File Explorer very slow to open after upgrade to Windows 11

The ProblemAfter upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 the File Explorer takes a very long time to open, sometimes up to a minute. The SolutionThe solution that worked for me was to delete all the files in the following directory:%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinationsI believe the files stored in this location are "jump list" files used by Windows to allow you quick access to files from applications pinned to the task bar. By to right-clicking an application icon pinned...

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Render Layers node in Blender compositing tab not visible

ProblemBlender version: 2.91.0I was following the Blender Guru tutorial to create a doughnut in Blender. In Part 7, Level 1 there is a section dealing with denoising. You are required to use the 'Compositing' tab which should have a node called 'Render Layers' visible. Not only was that node not visible but the Shift-A command to add nodes did not allow anything to be added.SolutionSo simple, it hurts but I lost half an hour of my life trying to find it.Click the 'Use Nodes' checkbox. Render...

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WSL shell in ConEmu

Here's a quick note to remind me how I setup a WSL shell in ConEmu.I just created a new task with the following command:set PATH="%ConEmuBaseDirShort%\wsl";%PATH% & wslSimple as th...

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Error 0xc03a001a when installing Windows Subsystem for Linux

The ProblemHere's a quick note to help if you have issues installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux, specifically the following error:"WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0xc03a001a"I was trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Windows 10 Home (10.0.18363) following the instructions found here:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10The issue occurred when I was trying to launch Ubuntu from the Store (Step 7 in the instructions). The error message appears in the command window. The...

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Thursday, 1 October 2020Linux, Miscellaneous

MassTransit, SQS, .Net Core Worker Services, Linux and Docker!

Be aware, this blog post contains my notes on some investigation work I recently undertook with MassTransit, the open source service bus for .Net. The code contained herein was just sufficient to answer some basic questions around whether a MassTransit-based endpoint could be hosted in a .Net Core 3.1 Worker Service running on Linux. NB: This is all “hello world” style code so don’t look here for the best way to do things. My objectives were: To configure MassTransit to run in a .Net Core Worker...

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AWS Cognito integration with lambda functions using the Serverless Framework

ProblemI have been writing an AWS lambda service based on the Serverless Framework. The question is, how do I secure the lambda using AWS Cognito? Note that this post deals with Serverless Framework configuration and not how you setup Cogito user pools and clients etc. It is also assumed that you understand the basics of the Serverless Framework.SolutionBasic authorizer configurationSecuring a lambda function with Cognito can be very simple. All you need to do is add some additional configuration...

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How to send files to a Raspberry Pi from Windows 10

This post refers to a Raspberry Pi 3b+ running Raspbian Stretch.A quick note; I’m going to use the PuTTy Secure Copy client (PSCP) because I have the PuTTy tools installed on my Windows machine.In this example I want to copy a file to the Raspberry Pi home directory from my Windows machine. Here’s the command format to run:pscp -pw pi-password-here filename-here pi@pi-ip-address-here:/home/piReplace the following with the appropriate values:pi-password-here with the Pi user passwordfilename-here...

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