bat" and sent it to notepad, written "REM" and saved it.
then i closed notepad and reopened it, added another "REM" and saved the file again.
then i tried renaming, moving the file to…
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Is it possible to handle an URL on the remote desktop (RDP connection) and redirect its opening on local machine?
user connects to a terminal server by RDP
connected to the terminal server user clicks on an url
this server won't open this url, but will redirect it on local machine
the url will be opened by local application (browser etc)
Is there any methods…
