Questions tagged [window]
In computers, a window is one of the fundamental elements of a GUI (graphical user interface), usually rectangular in shape and connected to a process, allowing that process to display output as well as accept input. In modern operating systems, multiple windows can overlap each other and be resized and arranged at will by the user.
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Can't click on the start button on Desktop Computer and Taskbar doesn't let me click it
I've had this problem for about 1 year now and can't seem to resolve.
When I click on my start button on my Desktop (Windows 10) nothing happens. When I right click on my taskbar settings > ...
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Which setting is causing my floating shelf toolbar in Maya to be a vertical window?
I like to have my shelf bar floating. But for some reason if during a session I end up closing the shelf window while its floating and I reopen it via a hotkey, the shelf window will have a vertical ...
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How to make the Word-open dialog visible and frontmost?
When Word has following limitation with PDF
when not set as default App for PDF
does not show PDF it exported
cannot Open PDF navigated by Recent Items
I am using PowerShell Script to have Word open ...
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How to have 2 Edge browser windows in a kiosk account?
In our workplace, we are running into a scenario where the best option would be to run 2 webpages in a kiosk account, with a fullscreen Edge window on each of 2 monitors. I have already tested and you ...
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CPU fan makes strong noise when opening directories, small programs (like web browser) and when taking the computer out of sleep mode
I have a desktop PC with the CPU Intel I7-12700F, the CPU fan Zalman CNPS10X extreme, and Windows 11.
In general the CPU fan is quiet and I don't hear it, but in these occasions I do hear strong noise:...
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Need Help Upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 error in my personal laptop
I hope you're doing well. I'm currently facing an issue with upgrading my intel evo laptop from Windows 10 to Windows 11, and I'm seeking some guidance and assistance from the community.
I've been ...
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Used space of a disk is much larger than the size on disk of all files on that disk [duplicate]
I show the properties of D: disk and the used space is 193GB but when i select all files on disk D: and show properties, it displays 92.5GB size on disk.
Please help me explain that.
I tried to clean ...
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Does using the RAM Disk for the Windows temp folder make sense? Is it faster as using the SSD for temp? [duplicate]
I am using SoftPerfect RAM Disk I am wondering if it would make sense to locate the Windows temp folder there. Would it be any faster as the SSD temp folder?
Similar question for Mac: Is using a RAM ...
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how to stop windows 11 update manual
I have Win 11 pro and I stopped the update for windows from Services> Windows update> Disabled
The problem when I open the same setting after hibernate my laptop, the Disabled change to manual ...
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Subwindow stuck inside its titlebar
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I've been using Logic Friday (version 1.1.4, can't find the official website anywhere but a simple search should do the trick) to work out all the complex logic gates for something I'...
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Rename specific files and move to proper directories (Batch? Powershell?)
We have files (with no extension) that are dropped by clients in a shared directory:
\\\Server\SharedDirectory\BRSURVEY802DATA
\\\Server\SharedDirectory\BRSURVEYLOGINDATA
\\\Server\SharedDirectory\...
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Windows 10: change focus (not window) between monitor with keyboard shortcut
I have two monitors with a window open on monitor A and a window open in monitor B.
Without changing the windows position from one monitor to another, I would like to switch the focus between the twos ...
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Windows apps do not minimize properly
I use Win+m shortcut to minimize apps. Recently, I've been facing the problem that using Win+m does not properly minimize the window. Rather, it de-focuses the window, as if I just clicked on some ...
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Step to use a GPU NVIDIA AX4000 that is configured in Window 10 PRO in a ubuntu 20.04 VM on Hyper Visor?
UPDATED QUESTION
My host Os is Window10 Pro which has an Nvidia AX4000 GPU.
I want to create the Ubuntu20.04 virtual machine by using an Hypervisor of type 1 (Hyper-V) and be able to use that GPU.
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How can I solve DiskPart has encountered an error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)?
I was trying to clean up my SSD through the command prompt and installed the window. However, I could not clean the SSD and it showed Data error (cyclic redundacy check) - image below? Does anyone ...
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Windows Explorer - New window relative position to the previous one
I'm not sure how this works precisely, but in Windows Explorer, often when a new window is opened, it's automatically positioned relatively to the previous one. The default setting seems to be about ...
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The System process loads the system by 30% when idle windows 11
I am using windows 11 22h2 and for the second time in a month after reinstalling the system I encountered this problem:
System process(ntoskrnl.exe) starts to load the CPU when the user is not active, ...
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Command to open "Stream from MEGA" window directly
The Mega desktop application (of mega.nz cloud storage service) has an option to stream its cloud data through a specific window called “Stream from MEGA”. On my Linux Plasma desktop it can be opened ...
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Cannot create bootable USB with Windows
I have a bootable USB drive that I created using dd with Windows 10 downloaded from official Microsoft website and everytime I configure the drive in BIOS as the bootable drive I get an error
An ...
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Schedule on windows task scheduler with eventid (XML)
i using task scheduler with custom XML to trigger a software when this specific usb is plugin however it can't seems to run does anyone have solution to this ?
<QueryList>
<Query Id=&...
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Chrome Incognito Window with 50+ tabs turned black, I cannot close the window because of my tabs. How do i restart only rendering w/o closing Chrome?
The issue was described here more than 3 years ago: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/9461262?hl=en
It seems this issue has never been fixed. I was playing a YouTube video on one of my ...
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I am getting a weird error, should I be worried ? The error has weird characters and says "fatal javascript error occured"
Here is the error below. I accidentally deleted some files so I am just curious if this is a virus.
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How to apply to multiple filenames in Windows command line?
I'm using tar in Windows 10 command line to extract a specific file from a bunch of archives.
I'm quite experienced in regex, but I have very little experience in Windows commands.
