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81 questions linked to/from Is there an equivalent of 'which' on the Windows command line?
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Whats the cmd/powershell equivalent of `which` on bash? [duplicate]
I would like to find out which version of an executable the CMD shell uses. In any unix shell, I would use which to find it. Is there an equivalent command in one of the Windows shells?
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unix "which java" equivalent command on windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Is there an equivalent of ‘which’ on windows? Failed to find it on Google, but just wondering if there is a way to reveal location of java by an equivalent command from Windows ...
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How to echo runnable app path, registered in Windows environment variable [duplicate]
Suppose I set the Path inside Windows System Variable the following : c:\path\to\java\bin and my app is java.exe under the above path. I'm looking for a way to get the path "c:\path\to\java\bin" by ...
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Flutter : How to change Android minSdkVersion in Flutter Project?
I was trying to start a flutter project for an App using Bluetooth to communicate. For that, I was using flutter blue. Unfortunately, when trying to run (on an Android device) the first example I ...
482 votes
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How can I find where Python is installed on Windows?
I want to find out my Python installation path on Windows. For example: C:\Python25 How can I find where Python is installed?
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Equivalent of *Nix 'which' command in PowerShell?
How do I ask PowerShell where something is? For instance, "which notepad" and it returns the directory where the notepad.exe is run from according to the current paths.
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npm install error - MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe"
I'm trying to use the npm install steam but I am getting an error saying I'm not sure how to fix this and I have gotten this on two different npm module installs. I can install other modules however....
242 votes
13 answers
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Find where python is installed (if it isn't default dir)
Python is on my machine, I just don't know where, if I type python in terminal it will open Python 2.6.4, this isn't in it's default directory, there surely is a way of finding it's install location ...
211 votes
7 answers
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How to find the mysql data directory from command line in windows
In linux I could find the mysql installation directory with the command which mysql. But I could not find any in windows. I tried echo %path% and it resulted many paths along with path to mysql bin. ...
119 votes
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Where does Anaconda Python install on Windows?
I installed Anaconda for Python 2.7 on my Windows machine and wanted to add the Anaconda interpreter to PyDev, but quick googling couldn't find the default place where Anaconda installed, and ...
115 votes
8 answers
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How to run Pylint with PyCharm
I want to configure Pylint as an external tool in my entire project directory for a Python project that I'm working on. I've tried to use the repository as a module with __init__.py and without, and ...
181 votes
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Finding the path of the program that will execute from the command line in Windows
Say I have a program X.EXE installed in folder c:\abcd\happy\ on the system. The folder is on the system path. Now suppose there is another program on the system that's also called X.EXE but is ...
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How to locate fuslogvw.exe on my machine?
I'm looking for the assembly binding log viewer executable (fuslogvw.exe), but I can't seem to find it on my machine. It's there for sure because when I type fuslogvw in a Visual Studio command prompt ...
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java -version and javac -version showing different versions
I have java 7 and java 8 both installed on my windows system under C:\Program Files\Java In the environment's path I specified the path of java 7 like this. %JAVA_HOME%/bin where JAVA_HOME = C:\...
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How to determine path to php.exe on Windows - search default paths
I'm currently developing a couple of plugins for Sublime Text 2 on OS X and I would like to make them cross platform, meaning I have to find out if and where php.exe is installed. Right now I call /...