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Windows in windows desktop still pinned ,don't minimize automatically when I...
When I opened any program like chrome or Foxit pdf reader or any window ,why when I press , outside of this windows it does not minimize automatically.it still pinned until I minimize it or close it...
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How to access advanced boot menu before booting Windows 10 (wich fails) in...
I am currently stuck in a never-ending boot sequence in Windows 10 after failing to properly shutdown due to a misbehaving USB thumb drive. This is how it came about:Before hardware-disconnecting a USB...
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I have my Windows setup with a single local admin account with no password, so it logs in automatically after boot. I do this as a security practice, as blank passwords are not allowed for elevation or...
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Is there a way to view the environment variables of a specific process. I know that i can see them using the Process Explorer. However, i need to use them in a batch or powershell script.Is there a...
View ArticleHow can I make runas.exe (Windows) wait until the program it starts exits?
That is, I want runas to exit only after the program that it runs exits.There is no /wait argument to runas.exe. I've tried lots of permutations of start /wait with it and nothing works.I have to use...
View ArticleWhat is the most efficient, native way to image a Windows partition?
What is the most efficient, native way to image a Windows partition?How does the native method differ from conventional cloning?What are the pros and cons of native versus third-party tools?How do I...
View ArticleHow do I block range of incoming IPs in Windows Advanced Firewall
On Windows Server 2022 I am trying to block an IP range from168.228.0.0 to 168.228.0.255So having researched I came up with this:168.228.0.0/16However I am still getting DNS queries from random IP's...
View ArticleRobocopy - Copy directory into another directory
I can't believe that I am having trouble in copying a directory into another directory via the windows command line.What I want to do is simple -:Lets say I have a directory -:C:\testand I want to copy...
View ArticleRunning Windows software on Mac OS X
My friend needs to run some Windows (XP/Vista/7/whatever) software on her MacBook Pro, ideally in a window whilst running Mac OS X. Is that possible?EDIT: The most important issue is ease of setting up...
View ArticleLive translation IME (Input Method Editor) for Microsoft Windows [closed]
I'm wondering if there is a live translation IME (Input Method Editor) for Microsoft Windows. Where you type in English, and it gets translated on the fly to a language of choice. Whether it's online...
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Is there a tool for semi-automatic comparison & merge of lists in Excel?...
I am looking for a tool that can quickly help me compare & merge two lists with 10s or 100s of items each, showing me which items are in both lists, which only in the left list, which only in the...
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Microsoft Edge remembers the last used keyboard layout
I have the latest Windows 11 Pro 23H2 with several keyboard layouts installed in it. My default input language is English, the other advanced keyboard settings are the followings:Since some time the...
View ArticleCan active partition with GPT brick BIOS when installing Windows?
When trying to install windows with internal HDD it prompted me to use a GPT disk, so I popped the drive out of my laptop and onto PC and converted MBR to GPT in cmd. Being naive in the process I set...
View ArticleUse Microsoft Mail to open eml files without an email account?
Windows 10/11 has a build-in app named "Mail" which is the only build-in app to see "EML" files. However, when I open it, it asks me to enter the email account authentication. While I don't need it to...
View ArticleSet windows 10 settings via batch script?
I update Win10 on a regular basis and in the meantime I always defer updates via Windows Update Settings > Advanced options > Pause updates (green in the attached picture) to the latest available...
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Task Manager shows only 50% of RAM usage
My computer has 8GB RAM, but the Task Manager shows me processes % of 4GB only, i.e. Google Chrome uses 457MB and the Task Manager shows that is 11.3% of the RAM and that means 100% is about 4GB??I'm...
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Can't extend volume in Windows after deleting Ubuntu dual boot, and Ubuntu...
I installed Ubuntu to my second SSD (500 GB not main) as dual boot. I have now deleted it as I don't need it but whenever I try to extend the volume to the unallocated space it says there isn't enough...
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~90 GB missing after extending partition
I have a BTRFS filesystem for Linux, but dual-boot Windows 10. Windows refuses to complete updates due to there being "insufficient disk space". There was around 20 GB free but apparently that still...
View ArticleHow to set Windows Shortcut icon to relative path?
BackgroundI have a Windows Shortcut that executes a file using a relative path.Now, I want this shortcut to have a nice icon. I already have the icon image and I placed it close to the bat file my...
View ArticleHow do I get windows version as a variable?
I'm making some batch files to personalise my Windows installations faster, but I need my batch to take a path depending on which Windows version it's running on.If I could get the Windows version into...
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