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Bob I
This Dell Studio XPS laptop doesn't have a "Pause"key either, but,
Press "Win key", type osk, press Enter, click on "osk Win key" click on
"Pause key", voila!
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This Dell Studio XPS laptop doesn't have a "Pause"key either, but,
Press "Win key", type osk, press Enter, click on "osk Win key" click on
"Pause key", voila!
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Larry__Weiss
No break key? Interesting. Unusual.
Post your laptop's make & model, and I'll bet someone here knows how to
do it, or can verify that it really can't be done.
Dell XPS L502X
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4274/dell-xps-15-l502x-now-with-sandy-bridge
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Larry__Weiss
This Dell Studio XPS laptop doesn't have a "Pause"key either, but,
Press "Win key", type osk, press Enter, click on "osk Win key" click on "Pause key", voila!
Nice!
Hopefully someone knows a keyboard shortcut as well for a Dell XPS 15 L502X
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Chuck Anderson
Paul said:The GUI way:
computer/properties/advanced settings/path
Add what you need.
Has this been mentioned? I like getting at it in the Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment
I set a regedit favorite for that key and can easily access it.
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Larry__Weiss
Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Has this been mentioned? I like getting at it in the Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
I set a regedit favorite for that key and can easily access it.
Does that require a reboot to take effect?
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Gene E. Bloch
XPS L502X
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/635007-l502x-pause-break-key.html
AKA http://tinyurl.com/c59bnut
The first reply.
Let us know if it works.
I would have guessed Fn+PrntScr.
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Gene E. Bloch
Does that require a reboot to take effect?
I think so (but it's been a long time since I used that method).
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Gene E. Bloch
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/635007-l502x-pause-break-key.html
AKA http://tinyurl.com/c59bnut
The first reply.
Let us know if it works.
I would have guessed Fn+PrntScr.
There's another opinion:
http://blog.lost-theory.org/post/missing-pause-break-key-on-dell-studio-laptops/
And near the bottom of this page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_15
is a table of several alternate keys.
BTW, I found these with Google.
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Larry__Weiss
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/635007-l502x-pause-break-key.html
AKA http://tinyurl.com/c59bnut
The first reply.
Let us know if it works.
yes, it works.
Fn+Insert is Pause on my Dell XPS 15 L502X notebook.
Thanks!
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Gene E. Bloch
yes, it works.
Fn+Insert is Pause on my Dell XPS 15 L502X notebook.
Thanks!
Note that my second post gives a couple of other substitute keystrokes.
I was fascinated[1] by several reports while I was researching this that
Dell support staff didn't know about these keystrokes.
[1] It might be more accurate to say "depressed" :-(
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Chuck Anderson
Gene said:I think so (but it's been a long time since I used that method).
Yes, it does. I had not noticed that difference before, either.
I wonder how Windows puts it into the "current" environment.
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Larry__Weiss
Note that my second post gives a couple of other substitute keystrokes.
None of those worked on this model.
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Larry__Weiss
Yes, it does. I had not noticed that difference before, either.
I wonder how Windows puts it into the "current" environment.
Someone sent me something about that in order for me to put together some Powershell code to
duplicate it, but I have not had the time to examine it in detail.
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Robert Baer
Since Win2K, AUTOEXEC.BAT and AUTOEXEC.NT have been studiouslyHi,
Windows 7 is a new experience for me since I recently
bought a Dell laptop with that OS.
I have come a long way since the Dos days, and I am
glad there is a Command Prompt where you can execute
many Dos commands (not "DELTREE")..
I always added an "AUTOEXEC.BAT" to the root directory in my other
computers, but it is incompatible with Win7 OS.
How can I add "C:\BATCH" (a folder with many .BAT files I
created) to the "path" of locations?
Thank You in advance, John
ignored, which is a shame; no dynamic alterations of the environment,
please - just jump in the lake.
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Steve Hayes
Since Win2K, AUTOEXEC.BAT and AUTOEXEC.NT have been studiously
ignored, which is a shame; no dynamic alterations of the environment,
please - just jump in the lake.
The PATH statement in by autoexec.bat file works fine in Windows XP on my
desktop computer.
But I had to resport to third-party software to get it to work in Win 7, so
I've been noting the workarounds here with some interest.
Here's my autoexec.bat in XP.
SET CLASSPATH=C:\Program Files\PhotoDeluxe 2.0\AdobeConnectables
SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\windows;c:\du;e:\xy;c:\belfry
The first line was put in by some other program, the second line was put in by
me.
But that doesn't work in Win 7.
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Gene E. Bloch
The PATH statement in by autoexec.bat file works fine in Windows XP on my
desktop computer.
But I had to resport to third-party software to get it to work in Win 7, so
I've been noting the workarounds here with some interest.
They are not workarounds in Windows 7, they are the proper way to do it.
ISTM that your third party solutions qualify as workarounds.
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Steve Hayes
They are not workarounds in Windows 7, they are the proper way to do it.
If they weren't workarounds, there would be a manual that tells you how to do
it.
The only way you can learn about these things is through forums like this one,
and that qualifies them as workarounds in my view.
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Gene E. Bloch
If they weren't workarounds, there would be a manual that tells you how to do
it.
The only way you can learn about these things is through forums like this one,
and that qualifies them as workarounds in my view.
OK, if defeating ignorance is a workaround, so be it.
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Steve Hayes
OK, if defeating ignorance is a workaround, so be it.
No, that's not what a workaround is.
A workaround is what you do if the established way of doing things doesn't
work, then you find another way to do it.
For 25 years or more the established way of adding to the PATH is to put a
line in the Autoexec.bat file.
In Windows 7 that does not work, so you have to find a way to work around this
limitation. Such a way of working around a limitation is called a
"workaround". Get it?
If the workaround were the proper way of doing it, then Microsoft would TELL
THEIR USERS THAT, and not leave them to discover it by chance, trial and
error, or by rumours passed on by other people.
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Mike Barnes
Steve Hayes said:No, that's not what a workaround is.
A workaround is what you do if the established way of doing things doesn't
work, then you find another way to do it.
For 25 years or more the established way of adding to the PATH is to put a
line in the Autoexec.bat file.
In Windows 7 that does not work, so you have to find a way to work around this
limitation. Such a way of working around a limitation is called a
"workaround". Get it?
If the workaround were the proper way of doing it, then Microsoft would TELL
THEIR USERS THAT, and not leave them to discover it by chance, trial and
error, or by rumours passed on by other people.
Microsoft can't tell people everything, and I think they quite rightly
assume that people will take the trouble to find out the answers that
they need, by exploration, experiment, research, etc - especially things
that are of interest to only a minority of users. Microsoft even
provides free support services to help those for whom those usual
methods of self-education don't work out. Did you try them?