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NirCmd is a small command-line utility for Windows that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface.

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Can you use nircmd to help save clipboard contents to a Batch File variable?

In a batch script, I wish to save the clipboard text into a variable. Having searched it seems that this is not possible without 3rd-party tools. Well I have nircmd, and one of its commands is: "... user avatar TechHorse

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How to get system volume level(audio) in windows?

Using nircmd we can set system volume level(audio) but how to get system volume? How can we get system volume using powershell? user avatar Udesh Ranjan

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Nircmd not recognized in directory

I've an interesting issue; I added nircmd.exe to my directory by running it as administrator and going through the prompts, and confirmed it was in the directory by looking in C:\Windows. Yet ... user avatar Portali5t

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NirCmd Screen stays black after waking up from sleep mode

I have a computer that should have 0 user interactions. I want it to turn off and on on specific times. Right now, i have a command that puts the computer to sleep. However i also need a task that ... user avatar Mitch

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sending keypresses to a process using nircmd

I'm trying to use nircmdc to send a keypress to a background process (without bringing it to front). More precisely, i'm tring to send Ctrl+Shift+S to notepad++.exe: nircmdc win postmsg process ... user avatar eadmaster

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Setting cmd with default command and user defined message

On button click in a winform application I am executing cmd.exe file (Using system("cmd.exe");), which opens perfectly fine and displays the following: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 6.1.7601] (C) ... user avatar gpuguy

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how to close a specific instance of a process using nircmd?

I have been using the following command to try closing the notepad file "temp.txt" opened on the windows. nircmd win close title "temp.txt" But this command seems not to work. If I try the below ... user avatar akshit bhatia

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remove password using cmd if user name is of two words

I want to change password using cmd.exe but I can't do this. :( Because the user name is of two words(e.g. Engr. Saud). It works only on One word. How I tell cmd.exe as both words are Single user name?... user avatar Saud

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Windows Task Scheduler and possible permission problems

I use NirCmd () to enable me to run commands such as "power off the monitor", "mute system volume" from the command-line (and I highly recommend it, BTW). My OS ... user avatar Rafael Almeida

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How do I create a batch command to minimize the window of a particular program?

I'm using Task Scheduler to launch SoundID Reference.exe, a third-party program, 60 seconds after my Win 10 64-bit computer starts up. That's working fine. I would like to create a batch command to ... user avatar movingroovin

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NirCmd 'Failed to copy NirCmd!' & can't get NirCmd to work overall

NirCmd has been working just fine for me for a very long amount of time, but not today... I couldn't get the following command to work, although it always worked fine in the past: nircmd win close ... user avatar Vladimir

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NirCMD - Command line screenshot with incremental numbering

NirCMD is a free command line utility. I am using it to take the screenshot at a fixed time interval. (NirCMD reference). I am trying to get it index the image names so that it would be img1.png ... user avatar NotepadPlusPlus PRO

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Create shortcut using app path

How can I create a shortcut (perhaps using NirCmd) to Acrobat.exe using the path in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Acrobat.exe and parameters /A "page=10" "file.pdf"? user avatar user2319146

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My monitor doesn't auto-turn off!

I have Windows Vista and I've set up my display to turn off after 1 minute of inactivity in Power Options. However, it simply doesn't. I also tried a utility called "nircmd" which has a "power ... user avatar Rafael Almeida

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NirCmd volume control of certain applications from Volume Mixer not working?

So I use this app to mute microphone communication in Valorant. But I also want to mute the game itself. The devs of the game have separated these 2 so in Volume Mixer (SndVol.exe) they are 2 ... user avatar usa alb

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