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    <title>Importing Winamp playlists into Audacious</title>
    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/19#WinampPlaylists</link>
    <category>/software/audio_video/Audacious</category>
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winamp&quot;&gt;Winamp&lt;/a&gt; media player
was developed to run on Microsoft Windows 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system&quot;&gt;operating 
systems&lt;/a&gt;. The last stable release of the software was released about
three years ago on April 26, 2023. If you need a native 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux&quot;&gt;Linux&lt;/a&gt; alternative
to Winamp, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacious_(software)&quot;&gt;
Audacious&lt;/a&gt; is a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software&quot;&gt;
free and open-source&lt;/a&gt; audio player that has a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK&quot;&gt;GTK&lt;/a&gt;-based interfrace (GTKUI),but which can also be configured with a Winamp-like interface and which 
supports Winamp 2 skins, i.e., Winamp .wsz files (a type of 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)&quot;&gt;ZIP&lt;/a&gt; archive
file). You can also migrate Winamp playlists into Audacious; it supports
the standard &lt;a href=&quot;.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U&quot;&gt;.m3u&lt;/a&gt; and 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U#M3U8&quot;&gt;.m3u8&lt;/a&gt; playlist formats, 
though you will need to modify the Windows-style 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)&quot;&gt;file paths&lt;/a&gt; to be
Linux-style file paths. To use Winamp playlists on a Linux system, 
such as an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; system, 
you can take the following steps.
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
Locate your Winamp playlists, which are .m3u or .m3u8 files typically
located in 
&lt;code&gt;C:\Users\&lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\playlists&lt;/code&gt;
where &lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt; is the relevant username.  You can view the contents
of that directory from a &lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win11/cmdprompt.php&quot;&gt;command
prompt window&lt;/a&gt; using the command &lt;code&gt;dir 
%appdata%\Winamp\plugins\ml\playlists&lt;/code&gt; since &lt;code&gt;%appdata%&lt;/code&gt; is an 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable&quot;&gt;environment
variable&lt;/a&gt; pointing to the account&apos;s &lt;code&gt;AppData\Roaming&lt;/code&gt;
directory.
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A list of the playlists is contained in the playlists 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML&quot;&gt;XML&lt;/a&gt; file. In that
file, which can be viewed in a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editor&quot;&gt;text editor&lt;/a&gt; such as 
the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Notepad&quot;&gt;Windows Notepad&lt;/a&gt;,
you will see data like the following:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;grayhighlight&quot; style=&quot;display: inline-block; padding-right: 15px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&amp;lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-16&quot;?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;lt;playlists playlists=&quot;35&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;lt;playlist filename=&quot;plf8064.m3u8&quot; title=&quot;Moonzic (Top Favorite Mix)&quot; 
id=&quot;{8B45286F-9CF9-4A14-9045-F27EDC1ED72B}&quot; songs=&quot;217&quot; seconds=&quot;0&quot;/&amp;gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first line above shows the version of XML in use is 1.0 and the
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding&quot;&gt;character encoding
&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16&quot;&gt;UTF-16&lt;/a&gt;. The
next lines shows that, in this case, there are 35 playlists. The next line
shows the filename of 1 of the 35 playlists and the title for the playlist
in Winamp.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
If the music files, e.g., the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3&quot;&gt;.mp3&lt;/a&gt; files referenced in the 
playlists are not accessible from the Linux system, copy them to a location
that is accessible from the Linux system. If you preserve a similar
folder structure, if you need to copy or move the files, editing the
playlists files will be easier. E.g., if the Winamp playlists contain
paths like:

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;C:\Users\Alice\Music\Artist\Album\song.mp3&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could have a similar folder structure on Linux like the following:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;/home/alice/Music/Artist/Album/song.mp3&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
Edit the playlists files. You could use a global find and replace function
in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editor&quot;&gt;text editor&lt;/a&gt;
or you could update all of the files at once with 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed&quot;&gt;sed&lt;/a&gt; (short for stream
editor), which you can run from a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Terminal&quot;&gt;Terminal&lt;/a&gt; window.
Sed will likely already be present on a Linux system. You can verify
that by using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Which_(command)&quot;&gt;
which command&lt;/a&gt;, i.e., &lt;code&gt;which sed&lt;/code&gt;, which will show you the 
location of the program, if it is present. Sed is also available for Microsoft
Windows systems at 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm&quot;&gt;sed for 
Windows&lt;/a&gt;. A sed command like the one below, if executed from the
directory where the playlist files are located,  could be made to make the 
needed changes if the the Windows and Linux file paths were like the ones
above. 

