by djc | Apr 22, 2021 | Apps
How to do a NuGet package restore after your compile fails. Recently, I was creating a WebAPI in .NET 5 and when I tried to compile, I got this error message: Run a NuGet package restore to generate this file. The simplest way to do this is: Right click on the...
by djc | Jan 14, 2021 | Apps
How to install a .vsix extension in Visual Studio Code. Many of the extensions in Visual Studio Code need to be installed with an .vsix file that you download. If you try to run the file from the command line, you’ll get this error message: Install Failed The...
by djc | Jan 6, 2021 | Apps
I recently had to change the passwords of the email user for a Xerox uStore installation due to a possible hack in the system. This needs to be done in two places for the emails to be sent without problems. uProduce Mail Settings Login into uProduce as admin...
by djc | Nov 24, 2020 | Apps
A great way to start a Monday morning is to find all of the text in Microsoft Edge to be pixelated. Here is how you can fix this. Steps to fix text pixelation: Start Microsoft Edge and click the 3 horizontal dots in the upper right corner. Select Settings. Select...
by djc | Aug 25, 2020 | Web Servers
The default upload size for PHP is 2M and NGINX also has a default of 1M. This needs to be increased for it to be useful for typical web applications. You can increase the PHP file upload size limits by editing the following in php.ini: upload_max_filesize = 100M...
by djc | May 12, 2020 | Databases
One of the most frustrating things is installing MySQL and then forgetting what password you set for the root user. This has happened to me on more than one occasion. You can reset the password with the following procedure. If you run mysqld and get errors where it...