Kill processes in bulk mode
How to kill multiple Windows processes by exporting process IDs with PowerShell, bulk editing them using a multi-cursor editor, and running the resulting batch file with taskkill commands.
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Visual Studio – Getting compilation error “The type 'XAML' is not defined.”
Fix a compilation error in the F# Empty Windows App WPF template by trusting the project's XAML Type Provider through the Visual Studio options.
Development
Error “Couldn’t install programs” during installing Windows Live Writer
Fix Windows Live Writer installation errors caused by the web installer by using the complete offline Windows Live Essentials installer instead.
Tools
Synology DS215j update results in read only access
Fix read-only access on a Synology DS215j NAS after a system update by restarting the WinBind and SMB daemons with a scheduled user-defined script.
Misc
ClearOS: Installation hangs during system update with “Exception: Didn't install any keys”
Work around a ClearOS web installer hang on the system-update step by running yum update manually from a console, then resuming the installer.
OS
Outlook hangs during startup by step “loading profile”
Troubleshoots Outlook hanging at 'Loading Profile' by using ScanPST and Sysinternals Handle to identify and terminate a process that is locking the Outlook OST or PST file.
Office
Lenovo ThinkPad W530 problem to activate the optical/DVD drive
Troubleshoots a Lenovo ThinkPad W530 optical drive stuck in a powered-off state with Windows Device Manager Code 47, and shows how reinserting the UltraBay drive restores it.
Hardware
Strange error “argument type ‘lambda expression’ is not assignable to parameter type ‘string’”
How to fix the C# error 'lambda expression is not assignable to parameter type string' when using Entity Framework and LINQ by adding the missing System.Linq using directive.
Development
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program ‘…’. The endpoint was not reachable.
Fixes a Visual Studio project startup error where the endpoint is not reachable by removing the Prefer32bit setting from the project file.
Development
Specifying new screen resolutions for ubuntu in a virtual box
Add a custom screen resolution to an Ubuntu VirtualBox guest with cvt and xrandr when the default resolution list doesn't fit your display.
OS
Restoring removed thumbnails in Google Chrome “New Tab” overview site
Explains how Chrome and Chromium blacklist removed thumbnails on the New Tab page and how to restore all thumbnails or modify the most-visited blacklist.
Web Browsers
NuGet: Update to an older version of a package
How to downgrade a NuGet package when Update-Package refuses to install an older version by uninstalling the current package and explicitly installing the required previous version.
Development
"Failure has occurred while loading a type."
Troubleshooting the .NET error 'Failure has occurred while loading a type' in a COM+ assembly, tracing it to stale registry permissions and resolving it by removing the problematic CLSID keys and running Visual Studio with administrative privileges.
Development
Correcting wrong AssemblyInfo Copyright and Vendor-information
How to correct wrong company, copyright, and vendor information in Visual Studio AssemblyInfo files by fixing the Windows RegisteredOrganization registry value.
Development
Break the mechanism, that GAC-assemblies could only bind to other GAC-assemblies
How an AppDomain.AssemblyResolve handler lets a GAC-deployed assembly bind to a dependency that isn't itself in the GAC.
Development
Lenovo ThinkPad W510 crashes and hangs up often
Personal experiences with stability problems on multiple Lenovo ThinkPad W510 notebooks, including freezes, standby wake failures, crashes, and possible links to input, graphics, and temperature.
Hardware
Get Keymaps for ReSharper running
How to get the Keymaps for ReSharper plugin working with ReSharper 5.1 by moving its DLL to the correct version-specific plugin directory.
Development
Clear list of recent repositories in Git Extensions
How to clean orphaned or incorrect repositories from the Git Extensions recent list by editing or deleting the history value in the Windows registry.
Git
Fix folder scrolling problem in navigation pane of Explorer
How to fix Windows 7 Explorer's annoying navigation-pane folder scrolling behavior using Classic Shell's Fix folder scrolling option.
OS
Current working path of batches evaluates to distinct folders for different users
Why a Windows batch file can have a different current working directory when started normally versus with Run as administrator, causing %CD% to point to a Windows system folder.
OS
Installation experiences with NDepend under Win7/64 with restricted user permissions
Notes on getting NDepend's Visual Studio integration installed on Windows 7/64 with restricted user permissions, working around repeated file-blocking errors.
DevelopmentDeveloper Environment
Hudson error: could not delete ..config.xml
How updating Hudson plugins resolved a config.xml deletion error that appeared after upgrading the Hudson CI server and changing job configurations.
Development
Searching the new FxCop-Release (10.0)
How to obtain and install a newer FxCop release from the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 when the FxCop GUI update link is broken.
Development
Caching of toolbar names in ArcMap
Why ArcMap toolbar names can remain visible after GUI changes due to the CommandBarNameCache registry cache, even when the toolbar constructor is never called.
ArcGIS
Remote Debugging mit Visual Studio
Anleitung zum Remote Debugging mit Visual Studio: Remote Debugging Monitor einrichten, Prozesse verbinden, PDB-Dateien und Firewall konfigurieren sowie typische Verbindungs- und Breakpoint-Probleme beheben.
Development
Integrating F# in SharpDevelop
How to enable F# Interactive in SharpDevelop by configuring the F# installation directory.
Development
MSB3105: Duplicate ressource parameter
How missing custom cultures can cause the MSB3105 duplicate Resources error during compilation
Development
Formatting removable media throws “You do not have sufficient rights to perform this operation.”
