Category: OS

[ChangeDisplaySettingsExA function (winuser.h)]

I need this function to align my monitor windows. If it’s not perfectly aligned I have to fight with the mouse to cross the monitor boundary.

I created a Win32 application to fix this issue. [Win32_MonitorAlign]

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[Introducing Android™ Apps on Windows 11 to Windows Insiders]

[Maximum Path Length Limitation]

[Restrictions and limitations in OneDrive and SharePoint]

CONTROL + SHIFT + V pastes with the formatting removed.

rwxrob taught me this nice trick to make the blue on black directory colors readable in the Linux terminal.

Create this file in your home directory and add the following content to set directory colors.

~/.dircolors

DIR 01;36 # directory

Old: [Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10]

Hyper-V needs to be [enabled in the BIOS] otherwise you may see an error.
Installing, this may take a few minutes…
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102
Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform Windows feature and ensure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS.
For information please visit https://aka.ms/enablevirtualization

First open PowerShell Admin console to enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

In the PowerShell Admin console, enable the Virtual Machine feature.

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Reboot.

WSL2: [Download the Linux kernel update package]

In the PowerShell Admin console, set WSL2 as your default version.

wsl --set-default-version 2

Reboot

Install your Linux version from the Microsoft Store.

In the terminal check that the version is WSL2.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --list --verbose
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04    Running         2

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[VS Code: Developing in WSL]

Open a WSL terminal in VS Code by opening Terminal->New Terminal and enter wsl in the terminal.

[Configure WSL for C/C++ Debugging]

Enable libc debugging in VS Code.

sudo mkdir /build
sudo mkdir /build/glibc-ZN95T4
sudo cd /build/glibc-ZN95T4
sudo tar xvf /usr/src/glibc/glibc-2.31.tar.xz

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[How to change the priority order of network adapters on Windows 10]

The steps from the [uninstall Windows Game Bar from the PowerShell] GitHub Gist worked for me in order to downgrade.

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[What’s new in Windows 10, version 1809 for IT Pros]

The ‘Adapters and Bindings’ Tab in Windows 10 is no longer available as shown in [How to change network connection priority in Windows 10].

Here’s a workaround so that the network adapter priority can be controlled. In my case I wanted to use Wifi for network connectivity while also connecting to a wired router.

[reference]

1. Goto Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections

2. Right click the desired connection (Higher Priority Connection)

3. Click Properties > Internet Protocol Version 4

4. Click Properties > Advanced

5. Uncheck 'Automatic Metric'

6. Enter 10 in 'Interface Metric'

7. Click OK

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