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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!
Press "Win key", type osk, press Enter, click on "osk Win key" click on
"Pause key", voila!
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Larry__Weiss
Dell XPS L502XNo 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.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4274/dell-xps-15-l502x-now-with-sandy-bridge
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Larry__Weiss
Nice!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!
Hopefully someone knows a keyboard shortcut as well for a Dell XPS 15 L502X
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Chuck Anderson
Has this been mentioned? I like getting at it in the RegistryPaul said:The GUI way:
computer/properties/advanced settings/path
Add what you need.
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
Does that require a reboot to take effect?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.
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Gene E. Bloch
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/635007-l502x-pause-break-key.htmlXPS L502X
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
I think so (but it's been a long time since I used that method).Does that require a reboot to take effect?
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Gene E. Bloch
There's another opinion: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.
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
yes, it works.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.
Fn+Insert is Pause on my Dell XPS 15 L502X notebook.
Thanks!
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Gene E. Bloch
Note that my second post gives a couple of other substitute keystrokes.yes, it works.
Fn+Insert is Pause on my Dell XPS 15 L502X notebook.
Thanks!
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
Yes, it does. I had not noticed that difference before, either.Gene said:I think so (but it's been a long time since I used that method).
I wonder how Windows puts it into the "current" environment.
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Larry__Weiss
None of those worked on this model.Note that my second post gives a couple of other substitute keystrokes.
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Larry__Weiss
Someone sent me something about that in order for me to put together some Powershell code toYes, it does. I had not noticed that difference before, either.
I wonder how Windows puts it into the "current" environment.
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
The PATH statement in by autoexec.bat file works fine in Windows XP on mySince 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.
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
They are not workarounds in Windows 7, they are the proper way to do it.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.
ISTM that your third party solutions qualify as workarounds.
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Steve Hayes
If they weren't workarounds, there would be a manual that tells you how to doThey are not workarounds in Windows 7, they are the proper way to do it.
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
OK, if defeating ignorance is a workaround, so be 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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Steve Hayes
No, that's not what a workaround is.OK, if defeating ignorance is a workaround, so be it.
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
Microsoft can't tell people everything, and I think they quite rightlySteve 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.
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?
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