Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/15
[Wayback/Archive] powershell – How to get the windows version with command line? – Super User (thanks [Wayback/Archive] harrymc!)
The value can be found under registry keyComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersioninside the value namedDisplayVersion.The following PowerShell command will get it:(Get-Item "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion").GetValue('DisplayVersion')
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/11
I finally got annoyed enough to figure out how to disable the Windows 10 news (and weather) feeds.
At first I thought the solution in this post worked for Windows 11 as well, but re-testing in Windows 11 it does not or does not (or not any more: given so many new Windows 11 releases with ever changing functionality I’m not surprised).
explorer.exeBased on the below sources, I made this small batch file:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/10
Sometimes, you want to restart the Windows explorer. This is already an exception case which you want to do when explorer hangs (for instance when taskbar icons do not respond any more), or has files locked which need to be modified. I described the latter in Inno Setup: Program Folder not showing up In Start > All Programs , with this very simple restart script:
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe start explorer
Even more exception is wanting to run explorer with a UAC elevated administrative token. I sometimes do this when moving around stuff from other users on the same computer without having them logged on (as that would lock the files or directories to be moved around).
The risk of running explorer under UAC elevation, is that any program you start will also start UAC elevated, so beware what you ask for…
This is how you start explorer under UAC elevation:
pwsh.exe -nol -noni -nop -w hidden -c "taskkill /f /im explorer.exe; start explorer -v runas -a /nouaccheck"
or if you run an older Windows version of PowerShell:
PowerShell.exe -nol -noni -nop -w hidden -c "taskkill /f /im explorer.exe; start explorer -v runas -a /nouaccheck"
These command-line options and verbs are used:
pwsh == PowerShell:
-nol == -NoLogo-noni == -NonInteractive-nop == -NoProfile-w hidden == -WindowStyle Hidden *-c == -CommandSee:
taskkill:
/F == force close/IM == image name (name of .exe file)start == [Wayback/Archive] Start-Process (Microsoft.PowerShell.Management) – PowerShell | Microsoft Docs
-v == -Verb (in this case runas*)-a == -ArgumentList (to explorer)See [Wayback/Archive] Start-Process (Microsoft.PowerShell.Management) – PowerShell | Microsoft Docs.
explorer
/nouaccheck == /NoUACCheck**Time to explain a few:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/28
While writing On my reading list: Windows Console and PTY, I found out that OpenSSH had become available as an optional Windows feature.
It was in [Wayback/Archive.is] Windows Command-Line: Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY) | Windows Command Line:
Thankfully, OpenSSH was recently ported to Windows and added as a Windows 10 optional feature. PowerShell Core has also adopted ssh as one of its supported PowerShell Core Remoting protocols.
Here are a few links:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/20
A while ago when applying KB5008212* through Windows Update, I got errors. It was odd, as until now, all other upgrades had worked fine.
Often Windows update errors are because of lack of disk space (I try maintain 10 gigabytes or more free space on virtual machines, but that sometimes fails because some software – despite user files being on a different drive – sometimes insists on filling the system drive).
This time, Windows Update would show 0x80073701, of course right after reaching 100%, but actually it was a 0x800f081f in disguise.
My usual modus operandi didn’t solve it (with a retry after every step):
CleanMgr.exe (Disk cleanup)SFC /ScanNow (System File Checker)DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth (Deployment Image Servicing and Management)All failed, but in the last step, DISM would consistently show error 0x800f081f.
Even a local DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\Windows\WinSxS /LimitAccess would fail.
Each DISM run will actually log in two log files, and this is the trick to figure out what the next step would be.
Examples from my case:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2023/01/24
I’m not sure yet why sometimes my system is lagging with the combination of these four circumstances on a Windows 10 system with 32 gigabyte of memory:
Windows Compression was introduced in Windows 10 (back in 2015) and I’m still fairly new to it.
So here are some links I want to eventually dig into to make myself more familiar with it, and see if it affects Chrome runtime behaviour:
Thanks [Wayback/Archive] magicandre1981, [Wayback/Archive] peterh, [Wayback/Archive] Raymond Burkholder, and [Wayback/Archive] Falco Alexander for the above questions and answers.
From them, I learned that on a UAC elevated administrative command prompt, you can use these PowerShell for managing Memory Compression:
Get-MMAgent shows the current Memory Compression stateDisable-MMAgent -mc disables Memory Compression (requires a reboot)Enable-MMAgent -mc enables Memory Compression (requires a reboot)BTW:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/15
So I wrote a [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @jpluimers on Thread Reader App as I got stuck even before trying to add a Microsoft Account on any on m’y devices Windows 11 or Windows 10. It started with
[Wayback/Archive] Hi @MicrosoftHelps, I have a different problem. When creating an account using Edge on Windows 10 (latest version of both; no plugins; Microsoft Defender in default settings), solving the puzzle loops back to “Please solve the puzzle so we know you’re not a robot.”
The odd thing is that it did not work in either Edge or Chrome (both based on Chromium which uses the Blink browser engine) even in the anonymous/private browsing mode (InPrivate for Edge or Incognito Mode for Chrome).
Even Firefox had trouble, despite it being based on a totally different Gecko browser engine: after solving the puzzle it would continue but instead of displaying success, it showed an error page (the error page also occurred in the Firefox Private Browsing mode):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/12
Lot’s of installation tips in [Wayback/Archive] useful commands that can be used after clean installation of Windows 10.
It includes PackageProvider installation for NuGet, Chocolatey, ChocolateyGet (Chocolatey via OneGet), and use of both winget and scoop.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/09
Windows + . or Windows + ;)Note that Charmap.exe cannot select and copy Emoji, but it can do accented charcters.
Alternatively, you can install an international keyboard layout, but I have found out the hard way that fails in some combinations or remoting tools (sometimes including RDP).
I tried starting the Touch Keyboard through other means (like tabtip.exe), but those failed on the Windows 10 machines I tried.
Via:
tabtip.exe fails)press Windows+B to put focus into the notification area. After that change the focus to the keyboard button (with arrow keys) and press Enter
…
But nowadays to enter emojis and such just press Windows+. or Windows+;
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/02
Since [Wayback/Archive] Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File) hides this only to after you download, below is the complete list of Windows 10 22H2 ISO hashes.
For your convenience, Microsoft did not put it in alphabetic order (for instance, Dutch comes after Norwegian). For a few I downloaded I have added the ISO filenames (which for your convenience too is not included by Microsoft). Oh: note that “English” without any marker means “US English” (which has non-metric defaults, non-ISO page sizes, and odd date formats).
BTW: I wonder if there is a link for Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO File) as https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11ISO gives a 404 error.
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 