Questions tagged [windows-11]
For questions specific to Windows 11. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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In laptop with Windows 11 I can adjust screen brightness from Windows. In a desktop with Windows 11 I can't --- should I buy a new screen?
In laptop with Windows 11 I can adjust screen brightness from Windows but in a desktop with Windows 11 I can't. My problem is that this causes me to get an "eye pain" if I wake up at night ...
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How to Kill a Window
So, I know it sounds probably easy but i cant get it to work.
I have a Game called Geometry Dash and have like a Hack Installed wich allowes me to hack but i just use it to have Music in the Practice ...
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Nvidia GTX 1660Ti Code 43 on Device Manager
Before we start, specs:
OS: Win 11 Home 22H2 (22621.1702). My current OS is installed from the Windows 11 Installation Media on a USB
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Internal) + Nvidia GTX 1660Ti (...
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Bitlocker auto enabled on drive
The Bitlocker encryption was enabled on my partition device E: on its own post after a System Restore. Thus, I don't know where the key is. I am using a local account with no Windows account signed in....
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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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Windows - is there a way to know/monitor who's taking screenshots?
Sometimes when I paste things, instead of the content I copied, a screenshot of my entire screen gets pasted. It's as if I pressed PrtSc on my keyboard (I'm fairly sure I didn't), or a program is ...
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Need help to disable RAW input for mouse movement with keyhold [closed]
I am an Occupational Therapist working with a patient who has quadriplegia but had great head movement. He has Windows 11 and He wants to be able to hardcore game on his gaming laptop and we have been ...
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Can I remove windows's ctrl+alt+paddot hotkey?
I would like to use ctrl+alt+paddot (the period key on the numpad) for a keybind in a game I play. Windows interprets that combination the same as ctrl+alt+delete though, so the game never sees it. I ...
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Windows 11 Canary Channel: explorer.exe not working
I ran ExplorerPatcher on my Windows laptop then force stopped it as explorer.exe unexpectedly shut down. explorer.exe didn't boot up using Task Manager, nor after restart, nor in Safe Mode, nor when I ...
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AltGr + E not working, WM_KEYDOWN for E missing
When pressing AltGr+E I get no euro char.
Both keys are working regularly in other combinations as well as on their own.
Using Spy++ (as 32bit and 64bit versions separately) I was able to nail down ...
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Shrinking Volume in Windows Disk Management not shrinking [duplicate]
This has been asked in the past, and been answered, but none of those solutions have worked, which is why I'm creating a post.
Quick Background on my system:
I have two drives.
The drive that I'm ...
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How to fix when partition boots in safe mode but normal boot gets inaccessible boot device
I have win 11 partition on a 2nd drive that I want to boot. I can boot it if I boot in "safe mode" but if I try a "normal" boot, it fails with INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE. There is ...
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W11 context menu: moving "Create a shortcut" to primary context menu
I often need to create shortcuts, so how do I move "Create a shortcut" to the primary context menu and ideally make it show up as an icon alongside Cut, Copy, Paste etc there with Windows 11?...
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How to use This Script to Disable horizontal (left/right) mouse input during specific key hold
I am an Occupational Therapist working with a patient who has quadriplegia but had great head movement. He has Windows 11 and He wants to be able to hardcore game on his gaming laptop and we have been ...
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What are the Remote Desktop client GUIDs, and how to get rid of them permanently?
I use Microsoft Remote Desktop client daily. Gradually GUIDs start to accumulate in the "Computer" dropdown as shown on picture:
I can remove those GUIDs by searching for them in the ...
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Does the events log have a record of when a file was created and permanently deleted?
I permanently deleted a file from my computer. Although I have the data in a later version of the file, I now realize I needed the timestamp on that file to calculate how long it took to generate the ...
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Windows 11: Quick settings BT connect button not showing
I used to use the quick settings menu alot for connecting my headphones if they didn't automaticly connect. However it has recently stopped appearing in this quick menu.
Currently the only way to ...
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Autologin but Lock the Screen Instantly
I have entered into a bet with my skilled sysadmin brother (yes: external assistance is allowed, I can ask for help).
I need to keep him out of a Windows 11 Pro computer that has auto login enabled. ...
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Ctrl+Space not working anywhere?
I need help to solve this problem which is extremely weird. This morning I was working on a project for University, and while working, I found out the Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut wasn't working. At ...
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Windows 11 \ Google Drive: A lot of 0-bytes sized duplicate files with (1) syntax
I've found there are many duplicated files with the (1) suffix that has 0 bytes, e.g.:
I've found this relates to the Google Drive backed-up directories.
Even if I remove these files then other ...
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Enabling HDR on Windows 11 & full backlight makes the desktop dark, not dull
I have Windows 11 HTPC, GTX 1080 connected to LG TV at 4k 120Hz. Everything works well except even with full backlight my TV goes dark with HDR enabled. I mean dark with bright colors, not dull. My TV ...
