Questions tagged [windows-10]
For questions specific to Windows 10. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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Block apps in windows for a specific user? [closed]
I am using Windows 10 and I have two accounts one is admin and another one is a standard account.
I want to block browsers and other apps on the standard account as that is what I want to use for work....
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Changed file and folder names within a compressed .zip email attachment received from Outlook
I am using Outlook and I received an email containing a compressed .zip file. When I download and try to extract its contents, the names of all the files and folders contained inside the compressed ....
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Windows Photo Viewer always shows a specific photo, not the photo opened
My friend has a problem on his Windows 10 computer. When he opens any photo in Windows' default photo viewer app, after 2 or 3 seconds it will instead show a different photo, specifically a photo of ...
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Cannot ping windows from kali linux laptop
In general, I can ping from windows 11 kali linux mine on a second laptop, ping 192.168.1.84 but when I try to ping ping 192.168.1.51 from kali linux there is no response and the ping hangs. Two ...
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Constant Wi-Fi Issues and Bluescreens
I’ve been dealing with technical difficulties since I bought my PC in 2019, so this has been going on for a while. It isn’t a regular pattern, and from what I can tell can’t be reproduced on purpose.
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Audit file system does not log to eventlog
We are investigating an issue on our system about some files are missing(potentially deleted).
I search around on internet. It seems the standard apporoach is to open the file system audit then I ...
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Which primary partition can be deleted if there are more than 1?
I have a dual-boot laptop (initially only Ubuntu and now it is Windows with 186Gb partition and Ubuntu with 50Gb). I would like to remove the Ubuntu partition to make space for windows but both the ...
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Raising a dialog window from a Windows .sys driver from the command line?
I would like to allow the user of my application to directly open the (Windows Control Panel) "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" properties dialog (see image below), for a selected ...
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How to fix error: "FAIL: Unable to load driver '\efi\rufus\exfat_x64.efi': [26] Security Violation"
I'm trying to reinstall Windows 10 but the short DST test fails and also it states Unable to load driver '\efi\rufus\exfat_x64.efi': [26] Security Violation.
My laptop is a HP EliteBook 840 G3 1TB ...
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Making a program start on every Windows startup AND hibernate awake [duplicate]
I want to make my program (EXE file) start on every Windows start AND awake (from hibernate). Is there a way to do this? I'm targeting Windows 10, and it'll be nice if there's a way that works also on ...
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shortcut property using COMMENT field
In Windows 10 Pro 22H2, when I create a shortcut such as this:
it often changes (on its own) to this shortcut:
which is what I do NOT want to happen! As you can see, my first shortcut provides a ...
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test if program is running in windows, return 0 or 1
I'm trying to test and gracefully stop a program (qbittorrent) from running in windows.
I can partially accomplish this using
tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq qbittorrent.exe"
however this is not ...
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How to set affinity in task manager
Can anyone help me understand the cause of this error window? Every time I attempt to "set affinity" on MsMpEng.exe in Task Manager a message appears stating my access is denied. Im not sure ...
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Git missing from win10 debian wsl, libc6 version prevents install with apt-get
Git is not seen by WSL after installing for windows.
Using apt-get install git gives the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... ...
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What is the proper way to restore EFS certificate?
I have backed up my EFS certificate (.pfx) along with the password I used for it. And then I followed this tutorial to restore it which seemed pretty straight forward. I didn't encounter any errors ...
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How to convert UTF-8 to ANSI
(note that I posted a previous iteration of my question in stack overflow)
Hello there, I am trying to change multiple files from UTF-8 to ANSI in Notepad. My goal is change them to ANSI like my ...
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NVMe SSD showing up as Disk 1 when SATA HDD is connected?
When I plug a regular HDD to my computer's SATA, the NVMe SSD where Windows is installed becomes Disk 1 and the new HDD becomes Disk 0.
Now I know this does not affect performance or anything but I ...
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Gimp showing submenus in Greek characters
After I installed the Gimp on my machine running Windows 10 Enterprise, submenus such as the 'tool options' are shown with Greek characters (as far as I can tell the words are English):
I had first ...
