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Undo is a command in many computer programs. It erases the last change done to the document reverting it to an older state. In some more advanced programs such as graphic processing, undo will negate the last command done to the file being edited.

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Excel: how to undo in current file only?

Microsoft Excel's undo / redo feature behaves unlike any other program I know. The undo stack seems to be global across all open files, so that undoing sometimes switches to another file and undoes something you didn't want to undo. And if an edit…
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Undo tar file extraction mess

I just untar'd an archive that produced a mess of files into my tidy directory. For example: user@comp:~/tidy$ tar xvf myarchive.tar file1 file2 dir1/ dir1/file1 dir1/subdir1/ dir1/subdir1/file1 dir2/ dir2/file1 ... I was expecting that the tar…
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undo Linux's rm?

Possible Duplicate: UNDO LINUX Trash Command Hi, Is there any simple way to undo an rm command? The question is purely theoretical; I have NEVER deleted the log of a benchmark queue who took a whole lunchtime to run.
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How can I undo or rollback an "apt-get upgrade" command on Ubuntu?

Is there a way in Ubuntu to rollback or undo the last upgrade after doing an apt-get upgrade if you don't like the results?
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How can I discard my undo history in vim?

Undo is nice to have in Vim. But sometimes, at a known good point, I want to erase my undo history - to be able to use u to undo individual changes, but only back to a certain point. (For instance, this might be when I last committed.) One way to…
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Undo the Linux trash command

Can we undo operations done in a terminal, for example, file deletion through rm? Solutions obtained: Aliasing Undelete utilities Backup utilities LibTrash Versioning (FUSE)
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CTRL+Z (Undo) history/log command? How to revert?

I'm using Windows 8.1 x64. So, after decades of using Windows, I've just discovered the single most destructive command, and it's an everyday shortcut... The CTRL+Z... Yup, that's right. Here's the problem. I always leave my computer on 24/7. Today,…
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Disable Ctrl+Z shortcut or clear undo history in Windows Explorer?

Is there any way to disable the CTRL+Z (Undo) shortcut in Windows Explorer? Alternatively, is there a way to have Windows Explorer "forget" its undo history? The reason I ask is that you may have done some file operations in Explorer (copying,…
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How can I get Excel's undo/redo functionality to work in a more traditional *per window* manner (and not for the entire instance of Excel)?

This has been driving me crazy lately. I'm not used to having having a program have a global undo/redo functionality (as in when I undo something, it will undo the last action in any currently open Excel window). I'm used to having each open…
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How to undo an accidental drag and drop

This happens to me in Windows Explorer: I mean to open a folder and manage to move the mouse and accidentally drag the whole folder ... somewhere. Usually I notice, but not always (in which case I know I'm out of luck). If I notice that it has…
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How to undo a deleted outlook 2016 calendar event

Is there an easy way to undo deletion of outlook calendar event? I…
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Viewing Windows Explorer’s complete Undo history

Background Windows Explorer maintains a list of file operations so that you can undo them (10 operations up to XP and 32 from Vista). You can see the last operation without performing it by opening the Edit menu, and highlighting the Undo command…
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Photoshop enable Multiple undo?

I'm used to applications allowing you to perform multiple undos at once with Ctrl-Z. I've found that at least the default setting in photoshop is only a single undo. How do i change this (im a photoshop newbie)?
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Cursor movement history in Vim

How can I restore cursor position in Vim as it was before scrolling, selecting or PgUp/PgDn? I'm tired of searching where I was before I scrolled up to look something at the top. Are there something like "Prev cursor position" and "Next cursor…
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How to determine exactly which file actions will be reverted when doing an Undo in Windows Explorer?

I had a brain fart and forgot which was the last file action I performed in Windows Explorer on XP SP3. Explorer offers an undo but I am not 100% confident I remember what was the last operation I performed (a move, or rename). I've had this…
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