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Run Linux GUI apps in Windows 11

Posted 27th October 2021

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Use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux graphical user interface (GUI) programmes in Windows.

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Install apps on Windows without Microsoft Store

Posted 19th October 2021

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How can you install Microsoft Store apps on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 machine if your administrator has blocked Windows Store?

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Install Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 11

Posted 14th October 2021

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With the release of Windows 11 comes a vastly easier method for installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on your PC.

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Use selective criteria to count files in PowerShell

Posted 1st July 2021

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Use Windows PowerShell to easily return some key statistics about the files contained on your computer or network drives using selective criteria.

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How to change file permissions in Git on Windows

Posted 9th December 2020

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Make a Git repository file on a local Windows machine executable by changing the CHMOD value, which can be transferred to the repository following a push.

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Relative file paths in BAT files

Posted 30th January 2019

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Instructions for using a relative file path in batch files.

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UNC path from local path in PowerShell

Posted 23rd February 2017

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Use this simple PowerShell code to convert a local path into an UNC path.

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Access Virtual Application files via the Q-drive

Posted 22nd February 2017

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A simple technique to obtain access to the virtual environment (Q-drive) of an application in Microsoft Windows.

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Update R from within the console

Posted 14th February 2017

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A useful protocol for updating the R statistical package from within the R console window.

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Unzip .tar.gz files in Windows

Posted 24th November 2016

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Use this one-liner in the command prompt to extract the contents of .tar.gz files on Microsoft Windows machines.

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