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data recovery - File Mysteriously Overwritten After Computer Crash Windows/NTFS [closed]
This is a follow up on a previous question. Someone I know was writing a book in a doc file with MS Word, when their computer crashed, when they got the computer back and running their file would not ...
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Troubleshooting failed update Windows 10 version 22H2
Since several weeks the update mentioned above fails on my Laptop (Lenovo Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4558U CPU, 64-bit, x64 based, built in 2018, so a bit old).
During this time the update remained stuck at ...
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Checking PC compatibility with Windows 10
I have a PC with Windows 7 and wished to upgrade it to Windows 10, but want to check first whether it is compatible with Windows 10 (hardware and installed apps). How do I do this?
Apparently there ...
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How to automatically run a batch file each time an application opens in Windows 10?
I am looking to automate the execution of a .bat file every time I open a specific application, such as notepad.exe, on Windows 10. Here is what I have done so far:
I configured the local security ...
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Blurry, smudged text in some applications on Windows 10
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I am experiencing an issue with unreadable text on windows 10. This occurs only in some applications. For Example TeamSpeak and Arduino IDE. Due to inactiveness (?) within these windows or ...
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computer gives trust relationship error upon restart but not shut down and reboot
We have our computers set to auto logon. we have 1 computer out of 12 that when it is restarted gives the error "the trust relationship between this workstation and the domain has failed". ...
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npm command on windows gives syntax error every time
I tried to write a script to install the npm_modules in a different location than the current working directory. This was to mirror our workflow where binaries get saved on another drive than the ...
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Can't sync time on Windows 10 due to w32tm access denied
tl;dr: I cannot sync time on Windows 10, because w32tm /resync responds with Access denied. The strangest (to me) part is that I can run w32tm in combination with any other switch. It says about no ...
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Wi-Fi adapter gets disabled automatically after system reboot
I have recently installed Ubuntu 22 alongside Windows 10; it is dual boot. My Wi-Fi adapter gets disabled after this. After some online research I have disabled the device (Realtek 802.11 adapter) and ...
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Landing in Grub shell while starting Ubuntu - Grub can't see all drives
I have installed Ubuntu beside Win10. Both are installed to their own hard drive. When I try to load Ubuntu I land in the Grub shell and Grub does only see the Win10 hard drive but not the Ubuntu one.
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Raid 5, single disk failure
A friend's Raid 5 array going down.
OS: Windows 10 on SSD, not on RAID
Raid controller: HighPoint RocketRAID 2720 controller
Raid 5 of 8x8TB drives
HighPoint controller is managed through their ...
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(Windows 10) Symbolic link failing, claims "system cannot find specified path"
I am trying to create a symbolic link between %ProgramData%\PopCap Games\Insaniquarium and %ProgramData%\Steam\Insaniquarium to fix compatibility problems with the game Insaniquarium, however, the ...
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Windows 10 Wake on LAN over Ethernet, not Wifi?
I have an MSI GF65 Thin that lives in another room of the house. Sometimes I need to access it from my office on the other side of the house, but it's asleep.
The laptop has WoL enabled in the BIOS.
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How to correct Dolby Vision HDR video on Windows 10 (it is correct after sharing on Facebook)
I have a video that is recorded from an iPhone in Dolby Vision HDR. When playing it using the Windows Films & TV app, the colours look washed out (I assume it is because Windows does not have ...
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How to change .esd files to .cab files for Win 10 interface language change?
I want to change the interface language for my PC that has Windows 10 Single Language version. According to a thread here I need to download the language package from uupdump.net and change the .esd ...
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Win 10 won't boot, sfc fails to run from external USB Win 10
HP AIO, 8th Gen CPU. Win 10, newest, startup repair runs, can't fix. Reset also fails. Restore point also fails.
Using a known-good USB ISO also fails to fix (windows resource protection could not ...
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Can't user samba server with Windows "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" on Windows 10 [closed]
I created a samba server on a local Ubuntu machine. I can access it using the file explorer from my Windows 10 machine and add files and so on. But when I try to use this as a network location for my ...
