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Caution: filename not matched error when unzipping multiple files workaround

I was unzipping a boatload of zip files today, and I casually entered “unzip *zip” into my Linux command line.
No way, said my system.
Instead of unzipping the files, I got a bunch of warnings that read: “caution: filename not matched,” followed by a filename.  At the end of the listing, unzip told me “1 archive [...]

How To Run Device Manager From The Windows Command Line

Microsoft went and hid the device manager.
It’s buried beneath at least 5 separate click events.
Fortunately, it is possible to run the device manager from the Windows command line. (That is, the box that pops up when you hit Start->Run.)
This should save you a lot of clicking around, particularly if you have to access [...]

  

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