How to allow non-administrative Windows users to format and eject removable media by changing the appropriate Local Security Policy setting.
System Administration
MSBuild Exec task: using quotes in WorkingDirectory does not work
Notes on MSBuild Exec task failures with MSB6003 when quoting the WorkingDirectory attribute
Development
Visual Studio 2005/2008 Code Analysis Error
Fixing a Code Analysis/FxCop error in mixed VS2005/VS2008 projects by pointing the VS2005 targets at the VS2008 FxCop binaries.
Development
Parsing argument line with a folder-parameter ending with backslash
How a trailing backslash in a quoted Windows folder argument can break parsing
Development
Visual Studio: Find in files with *.xml wildcard does not find all occurrences
A workaround for Visual Studio Find in Files missing matches in XML files
Development
ReSharper is not available
How to fix grayed-out ReSharper menus and a missing Visual Studio add-in by reinstalling MSXML 6.0 after it was removed with SQL Server 2005.
Development
SAP.Net.Setup_2.0.msi throws “You must first install the Visual Studio.NET 7.1”
How to deal with SAP .NET Connector installation issues
Development
Visual Studio Error: The item "*.resources" was specified more than once in the "Resources" parameter.
How to resolve Visual Studio's duplicate Resources parameter error when using custom cultures
Development
Visual Studio lists Error: “CA0503 : Additional code analysis warnings or errors cannot be displayed”
How to adjust the Visual Studio Code Analysis warning limit
Development
WinXP search problem
How to make Windows XP text search include files with unknown or unregistered extensions
OS
Building a Help-TOC by hand
How to correctly build a CHM table of contents by placing the OBJECT tag directly after the LI tag to ensure entries are displayed.
Documentation
NUnit project file cant reference assemblies which are not in subfolders
How to fix NUnit assembly loading errors caused by test assemblies located outside the NUnit project's application base, diagnosed with Fusion Log Viewer.
Development
Post-build event with folders which contains spaces
How to fix MSB3073 errors in Visual Studio post-build events by quoting macros such as $(TargetPath) when file or folder paths contain spaces.
Code Analysis
Sandcastle Help File Builder: Content Editor opens without functionality
How to restore a non-functional SHFB Content Editor by deleting corrupted configuration files and fixing malformed XML content files.
Documentation
HTML Help Compiler Error HHC3004
How a Sandcastle CHM build can fail because of filenames containing multiple dots followed by a part starting with 'H', causing an HHC3004 warning.
Documentation
ClickOnce installation folder
How ClickOnce applications are referenced from the Start menu, where .NET stores their local files, and how to trigger the ClickOnce uninstall.
Deployment
Compiler-Error: error MSB3217
How an orphaned assembly in the GAC can cause the misleading MSB3217 'Cannot register assembly' build error and why removing stale dependencies solves it.
OS
GACing und Kopieren nach dem Kompilieren
Wie man die Installation eigener BizTalk-Functoids im GAC und Mapper-Extensions-Verzeichnis per Post-Build-Event automatisiert
BizTalk
Tracing des BizTalk Adapter for mySAP Business Suite
Wie sich Low-Level-Tracing für den BizTalk mySAP Adapter über CPIC- und RFC-Umgebungsvariablen aktivieren lässt, um Probleme bei der SAP-Kommunikation zu analysieren.
BizTalk
BizTalk Server 2006 Error: SAP .Net connector is not installed
Wie man einen irreführenden BizTalk-SAP-Adapter-Fehler behebt, der nach einem Projektumzug durch eine fehlende, beim Schema-Import erzeugte Wrapping-DLL auftreten kann.
BizTalk
Error: EXECUTE permission denied on object 'sp_sdidebug'
Wie man einen SQL-Server-Debugging-Fehler behebt, indem dem verwendeten Service-Account explizite EXECUTE-Rechte auf die Stored Procedure erteilt werden.
SQL Server
Developing own Custom Functoid for BizTalk
Wie man eigene BizTalk-Functoids entwickelt, deren Installation im GAC und Mapper-Extensions-Verzeichnis, sowie die Automatisierung per Post-Build-Event.
BizTalk
BizTalk und NameSpaces
Übersicht typischer BizTalk-Fehler durch inkonsistente XML-Namespaces und falsch konfigurierte Receive-Pipelines sowie Hinweise zur korrekten Konfiguration von Schemas, Instanzen und Assemblies.
BizTalk
BizTalk Server 2006 Error: Loading document specification XYZ from assembly XYZ failed.
Wie man einen BizTalk-Fehler beim Laden einer Schema-Assembly im XML-Receive-Pipeline behebt, durch getrennte Assemblies, korrekte Target-Namespaces und Multi-part Message Types.
BizTalk
IIS-Error: Service unavailable
Wie man den IIS-Fehler „Service unavailable“ behebt durch Wiederherstellen der DCOM-Berechtigungen für den IIS Admin Service und Aktivierungsrechte für authentifizierte Benutzer.
IIS
Error: The database server you specified cannot be reached ..
Wie man einen Fehler bei der Installation des Enterprise Single Sign-On Dienstes behabt, indem die SSO-Administratoren die erforderlichen Administratorrechte auf dem SQL Server erhalten.
SQL Server
SQL Server 2005 Zugriffsproblem bei Remotezugriff
Wie man fehlgeschlagene Remote-Verbindungen zu SQL Server 2005 behabt, indem TCP/IP und Named Pipes über die Surface Area Configuration aktiviert werden.
SQL Server