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Trying to delete a folder on windows …

Trying to delete a folder on windows sometimes is thwarted by the error “ Cannot delete” “volume label syntax is incorrect” I tried every non-destructive method listed out there rd <path> /s  aka; rmdir <path>   /s changing long file or directory names When I want to delete something I don’t have time to mess [...]

ITM : Testing Windows Event Logs

In a nutshell: use the ‘eventcreate‘ I had an issue with ITM Windows Agent creating events which I was then sending out email alerts via a UNIX script. The simple problem was backslashes in windows paths where the “Take Action” notification script was literalizing characters which might be part of the EventLog Description For example: [...]

Windows Ports

I was experimenting with WAMP on my laptop, not a big deal in itself, but when I rebooted the Apache server failed to start. Event logs showed something else had already been binded to port 80. Quick Fix was to determine which PID had it by running the following: netstat -ano From there you can [...]