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"Uwfmgr Filter Reset-Settings" is no longer supported. Is there an alternative?
As of April 2024, the docs about UWFMGR tool contains the following statement for the "Filter Reset-Settings" command:
Restores UWF settings to the original state. If you added UWF to your
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gpo to allow local standard users to install software on windows
I have one admin account and 2 standard user accounts on a local computer and not on a domain. For example,
User A -> (Admin Account)
User B -> (Standard Account)
User General -> (Standard ...
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USB 3 slow speed: ~8 mb/s
I have a Z390 ASUS Maximus XI Hero with 3.1 USB support and a Toshiba KIOXIA TransMemory U366 USB Flash Drive 32GB USB3.2 Flash advertised with 100 MB/s.
Yet when I copy anything, I end up with this ...
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PDF on File System mysteriously disappeared without a trace, Windows 10
On my computer, I have a few different drives, C:/ (where my OS is stored and runs, SSD), a X:/ (Where I store my games and other things that benefit well from an SSD), and a Z:/ (HDD, for documents ...
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How do I add a user with "Full Control" permissions to folder without changing owner of the folder (I.E.) Administrators, using the command line?
I want a command-line solution to add a local user account to the permissions table for a directory and grant the account full access... WITHOUT changing the ownership of the directory.
I'm looking ...
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How do I quickly position two windows side by side in Windows Tablet mode with a keyboard shortcut instead of moving the window to the side?
When in Tablet mode:
I cannot just press the shortcut as in How do I quickly position two windows side by side? to split the screen into two windows:
Win + arrow
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Does Windows 10 hibernation require the swap file to be on the system partition?
Hibernation works fine on my Windows 10 laptop, if pagefile.sys is on the system partition. If I instead move it to a dedicated partition, the laptop hangs during resuming with the Windows logo on ...
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Dell XPS 13 strange power behavior - won't shut down, BSOD upon attempting to hibernate
I have a Dell XPS 9310 2-in-1 laptop running Windows 10. I generally keep it up to date but have been getting BIOS update fail messages occasionally that I haven't been able to fix. It is otherwise ...
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PowerShell equivalent to DISM's /Cleanup-Image in Windows 10
What is the PowerShell equivalent to DISM's /Cleanup-Image in this command:
DISM /Image:%mounted_image% /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /Resetbase /ScratchDir:%scratch_dir%
Within Use DISM in ...
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Open file in Chrome Tab
I am trying to figure out a Autohot key 2.0 script that will do the following:-
I'll mouse click a *.pdf file or any other compatible file association.
Press a Hotkey (placed in Ahk 2.0 script) to ...
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Web browsers window sizes are smaller than my Windows 10 display resolution
I have Windows 10 and 4 web browsers installed.
Browsers Zoom set to 100%, OS Scale and Layout 100% too, and LogPixels Key in Regedit is 60 Hexadecimal (96 Decimal).
Whatever is my display resolution (...
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Black rectangle when changing volume, when Opera browser is running
Even if the browser window is minimized, and I change the volume this black rectangle will appear in the left top corner, and stay for a significant amount of time.
Is there some way to turn it off ?
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Acer ES1-512 Laptop Won't Even Turn On After RAM Replacement [duplicate]
I have an Acer ES1-512-C88M Laptop that I am trying to upgrade it's RAM. The first time I put the new RAM in there, it worked for a 2 or 3 restarts, but after leaving it on sleep mode for about 2 ...
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Is it possible to enable swipe-typing using a mouse on an on-screen keyboard in Windows 10, and if so, how can it be achieved to type faster?
Are there ways to achieve swipe-typing on an on-screen keyboard using mouse for Windows 10? Essentially, using the mouse for typing fast as well.
This is akin to swipe-typing on smartphones.
I think ...
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Blue screen after failed Windows 10 update
My laptop froze when rebooting after Windows update, so I had to forcefully power it off. After turning on again, I got a blue screen (PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA). Windows Recovery also gives the ...
