How to Extract an .MSI From a VirtualBox .EXE for Use With SCCM/Intune

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Transcription If you ever want to distribute Oracle VirtualBox through Intune or SCCM, here’s how you can get an MSI which will make the process a lot easier. Click Windows Hosts to download a Windows copy of VirtualBox. Now that we’re in the downloads over here, let’s go back up one folder and then we’re going to right-click downloads while holding SHIFT. We’re going to select “Open PowerShell window here”, we’re going to do quick “dir” to show where we are… there’s our .exe. So what I’m about to show you is that you can start typing “Virtual” for example, press Tab and it auto-completes like this, but instead of just running it, we’re going to add a flag here, … Read more

How to Permanently Delete Files or Folders Using a Keyboard Shortcut in Windows 11

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Transcription So here I have six different images. What if I wanted to permanently delete the penguin? Well, to do that, what I could do is drag the image here to the recycle bin, right-click and say Empty Recycle Bin to delete it forever. Or, what I could do instead is just select the image, press DELETE, that skips the dragging part, and then I can right-click to recycle bin and say Empty Recycle Bin. But there’s in fact a better way – if I’m sure I want to wipe out this penguin, all I have to do is select the image, or multiple images, hold SHIFT, press DELETE, and then this pop-up comes up. This is asking you if … Read more

How to Recover from the “Audacity failed to read from a file in C:” Error When It Breaks Audacity

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Description This video covers a very specific issue encountered by some Audacity users, where an “Audacity failed to read from a file in C:” error occurs in one project and afterwards, you can’t even open other projects that were working fine before, as if it corrupts the Audacity install altogether. Given how specific this is, it’s only going to be pertinent and useful for people in that exact situation. Transcription When it comes to voiceovers for my tutorials, I use a tool called Audacity to record. So here’s what Audacity typically looks like – if I open up this .aup3 project, which is the Audacity project format, you see that the entire file is here, everything works, I see the … Read more