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How to Install/rollback to a specific version of Microsoft Edge on Windows?

I am looking for a way to rollback Windows Microsoft Edge to a previous version but it seems impossible to do. I understand they dont want people to do this for security reasons. But I have a valid ...
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Is there a way to use Linux-like symlinks on a Windows computer, referring to a location on another computer?

My application is writing logs to a directory, which is hardcoded "Logs" and is present under the runtime directory of my application. Today, a customer asked me if it was possible to have ...
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Why does the Alt+Space keyboard shorcut not work on Windows 10 to open system menu?

From Windows 3.1 (probably earlier) all the way to Windows 8.1, when I'm in a program, if I press Alt+Space, I get the system menu (the menu popup which has menu items like Restore, Move, Size, ...
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How to fix white file explore in Dark mode for Windows 11?

After upgrading to Windows 11, the file explorer address bar remains white when in Dark mode.
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Can I "restore tabs" in Microsoft Edge from another user's profile?

I had a new User Profile created for me, with the old User Profile still available and readable by me. I am a bit hesitant about doing a "rough" Edge user data migration, of just copying the ...
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turn off display without shifting window position

I am doing some presenting and would like to turn off the screen of my laptop after starting various media on an external display (HDMI). I would like to accomplish this in real-time without the ...
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FFMPEG: Why MKV video converted to MP4 only plays on VLC Media Player?

I have a video in MKV format that I wanted to convert to MP4, so I used ffmpeg to convert it. The command I used was pretty simple: ffmpeg -i <path_and_name_of_file>.mkv <...
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How to get rid of lag/delay when unlocking Windows 10

With Windows 7 (and XP) I could walk up to a locked PC (without Ctrl-Alt-Del requirement) and start typing my password, even with the screen off, and the keypresses would all be sent to the password ...
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What is the Shared Secret Key when connecting to a VPN and where can I find/make it

I am hosting a VPN server on my windows computer. However when I try to connect to it, I cannot figure out what the "Shared Secret Key" that it wants is and where I can find it. I have tried searching ...
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Windows 10 doesn't accept my password during system recovery

I made a system image of my laptop. I want to restore my system to the state of that image. I followed the procedure described online on many places (i.e. advanced restart --> trouble shoot --> ...
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How to undo custom keyboard mapping in registry

To make my Windows 10 system act more like the macOS behavior that I'm accustomed to, I remapped my keyboard following the instructions of Orwellophile when they answered the question of how to Switch ...
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How to determine and correct the source of a WHEA-Logger error?

Over the last few days, my computer has been unwell. I've narrowed the problem down to my HDD, which, at 9 years old, is finally kicking the bucket. After pulling the data off and removing it, the ...
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VLC Audio won't play unless it's a certain headphone (Windows 10)

I usually watch my videos using bluetooth headphones. When I try to play audio on VLC with any other audio device that is not the bluetooth headphones, it doesn't work. This only happens to VLC, I can ...
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Can Windows 10 desktop be extended onto iOS and Android?

On Windows 7, I used ZoneScreen to extend my windows desktop from my desktop PC onto my laptop and Air Display to extend my desktop on my iPad and Android phone. It worked great! 4 displays made for a ...
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What is the location of Brave browser executable in Windows 10?

Earlier when I used Brave browser almost a year back, on a Windows 10 system the executable (brave.exe) was located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe Now, ...
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Bluetooth not working in Windows 10

After upgrading my Acer Aspire V17 Nitro 791G-792A to windows 10 all bluetooth functionality/support seems to have disappeared. The device manager lacks any bluetooth adapter/device, and when I click ...
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Asking for a way of taking screenshot of 2nd desktop when the desktop is extended in two monitors through windows command line

My desktop is extended in two monitors and I want to take screenshot of desktop of 2nd monitor from command line (cmd/powershell). Any Idea?
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How to disable flashing icons in Windows 10 taskbar

My question is the same as this one but for Windows 10 instead of Windows 7. Is there a way to stop taskbar icons from flashing orange to get my attention? I find it very distracting. I have tried ...
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Typing into input fields on remote computer from android

I have installed Chrome Remote Desktop on Win10 Chrome (and Brave) browsers. Also installed on Android 14. How to type a IRL on the Android so it appears on Win10 browser
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Google Chrome will install but cancel the installation and will not launch

I am an IT worker at a construction company and after my desktop computer did a blue-screen-of-death screen with a restore button, I clicked on it. After that, Google Chrome will not open at all. I ...
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Moving Windows system reserved partition

I just installed the Windows as a dual boot. I've decided I want to expand my Windows partition, but in between the Windows partition, which I want to make bigger, and my Linux partition, which I want ...
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How do I bypass restrictions on the length of the PATH variable

System Properties This environment variable is too large. This dialog allows setting values up to 2047 characters long. I use/have used a lot of software, and my PATH has grown as a result. When ...
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Failed to retrieve directory listing IIS FTP when used with external (outside firewall) address

I'm trying to configure an FTP site with IIS on Windows 10. Active connections made to the server's internal (behind the firewall) address work properly (e.g. 10.0.1.4), but any type of connection (...
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Windows system partition has 450 GB free but cannot be shrunk [duplicate]

I have bought a laptop with a 1 TB bitlocker encrypted drive and Windows 10 installed. I want o reduce the Windows C partition from under 1TB to ~200 GB. I was able to reduce it by ca 476 GB. Now it ...
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How to change the new format of context menu in Chrome to be like the old one? [duplicate]

The new Chrome version from a few days ago doesn't show all elements of the context menu at once anymore. Instead, it shows only some of them, and I have to scroll to see the others. How can I make it ...
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How to reset Windows battery usage history statistics?

