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Github Setup – Windows

How do I figure out what the randomly appearing command windows are doing on Windows 10????

The best way: In an admin PowerShell, execute this command: This shows a nice window: Alternative: provides text file for storing: Open a command window, type the command above, then open Notepad and paste it there to see the history of command. I learned this from this site: https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/find-unknown-program-open-and-close-immediately/

dd for Windows 10

Copying SD to SD card https://rufus.ie/ https://www.balena.io/etcher/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Backup Image to File on Windows10 Use win32diskimager and these directions: https://beebom.com/how-clone-raspberry-pi-sd-card-windows-linux-macos/ General SD Card Formatting The SD Card group has put out their own formatter created by Tuxera. Link: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/ Direct links to the files are below: Windows: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/eula_windows/index.html Mac: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/eula_mac/index.html

SCP – PuTTY or WinSCP

PSCP Transferring files between my linux and Windows10 machine for quicker transfer vs downloading larger files https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html Specific file: https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w64/pscp.exe WinSCP It has a GUI, so I’ll use it until I get comfortable with command line again. https://winscp.net/eng/download.php Direct Download: https://winscp.net/download/WinSCP-5.17.7-Setup.exe

WSL2 drive mount & dd

Mount a windows drive in WSL2. Check to see if the /mnt/ directory exists. If not, create it. Mine existed so I just mounted it: dd doesn’t work (yet) On to my linux machine…

Make 7-Zip default on Windows 10

What I did: Open 7-Zip as Admin Tools -> Options Select Extensions to associate with app, then hit apply: Where I learned it: https://superuser.com/questions/997170/windows-10-changing-zip-file-association/997204#:~:text=Open%20the%207-Zip%20File,OK%20to%20save%20your%20changes

Reduce the cognitive load of Windows 10

How NOT to do it: https://betanews.com/2016/06/03/disable-windows-10-live-tiles/ This one seems to get rid of some of the annoyance, but doesn’t fully remove the tiles like I wanted to: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3051121/remove-live-tiles-from-the-windows-10-start-menu.html And if you want to reload the files, this might reinstall them: https://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/windows-10/has-your-windows-10-start-menu-stopped-working-here-are-four-ways-to-fix-it-11364000314532 This command was used in Powershell: I probably shouldn’t have used it – it…