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Prevent program installations on Windows 11 creating shortcuts on desktop

I want stop program installations automatically from creating shortcuts on the desktop on Windows 11! What if I want to allow programs which are newly installed to create shortcuts on desktop, but ...
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How can I store a webpage title inside a Windows .url file?

This is a question about the .url file format: How can I store the webpage title inside a Windows .url file ? I was unable to find an official documentation of the .url file format anywhere on the Net....
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Custom shortcut keys to .lnk files doesn't work anymore in Windows 11

I have created a custom shortcut key (in a .lnk file) for a folder directory, and it was working fine for a while. But it suddenly stopped working today when I tried to use the shortcut key. I have ...
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Visual Studio Code shortcut to close html tag

Could you please help, is there any shortcut in Visual Studio Code to complete/close html tags? For example I edit a file: <div><p>Some text | <- cursor is here, I press a hotkey and ...
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Bind shortcuts instead of typing special characters in VS Code

I want to bind some shortcuts to the combination Ctrl+Alt+L etc. in VS Code. The combinations will use Ctrl+Alt and then add an alphabet. The problem I am facing is that some of these keys type a ...
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How can I create a shortcut in "This PC" on windows 10?

How can I create a shortcut in the "This PC" section in File Explorer of Windows 10? Like a shortcut of a mapped network location or a folder of mounted drive.
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How do I make a (desktop) shortcut to play a specific folder in the new Windows Media Player?

I have experience with you being able to make a shortcut for VLC where you specify VLC's .exe location, then you add "-LZ" with the folder location after that to start playing media (music) ...
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How to stop Windows 10 from returning Bluetooth device shortcut in the SendTo folder?

I'm using windows 10 pro x64 and my problem is that the Bluetooth-device shortcut just by itself keeps showing up inside the SendTo menu, even after I remove that shortcut from the SendTo folder (at C:...
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Exporting image to new format within directory

I am very new to Windows: Have been using MacOS this whole time and still am for my laptop. I am having difficulty getting used to the structure of this system because of the great difference with ...
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Cut entire cell, based on specific text in cell, and paste to new cell

I have a six-column table in excel that I am using with a barcode scanner. We are scanning custom QR codes that display text into each cell. The scan starts with scanning the employee's QR code on ...
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How to use icon for pinned batch script while it is running

Using a shortcut I am able to set an icon for a batch program and pin it to the taskbar. However, when I click the icon and the program opens it does not show the shortcut icon as running, it instead ...
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I'd like to answer multiple mails in my Mac with the same message

I need to answer multiple emails easily, just selecting them then clicking some button (I don't think it's possible to do it "normally"). The email to answer with contains links embedded. I ...
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Is it possible to disable Firefox's shortcutCache? Everytime I create a shortcut it stores the .ico in the shortcutCache

I frequently drag shortcuts from Firefox to my desktop to save them as .url files. Each .url file is just a text file that has it's icon image information: [InternetShortcut] URL=https://www.imdb.com/ ...
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Excel: what is the shortcut key for File -> Export -> Create PDF?

Problem: need to export to PDF many times. What is the shortcut key for File -> Export -> Create PDF? Is it Alt + FEA? UPD: The Alt + FEA works. However, is it possible to set up an Alt + <...
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Custom firefox profiles with different WM_CLASS and icons

So I have different firefox profiles that I launch in kiosk mode in order to have small apps for Youtube and Netflix. I saw this problem asked multiple times but I tried other answers and it still ...
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Desktop's shortcuts' text just lost their shadows after shutdown and boot up, after a night with VLC issues

VLC is my default media player but last night, I could only get it to load media by dragging it into the window manually, instead of just double-clicking the media. And the next day, on boot up, my ...
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How to change executable icon in Windows?

How to change executable icon in Windows? not the shortcut icon but the executable itself. I have google chrome applications that I want to change the icons of them.
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How does a startup shortcut behave on W7 if nobody logs on?

I just added a shortcut to an app that I want to start when Windows starts to %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup It will run even if nobody is logged in? Should I do it in a ...
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How to create a shorcut for Volume Mixer on Windows 11?

It used to be that to open up Volume Mixer in Windows one needed only 2 moves, specifically, right-click the volume icon at the bottom right corner of the desktop and then choose Volume Mixer. In ...
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Search for installed applications execution path

I do not only want to find what is installed, but also show the path to execute the application as results of my search. So I thought about using dpkg -l combined with the which command. I would like ...
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How to add arguments to profile chrome or global chrome (with profiles) shortcut?

I am trying to disable Windows 10 custom title bar on Google Chrome. I am failing to do this because my Google Chrome is with profiles. How can I disable the custom title bar on different profiles on ...
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Set Console Colors when Creating Shortcut with PowerShell

I can use code like this to create a shortcut file in PowerShell: $WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut("$PSScriptRoot/myshortcut.lnk") $...
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Where does Chrome store the URLs for web apps (desktop shortcuts that open in a new window)?