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;
sed -i &apos;s|C:\\Users\\Alice|/home/alice|g; s|\\|/|g&apos; *.m3u8
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;-i&lt;/code&gt; tells sed to edit files in place, i.e., to
make the changes to the specified file rather than create a new
file.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;The commands sed will use are enclosed in single quotes.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;s&lt;/code&gt; at the beginning of the command instructs sed
to perform a substitution. The 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar&quot;&gt;vertical bar&lt;/a&gt; is
being used to separate the old 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_(computer_science)&quot;&gt;string&lt;/a&gt;
from the new replacement string. Another character could be used, such
as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_(punctuation)&quot;&gt;colon&lt;/a&gt;, 
etc.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;The string to be replaced, &lt;code&gt;C:\\Users\\Alice&lt;/code&gt; is
placed within the first pair of vertical bars. Each 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslash&quot;&gt;backslash&lt;/a&gt; must be
preceded by another backslash because the backslash character has a 
special meaning &amp;mdash; it is an 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character&quot;&gt;escape 
character&lt;/a&gt;. If you have a period in the replacement string, you should also
precede it with a backslash, since the period (.) has a special meaning
in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression&quot;&gt;regular 
expression&lt;/a&gt;, also. The replacement string is enclosed within the 
second set of vertical bars.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;g&lt;/code&gt; that follows the 4th vertical bar indicates it
is a &quot;global&quot; replacement operation, i.e., it should occur everywhere
the original string occurs in the file.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon&quot;&gt;semicolon&lt;/a&gt;
separates the first command from a second one, which indicates any
backslashes in the file should be replaced with forward slashes. I.e.,
the backslashes that occur later in each line should also be replaced.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;*.m3u8&lt;/code&gt; indicates that the sed commands should be
applied to all .m3u files in the directory.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
After updating the .m3u8 files, within Audacious, click on &lt;em&gt;Playlist&lt;/em&gt; 
and select &lt;em&gt;Import&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
Navigate to the location of the playlist then select one by clicking
on it and then click on the &lt;em&gt;Import&lt;/em&gt; button. 
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
The playlist name, e.g., &lt;code&gt;plf68B&lt;/code&gt; in the example below, will
match the filename for the .m3u/.m3u8 file. You can rename it to match
the name for the playlist in Winamp by opening the Winamp 
&lt;code&gt;playlists.xml&lt;/code&gt; file, which will be in the same directory
as the playlist .m3u8 files, in a text editor or web browser and looking for 
the corresponding entry, e.g.:

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;
&amp;lt;playlist filename=&quot;plf68B.m3u8&quot; title=&quot;Disney Classic Tunes&quot; 
id=&quot;{AAD2A93E-93E9-442B-B24C-88D0BFBB4607}&quot; songs=&quot;44&quot; seconds=&quot;8231&quot;/&amp;gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Right-click on the playlist name in Audacious and choose &lt;em&gt;Rename&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
[ &lt;a href=&quot;/software/audio_video/Audacious/WinampPlaylists.php&quot;&gt;More Info&lt;/a&gt; ]
&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <title>Advanced Diary Active Database and Backup Registry Values</title>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/18#dbBackupRegSettings</link>
    <category>/os/windows/software/journaling/AdvDiary</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/windows/software/journaling/AdvDiary/dbBackupRegSettings</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://csoftlab.com/diary&quot;&gt;Advanced Diary&lt;/a&gt; is a journaling/diary
application for Microsoft Windows systems developed by 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://csoftlab.com/&quot;&gt;CSoftLab&lt;/a&gt;. It stores the location of
the currently active datbase in the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry&quot;&gt;Windows registry&lt;/a&gt; at
&lt;code&gt;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Databases&lt;/code&gt; in
the key &lt;code&gt;Database0&lt;/code&gt;. You can query the value from a 
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win10/cmdprompt/&quot;&gt;command prompt&lt;/a&gt;
using the &lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/commands/reg-query.php&quot;&gt;reg query&lt;/a&gt; command 
&lt;code&gt;reg query &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Databases&quot; 
/v Database0&lt;/code&gt;. You can change the value from a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface&quot;&gt;command-line
interface (CLI)&lt;/a&gt; using the &lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/commands/reg-add.php&quot;&gt;reg 
add&lt;/a&gt; command.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;reg query &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Databases&quot; /v Database0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Databases
    Database0    REG_SZ    Protocol=Local*Database=C:\Users\Alice\Documents\Advanced Diary\diary.dndb


C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It stores the settings for automatic backups at
&lt;code&gt;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options&lt;/code&gt;.
The default option settings when no automatic backup has been set are
shown below.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;reg query &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options&quot; | find &quot;AutoBackup&quot;
    AutoBackup    REG_DWORD    0x0
    AutoBackupPath    REG_SZ
    AutoBackupMode    REG_DWORD    0x0
    AutoBackupTime    REG_BINARY    4F5555555555D53F

C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
You can change the backup settings in the program by selecting &lt;em&gt;Tools&lt;/em&gt;,
then &lt;em&gt;Options&lt;/em&gt;, then &lt;em&gt;Backup&lt;/em&gt; from the Advanced Diary menu bar.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/software/journaling/AdvDiary/backupOptions.png&quot;&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/os/windows/software/journaling/AdvDiary/backupOptions.png&quot; 
alt=&quot;Advanced Diary backup options&quot; width=&quot;561&quot; height=&quot;506&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The registry settings when automatic backups have been turned on with a
backup location specified and the default backup options left in place, e.g.,
every day, are shown below.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;reg query &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options&quot; | find &quot;AutoBackup&quot;
    AutoBackup    REG_DWORD    0x1
    AutoBackupPath    REG_SZ    P:\alice\Advanced Diary Backups\
    AutoBackupMode    REG_DWORD    0x0
    AutoBackupTime    REG_BINARY    4F5555555555D53F

