Questions tagged windows
PowerShell, paths and the things that only bite on Windows.
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Windows protected your PC — how do I get past SmartScreen on the installer?
Downloaded the Windows installer and SmartScreen blocks it with the blue dialog. There is no obvious way to continue — only a Don't run button. Two questions really: how do I…
asked by Renata Kohlwinget install SDODS.SDODS says no package found — is the ID wrong?
The docs table lists it, so I ran it: winget search sdods finds nothing either. Have I got the identifier wrong, or is my winget source stale?
asked by Tanvi BhattScoop installed SDODS into Program Files instead of the Scoop apps directory
I maintain an internal bucket and I copied the SDODS manifest as a starting point for another app. Mine keeps landing in the default install directory instead of the one Scoop…
asked by Owen Brackleyscoop install sdods gave me the app, not the sdods command — where is the CLI on Windows?
Added the bucket and installed: I now have a desktop application. What I wanted was sdods run in a terminal. Did I pick the wrong package name?
asked by Fiona McAllisterPowerShell installer ignores every option I pass it
I want the installer to also scaffold a workspace, so I tried adding the parameter to the one-liner: PowerShell does not like that, and every variation I have tried either errors…
asked by Hsu Wei-linInstaller says "This is Windows" when I run it in Git Bash — what should I use instead?
I copied the macOS/Linux one-liner into Git Bash because that is where I live on this machine. It refuses immediately: I do have WSL. Which one is actually the right answer if I…
asked by Sam Orbison-t @regression,@mock ran more scenarios, not fewer
I wanted the regression scenarios that are mocked, so I asked for both tags: It ran considerably more than either tag has on its own. I expected a comma to mean "and". What does…
asked by Gio Castellano