what is a “dump file” in windows task manager?
I know that with windows you can generate a dump file by going to task manager->processes-> right clicking on the process. what is a dump file ? what can i do with .dmp file?
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Difference between ‘strcpy’ and ‘strcpy_s’?
strcpy is a unsafe function. When you try to copy a string using strcpy() to a buffer which is not large enough to contain it, it will cause a buffer overflow. strcpy_s() is a security enhanced version of strcpy(). With strcpy_s you can specify the size of the destination buffer to avoid buffer overflows during copies.
“X does not name a type” error in C++
When the compiler compiles the class User and gets to the MyMessageBox line, MyMessageBox has not yet been defined. The compiler has no idea MyMessageBox exists, so cannot understand the meaning of your class member. You need to make sure MyMessageBox is defined before you use it as a member. This is solved by reversing the definition order. However, you have a cyclic dependency: if you move MyMessageBox above User, … Read more
How to solve “The directory is not empty” error when running rmdir command in a batch script?
I am making a batch script and part of the script is trying to remove a directory and all of its sub-directories. I am getting an intermittent error about a sub-directory not being empty. I read one article about indexing being the culprit. I disabled WSearch but I eventually got the error again. Here’s the … Read more
How to remove anaconda from windows completely?
Since I didn’t have the uninstaller listed – the solution turned out to be to reinstall Anaconda and then uninstall it.
Filename too long in Git for Windows
Git has a limit of 4096 characters for a filename, except on Windows when Git is compiled with msys. It uses an older version of the Windows API and there’s a limit of 260 characters for a filename. So as far as I understand this, it’s a limitation of msys and not of Git. You … Read more
How to install and use “make” in Windows?
make is a GNU command so the only way you can get it on Windows is installing a Windows version like the one provided by GNUWin32. Anyway, there are several options for getting that: The most simple choice is using Chocolatey. First you need to install this package manager. Once installed you simlpy need to install make (you may need … Read more
Windows 7 exception code: 0xc0000409
I have a C++ windows application that was done by another programmer, that I had to remove one line of code. After rebuilding the application with visual studio 2013 it crashes with this in the event log: The application uses QT 4.7.4, and compiles with no errors. I am an embedded systems programmer and have … Read more
Create an empty file on the commandline in windows (like the linux touch command)
On a windows machine I get this error ‘touch’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I was following these instructions which seem to be linux specific, but on a standard windows commandline it does not work like this: Is there a windows equivalent of the ‘touch’ command from the … Read more
Python 3.2 Unable to import urllib2 (ImportError: No module named urllib2)
I am using Windows, and I get the error: I think this is the solution for Linux. But how to set this in Windows? I am using Python 3.2 and I am not able see urllib2 there in the LiB folder.