C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;When you turn on the backup option, the next time you start the program
you will see a &lt;em&gt;AutoBackup&lt;/em&gt; window prompting you to OK a backup.
if you leave the &quot;Confirm before running AutoBackup&quot; option checked.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/software/journaling/AdvDiary/ConfirmBackup.png&quot;&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/os/windows/software/journaling/AdvDiary/ConfirmBackup.png&quot; 
alt=&quot;Advanced Diary backup options&quot; width=&quot;335&quot; height=&quot;286&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &quot;AutoSave&quot; option is stored in the registry at &lt;code&gt;AutoSave&lt;/code&gt;
under &lt;code&gt;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options&lt;/code&gt;.
The default value is zero.  With &quot;AutoSave entry ever 5 minutes&quot; turned on 
the value will be &quot;1&quot; as shown below.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
C:\&gt;reg query &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options&quot; /v AutoSave

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options
    AutoSave    REG_DWORD    0x1


C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The value in minutes for the interval at which automatic saves are performed
is stored in the &lt;code&gt;AutoSaveInterval&lt;/code&gt; key. The key that controls
whether the user is prompted to confirm backups is stored in the
&lt;code&gt;BackupConfirmation&lt;/code&gt; key. A value of &quot;0&quot; indicates that confirmation
is not required.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;reg query &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options&quot; /v AutoSaveInterval

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options
    AutoSaveInterval    REG_DWORD    0x5


C:\&gt;reg query &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options&quot; /v BackupConfirmation

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CSoftLab\Advanced Diary\Options
    BackupConfirmation    REG_DWORD    0x0


C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Related articles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win11/cmdprompt.php&quot;&gt;
Obtaining a command prompt in Windows 11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Date: August 14, 2023
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/software/remote-control/rdp/rdp-registry.php&quot;&gt;
Remotely Enabling Remote Desktop Protocol From the Command Line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Date: April 11, 2009
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/network/proxy/settings/&quot;&gt;Checking Microsoft Windows proxy server 
settings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Date: January 7, 2015
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;</description>
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    <title>Renaming a Windows system and joining a Windows domain with PowerShell</title>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/17#renameHost-JoinDomain</link>
    <category>/os/windows/PowerShell</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/windows/PowerShell/renameHost-JoinDomain</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
You can view the current name of a system running a Microsoft Windows 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system&quot;&gt;operating system 
(OS)&lt;/a&gt; using the &lt;code&gt;hostname&lt;/code&gt; command in a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell&quot;&gt;PowerShell&lt;/a&gt; or
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win11/cmdprompt.php&quot;&gt;command prompt window&lt;/a&gt;.
You can change the name of the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_(network)&quot;&gt;host&lt;/a&gt; by opening 
a PowerShell window with administrator privileges by choosing &quot;Run as
administrator&quot; when opening the window and then using the PowerShell command
&lt;code&gt;Rename-Computer -NewName &quot;&lt;i&gt;name&lt;/i&gt;&quot;&lt;/code&gt; where &lt;i&gt;name&lt;/i&gt; is the
new name you wish to assign to the system. Note: names must be 15 or fewer
characters due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBIOS&quot;&gt;NetBIOS&lt;/a&gt; 
limitations and should only use standard alphanumeric characters, i.e, A-Z, 
0-9, and hyphens (-). Spaces and most special characters are invalid and will
cause an error.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;psprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
PS C:\Windows\system32&amp;gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: yellow; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;hostname&lt;/span&gt;
DESKTOP-PNS32H3
PS C:\Windows\system32&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: yellow; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Rename-Computer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;psgray&quot;&gt;-NewName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: teal; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot;Jamestown&quot;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: yellow; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;WARNING: The changes will take effect after you restart the computer DESKTOP-PNS32H3.&lt;/span&gt;
PS C:\Windows\system32&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;You will need to reboot to have the new name go into effect; you can
add the &lt;code&gt;-Restart&lt;/code&gt; option to the command to restart automatically.
E.g., &lt;code&gt;Rename-Computer -NewName &quot;TheNewName&quot; -Restart&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To join a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_domain&quot;&gt;Windows
domain&lt;/a&gt; from a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface&quot;&gt;
command-line interface (CLI)&lt;/a&gt;, you can issue the command 
&lt;code&gt;Add-Computer -DomainName &quot;&lt;i&gt;YourDomainName&lt;/i&gt;&quot; -Credential 
(Get-Credential) -Restart&lt;/code&gt; &amp;mdash; replace &lt;i&gt;YourDomainName&lt;/i&gt; with
the name of the Windows domain. If you don&apos;t want to automatically reboot, omit
the &lt;code&gt;-Restart&lt;/code&gt; option.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;psprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: yellow; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Add-Computer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;psgray&quot;&gt;-DomainName&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: teal; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot;ad.example.com&quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;psgray&quot;&gt;-Credential&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style=&quot;color: yellow; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Get-Credential&lt;/span&gt;) &lt;span class=&quot;psgray&quot;&gt;-Restart&lt;/span&gt;

cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline postion 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Credential
&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will see a &quot;Windows PowerShell credential request&quot; window open where
you can provide a user name and password for an account in the domain
administrators group. The system will automatically reboot if you have
added the &lt;code&gt;-Restart&lt;/code&gt; parameter.&lt;/p&gt; </description>
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    <title>Querying and setting network settings with PowerShell</title>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/16#query-set-network-settings</link>
    <category>/os/windows/PowerShell</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/windows/PowerShell/query-set-network-settings</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
To determine the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address&quot;&gt;IP 
address&lt;/a&gt; of a Microsoft Windows system from a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface&quot;&gt;command-line 
interface (CLI)&lt;/a&gt; you can 
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win11/cmdprompt.php&quot;&gt;open a command prompt window&lt;/a&gt; and 
use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipconfig&quot;&gt;ipconfig&lt;/a&gt; command 
&lt;code&gt;ipconfig /all&lt;/code&gt;. If you only need the IPv4 address you can 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline_(Unix)&quot;&gt;pipe&lt;/a&gt;
the output into &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_(Windows)&quot;&gt;find&lt;/a&gt; 
or &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findstr&quot;&gt;findstr&lt;/a&gt;. Alternatively, 
you can use a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsh&quot;&gt;netsh&lt;/a&gt; command.
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;ipconfig /all | find &quot;IPv4 Address&quot;
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8(Preferred)

C:\&amp;gt;ipconfig | findstr /C:&quot;IPv4&quot;
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8

C:\&amp;gt;netsh interface ip show addresses

Configuration for interface &quot;Ethernet&quot;
    DHCP enabled:                         Yes
    IP Address:                           192.168.0.8
    Subnet Prefix:                        192.168.0.0/24 (mask 255.255.255.0)
    Default Gateway:                      192.168.0.1
    Gateway Metric:                       0
    InterfaceMetric:                      25

Configuration for interface &quot;Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&quot;
    DHCP enabled:                         No
    IP Address:                           127.0.0.1
    Subnet Prefix:                        127.0.0.0/8 (mask 255.0.0.0)
    InterfaceMetric:                      75


C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also use a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell&quot;&gt;
PowerShell&lt;/a&gt; cmdlet to view the IP address.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;psprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 25px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
PS C:\&amp;gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: yellow;&quot;&gt;Get-NetIPAddress&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: RGB(128, 128, 128)&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-AddressFamily&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; IPv4


IPAddress         : 192.168.0.8
InterfaceIndex    : 5
InterfaceAlias    : Ethernet
AddressFamily     : IPv4
Type              : Unicast
PrefixLength      : 24
PrefixOrigin      : Dhcp
SuffixOrigin      : Dhcp
AddressState      : Preferred
ValidLifetime     : 15:58:12
PreferredLifetime : 15:58:12
SkipAsSource      : False
PolicyStore       : ActiveStore

IPAddress         : 127.0.0.1
InterfaceIndex    : 1
InterfaceAlias    : Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
AddressFamily     : IPv4
Type              : Unicast
PrefixLength      : 8
PrefixOrigin      : WellKnown
SuffixOrigin      : WellKnown
AddressState      : Preferred
ValidLifetime     : Infinite ([TimeSpan]::MaxValue)
PreferredLifetime : Infinite ([TimeSpan]::MaxValue)
SkipAsSource      : False
PolicyStore       : ActiveStore



PS C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;You can get a more concise version showing the interface and address
with &lt;code&gt;Get-NetIPAddress -AddressFamily IPv4 |Select-Object InterfaceAlias, 
IPAddress&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;psprompt&quot; style=&quot;padding-right: 20px;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
PS C:\&amp;gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: yellow;&quot;&gt;Get-NetIPAddress&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: RGB(128, 128, 128)&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-AddressFamily&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; IPv4 | Select-Object InterfaceAlias, IPAddress

InterfaceAlias              IPAddress
--------------              ---------
Ethernet                    192.168.0.8
Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 127.0.0.1


PS C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[ &lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/PowerShell/query-set-network-settings.php&quot;&gt;More 
Info&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <title>Copying and pasting from a VirtualBox VM to the host operating system</title>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/14#clipboard</link>
    <category>/os/virtualbox</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/virtualbox/clipboard</guid>
    <description>
If you wish to be able to be able to copy text from within a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine&quot;&gt;virtual machine (VM)&lt;/a&gt;
running on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox&quot;&gt;VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt;
to the host &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system&quot;&gt;operating
system (OS)&lt;/a&gt; clipboard, e.g., from a Microsoft Windows guest VM to a Linux
host, take the following steps:

