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[https://chocolatey.org/ Chocolatey] is an open source package manager for windows.<br> | [https://chocolatey.org/ Chocolatey] is an open source package manager for windows.<br> | ||
Install by following the directions on [https://chocolatey.org/install https://chocolatey.org/install].<br> | Install Chocolatey by following the directions on [https://chocolatey.org/install https://chocolatey.org/install].<br> | ||
It is | It is particularly useful for managing CLI applications such as ffmpeg and youtube-dl. | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
# Installs ffmpeg | # Installs ffmpeg | ||
choco install ffmpeg | choco install ffmpeg | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 29 March 2020
Bash
Download Git for Windows to get a copy of Git Bash.
Blue Screen
How to troubleshoot BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).
- When windows encounters a BSOD, it will create a minidump (.dmp) file in
C:\Windows\Minidump.
- Copy out this dump file to somewhere like your desktop.
- There are various software to open the minidump files such as WinDbg Preview and BlueScreenView,
WinDbg Preview
How to use WinDbg preview
- Open your minidump
- Type
!analyze -v
Hosts file
Wikipedia: hosts (file)
%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Changing IDE/RAID to AHCI
Reference
You should be using ACHI instead of IDE or RAID.
Note that Intel's Rapid Storage Technology software raid won't be recognized by linux systems.
- Run
bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimalin a cmd prompt with admin - Change to ACHI in UEFI
- Run
bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
Application Management
Chocolatey
Chocolatey is an open source package manager for windows.
Install Chocolatey by following the directions on https://chocolatey.org/install.
It is particularly useful for managing CLI applications such as ffmpeg and youtube-dl.
# Installs ffmpeg choco install ffmpeg