Cygwin and Windows

Contents

• The top command
• vfork Resources
• Configure Startup Programs
• Clean Up Files
• Locating Blocking Programs
• Windows Directory Statistics
• Hovering Browser Window

The top command

Download the procps-ng package to get the top utility.

Source: https://superuser.com/a/1182967/

vfork Resources

Run

/usr/bin/rebase-trigger full

Close Cygwin and then run setup-x86.exe.

See here. And official help

Configure Startup Programs

Search for the program msconfig to configure the startup programs.

More: https://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=1868

Clean Up Files

Search and use cleanmgr to clean up unused and archived data to clean up some disk space.

More: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/253597/automating-disk-cleanup-tool-in-windows

Locating Blocking Programs

Sometimes in Windows, if another program is taking over a file that you're interested in, you can't edit it. So here are some tools to help with that.

More:

• https://superuser.com/questions/117902/find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows#643312
• https://superuser.com/questions/2937/how-do-i-delete-a-folder-thats-in-use#774290

Windows Directory Statistics

Amazing tool for disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows

https://windirstat.net/

Hovering Browser Window

A real-time always-on-top “replica” of a window of your choice, for Windows Vista, 7, 8, or 10.

https://github.com/LorenzCK/OnTopReplica