How To Un-Install A Service From The Command Line In Windows



TODO:

Have you ever installed a service you built, and want to un-install it via command line?

 

SOLUTION:

  • Open a Visual Studio Command Window
  • Navigate to your EXE folder of the service.
  • Execute the following command:
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil /u .\YourService.exe


NOTES:

This assume .Net version 4

How To Install A Service From The Command Line In Windows



TODO:

Have you ever built a service and wanted to install it?

 

SOLUTION:

  • Open a Visual Studio Command Window
  • Navigate to your EXE folder of the service.
  • Execute the following command:
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil .\YourService.exe


NOTES:

This assume .Net version 4

Copy And Paste Or Cut And Paste Stops Working When Running VMWare On Mac



TODO:

You are using VMWare on Mac, to run Windows (any version).  For no apparent reason, copy or cut and paste stops working.

 

SOLUTION:

Suspend the VM, and then go back into it.  Copy or cut and paste should now work.

 

NOTES:

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How To Fix BOOTMGR Is Missing Error Message In VMWare / Windows



TODO:

Have you ever received the message "BootMgr is missing" error message, when booting to Windows from VMWare?  This is due to, or can be due to the Boot Partition not being marked as active.  The fix is easy, you just need GParted, and about 15 minutes of time. 

 

SOLUTION:

1.  Download GParted here

2.  Mount the GParted Live iso in VMare.  To do this, go to VMWare -> Settings -> CD

     2.1   Next choose "Select disk or disk image"

     2.2  Select the GParted ISO.

3.  Restart VM

4.  In GParted select to Boot Partition, choose "Manage Flags", and select "boot".  This makes it the Boot Partition again.

5.  Close GParted, and restart VM.  Windows will now boot. 

 

NOTES:

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How To Copy Files From Mac OSX To Remote Desktop (RDP)



TODO:

Have you ever wanted to copy files from your Mac to your RDP session.  In Windows land, you can just ctrl+c the file and ctrl+v it.  That is not the case with the MAC OSX Client.

 

SOLUTION:

Open RDP Preferences.

Click "Drives"

Select the drives/folders you want visible

Exit out

 

NOTES:

You will have to restart your RDP Session for the changes to stick.

After doing so, you will see "folder name on mac name" under "Computer"