When I run a powercfg /batteryreport on Windows 10, I get a nice looking HTML report that includes battery usage history going back ~ 19 months. I suppose this is stored somewhere in my computer's ...
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Win 10 File Explorer keeps refreshing

On my Windows 10 Pro PC, the Windows File Explorer periodically (ca. once or twice in a minute) refreshes itself. By that, I mean that the file list disappears (for only a fraction of a second), ...
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Deleted desktop folder in Windows 10

My entire Desktop folder has been accidentally deleted while I tried to execute an uninstaller for a free software (Pencil) which was lying on my Desktop. I double clicked the uninstaller and a ...
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Nessus install interrupted by WinPcap

Why is Nessus installation interrupted by WinPcap? I have a Windows 10 Pro PC with Wireshark and nmap installed, so I know I have WinPcap is already installed, but why is this completely shutting out ...
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Windows 10 - How to auto switch to WIFI if Ethernet stops working?

I need to use Ethernet most of the time, however my broadband goes down relatively often. When the broadband (connected via Ethernet) stops working I want it to automatically use WIFI (I have a 4G ...
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How to solve 'ownCloud Server does not support Microsoft Windows' in xampp?

I am trying to use owncloud. I installed it in xampp. but this message shows: 'OwnCloud Server does not support Microsoft Windows'. How can I solve this problem?
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What causes a "the user name or password is incorrect" message when trying to access Windows 10 over LAN?

Can you assist finding out why a certain Windows 10 Home computer claims "the user name or password is incorrect" when trying access it through a local network (using the target computer's ...
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Legacy Portable Firefox to run legacy portable Java only and ignore local install of Java

Sorry to post a question regarding legacy applications but we mutiple systems that require legacy browsers and Java. I need Portable Firefox to run the Portable Java JRE version and not the Java JRE ...
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Printer error when I try to access print queue: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file..."

Full error message: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item. Why would my printer be giving me this error all of ...
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How to disable font smoothing / anti-aliasing in Windows 10

In Windows 10 by default all text is rendered with so-called font smoothing or anti-aliasing. This is done in an effort to conceal the pixellation or jagged saw-tooth lines that appear because ...
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How to enable Dell Laptop HDMI output? I can't seem to see the HDMI output at all

I have a Dell Latitude 5400 laptop with Windows 10 (Pro) which has a HDMI output. Using a HDMI->DVI-D adaptor I have connected this to a monitor (BenQ senseye 3, model GL2460). The idea is to be ...
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How to copy large folders in windows without getting stuck all the time? [closed]

How can I copy large folders in windows 10 from external drive to partition without getting stuck all the time? In the end I always have to reboot windows, and to copy subfolders by hand to evade ...
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Windows 10/11 vs Windows Server as Virtual Machine

I am using Windows 11 Laptop with high configuration 32 vCPUs, 96 GB RAM). I have VMs deployed on it using VMware Workstation Pro which I use for work and personal use. I am using Windows 10 VM for my ...
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Mendeley PDF Viewer not working - Windows

I have downloaded Mendeley Reference Manager applicaition in windows-10. As seen in the screenshot below, the pdf file is available but Mendeley is not able to render it. If I open the same Pdf file ...
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Executing a batch script on Windows 10 shutdown/logoff/reboot

First off, sorry. This is a re-post of my original question asked on "stackoverflow", but I have tried to get moderators to move it, due to the question being more a general windows behavior issue ...
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Tuning local Remote Desktop parameters

I am using Remote Desktop Protocol on Windows 10 in my local LAN. It works quite well but it feels not snappy in two situations: Scrolling Typing These affect my brain heavily on browsers and text ...
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How can I reset a Windows 10 user profile bound to a domain user?

Is there a way that I can reset the Windows profile of my domain user so that all my files stay there and I only need to reconfigure my user environment? My Outlook client stopped connecting to ...
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Is there a way to quickly switch between two audio inputs without using the command line?

I've got like 9 audio outputs in the toolbox menu but I only use 2 of them 90% of the time. Two of the nine are named "Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)" so that's super unhelpful. ...
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Extremely slow git clone on windows

I am cloning a repository that is on BitBucket server, but my cloning speed is extremely slow. See the attached screenshot. I tried cloning with TortoiseGit, GitBash, SourceTree but all of them have ...
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How can I check that files match a list of MD5 checksums on Windows 10?

I downloaded a large number of files via magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5f96d43576e3d386c9ba65b883210a393b68210e&tr=https%3A%2F%2Facademictorrents.com%2Fannounce.php&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer....
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Issues setting the local admin account password to not allowed to be changed

I need to be able to set a local admin account with the /passwordchg:No option in windows. I have soon found out that Windows 10 have disabled this feature and I have tried multiple different ways to ...
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NVMe m.2 drive refuses to boot on its original HP ProBook

Background (I apologize this will be long): I received this laptop from an end user after it stopped booting. Laptop is an HP ProBook 640 G5. NVMe M.2 contains Windows 10. Problem is, when the laptop ...
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Install Windows 10 32 bit on M.2 drive

I have an M.2 drive that I'm currently trying to install Windows 10 x32 on (we need the 32 bit version for work apps). Installing Windows 10 x64 works just fine, but trying to install the 32 bit ...
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Ubuntu - can't see my folders

First question here - please do let me know if I'm missing any necessary details / any structures and protocols that I may not be adhering to. I've downloaded Ubuntu (version 18.04) on my Windows 10 ...
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Could not stop Remote desktop service in Windows 10

When trying to stop the Remote desktop service in Windows 10, I get the following error: Windows could not stop the Remote Services service on Local Computer. I could stop the service in Windows ...

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