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;Shut down the VM&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
With the VM selected, click on &lt;em&gt;Settings&lt;/em&gt;, then &lt;em&gt;General&lt;/em&gt;,
then select &lt;em&gt;Features&lt;/em&gt;. Change the &lt;em&gt;Shared Clipboard&lt;/em&gt; setting from
Disabled to Bidirectional then click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
Start the VM.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
In the running VM, click on &lt;em&gt;Devices&lt;/em&gt; then select &lt;em&gt;Shared Clipboard
&lt;/em&gt;. Make sure it is set to Bidirectional.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
Select &lt;em&gt;Devices&lt;/em&gt; then &lt;em&gt;Insert GUest Additions CD image...&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
When you see the &quot;VirtualBox - Question&quot; window with the message &quot;Do you
wish to download this disk image file fromt he Internet?&quot;, click on
&lt;em&gt;Download&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
If you see a window asking you to confirm the &lt;b&gt;VirtualBox Guest Additions
&lt;/b&gt; disk image file followed by the URL for the download, e.g.,
&lt;a href=&quot;https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.2.6/VBoxGuestAdditions_7.2.6.iso&quot;&gt;
https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.2.6/VBoxGuestAdditions_7.2.6.iso&lt;/a&gt;,
click on &lt;em&gt;Download&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
You should then see a window informing you that the &lt;b&gt;VirtualBox Guest
Additions&lt;/b&gt; disk image file has been successfully downloaded and saved 
locally. The download location is &lt;code&gt;
~/.config/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions_&lt;i&gt;x.y.z&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt; where
&lt;i&gt;x.y.z&lt;/i&gt; is the version of the ISO file, e.g.
&lt;code&gt;VBoxGuestAdditions_7.2.6.iso&lt;/code&gt;. You will be asked &quot;Do you
wish to continue with Guest Additions installation?&quot; Click on &lt;em&gt;Continue&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
Open the Windows File Explorer, then navigate to &quot;CD Drive (D:) VirtualBox
Guest Additions&quot; in the left pane and with it selected, in the right pane,
right-click on VBoxWindowsAdditions and select &quot;Run as administrator&quot;. When
asked if you wish to allow the program to make changes&quot;, click on &quot;Yes&quot;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
You will then see a &quot;Welcome to the Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions Setup&quot;
window which will inform you &quot;It is recommended that you close all other
applications before starting Setup. This will make it possible to update
relevant system files without haviging to reboot your computer.&quot; Close
any applications you are running in the Windows VM and then click on
&lt;em&gt;Next&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
At the next window you can &quot;Choose Install Location&quot;. Unless you need
to change the location, just click on &lt;em&gt;Next&lt;/em&gt;.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
The next window is one where you can &quot;Choose Components&quot;. You can click on
&lt;em&gt;Install&lt;/em&gt; to proceed with the default options. The space required is
675.0 KB.
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
At the next window you will be informed &quot;Your computer must be restarted in
order to complete the installation of Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions...&quot;
and asked &quot;Do you want to reboot now?&quot; You can click on &lt;em&gt;Finish&lt;/em&gt; to
immediately reboot. Once you have rebooted, you should be able to copy and
paste between the host and guest operating systems. 
You should also see the &quot;VirtualBox Guest Additions Service&quot; and
&quot;VirtualBox Guest Additions Tray Application&quot; processes running if you
bring up the Windows Task Manager.

&lt;/ol&gt;

