windows

Syntax for writing a loop inside the batch file

I am trying to write a small batch file for a task I do regularly. I have never used the for before and this is the first time I am trying this. This is what I have come with so far: for /f %i in ('ct find . -ver lbtype(%1) -print') do ct lsvt -g %i Basically it tries find all the files with a given cleracase label and then display t...

How to copy files in Visual C++?

I am using Visual C++. How to copy the content of this file to another file? UINT32 writeToLog(wstring log) { wfstream file1 (LOG_FILE_NAME, ios_base::out); file1 << log; file1.close(); // want to copy file1 to file2 return 0; } ...

How do I make my program run with different privileges at Windows 7 startup?

Hi, I am trying to add my program run in Windows 7 startup, but it doesn't work. My program has an embedded UAC manifest. My current way is by adding a string value at HKCU..\Run. I found a manual solution for Vista from http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprosecurity/thread/81c3c1f2-0169-493a-8f87-d300ea708ecf Cli...

Is it possible to have file filters for multiple extension types?

I'm using a standard Windows FileDialog to allow the user to select some files. I'd like to filter out only the file types I'm interested in though (lets call them *.a and *.b). Is there any way to do this without using *.*? I've tried the following but it fails to match any files at all: this->openFileDialog1->DefaultExt = L"*.a,*.b"; ...

Python: get windows OS version and architecture

First of all, I don't think this question is a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2208828/detect-64bit-os-windows-in-python because imho it has not been thoroughly answered. The only approaching answer is: Use sys.getwindowsversion() or the existence of PROGRAMFILES(X86) (if 'PROGRAMFILES(X86)' in os.environ) But: ...

Problems getting git 'server' to work on Windows

I've followed the Tim's article (mentioned in the answer to this question), but - like many others, it seems - I'm stuck when trying do the test clone at the end. I get the fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly error, even though my $HOME path seems to be right. Anyone got any pointers to where I might start for debugging this? My ...

Adding a transparent bitmap to a windows button

It's a while since I've done this, but I'm trying to add a custom button graphic to a windows button, with some transparent areas. I've tried various schemes but can't seem to get the transparent areas to show. Here's my code: hbmpUpDisabled = LoadImage(instance,MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDB_UPARROWDISABLED), IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_DEFAULTSIZE ...

How to hook to a keystroke under Windows Vista?

Hi. I'm working on a program idea which needs to respond when a particular Function key is pressed on the keyboard(like F10). (A) is that possible? (B) what language should i use (i'll be getting the development outsourced, so its not a problem) (c) any sample code which shows how it works? ...

Enumerate shared folders on Windows with low privileges

Using C++ (VS2008) I need to be able to enumerate all shared folders on the current machine and get or construct the local and remote names. We've been using NetShareEnum for this fairly successfully, but have hit a problem where we need to run with a user account with low privileges. To get the local path using NetShareEnum we need to...

Check for type of file system in an MSI package

In my MSI package I need to set user rights to a directory using cacls.exe. It works fine in an NTFS environment but fails when run on a Fat32 file system. Is there a method to determine the type of file system of the drive the software is installed to? I'm using WiX 3 to create my MSI package but any hint pointing to the MSI database w...

Windows Service Installation Problem

hi When I start to installing using installutil it gives me following error, I have set ServiceInstaller and ServiceInstallerProcess System.InvalidOperationException: Installation failed due to the absence of a ServiceProcessInstaller. The ServiceProcessInstaller must either be the containing installer, or it must be present in the Ins...

Programmatically create and launch and RDP session (without gui)

Hello, I'd like to know if there is a way to create and launch a Remote Desktop Session on a Windows Server programmatically. I'm trying to make an automatic tool to create Local Users and then launch the associate RDP session. I've already made LocalUser creation and adding them to Remote Desktop Users (using net.exe). But I'm struck ...

Is there a src.jar in OSX?

In Windows, there is ( was a ) src.jar file that contains the java source files of the Java platform. Is there something similar for Java 1.6 in OSX? I would like to specify this to my IDE so I can navigate to that source. ...

Why Flash can't be rendered in a Windows Service?

I'm trying to solve a similar problem as was described here - to create a Windows Service for taking snapshots of rich webpages (html+js+flash) and saving them to a PDF file. The bundle Firefox+cmdlnprint did the trick for me. I wrote a simple program running as a service that invokes Firefox to make a PDF. All seems well, the PDF gets ...

Can I get a SOCKET using SChannel?

I'd like to use SChannel or some other Microsoft API to support TLS for my TCP/IP application. Ideally what I'd like to do is use SChannel to create a kind of TLS tunnel within my app so I can pass off a SOCKET handle to another library. Is this something SChannel can do for me or do I have to implement the tunnel myself? ...

Start a disabled windows service?

How do I start a disabled windows service from command line NET START "Service" doesn't work on disabled services ...

Windows equivalent to this Makefile

The advantage of writing a Makefile is that "make" is generally assumed to be present on the various Unices (Linux and Mac primarily). Now I have the following Makefile: PYTHON := python all: e installdeps e: virtualenv --distribute --python=${PYTHON} e installdeps: e/bin/python setup.py develop e/bin/pip ins...

What open source document-oriented database system is most mature for Windows usage?

After using relational databases as back-end storage all my Windows programming life (currently .NET), I want to experiment with a document-oriented database by this Wikipedia definition; it can be standalone or layered over an existing non-commercial database system. What open source document-oriented database solution would you recomm...

Driver denied access to PCI card

We wrote a Windows device driver to access our custom PCI card. The driver uses CreateFile to get a handle to the card. We recently had trouble at one installation were the card appeared to stop working. We tried replacing the card (the replacement appeared not work either). The computer vendor replaced the motherboard and both cards...

Searching for Windows User SIDs in C#

Context Context first - issues I'm trying to resolve are below. [EDIT] The application in questions is built against .NET 3.5 SP1. One of our clients has asked as to quote how long it would take for us to improve one of our applications. This application currently provides basic user authentication in the form of username/password com...