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After extensive research, it turned out this was the result of an incompatibility between old versions of n (<2.1.12) and recent versions of node.

Online forums said the solution was to downgrade back to the older version of Node and be happy with that. I needed the newer Node, so this wasn’t an option. But there was a catch-22: in order to update n to a later version compatible with recent Node, I needed to use npm, which n had broken.

Here are the steps I tried that ended up working.

First I temporarily downgraded Node back to the older version.

$ sudo n

This restored npm to a working version. Then I told the older npm version to upgrade n.

$ sudo npm i -g n
~/npm/bin/n -> ~/npm/lib/node_modules/n/bin/n
+ n@6.1.2
updated 1 package in 2.231s

This should have worked in theory. But when I checked n’s version, it was still the old package.

$ n -V
2.1.3

Because I had seen above where n version 6.1.2 had been installed, I ran the following commands to manually replace the old n with the new n:

$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ sudo rm n
$ sudo ln -s ~/npm/lib/node_modules/n/bin/n n

I confirmed that n was the correct version:

$ n -V
6.1.2

Then I was able to run the new n and install the new Node latest.

$ sudo n latest

Because I was working with a new n, it was able to install new Node correctly. Now npm installs packages without error. Hopefully this helps someone else.

To open Task Scheduler, click the Start button, type in “Task Scheduler,” and click it when it appears in the results list.

Although Task Scheduler provides the same functionality as Scheduled Tasks, the interface is much different.

To add a task, click “Create Basic Task,” which can be found in the “Actions” pane on the right or on the “Action” menu.

1. The Manual Method

The “proper” way to do this would be to edit your theme and remove the code that displays the post dates.

1. Backup your theme, just in case
2. Go to “Appearance > Editor” and repeat the following steps for each of your theme’s PHP files
3. Look for these function calls in your theme’s code: the_date(), echo get_the_date(), the_modified_date(), and the_time()
4. Surround the function calls with PHP comment markers (/* and */); here are some examples:

   <?php /*the_date();*/ ?>
   <?php /*the_date('F j, Y');*/ ?>
   <?php /*echo get_the_date();*/ ?>
   <?php /*the_modified_date();*/ ?>
   <?php /*the_modified_date('', 'Last modified ');*/ ?>
   <?php /*the_time( get_option('date_format') );*/ ?>

5. You may want to remove other text surrounding the function call. For example, if your theme has this code…

   <div>Published on <?php the_time( get_option('date_format') ); ?></div>

   …and you replace it with this…

   <div>Published on <?php /*the_time( get_option('date_format') );*/ ?></div>

   …your theme will output “Published on,” but not the date. Deleting “Published on” from your theme file will remove it from your site. Just be aware that you may have to remove text like this from your theme files to get a clean-looking result.

6. Click “Update File”

2. The Automatic Method

If you’re looking for a quick fix, just go to “Appearance > Editor” in your WordPress admin and add this code to your theme’s functions.php file. Put it at the top of the file, but after the opening <?php line.

function jl_remove_post_dates() {
	add_filter('the_date', '__return_false');
	add_filter('the_time', '__return_false');
	add_filter('the_modified_date', '__return_false');
} add_action('loop_start', 'jl_remove_post_dates');

(Note: This method requires WordPress 3.0 or above)

Now check your site and verify that the post dates are gone. If they’re not, try replacing the code above with this more “aggressive” version:

function jl_remove_post_dates() {
	add_filter('the_date', '__return_false');
	add_filter('the_time', '__return_false');
	add_filter('the_modified_date', '__return_false');
	add_filter('get_the_date', '__return_false');
	add_filter('get_the_time', '__return_false');
	add_filter('get_the_modified_date', '__return_false');
} add_action('loop_start', 'jl_remove_post_dates');

To export your Word document to PDF format, just follow the instructions for your version of Word:

The fix:

1. Go to “Appearance > Editor” and repeat the following steps for each of your theme files
2. Look for instances of this code:

   <?php the_date(); ?>

3. Replace that code with this code:

   <?php echo get_the_date(); ?>

4. Click “Update File”

The explanation:
Most WordPress template tag functions that start with “the_” will merely output the values returned by their equivalent “get_the_” functions. However, “the_date()” is an exception to this standard because it adds functionality that’s not present in “get_the_date()”, namely, not outputting the same date more than once per page, which can be a feature or an annoyance depending on your desired functionality.

1. When the old email address appears in the autocomplete box, use your up/down arrow keys to highlight the address
2. Press the “Delete” key on your keyboard
3. If you haven’t done so already, finish typing the contact’s name
4. Now press Ctrl+K on your keyboard to load the new email address from your contact list

1. Close out any programs that are using the drive whose letter you want to change
2. Click the Start button
3. Right-click “Computer” or “My Computer”
4. Click “Manage” from the popup menu

   

5. If a User Account Control dialog appears, click “Continue”
6. Click “Disk Management” under “Storage” on the left
7. In the list, find the drive whose letter you want to change and right-click on it
8. Click “Change Drive Letter and Paths…” from the popup menu

   

9. Click the “Change…” button

   

10. Select a new letter from the dropdown

    

11. Click OK
12. A dialog will appear warning you that programs that rely on drive letters (e.g. your backup software, if you’ve told it to backup certain drives) may no longer work. Click “Yes.”

    

13. If you didn’t complete step 1 (closing out programs using the drive), you may get this warning:

    

    If you know what program is using the drive, click “No,” close the program that’s using the drive, and repeat these steps. Otherwise, click “Yes” and restart your computer.

14. Close the “Computer Management” window
15. Click "Start," click "Computer" or "My Computer," and view the Computer window’s drive list to confirm that the drive shows up with the new letter

Word 2010

1. Click the “File” button
2. Click “Options” on the left
3. Click “Proofing”
4. Check “Hide spelling errors in this document only” and/or “Hide grammar errors in this document only”
5. Click OK

Word 2007

1. Click the Office orb button in the upper-left-hand corner of the screen
2. Click “Word Options” at the bottom of the menu
3. Click “Proofing”
4. Check “Hide spelling errors in this document only” and/or “Hide grammar errors in this document only”
5. Click OK

Word 2003

1. Click the “Tools” menu
2. Click “Options”
3. Click the “Spelling & Grammar” tab
4. Check “Hide spelling errors in this document” and/or “Hide grammatical errors in this document”
5. Click OK

This is usually just caused by incorrect zoom settings. (When working on laptops, it’s often easy to inadvertently trigger a zoom action with the trackpad.)

Thankfully, it’s an easy fix. Just follow the instructions for Outlook 2003, 2007, and 2010 in my How to Zoom Emails in Outlook post to reset the zoom level to 100%.