[ &lt;a href=&quot;/os/virtualbox/clipboard&quot;&gt;More Info&lt;/a&gt; ]</description>
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    <title>Installing Discord on an Ubuntu Linux system</title>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:52:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/13#discordInstall</link>
    <category>/os/unix/linux/ubuntu</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/discordInstall</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
To install &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord&quot;&gt;Discord&lt;/a&gt; on
an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; Linux system,
you can install it as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_(software)&quot;&gt;
Snap package&lt;/a&gt; through Ubuntu&apos;s &lt;em&gt;App Center&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/Discord/Snap-Discord.png&quot;&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/Discord/Snap-Discord.png&quot; 
alt=&quot;Install Discord Snap package&quot; width=&quot;761&quot; height=&quot;765&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the install screen, I saw the message below:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snaps are confined, as such Discord may be unable to perform some
of the tasks it typically does when unconfined.  This may result in the
system log getting spammed with apparmor errors.  Granting access to the
system-observe interface when in the snap will enable the features, and
thus reduce the logging.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;snap connect discord:system-observe&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppArmor&quot;&gt;AppArmor&lt;/a&gt; is a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel&quot;&gt;Linux kernel&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Security_Modules&quot;&gt;
security module&lt;/a&gt; that provides system administrators the capability to
restrict the access programs have to the system on which they run.
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[ &lt;a href=&quot;/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/Discord/&quot;&gt;More Info&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <title>Installing Python on a Microsoft Windows system using winget</title>
    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/09#winget</link>
    <category>/languages/python</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/languages/python/winget</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
If you would like to use the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)&quot;&gt;Python&lt;/a&gt;
programming language on a Microsoft Windows system, one way to install 
Python software is to use the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Package_Manager&quot;&gt;Windows
Package Manager&lt;/a&gt;, aka winget.  &lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win11/cmdprompt.php&quot;&gt;Open
a command prompt&lt;/a&gt; and enter the command &lt;code&gt;winget install python&lt;/code&gt;.
After the software is installed, you can view information on the Python
package with the command &lt;code&gt;winget show python&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;cmd&quot;&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;winget install python&lt;br&gt;
The `msstore` source requires that you view the following agreements before using.&lt;br&gt;
Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction&lt;br&gt;
The source requires the current machine&apos;s 2-letter geographic region to be sent to the backend service to function properly (ex. &quot;US&quot;).&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Do you agree to all the source agreements terms?&lt;br&gt;
[Y] Yes  [N] No: Y&lt;br&gt;
Found &lt;span style=&quot;color: #54B8B8;&quot;&gt;Python 3.12&lt;/span&gt; [&lt;span style=&quot;color: #54B8B8;&quot;&gt;9NCVDN91XZQP&lt;/span&gt;] Version Unknown&lt;br&gt;
This package is provided through Microsoft Store. WinGet may need to acquire the package from Microsoft Store on behalf of the current user.&lt;br&gt;
Agreements for &lt;span style=&quot;color: #54B8B8;&quot;&gt;Python 3.12&lt;/span&gt; [&lt;span style=&quot;color: #54B8B8;&quot;&gt;9NCVDN91XZQP&lt;/span&gt;] Version Unknown&lt;br&gt;
Version: Unknown&lt;br&gt;
Publisher: Python Software Foundation&lt;br&gt;
Publisher Url: https://www.python.org/&lt;br&gt;
Publisher Support Url: https://www.python.org/doc/&lt;br&gt;
License: https://docs.python.org/3.12/license.html&lt;br&gt;
Privacy Url: https://www.python.org/privacy&lt;br&gt;
Copyright: (c) Python Software Foundation&lt;br&gt;
Agreements:&lt;br&gt;
  Category: Developer tools&lt;br&gt;
  Pricing: Free&lt;br&gt;
  Free Trial: No&lt;br&gt;
  Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction&lt;br&gt;
  Seizure Warning: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-seizure-warning&lt;br&gt;
  Store License Terms: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-license&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The publisher requires that you view the above information and accept the agreements before installing.&lt;br&gt;
Do you agree to the terms?&lt;br&gt;
[Y] Yes  [N] No: Y&lt;br&gt;
Starting package install...&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;span style=&quot;color: #0078D4;&quot;&gt;██████████████████████████████&lt;/span&gt;  100%&lt;br&gt;
Successfully installed&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;winget show python&lt;br&gt;
Found &lt;span style=&quot;color: #54B8B8;&quot;&gt;Python 3.12&lt;/span&gt; [&lt;span style=&quot;color: #54B8B8;&quot;&gt;9NCVDN91XZQP&lt;/span&gt;]&lt;br&gt;
Version: Unknown&lt;br&gt;
Publisher: Python Software Foundation&lt;br&gt;
Publisher Url: https://www.python.org/&lt;br&gt;
Publisher Support Url: https://www.python.org/doc/&lt;br&gt;
Description:&lt;br&gt;
  Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language. It has efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective approach to object-oriented programming. Python’s elegant syntax and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development in many areas on most platforms.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
  The Python interpreter and the extensive standard library are freely available in source or binary form for all major platforms from the Python web site, https://www.python.org/, and may be freely distributed. The same site also contains distributions of and pointers to many free third party Python modules, programs and tools, and additional documentation.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
  The Python interpreter is easily extended with new functions and data types implemented in C or C++ (or other languages callable from C). Python is also suitable as an extension language for customizable applications.&lt;br&gt;
License: https://docs.python.org/3.12/license.html&lt;br&gt;
Privacy Url: https://www.python.org/privacy&lt;br&gt;
Copyright: (c) Python Software Foundation&lt;br&gt;
Agreements:&lt;br&gt;
  Category: Developer tools&lt;br&gt;
  Pricing: Free&lt;br&gt;
  Free Trial: No&lt;br&gt;
  Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction&lt;br&gt;
  Seizure Warning: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-seizure-warning&lt;br&gt;
  Store License Terms: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-license&lt;br&gt;
Installer:&lt;br&gt;
  Installer Type: msstore&lt;br&gt;
  Store Product Id: 9NCVDN91XZQP&lt;br&gt;
  Offline Distribution Supported: true&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can then type &lt;code&gt;python&lt;/code&gt; in a command prompt window to
open the Python interpreter where you can enter commands. E.g., in the
example below it is being used as a calculator. You can exit the program
by typing &lt;code&gt;exit()&lt;/code&gt;. You can run Python 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt; from
the command prompt window using commands in the form &lt;code&gt;python 
example.py&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;cmd&quot;&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;python&lt;br&gt;
