Remove-Item -Recurse -Force some_dir does indeed work as advertised here. rm -r -fo some_dir are shorthand aliases that work too. As far as I understood it, the -Recurse parameter just doesn’t work correctly when you try deleting a filtered set of files recursively. For killing a single dir and everything below it seems to work … Read more
Find JDK Installation Directory First you need to know the installation path for the Java Development Kit. Open the default installation path for the JDK: C:\Program Files\Java There should be a subdirectory like: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172 Note: one has only to put the path to the jdk without /bin in the end (as suggested on a … Read more
You can significantly speed up Git on Windows by running three commands to set some config options: git config –global core.preloadindex true git config –global core.fscache true git config –global gc.auto 256 Notes: core.preloadindex does filesystem operations in parallel to hide latency (update: enabled by default in Git 2.1) core.fscache fixes UAC issues so you … Read more
I finally found the answer (I haven’t noted my source but it was from a search); While the code works in Windows XP, in Windows 7, you must add this at the beginning: // using System.Net; ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true; ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12; // Use SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3 if needed for compatibility reasons And now, it works perfectly. … Read more
You’ll want to modify the manifest that gets embedded in the program. This works on Visual Studio 2008 and higher: Project + Add New Item, select “Application Manifest File”. Change the <requestedExecutionLevel> element to: <requestedExecutionLevel level=”requireAdministrator” uiAccess=”false” /> The user gets the UAC prompt when they start the program. Use wisely; their patience can wear out quickly.