I am using Windows 10 (21H2) and I have a semi-old chrome shortcut for a site, that I set up to open in a new window (so that it works like an app - create shortcut -> open in new window). Problem ...
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Import/Export Shell Colors from Windows Shortcut File

On Windows, I would like an easier way to edit and backup shell colors for applications. It would be nice if I could export the RGB values to a text document and then re-import them. The colors I'm ...
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windows shortcut opening chrome and go to existing tab

is there a shortcut/combo to open a specific chrome tab directly from windows? This tab is opened in Chrome in background, I'd like to go to this specific tab by a windows shortcut - possible?
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File shortcuts don't work or throwing association error in Windows 11

I accidentally broke up my Windows 11 registry regarding shortcuts. To be honest, I also forgot to export a copy of the registry before making changes. Yeah, I know it's dumb, but it happened. I ...
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How to save web page in one click

Is there any way I can pin "save as" option on Google Chrome, the "toolbar" The reason why I am asking this As you know that in a Google chrome browser, you can save any website ...
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login ssh then run server through .bat file [duplicate]

I am new to command line and I am trying to achieve the following but have no success. Open windows terminal ssh my-instance-my-user-name -l my-user-name cd dev/my_app (I have 2 app) npm run dev redo ...
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Are Zoom contacts shortcuts possible?

I would like to speed up calling people on Zoom (ones that are in my contacts). Today this is a set of opening windows, clicking here and there, choosing a contact, and launching the call. Is there a ...
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Run exe with parameters by default

I'd like to run my browser (Vivaldi) with the --silent-debugger-extension-api parameter by default, which I know is possible via a shortcut or batch file. But I want it to run this way for every ...
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Create a bat file to open multiple projects in Visual Studio Code with one click

I created a shortcut for each of my projects in VSCode to speed up the process of opening them: But if I select the four shortcuts with the mouse and try to open them with the ENTER button, it only ...
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How to reset icon used by shorcuts?

I am importing a number of shortcuts from a backup, and I have an issue where the icons are not loaded. Is there a easy way to reset the icons used, forcing the shortcuts to use the icon of a folder ...
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Disable specific WIN shortcuts without additional software (Windows 10)

I would like to know hot to disable specific ⊞ Win + shortcuts (Windows 10) without any third party software (with only included Windows 10 tools). Particularly ⊞ Win+Ctrl+D one (create new virtual ...
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Cannot create desktop shortcuts to Windows URI

I am trying to create a desktop shortcut to a windows URI, e.g. ms-settings:privacy. Sites such as https://winaero.com/windows-11-uri-commands-to-launch-apps-directly/#Create_shortcut_for_URI_command ...
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Execute a bash script with a shortcut on Ubuntu

I've a problem, I'm trying to execute a script whith shortcut on Ubuntu but it doesn't work: enter image description here enter image description here Can you help me please ?
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How do I properly add parameters to program called within a windows command shortcut?

How do I properly add parameters to program called in a windows command shortcut? Passing parameters to the console alone, is trivial: cmd.exe /h ... but what if you want to both open a console &&...
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Underline hotkeys in Windows 10 on all keyboard languages

There are two languages on my computer, and the underlined hotkeys only work in one language. Is it possible to configure them so that they work in all languages? Built-in windows tools, or at least ...
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How to change macOS keyboard shortcuts for Word 365? (2022 / v16)

I recently switched from LibreOffice to Word 365 on macOS Monterey. And instead of using Word's proprietary keyboard shortcuts, I want to change some of them to the standard ones I'm already used to ...
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Is it possible to trigger a scanner from a remote computer?

Is there any method of triggering a scan command from Windows Scan and Fax from a remote computer either using PowerShell, a batch file or even possibly a shortcut?
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Is it possible to retrieve a shortcut location and use it as a variable in the target of itself?

I created a VBS script (C:\Script\ReadFolder.vbs) that accept a folder path as parameter. I would like to create a shortcut to run this script in different folders. First, I created a shortcut in &...
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Create shortcut to newest file matching pattern

Whenever I donload new versions of an app under development, they are labeled like C:\Users\...\Downloads\twinBASIC_IDE_BETA_{123}\twinBASIC.exe Where {123} is some release number (incrementing ...
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A shortcut to turn off the display, sleep monitor

I need a shortcut to turn off my monitor (not put my computer to sleep) that doesn't require downloading a third party application.
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts to minimize or maximize a window in macOS?

Every time I want to minimize or maximize the window, I need to move the mouse to the top left corner and click the minimize button or maximize button. Are there any keyboard shortcuts to minimize or ...
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Bulk-convert shortcuts to relative shortcuts in Windows

I've been using the utility Relative to create my relative shortcuts a bit faster since I know it. The problem is my drive is plenty of old shortcuts I would like to convert without re-making them one ...
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Can I hide specific network shares from sidebar in Windows Explorer?

I have a number of network drives mapped and other network locations added to Windows Explorer so I can have quick access to other network shares for backups and whatnot. I also added some FTP ...
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Can't set WIndows 11 shortcut start-in & run as admin

I've been looking for hours - lots of information about how to run as admin, but have yet to scry the magic word combination that would allow me to enter the shortcut's "Start-in" location ...
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Where are the missing shortcuts of the Start menu?

Using W10 21H2. Start menu shortcuts are usually located in two folders: %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs So customizing the Start ...
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Create shortcut with today's date in the target

I am working with a sequence of files which contain today's date in the title (e.g. contributions_20220909.csv). I want to create a shortcut which allows me to open today's file in read-only mode e.g. ...
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Create shortcut from a link to a specific paragraph in OneNote document: the URL seems too long for a shortcut

I am using the OneNote version with Office 365 for Windows. OneNote has long allowed users to generate links to specific paragraphs. When these links appear in other OneNote documents or in Word ...
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Windows shortcut - relative path on removable drive

bascially, there are several threads that ask more or less the same, but none seems to really answer the question for my case. So, I have a removable drive (usb flash drive), which has one *.bat file ...
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