Python 3.12.10 (tags/v3.12.10:0cc8128, Apr  8 2025, 12:21:36) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32&lt;br&gt;
Type &quot;help&quot;, &quot;copyright&quot;, &quot;credits&quot; or &quot;license&quot; for more information.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; 99 / 4&lt;br&gt;
24.75&lt;br&gt;
&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; 12 * 13&lt;br&gt;
156&lt;br&gt;
&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; exit()&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
C:\&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Related articles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win11/cmdprompt.php&quot;&gt;Obtaining a command prompt in 
Windows 11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Date: August 14, 2023
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/os/windows/win10/cmdprompt/&quot;&gt;Obtaining a command prompt in Windows 
10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Date: February 18, 2017
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/languages/python/WinPython/&quot;&gt;WinPython - Python for Microsoft 
Windows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Date: May 13, 2018
&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li class=&quot;reference&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/languages/python/WinPython/install-packages&quot;&gt;
Installing new packages for WinPython&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Date: May 18, 2018
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
</description>
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  <item>
    <title>DVDFab 13 - Unload debugger</title>
    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/02#debuggerFound</link>
    <category>/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/DVDFab</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/DVDFab/debuggerFound</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;My wife had been using 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dvdfab.cn/dvdfab13.htm&quot;&gt;DVDFab 13&lt;/a&gt; under Microsoft 
Windows 11 and wanted to continue to use it for
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping&quot;&gt;ripping&lt;/a&gt; DVDs after we 
converted her desktop PC to 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; Linux. DVDFab 13 
seemed to be working fine after I installed it using
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)&quot;&gt;Wine&lt;/a&gt; until after I 
updated Wine to version 11.0 (you can see which version of Wine is present
by issuing the command &lt;code&gt;wine --version&lt;/code&gt; in a 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Terminal&quot;&gt;Terminal&lt;/a&gt; window).
When I tried to run DVDFab afterwards, though, I saw the message
&amp;ldquo;A debugger has been found running in your system.  Please, unload
it from memory and restart your program.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/DVDFab/debuggerFound/debuggerFound.png&quot; 
alt=&quot;DVDFab - debugger found&quot; width=&quot;368&quot; height=&quot;176&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I queried
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT&quot;&gt;ChatGPT&lt;/a&gt; about the
issue, it replied &amp;ldquo;This error is usually not caused by an actual
debugger running on Ubuntu.  DVDFab contains anti-debugging / anti-tamper
checks, and under Wine or Proton those checks can sometimes incorrectly
conclude that a debugger is attached.&amp;rdquo; It also stated that, for
DVDFab 13 specifically, there is an issue when trying to run the program on
later versions of Wine with the problem appearing with version 10.3 or
later. The problem occurs on newer versions, even when no
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugger&quot;&gt;debugger&lt;/a&gt; is running.
I decided to install the application under Bottles, which I had previously
installed on the system with Flatpak, to see if the problem might not occur
if I tried to run the application under &lt;a href=&quot;https://usebottles.com/&quot;&gt;
Bottles&lt;/a&gt;, but the problem still occurred. I.e., I saw the &quot;A debugger
has been found running in your system. Please, unload it from memory and
restart your program.” message. It took me a considerable amount of time
to resolve the problem, but I was finally able to fix the issue by disabling
DXVK and VKD3D in the settings for the DVDFab bottle.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[ &lt;a href=&quot;/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/DVDFab/debuggerFound/&quot;&gt;More Info&lt;/a&gt; ]</description>
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    <title>Remove a Flatpak</title>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/07/01#removeFlatpak</link>
    <category>/os/unix/linux</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/unix/linux/removeFlatpak</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
To see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatpak&quot;&gt;Flatpaks&lt;/a&gt; 
installed on a Linux system, you can issue the command &lt;code&gt;flatpak list&lt;/code&gt;
in a terminal window.  To remove a Flatpak from a system, find the Application
ID of the software by issuing the command &lt;code&gt;flatpak list --app&lt;/code&gt;.
Once you have the Application ID, you can uninstall the Flatpak with the
command &lt;code&gt;flatpak uninstall &lt;i&gt;AppID&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt; where &lt;i&gt;AppID&lt;/i&gt; is
the relevant Application ID. To remove all of the application&apos;s local settings
and configuration files, add the &lt;code&gt;--delete-data&lt;/code&gt; option. E.g.,
to remove the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://usebottles.com/&quot;&gt;Bottles&lt;/a&gt; Flatpak, I could use the command
&lt;code&gt;flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.usebottles.bottles&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot;&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E9A06&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;alice@Wonderland&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3667A6&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;$ flatpak list
&lt;b&gt;Name             Application ID              Version Branch       Installation&lt;/b&gt;
Bottles          com.usebottles.bottles      63.2    stable       system
i386             …sktop.Platform.Compat.i386         25.08        system
Mesa             …esktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.6  25.08        system
Mesa (Extra)     …esktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.6  25.08-extra  system
nvidia-580-159-… …tform.GL.nvidia-580-159-03         1.4          system
Mesa             …ktop.Platform.GL32.default 26.0.6  25.08        system
Mesa (Extra)     …ktop.Platform.GL32.default 26.0.6  25.08-extra  system
nvidia-580-159-… …orm.GL32.nvidia-580-159-03         1.4          system
Nvidia VAAPI dr… …ktop.Platform.VAAPI.nvidia         25.08        system
Codecs Extra Ex… …ktop.Platform.codecs-extra         25.08-extra  system
i386             …Platform.codecs_extra.i386         25.08-extra  system
GNOME Applicati… org.gnome.Platform                  49           system
Yaru Gtk Theme   org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Yaru              3.22         system
gecko            org.winehq.Wine.gecko               stable-25.08 system
mono             org.winehq.Wine.mono                stable-25.08 system
&lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E9A06&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;alice@Wonderland&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3667A6&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;$ flatpak list --app
&lt;b&gt;Name        Application ID             Version     Branch     Installation&lt;/b&gt;
Bottles     com.usebottles.bottles     63.2        stable     system
&lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E9A06&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;alice@Wonderland&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3667A6&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;$ flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.usebottles.bottles


