If your Windows XP or Windows 7 desktop is empty and does not show any icons the following steps can enable the display of your desktop icons: Right click the desktop, In Windows XP, Select “Arrange Icons By”, In Windows 7, Select “View”, If “Show desktop icons” is not checked, click on it to …
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Windows Media Player 12 cannot find the album information
When you insert a CD to rip it Windows Media Player 12 should find the artist name, title and cover art on the Internet. If it cannot find it you can force the application the following way. Warning: These steps will delete all files from your hard drive that are in the Medial Library! Make …
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How to insert a link into a WordPress page or post
To add a link to the WordPress post or page: Type the text of your page or post in the text editor, Highlight the part of the text with your mouse that you want to convert to a link, Click the “Insert/edit link” button in the toolbar. In the popup window enter the URL of …
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How to handle “The target version of the .NET Framework in the project does not match…” warning message in Microsoft Visual Studio
When you build the setup project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 you receive the following warning message: The target version of the .NET Framework in the project does not match the .NET Framework launch condition version ‘.NET Framework 4 Client Profile’. Update the version of the .NET Framework launch condition to match the target version …
How to solve “The version of the .NET Framework launch condition ‘.NET Framework 4’ does not match…” warning in Microsoft Visual Studio
When you build the setup project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 you receive the following warning message: The version of the .NET Framework launch condition ‘.NET Framework 4’ does not match the selected .NET Framework bootstrapper package. Update the .NET Framework launch condition to match the version of the .NET Framework selected in the Prerequisites …
How to bypass the “Saving changes is not permitted…” message in Microsoft SQL Management Studio
You made a change to a Microsoft SQL Server database table that requires the re-creation of the table you get the following error message when you try to save your changes: Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes …
How to fix “The OutputPath property is not set for project…” error in Microsoft Visual Studio
When you build your Visual Studio solution you get the following error message: The OutputPath property is not set for project ‘XYZ.csproj’. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project. Configuration=’Debug’ Platform=’AnyCPU’. This error may also appear if some other project is trying to …
Kickstarter Open Source Death Star by www.gnut.co.uk
There is an Open Source Death Star project on Kickstarter proposed by www.gnut.co.uk They already collected £238,758 for the “project”. 771 people donated £1 or more, and 1,548 donated £10 or more. Goal £20,000,000 for more detailed plans and enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports. Stretch Goal £543,000,000,000,000,00 ($850,000,000,000,000,000) to secure full funding …
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Solving “The type or namespace name … could not be found” error in Microsoft Visual Studio
When you compile a .NET 4.0 C# application the following error message appears: The type or namespace name … could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) There is also a warning message : The currently targeted framework “.NET Framework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client” does not include “System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a” which the …
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