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All of my Firefox add-ons have been disabled suddenly, how can I re-enable them?

All of my Firefox extensions were spontaneously and simultaneously disabled (converted to Legacy status) a few moments ago. How can I re-enable them? Firefox 66.0.3 (64-bit)
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Windows on second monitor moves to primary monitor after sleep/lock

I'm using latest Windows 10. I have dual monitors and am working on software development. I move Visual Studio to second monitor to work on it. When I lock wndows and leave computer and go somewhere and come back after 20-30 min both laptop and…
Can
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What does CTRL+WIN+SHIFT+B do in Windows?

I'm using Windows 10 and today I accidentally hit the key combination: Ctrl+Shift+Win+B. As a result, the screens went black for about a second and I heard a beep. This is reproduceable; every time I hit the aforementioned key combination, the same…
Cristian Lupascu
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Why does 1366x768 resolution exist?

I know that there's a previous question about this but it doesn't have any real answers despite having been viewed 12,400 times, and the fact that it's been closed. With that in mind... Why in the world is 1366x768 resolution a real thing? It has an…
meed96
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Is it really possible for most enthusiasts to crack people's Wi-Fi networks?

Can most enthusiastic users (even if they are not professionals) use well-known techniques to break through the average home router's security? Some basic security options are: strong network password with various encryption methods custom router…
kvhadzhiev
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How can I do a recursive find and replace from the command line?

Using a shell like bash or zshell, how can I do a recursive 'find and replace'? In other words, I want to replace every occurrence of 'foo' with 'bar' in all files in this directory and its subdirectories.
Nathan Long
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Finding the process that is using a certain port in Linux

I'd like to be able to find out which process is currently using a certain port in Linux. Is there any way to do this?
Evan Fosmark
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Copy entire file system hierarchy from one drive to another

I would like to copy the entire file system hierarchy from one drive to another..i.e contents of each directory as well as regular files in Linux platform. Would be gratefull to know the best way to do that with possibly Linuxes in-built functions.…
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How to access mounted network drive on Windows Linux Subsystem?

I have a samba drive which is mounted on my local windows computer. I have a /mnt/c drive in WLS (Windows 10 Bash), but no /mnt/z. Is there a way to access it somehow? Can I remount it in WSL?
Charles Shiller
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create tar with multiple directories and file locations

I have some scripts and files located in various locations like: /etc/dir1 /var/www/html /home/somedir I want to make a tar file so that it copies files and folders with the location structure. When I untar to another location, all the files will…
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How can I find out when Windows was last restarted?

How can I know when my computer running Windows 7 was last restarted? I prefer a solution that doesn't involve searching the event log, but something like wmic or maybe cmd commands.
Royi Namir
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How do I remove linebreaks in Notepad++?

Is there a simple way of removing linebreaks in Notepad++? For example: This text has been splitted in lines, and it's longer than 3200 words, so it would be great to find and replace line breaks like these.
Gabriel
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Git on Mac: How to set Nano as the default text editor?

When I'm using Git on Mac and need to do a rebase, the Vim editor kicks in by default. I would prefer Nano – could someone please explain how to reconfigure Git to make it use Nano for rebase?
Dimitri Vorontzov
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Is it possible to paste CSV formatted data into Excel 2007?

I want to copy and paste CSV formatted text into Excel 2007. Is there a way of doing this without saving it to a temporary file first? I'm sure in previous versions of Excel there was a way to trigger the CSV import wizard by hand in this situation,…
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How can I know the absolute path of a running process?

If I have multiple copies of the same application on the disk, and only one is running, as I can see with ps, how can I know the absolute path to distinguish it from the others?
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