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Questions tagged [windows]

Use this tag for interoperability with Microsoft Windows (dual boot, virtual machines, mixed networks, porting software, …)

Questions about Microsoft's Windows itself are off-topic on this site. If MS-Windows knowledge is required to answer your question, you are more likely to reach an appropriate audience at Super User, or at Server Fault if your question is that of a professional system administrator.

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How can I access the Windows registry from Linux?

I have a dual boot system. The need arised to look into the Windows registry on the Windows partition without prior rebooting. How can that be done?
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Edit a binary value in hexadecimal in chntpw?

I'm trying to edit a Windows registry entry to change the key to my Bluetooth device to be able to dual-boot with my Bluetooth keyboard. I know which registry entry to use and I can extract Windows' pairing key by running hex KEYNAME in the chntpw…
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does WSL (Windows Subsystem of Linux) have a path length limit?

I'm using the "Xilinx Vivado" software under windows 10, When I run this tool, it generates a warning that tells me that Windows OS has a path length limit, and that it might not work. So, I try to solve this problem by reinstalling the "Xilinx…
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Why Unix has ring like architecture , why not windows?

Unix has a architecture which looks like concentric rings, Windows has a rectangular architecture. Why is that so? Any specific reason for this kind of difference?
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Boot into windows directly (not windows boot manager)/Editing the windows BCD from linux?

I was editing the boot entries in windows boot loader and deleted the windows entry by mistake, after the restart there seems to be no way to get into windows to add the entry back. ANY help is appreciated.
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Creating and Using a Microsoft Recovery USB Drive (Windows 10) from Linux command line

I have a brand new Lenovo ThinkPad with Windows 10 and an NVMe SSD drive. It has not even been booted into Windows yet. I inserted an Arch Linux USB stick and booted the machine up for the first time. I will eventually be installing Arch on it.…
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Will booting windows 10 from a USB drive affect grub in any way?

I use Ubuntu. But I urgently need a windows 10 OS for a test. I was wondering whether it is possible to boot into windows 10 from USB drive, to avoid deletion of grub. I'm in lockdown at the moment, and can't access any electronics stores to…
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How do I bundle electron app for Microsoft's windows using GNU/Linux

I have a GNU/Linux OS (linuxMint) and I have to create a desktop app with electron for Microsoft's Windows OS. I need to know how to bundle the app in Gnu/Linux. The following should be moved to another question I need to know how to store user…
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Recommendations for Linux under Windows

I used Ubuntu since it came out - now got a new laptop with Win7 preinstalled on a (relatively small) SSD and do not want to repartition or double install anything. On the other hand it's very likely that I cannot live without all the tools I used…
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Is there anything that is widely considered to be done better in Windows?

I'm currently taking an operating systems course in my comp sci engineering education. All the examples are UNIX with a "Windows (or MS-DOS) does this slightly different" footnote. It seems like everything is just slightly worse in Windows/MS-DOS…
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How to send linux information to a windows local folder?

Is there any way to send output of Linux to the local folder of windows? E.g.: oWShell.SendKeys ("ls /home/branch > output.txt") oWShell.SendKeys("{ENTER}" ) here using cat output.txt --> I can see the date in the terminal window but I want import…
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Installing windows from Linux mint

I have an iso of windows xp and I am currently running Linux mint 8 Helena (we don't gave a proper connection to download the latest) . Since my DVD drive isn't working I need to make a boot able USB pen drive to install windows. Please suggest a…
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Dual booting windows 8.1 and fedora 19

I am trying to dual boot windows 8.1 and fedora 19. I am in UEFI mode and using USB. I installed windows 8.1 and left some free unpartitioned space.. Now when fedora installation is going on I am stuck at installation source. The auto detect media…
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how to share internet between centos 7 with a Windows 10 through ethernet cable

I have a win10 pc, it connected to the internet through a wireless usb card with a ip of (192.168.1.104), I also set ip(192.168.122.5) on its another ethernet interface card. Another PC ( running centos 7) has ip (192.168.122.3). These two PCs…
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Boot Linux while running Windows

I will be traveling for a month, without bringing my computer. I might only have access to public computers running Windows in Internet cafes. While I'm traveling, I would like to SSH to my Linux server to fix some bugs if occurs. What is the…
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