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NirCmd is a small command-line utility for Windows that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.

By running NirCmd with simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI file, dial to your internet account or connect to a VPN network, restart windows or shut down the computer, create shortcut to a file, change the created/modified date of a file, change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more...

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Using nircmd to turn off monitor instead puts PC to sleep

I've been using nircmd to turn off the monitor/display of various PCs like so: nircmd.exe cmdwait 1000 monitor off The cmdwait 1000 part just adds a 1 second delay (to let the last keystroke and mouse movement end) before turning off the display.…
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sending keypresses to a process using nircmd

I'm trying to use nircmdc to send a keypress to a background process (without bringing it to front). More precisely, i'm tring to send Ctrl+Shift+S to notepad++.exe: nircmdc win postmsg process notepad++.exe WM_KEYDOWN VK_CTRL 0 nircmdc win postmsg…
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Setting cmd with default command and user defined message

On button click in a winform application I am executing cmd.exe file (Using system("cmd.exe");), which opens perfectly fine and displays the following: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 6.1.7601] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:…
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NirCmd volume control of certain applications from Volume Mixer not working?

So I use this app to mute microphone communication in Valorant. But I also want to mute the game itself. The devs of the game have separated these 2 so in Volume Mixer (SndVol.exe) they are 2 processes one called: RiotClientServices.exe the…
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Can you use nircmd to help save clipboard contents to a Batch File variable?

In a batch script, I wish to save the clipboard text into a variable. Having searched it seems that this is not possible without 3rd-party tools. Well I have nircmd, and one of its commands is: "consolewrite [text] Sends the specified text to the…
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How to get system volume level(audio) in windows?

Using nircmd we can set system volume level(audio) but how to get system volume? How can we get system volume using powershell?
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Nircmd not recognized in directory

I've an interesting issue; I added nircmd.exe to my directory by running it as administrator and going through the prompts, and confirmed it was in the directory by looking in C:\Windows. Yet whenever I try to call nircmd.exe from command line, I…
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NirCmd Screen stays black after waking up from sleep mode

I have a computer that should have 0 user interactions. I want it to turn off and on on specific times. Right now, i have a command that puts the computer to sleep. However i also need a task that wakes the computer up. Right now i have made…
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NirCmd won't copy to windows directory

I was suggested to use NirCmd from this quesiton. However, when I pressed the "Copy to windows directory" button, I got this error. Why?
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Mute specific application in Windows without nircmd

One of my games will not respond to the usual nircmd command to mute it: nircmd snircmd muteappvolume Cyberpunk2077.exe 1 I suspect it may not be working as it may be one of those applications that spawns another that controls the audio: I have…
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Invoke S0 Sleep using Task Scheduler for all users

I'm trying to get a Windows 10 Optiplex 7000 to go to sleep at 10pm every day. I installed nircmd and created a task in task scheduler to run a .bat file with the following command: nircmd.exe monitor async_off Running this batch file manually (by…
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How do I create a batch command to minimize the window of a particular program?

I'm using Task Scheduler to launch SoundID Reference.exe, a third-party program, 60 seconds after my Win 10 64-bit computer starts up. That's working fine. I would like to create a batch command to close SoundID's window, after the program starts…
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My monitor doesn't auto-turn off!

I have Windows Vista and I've set up my display to turn off after 1 minute of inactivity in Power Options. However, it simply doesn't. I also tried a utility called "nircmd" which has a "power monitor off" command. It indeed turns the monitor off,…
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Windows Task Scheduler and possible permission problems

I use NirCmd (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html) to enable me to run commands such as "power off the monitor", "mute system volume" from the command-line (and I highly recommend it, BTW). My OS is Windows Vista. I want to use it to power off…
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Mic mute/Unmute Toggle is not working

Trying to toggle Mute/Unmute for my microphone on the latest windows 10 build but its not working what I'm trying to do below in the code is toggle the mic and each time I do toggle the mic a notification should popup with the current state of the…
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