Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows remains a dominant player in end-user laptop and desktop computing. Despite many advances in the 2010s and 2020s, many software installation and development remains with distinct practices and toolkits versus Unix-like operating systems such as macOS or Linux.

2024

2024-09-09 – Avoid loading Windows PATH into WSL
2024-08-12 – Install Windows Subsystem for Linux
2024-07-15 – Enable Windows battery time on hover
2024-07-04 – Windows Command Prompt instant error on open
2024-06-08 – Clang MSYS2 environment
2024-02-14 – Windows host cross-build for Linux target

2023

2023-10-16 – Apple Studio Display brightness adjustment from Windows
2023-09-20 – Run Bash scripts from Windows
2023-08-16 – Diagnose silent quit program DLL conflict Windows
2023-08-13 – Windows short/long path in C/C++
2023-05-08 – Windows exit code -1073741819
2023-04-09 – Disable Windows reporting modal
2023-03-24 – Free ReactOS Windows clone in VirtualBox
2023-03-23 – Windows shared library caveats

2022

2022-11-30 – Zoom Windows 64-bit client
2022-11-12 – Aspell for Windows
2022-11-09 – cURL Schannel TLS 1.3 bug on Windows
2022-10-14 – WSL cron scheduled tasks
2022-06-09 – Intel oneAPI / Visual Studio debug library build
2022-05-10 – Visual-Studio only _set_printf_count_output
2022-05-08 – Cygwin startup environment variables

2021

2021-10-14 – WSL mount external and network drives
2021-10-06 – LibUSB devices on Windows Subsystem for Linux
2021-08-30 – Keep Windows .rsp files with Ninja
2021-05-20 – Windows Terminal recommended
2021-04-24 – X11 Windows Subsystem for Linux
2021-01-20 – Windows GCC availability
2021-01-11 – Intel oneAPI pgopti create full path
2021-01-09 – Format ExFAT drive in Windows

2020

2020-12-31 – What's new in Windows build?
2020-11-20 – Windows Explorer from command line
2020-08-11 – Windows SSH server
2020-08-04 – MINGWROOT environment variable
2020-08-01 – WSL2 date time skew error
2020-06-24 – Windows create symbolic links
2020-06-22 – Windows Nearby sharing via slow Bluetooth
2020-06-04 – Boost install on Windows
2020-06-03 – Install MSYS2 on Windows
2020-05-31 – Access Windows Subsystem for Linux files
2020-05-05 – Choosing a tablet PC for creative work
2020-05-04 – Windows select audio source / sink per app
2020-04-28 – Kleopatra PGP Windows key / pin config
2020-04-23 – CMake missing rc.exe needs Windows SDK
2020-03-06 – nmap in Cygwin - seamlessly

2019

2019-11-27 – Upgrade Windows with dual-boot Linux
2019-11-17 – Cygwin on Windows
2019-11-15 – Switch Visual Studio project version
2019-11-11 – USB to serial adapters on WSL
2019-09-27 – brew-like Scoop for Windows
2019-08-26 – Force upgrade Windows
2019-08-15 – Windows symlink examples
2019-04-21 – Prolific driver version on Windows
2019-04-15 – Convert .ps to .pdf
2019-04-08 – Windows setx environment variables PowerShell
2019-03-04 – Disable Windows Fast Boot

2018

2018-11-24 – Using Python3 on ReactOS

2017

2017-11-18 – Updating Microsoft Miracast adapter firmware
2017-10-26 – View tree of USB devices on Windows/Linux
2017-08-31 – Fix Windows error "missing class msstdfmt.dll"
2017-05-16 – Fix Windows winload.efi expired error
2017-03-09 – Get Windows uptime from Command Prompt

2016

2016-12-09 – Unstick Windows update network connection
2016-07-11 – Reporting bugs for Windows Subsystem for Linux

2015

2015-11-23 – Windows Airplane Mode laptop charging

2014

2014-02-06 – Windows PC field checklist

2013

2013-12-31 – Safely ejecting USB flash thumb drives in Linux
2013-02-14 – ImageJ-Win64 won't start