&lt;b&gt;        ID                                    Branch         Op&lt;/b&gt;
 1. [&lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E9A06&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;] com.usebottles.bottles                stable         r
 2. [&lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E9A06&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;] com.usebottles.bottles.Locale         stable         r

Uninstall complete.
Delete data for com.usebottles.bottles? [y/n]: y
&lt;span style=&quot;color:#4E9A06&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;alice@Wonderland&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3667A6&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;$
&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Flatpack may required shared &quot;runtimes&quot; components. When you delete
the application, those runtimes can become &quot;orphaned&quot;, but still occupy
space on the system. You can, optionally, use the command
&lt;code&gt;flatpak uninstall --unused&lt;/code&gt; afterwards, if that is a concern.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <title>Determining the default file manager application under Ubuntu</title>
    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/2026/06/28#defFmgr</link>
    <category>/os/unix/linux/ubuntu</category>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">https://support.moonpoint.com/blog/blosxom/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/defFmgr</guid>
    <description>
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
The &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_(command)&quot;&gt;file&lt;/a&gt; command
can be used on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux&quot;&gt;Linux&lt;/a&gt; 
system to determine what type of data a file holds, e.g., 
&lt;code&gt;file Untitled.png&lt;/code&gt;. You can determine the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type&quot;&gt;media type&lt;/a&gt;, aka
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME&quot;&gt;MIME type&lt;/a&gt;, by using
the &lt;code&gt;--mime-type&lt;/code&gt; option for the file command. E.g.,
&lt;code&gt;file --mime-type Untitled.png&lt;/code&gt;. You can determine which application
is the default application for opening files of that
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_format&quot;&gt;file type&lt;/a&gt; using the 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://portland.freedesktop.org/doc/xdg-mime.html&quot;&gt;xdg-mime&lt;/a&gt;
command &amp;mdash; the
&lt;a href=&quot;https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/xdg-mime.1.html&quot;&gt;
xdg-mime&lt;/a&gt; program is a command line tool that can be used to determine
what application handles a particular file type.  E.g., &lt;code&gt;xdg-mime
query default image/png&lt;/code&gt; &amp;mdash; you need to specify the filetype
in the &quot;minor/major&quot; format that xdg-mime expects, which is what you see
in the output of the &lt;code&gt;file --mime-type&lt;/code&gt; command.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;commandprompt&quot;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
$ file Documents/Untitled.png
Documents/Untitled.png: PNG image data, 597 x 113, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced
$ file Documents/tea.html
Documents/tea.html: ASCII text, with very long lines (6229)
$ file --mime-type Documents/Untitled.png
Documents/Untitled.png: image/png
$ xdg-mime query default image/png
org.gnome.Loupe.desktop
$ file --mime-type Documents/Cocoa-Lead.odt
Documents/Cocoa-Lead.odt: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
$ xdg-mime query default application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
libreoffice-writer.desktop
$&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;The default &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_manager&quot;&gt;file 
manager&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;
Linux is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Files&quot;&gt;GNOME Files&lt;/a&gt;.
You can make another application the default file manager, if you like.
Some alternatives are 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.moonpoint.com/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/thunar/&quot;&gt;Thunar&lt;/a&gt;,
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_(file_manager)&quot;&gt;Nemo&lt;/a&gt;, 
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krusader&quot;&gt;Krusader&lt;/a&gt;, or
&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(file_manager)&quot;&gt;Dolphin&lt;/a&gt;.
You can determine which application is the default file manager with the
command &lt;code&gt;xdg-mime query default inode/directory&lt;/code&gt;. You can set
the default file manager with the command &lt;code&gt;xdg-mime default
&lt;i&gt;fmgr&lt;/i&gt;.desktop&lt;/code&gt; where &lt;i&gt;fmgr&lt;/i&gt; is the filemanager you wish to
use.&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;[ &lt;a href=&quot;/os/unix/linux/ubuntu/defFmgr&quot;&gt;More Info&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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