Let’s assume you have a .net web api application and you want to access the value of a nested property in your application settings. If you want to override this property value in your Azure App Service you need be careful how you will declare the key for your nested application setting under Configuration section as there is a small...

At installation guide of Docker Desktop one reads: Containers and images created with Docker Desktop are shared between all user accounts on machines where it is installed. This is because all Windows accounts use the same VM to build and run containers. Note that it is not possible to share containers and images between user […]

I recently had an issue with an older Windows Server 2008 R2 server that couldn’t logout which had resulted to Remote Desktop not connecting to it anymore (not even with the “admin session” option). Luckily I had an admin go and physically cycle its power since it was a physial one without any lower level […]

I got a nice expression software charity bundle with Corel Painter 2020 (current version is 2021) and a bunch of brushes in it and then noticed that the brush packs where available for download as separate installers than the Painter software. So I launched one of the brush pack installers from the command-line (can give […]

Here’s how to install Python, PIP package installer and cx_Oracle extension module on MSYS2: $ pacman -S python warning: python-3.8.3-1 is up to date — reinstalling resolving dependencies… looking for conflicting packages… Packages (1) python-3.8.3-1 Total Installed Size:  108.66 MiB Net Upgrade ...

I was just looking for a way to monitor for file system changs in a cross-platform way. After searching the answers here and the ones at the other question mentioned as possible duplicate in that question’s comments, I think I’d go with fswatch since it is has cross-platform support. It uses different kinds of monitors […]

Was just reading https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_string_rstrip.asp which says The rstrip() method removes any trailing characters (characters at the end a string), space is the default trailing character to remove. Notes: 1) the chars param was added at Python 2.2.3, can’t use it at older versions as noted at ...

If you’re having issues with your Windows 7 or newer, you should consider whether its installation has become corrupted (due to malicious software or hard drive errors). After doing a disk check (say by right clicking the appropriate drive under my computer and selecting Properties, then Tools tab and Error checking) and a complete virus […]

A thing that really bothers me in Windows, and I believe many would agree, is the lack of UI consistency in Windows applications and components. Although applications implemented with the new Fluid Design System in mind have some very minimal scrollbars that don’t use much of valuable space, there are still a lot of apps, especially the ones ...

OwnCloud is an interesting solution for setting up a file sharing cloud for a group of people. However,one issue I’ve found with its Windows desktop client’s current version (which looks clean of any viruses since I always check first) is that if your Windows 10 is configured with a preferred language that the desktop client’s […]

Buildbox is a wonderful game authoring tool (that spans the whole nocode-code continuum, including the low-code aspect). It now has a free version too with nice templates and tutorials included. I had an issue with the Windows version (it also has an indentical MacOS-X version since it’s a Qt-based app) where it was complaining about […]

The other day I found how easy it is to use a Live CD/DVD (where packet writing occurs when adding stuff) instead of a Mastered one (where all is kept to be written when you close the disk) on Windows. It feels more like using a USB flash disk and should be more safe regarding […]

  Researching how to solve a “You have been logged on with a temporary profile” message on a system set up to use a roaming profile (and after I had first checked/fixed the filesystem for errors which is the classic cause for that when using local profiles) I came across this article: ...

Sometime ago, I was receiving errors 0x8e5e03fa and 0x800703fa on several pending updates at Windows 10’s Update pane (found at Settings / Updates & Security / Windows Update from the Start menu). The updates history wasn’t showing many more details, but could see Knowldege Base article numbers (KBxx) for some pending cummulative updates. ...

If you have multiple files having an extension like jpeg and you want to batch rename them to jpg as extension you can do that with a single line of code: [crayon-585288c33f2cb046844413/] In my case I wanted to batch rename all my template files from .jade to .pug, as there was an issue with trademarks, so the command would change to: ...

Windows 10 Anniversary update offers a new feature for developers, an Ubuntu-based Bash shell that can run Linux software directly on Windows. How to install it First of all, you need to enable the Developer Mode on Windows 10. To do so, open Settings app and head to Update & Security. Then on the left side click on For Developers option ...

In case this bites you too with a "Path not found" error, note that calling a label in a batch file, fails if you redirect its output (useful to log the output of the batch file to a file) and not use a full path for the file to redirect to @echo off call :process […]

Here are some suggestions I’ve sent via Windows Insider feedback app for Windows 10: 1) Add the Fullscreen button to titlebar of ALL windows, not just the ones of Windows 8.1 Store apps. UWP (Universal Windows Platform) apps don’t seem to show zoom button on their titlebar (to make it and any borders autodisappear and […]

(this is my answer at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14771474/voice-recognition-in-windows) I’m looking into adding speech recognition to my fork of Hotspotizer Kinect-based app (http://github.com/birbilis/hotspotizer) After some search I see you can’t markup the actionable UI elements with related speech commands in order to ...

1) 3D Depth sensor (IR Emitter + IR Camera / Depth Sensor) 2) RGB camera (Color Sensor) 3) Microphone array 4) Tilt motor (for detecting floor and players in the playspace)   Kinect Specifications Viewing angle Field of View (FoV): 43° vertical x 57° horizontal Vertical tilt range ±27° Frame rate (depth and color stream) […]

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Καθώς η Microsoft έχει δεσμευθεί στην πραγματοποίηση του οράματος της ενσωμάτωσης των εμπειριών του έργου ανάπτυξης για το Windows Phone και τα Windows, κάνει ακόμα ένα βήμα και προσφέρει τη μετάβαση σε μια one-time δια-βίου αμοιβή εγγραφής για το Dev Center. Ξεκινώντας άμεσα, το Windows Dev Κέντρο απαιτεί μόνο μια πληρωμή εγγραφής δια-βίου, ...

Trovigo.com is an unwanted search engine hijacker that renders Internet Options of Windows / Internet Explorer inaccessible. To restore them on an older Windows XP installation, one way that I’ve found to work is to update Internet Explorer to a newer version, aka IE 8 (say via the embedded Windows Update facility or Microsoft Update ...

I was recently adding drop-files support to ClipFlair Studio, so I had to do some research on the related API that is available to Silverlight apps. Silverlight supports a limited set of Drag-and-Drop interaction with the operating system (supposedly for security reasons, but most probably because of the classic cross-platform implementation ...

copying from an e-mail I received from Skype support: Taking a screenshot on Windows desktop 1. On your keyboard, press the Print Screen (Prt Scr) key to take a screenshot of your entire desktop. To take a screenshot of an active window, press the Alt+Print Screen (Prt Scr) key combination. 2. Save a copy of […]