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 public static class EnumerationExtensions
    {
        public static IEnumerable<SelectListItem> GetEnumerationItems(this Enum enumeration)
        {
            var listItems = Enum
                .GetValues(enumeration.GetType())
                .OfType<Enum>()
                .Select(e =>
                        new SelectListItem()
                            {

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reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA

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function Get-Input {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
  [string]$abcdef = 'exe',
  [parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments = $true)][Object[]] $ignoredArguments
)
  $invocaton = $MyInvocation
  $argumentsPassed = ''
  foreach ($param in $PSBoundParameters.GetEnumerator()) {
    $argumentsPassed += "-$($param.Key) '$($param.Value -Join ' ')' "

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param (
  [parameter(Position=0)]
  [alias("user")][string]$userName,
  [alias("group")][string]$groupName=$null,
  [alias("home")][string]$homeDirectory=$null
)
# there are some much simpler ways to do this with the Active-Directory Module
# like Get-ADUser, Set-ADUser, etc but it is not installed on Win2008 (non-R2)
# and below so we want to prefer what works natively for all Windows machines

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  public partial class CustomService : ServiceBase
    {
        protected override void OnStop()
        {
            //normal shutdown code here
        }

        protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
        {
            //normal startup code here            

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foreach (var item in items.ToList())
{
   items.Remove(item);
}

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        Public Function GetSwapNumber(ByVal session As ISession, ByVal instrument As Instrument) As String
            Dim swapNumber As String = String.Empty
            Dim crit As DetachedCriteria = DeCrit.UniqueSwapAssignmentByInstrumentId(instrument)
            Dim swapAssignments As IList(Of SwapAssignment)

            Dim newSession As ISession = session.GetSession(EntityMode.Poco)
            swapAssignments = crit.GetExecutableCriteria(newSession).List(Of SwapAssignment)()

            For Each swap As SwapAssignment In swapAssignments
                If (swap.Swap IsNot Nothing) Then

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  $uacRegPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System"
  $uacRegValue = "EnableLUA"
  $uacEnabled = $false

  # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724832(v=vs.85).aspx
  $osVersion = [Environment]::OSVersion.Version
  if ($osVersion -ge [Version]'6.0')
  {
    $uacRegSetting = Get-ItemProperty -Path $uacRegPath
    try {

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$exe = 'git';
if($exe.EndsWith('.exe') -or $exe.EndsWith('.bat')) { $exe = $exe.Substring(0, $exe.Length - 4)}; (ls env:\path).Value.split(';') | %{ if( test-path "$_\$exe.exe" ) { ls "$_\$exe.exe" }; if( test-path "$_\$exe.bat" ) { ls "$_\$exe.bat" }; } | %{ if($_.FullName.EndsWith('.exe') -or $_.FullName.EndsWith('.bat')) { $_.FullName } }

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 Bind<IJob>().ToMethod(context => new SyncWithMeetingsJob(context.Kernel, interval: TimeSpan.FromMinutes(Config.GetConfigurationSettings().MeetingsMinutesBetweenUpdates), timeout: TimeSpan.FromMinutes(20))).InSingletonScope();