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Jamie: /* This webpage describes how to customize the Windows command prompt appearance, similar in how the Linux .bashrc file works */

2024-11-20T01:51:17Z

This webpage describes how to customize the Windows command prompt appearance, similar in how the Linux .bashrc file works

Jamie: /* Command line tools */

2024-11-20T01:50:45Z

Command line tools

Jamie: /* 'Command line tools' */

2024-11-20T01:49:44Z

'Command line tools'

Jamie: /* 'Windows Specific Python Information' */

2024-10-25T02:57:43Z

'Windows Specific Python Information'

Jamie at 02:56, 25 October 2024

2024-10-25T02:56:02Z

Jamie: /* 'Command line tools' */

2024-10-23T23:06:58Z

'Command line tools'

Jamie: /* 'Command line tools' */

2024-10-23T23:05:47Z

'Command line tools'

Jamie at 22:56, 23 October 2024

2024-10-23T22:56:56Z

Jamie: /* Microsoft Windows */

2018-09-15T19:10:35Z

Microsoft Windows

Jamie: /* Microsoft Windows */

2018-09-15T19:10:11Z

Microsoft Windows

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 === '''Command line tools''' ===
 ==== '''This webpage describes how to customize the Windows command prompt appearance, similar in how the Linux .bashrc file works''' ====
 https://ss64.com/nt/prompt.html

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 === '''Command line tools''' ===
-This webpage describes how to customize the Windows command prompt appearance, similar in how the Linux .bashrc file works.
+==== '''This webpage describes how to customize the Windows command prompt appearance, similar in how the Linux .bashrc file works''' ====
 https://ss64.com/nt/prompt.html

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 === The quickest easiest way to open up a DOS command prompt window is to just click the Windows "Start" button, type "cmd"(without the quotes) and hit the ENTER key! ===
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-=== 'Command line tools' ===
+=== '''Command line tools''' ===
 ==== 'Winget - A command line tools to perform software installations from the command line and useful for creation of automation of required applications' ====
 The Winget Windows package management tool is very useful for perform installation from the command line or from powershell, as well as used with script for automated installation, configuration, upgrading and removal of many Windows 10 & 11 applications.

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 When Python3, the current version(Python2 is depreciated and rarely used any more), is installed on a Windows machine, certain considerations must be taken into account in order to run Python modules, such as PIP, used to install & manage other Python packages, as you can't just run the pip command from the Windows command line or from powershell.  Here is how to use it to install the "PyWin2" API package, as an example, since it is now a newer requirement for Oracle VirtualBox on Windows hosts if you want to enable and use the built-in Python API bindings.
-After installing the main Python 3.x package for Windows, use the following example to use Python PIP to install the PyWin32 API bindings:
+After installing the main Python 3.x package for Windows, use the following example to use Python PIP to install the PyWin32 API bindings.  Do this from an Administrator enabled command prompt:
 <pre style="color:blue">
 C:\Windows\system32>py -m pip install pywin32

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		+	= 'Scripting & Automation' =
		+	== 'Python Language - The Best All-Purpose Language for Scripting & Full-Blown Object-Orientated Programming' ==
		+	Python is the current best all-purpose language for all operating systems. It can run simple scripts as well as large complex programs! It is also very easy to learn, and once you grasp the concept of "object-oriented programming", you will be able to create very complex applications!
		+
		+	=== 'Windows Specific Python Information' ===
		+	When Python3, the current version(Python2 is depreciated and rarely used any more), is installed on a Windows machine, certain considerations must be taken into account in order to run Python modules, such as PIP, used to install & manage other Python packages, as you can't just run the pip command from the Windows command line or from powershell. Here is how to use it to install the "PyWin2" API package, as an example, since it is now a newer requirement for Oracle VirtualBox on Windows hosts if you want to enable and use the built-in Python API bindings.
		+
		+	After installing the main Python 3.x package for Windows, use the following example to use Python PIP to install the PyWin32 API bindings:
		+	<pre style="color:blue">
		+	C:\Windows\system32>py -m pip install pywin32
		+	Collecting pywin32
		+	Downloading pywin32-308-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl.metadata (8.3 kB)
		+	Downloading pywin32-308-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl (6.5 MB)
		+	---------------------------------------- 6.5/6.5 MB 5.9 MB/s eta 0:00:00
		+	Installing collected packages: pywin32
		+	Successfully installed pywin32-308
		+
		+	C:\Windows\system32>
		+	</pre>
		+	<br /><br />

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 = Microsoft Windows =
 Windows is the most popular desktop operating system most people use at home and at work.  There are also "server" versions of MS Windows, which are used at big companies to manage their internal domains and active directory user account management systems, as well as other "server" type functions, even IIS, the Microsoft Internet Information Server to host websites on the Internet and MS SQL database servers, and many more functions I won't go into here.
 = Info, Tips & Tricks =