A summary from the answers by jdehaan and Eric Brown, as well as this question (see also this question): N.B. These solutions may affect other error reporting as well, e.g. failure to load a DLL or open a file. Option 1: Disable globally Works globally on the entire user account or machine, which can be … Read more
No RVM for you! From RVM’s FAQ: Does RVM work on windows? Will it in the future? NO. If you would like to manage multiple versions of ruby on windows please use pik which is an excellent tool by Gordon Thiesfeld. You can find it on GitHub. There are plans to include windows support in … Read more
In addition to danp’s answer, you can access the virtual host without having to change the client machine’s etc/hosts file by assigning a port to the virtual host. This is ideal if you want to access the server with a mobile or tablet device: Edit server’s httpd.conf file at: \wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.x\conf\httpd.conf Search for “Listen” (around line … Read more
Powershell provides a lot of built-in support for common parameter scenarios, including mandatory parameters, optional parameters, “switch” (aka flag) parameters, and “parameter sets.” By default, all parameters are optional. The most basic approach is to simply check each one for $null, then implement whatever logic you want from there. This is basically what you have … Read more
I had the same problem recently after I upgraded one of the packages. I tried “everything” and the only option that worked was the /Setup switch (I was logged in as Administrator, but don’t think that’s required). c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE>devenv.exe /Setup c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE>devenv.exe https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ex6a2fad.aspx
What new things needed to run Metro Apps in Windows XP or Windows 7 A virtual machine of Windows 8. Metro apps currently don’t run on Windows 7, and definitely don’t on Windows XP. According to this thread, it’s difficult but might happen eventually: Keep your eyes out on future Channel 9 videos and on … Read more
MinGW uses a fairly old version of GCC (3.4.5, I believe), and hasn’t been updated in a while. If you’re already comfortable with the GCC toolset and just looking to get your feet wet in Windows programming, this may be a good option for you. There are lots of great IDEs available that use this … Read more
The majority of the registry keys located at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders began with %userprofile%. I updated all of the registry keys that began with %userprofile% to begin with C:\Users\myusername. I verified on Windows XP that the paths are in fact hard coded and that %userprofile% is not used. The IT guys mentioned that the registry keys … Read more
VB6 Installs just fine on Windows 7 (and Windows 8 / Windows 10) with a few caveats. Here is how to install it: Before proceeding with the installation process below, create a zero-byte file in C:\Windows called MSJAVA.DLL. The setup process will look for this file, and if it doesn’t find it, will force an … Read more