I'm using this ...
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Force web pages to extend wrap to full screen browser window width on PC - from tiny column in middle - firefox
Web pages are not wrapping to the width of my 24" monitor in Firefox (up to date). Same in troubleshoot mode.
Sites include Facebook, telegram, google search, many news sites, and even Firefox ...
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Downgrade from Windows 11 Pro oem to Windows 10 ltsc?
Is this possible?
I heard that a downgrade to the corresponding Windows 10 version is okay (e.g. pro -> pro)
How does this work with ltsc?
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Is there a way to search across all open applications and browsers on Windows 10?
It's very possible that what I'm asking is either (a) impossible or (b) difficult to search for given the terms in the search string or my ignorance of the right terminology. In any case, here's the ...
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Setting up Hyper V with Windows 10 Pro in most efficient way
For a testing environment I want to setup a host computer with Windows 10 Pro and 3 additional Win 10 instance in Hyper V, I do not need to do anything on (main) host computer I want to install ...
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RTSP header malformed and different configuration
Hi i have a camera with a not well formatted rtsp header
if i try with one ffmpeg it's work , with another two fails :/
What "config" make the windows version work ?
[WORKING] win11
C:\Users\...
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Can i delete microsoft visual c++
My computer's Programs and Features is full of Microsoft redistributables, but different versions.
How would I know that which redistributables are not in use so
I can delete them, or can install all ...
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Expand or shrink striped array in Windows?
I plan to replace 2 of my HDDs (let's call them A & B, they're not in RAID) with 2 larger HDDs (C & D) in software RAID 0 (Striped volume in Windows). The one problem I have is that my case ...
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Blue Screen, info and image shared. Information, and prevention help needed
This is some software by nirsoft but I can provide any additional info needed. What caused this bluescreen?
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Run a program by the .bat file but not show icon and window of the program when PC is locked and it call by Task Scheduler
I want automation with a batch file before the backup close Tresorit program and after reopen and run Tresorit program.
I used this code:
tasklist | find /i "tresorit.exe" && ...
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Strange cursor behaviour
I seem to be having issues with my trackpad and any mouse I plug into my computer. When I have no mouse plugged in and I move the cursor it seems to stop randomly while i'm still moving my finger ...
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Dbeaver : SQL Server WINDOW functions giving syntax error
I have installed DBeaver as a flatpak in my Pop!_OS laptop. DBeaver is connected to an SQL Server 2019 image in a volume using Docker. SQL scripts run well, except for the following WINDOW functions:
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What does Windows folder/file encryption exactly mean?
I use Windows explorer (in Windows 11) folder properties to encrypt a folder and its files.
In the process no password was setup. I was able to login to my computer using a different user and still ...
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Create Debian ARM image on Windows 10
I want to create a Debian ARM image using QEMU on my Windows 10 machine.
I created my command using hints from here:
qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt -m 16384 -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 4 -bios
QEMU_EFI.fd -...
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How to reset all Attributes to default only for folders in windows?
yesterday i merged two drive (D: empty and E: my data) with the EASEUS partition master in WinPE. but it failed and then i realized that 70% of my data was moved to a folder (D:\Local Disk ...
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How to make Windows 11 restore the docking state of a window upon restart of the application?
The window docking system of Windows 11 is quite elaborate and I use it a lot. Especially with my wide-screen it is very usefull to dock windows to one half of the screen by simply dragging them to ...
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How to test CPU hot plug on Windows?
I tried CPU hot plug testing with Linux using the command lines :
Set online/offline individual core or group cores:
echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/online
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/...
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Windows 10 Pro window focus issue
I've recently (yesterday) upgraded my PC's main hardware and installed a completely clean install of Win10 Pro. I was previously running Windows 7 but as I said, this is effectively a new PC (brand ...
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SCP won't transfer file... Advise: SSH key issue?
very time I'm trying to SCP something into my local linux it tells me... several things actually, starting with:
Permission denied (publickey). lost connection Progressing forward, in this case its an ...
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What are menus called that prevent clicking other places until they are closed?
I am trying to find out how to refer to a particular property of windows I frequently encounter.
These window prevent clicking anywhere else on the computer, and when you try to do so it is often ...
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Running a reverse MTR report on Windows
I am using WinMTR to check my connectivity to this specific host but is there a way to get the report of a reverse mtr? I need to get the report from that host to my public IP address but WinMTR only ...
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Sort windows alphabetically in Windows 10
I have numerous Chrome windows, and when hovering my mouse over the icon in the taskbar, wish to see them in alphabetical order.
I have tried the 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, and it can allow me to reorder ...
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Windows Desktop Stuck on Invisible Screen
I really messed up my windows PC today. I tried to connect my laptop to a projector via HDMI. When nothing was showing up on the projector I went to the display settings to see if I could fix the ...
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How to turn off "Always run as administrator"/ "Run this program as an administrator" on Windows 10/11 with CMD or PowerShell? Is this Possible
Is this possible to turn off "Always run as administrator" on Windows 10/11 with CMD or PowerShell for any specific program?
I have to off "Run this program as an administrator". ...
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Mac custom window maximization?
I use macOS 12.0.1 (21A559). I need the following functionality:
Currently, when double-clicking the title bar of a window, the window is MAXIMIZED to the size of the whole screen.
Is there a built-in ...
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Is there a way to Name a specific Chrome Window on startup?
I would like to be able to open chrome, either by clicking on the chrome.exe or by clicking on a URL, and as a result, chrome would launch with a specific window name.
I just want to have my chrome ...
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Is there a way to stop windows from re-positioning after the desktop dimensions change?
Microsoft Windows has a feature that automatically moves and resizes all application windows whenever the desktop dimensions change. Ideally this should happen only when the user permanently shrinks ...
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