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NirCmd is a small command-line utility for Windows that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.
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Can you use nircmd to help save clipboard contents to a Batch File variable?
In a batch script, I wish to save the clipboard text into a variable. Having searched it seems that this is not possible without 3rd-party tools. Well I have nircmd, and one of its commands is:
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How to get system volume level(audio) in windows?
Using nircmd we can set system volume level(audio) but how to get system volume?
How can we get system volume using powershell?
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Nircmd not recognized in directory
I've an interesting issue; I added nircmd.exe to my directory by running it as administrator and going through the prompts, and confirmed it was in the directory by looking in C:\Windows.
Yet ...
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NirCmd Screen stays black after waking up from sleep mode
I have a computer that should have 0 user interactions.
I want it to turn off and on on specific times.
Right now, i have a command that puts the computer to sleep. However i also need a task that ...
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sending keypresses to a process using nircmd
I'm trying to use nircmdc to send a keypress to a background process (without bringing it to front).
More precisely, i'm tring to send Ctrl+Shift+S to notepad++.exe:
nircmdc win postmsg process ...
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Setting cmd with default command and user defined message
On button click in a winform application I am executing cmd.exe file (Using system("cmd.exe");), which opens perfectly fine and displays the following:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 6.1.7601]
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how to close a specific instance of a process using nircmd?
I have been using the following command to try closing the notepad file "temp.txt" opened on the windows.
nircmd win close title "temp.txt"
But this command seems not to work.
If I try the below ...
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remove password using cmd if user name is of two words
I want to change password using cmd.exe but I can't do this. :(
Because the user name is of two words(e.g. Engr. Saud). It works only on One word. How I tell cmd.exe as both words are Single user name?...
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Windows Task Scheduler and possible permission problems
I use NirCmd () to enable me to run commands such as "power off the monitor", "mute system volume" from the command-line (and I highly recommend it, BTW). My OS ...
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How do I create a batch command to minimize the window of a particular program?
I'm using Task Scheduler to launch SoundID Reference.exe, a third-party program, 60 seconds after my Win 10 64-bit computer starts up. That's working fine.
I would like to create a batch command to ...
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NirCmd 'Failed to copy NirCmd!' & can't get NirCmd to work overall
NirCmd has been working just fine for me for a very long amount of time, but not today... I couldn't get the following command to work, although it always worked fine in the past:
nircmd win close ...
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NirCMD - Command line screenshot with incremental numbering
NirCMD is a free command line utility. I am using it to take the screenshot at a fixed time interval. (NirCMD reference).
I am trying to get it index the image names so that it would be
img1.png
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Create shortcut using app path
How can I create a shortcut (perhaps using NirCmd) to Acrobat.exe using the path in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Acrobat.exe and parameters /A "page=10" "file.pdf"?
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My monitor doesn't auto-turn off!
I have Windows Vista and I've set up my display to turn off after 1 minute of inactivity in Power Options. However, it simply doesn't.
I also tried a utility called "nircmd" which has a "power ...
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NirCmd volume control of certain applications from Volume Mixer not working?
So I use this app to mute microphone communication in Valorant.
But I also want to mute the game itself.
The devs of the game have separated these 2 so in Volume Mixer (SndVol.exe) they are 2 ...
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