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Answer A: Safe to delete [e0fe99ff-3983-409E-97D9-AA6223751C46].msi?
Right click on the file and view the file properties. In all likelihood, the file details in the file properties dialog will reveal what software this .msi file belongs to.[^1] Deleting it should be safe. However, depending on the software this .msi file belongs to, deleting it could (or might no...
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about 2 years ago
Answer A: Using "Print using system dialogue" as default in Firefox
Oh Mozilla... There are quite a few reports in Mozilla's bugzilla i could find about this feature being removed. I particularly want to highlight a comment by R. Longson in one of these reports (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showbug.cgi?id=1755848#c2): > The preference print.tabmodal.en...
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about 2 years ago
Answer A: Case independent tab completion in zsh shell
zsh comes with a number of completion function files for popular programs and commands that govern how completions and suggestions are executed in relation to these programs/commands. `autoload -Uz compinit && compinit` is basically just a way to load and initialize these completion functions[^1]....
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about 2 years ago
Answer A: How can I get my browser to block a specific SVG (Discord server icon)?
One possibility is to use an ad-blocker that can hide HTML elements based on a filter expression. I haven't used AdBlock for many years, so i can't say whether AdBlock can do it. However, uBlock Origin (also an ad-blocker) can do this. uBlock Origin can filter out unwanted HTML elements based on ...
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over 2 years ago
Answer A: How to add a partition of Disk 1, to another partition of Disk 0?
If you ask strictly about partitions, then you can't... One partition is on one disk, the other partition is on another disk. Therefore, you cannot combine/merge both partitions. One part(ition) of a disk cannot be at the same time also be a part(ition) of a separate disk. (That is, unless you...
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over 2 years ago
Answer A: Why does my external Hard Drive keep squealing?
Nobody can tell with 100% certainty, but better be safe than sorry: If this is your only backup, then get another HDD for backup. I would suggest to get yourself some diagnostic tool that can read S.M.A.R.T. information (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.) from the HDD, for example CrystalDi...
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over 2 years ago