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Can't link to NFS mount from WSL2
In an attempt to get round Can't mount NFS from within WSL2 Ubuntu 22.04 I tried:
Mounting the NFS share in Windows.
Creating a symbolic link from WSL2 to Windows.
The first step worked - I ran ...
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Windows hibernation not restoring state after booting into another system
I have a dualboot of Win11 and Ubuntu on my machine. To quickly switch between, I hibernated Windows, powered on the pc, and got greeted with GRUB. I selected Ubuntu, worked in it, and restarted and ...
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How to turn off only speaker audio (not system audio) for a specific Chrome website (Windows 11)?
I need to turn off only speaker audio (not system audio) for a specific Chrome website. I tried with the Volume Master Chrome extension but that turns off both speaker audio and system audio. Right ...
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Why am I getting "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." in this situation on Windows 11?
On Windows 11, I am trying to do this in a .bat file:
start "nginx" cmd.exe /U /K "C:\nginx\nginx.exe" -c "C:\Users\John Doe\Documents\PHP-dev\Nginx\nginx.conf" -p "...
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How to prevent the bouncing Taskbar icons inferno in Windows 11?
Every minute, as my master script adds another cmd.exe instance in the background, my cmd.exe Taskbar icon group now "bounces" or "shrink-expands" in an extremely distracting ...
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How can I make it so my Fake virus reopens after closing [closed]
I made a little prank .bat file that Im going to prank my brother with and I want to make it so if he closes it, it will reopen. this is what it is currently @ECHO OFF
ECHO You have been hacked
PAUSE
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How do I fix the I2C HID Device (Code 10) error in Windows 11?
I'm having problems with my Predator Helios 300 laptop touchpad. It sometimes works for a short period of time, but then it stops working for several months.
The error message I'm getting is "...
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Priority of Startup Programs in Windows 11 [duplicate]
I have a Logitech gaming mouse and I'm using the "Logitech Gaming Software" as it doesn't function without it. The issue is "LGCore" process starts very late in comparison to other ...
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How do I change Windows 11 GUI direction from RTL to LTR?
My Windows 11 GUI is shown right-to-left, e.g., the "Start" button is at the right. I would like the GUI to be right-to-left. What I tried:
In the "Display" Settings, there is an &...
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Left Ctrl releases when I hold it and press Z (QWERTZ keyboard)
I have this issue on a new Katana GF66 12UCO, Windows 11 Home. Firstly, let me describe the issue as I have experienced it in practice. When editing text, I sometimes had a need for multiple undos, so ...
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How to get BSOD Error info, as the PC restarts and I could not take the screenshot
My laptop is restarting from time to time after BSOD, it shows some error but it quickly restarts before I can ready some information. Is there any place in windows logs/events from where I can get ...
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Alt+Space cannot be remapped by PowerToys
Alt+Space seems to be a Windows default shortcut, and I wish to disable it because it interferes with the controls of a game I play. I did some research and came upon PowerToys, it seemed very useful ...
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WSL not enabled in "Turn Windows features on or off"
I am on Windows 11 (22H2) Professional Edition. I enabled WSL2 by doing wsl --install. I did a test run by downloading Ubuntu 20.02 from Microsoft Store and it works perfectly.
However, the option &...
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windows 11 family antimalware service executable cannot been kill
Before you judge me saying there is already answer, I want to tell you that didn't work on windows 11. I has tried a lot of ways to kill it but it's still using more than 30% cpu of 12 core which is a ...
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Windows to go INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE USB
Laptop : Lenovo P14s Gen2 Intel version
Windows 11 Pro Go to installed on Cruicial SSD using rufus v4
Laptop belongs to my company, I just finished my grad with my 7yrs old laptop. Wanted to play ...
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Why Webex accesses my outlook email file?
I just discovered that Webex has access to a random Outlook email file (.ost). Why? Is there a way to limit Webex to only resources it needs to function (ie keyboard, webcam, mic)?
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Non-paged pool Proc tag memory leak in Windows 11?
I have been looking for an answer to this all over the internet, but I am unable to get any concrete answers. I seem to have a non-paged pool memory leak within the Proc tag that is made worse by ...
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HDD on Caddy does not show in Windows 11 but visible in BIOS and Ubuntu
I have Dell Inspiron 5570 and had 1TB HDD preinstalled. I removed CD ROM and installed caddy with 1TB HDD and replaced the HDD with SSD 240GB and also added 120GB M2.SSD. Now the HDD is not showing in ...
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Cannot enable NTFS compression on a 18TB HDD
When I had my 18TB drive filled I noticed I could not enable NTFS compression because the function was grayed out. I followed the directions here "Compress contents to save disk space" ...
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Unable to install Snipping Tool on Windows 11
A while ago, I had problems with Windows 11 Snip & Sketch / Snipping Tool. I could start a screenshot with WIN + SHIFT + S, but the notification to then edit and annotate the screenshot would not ...
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PC only fast-charges phone if plugged in while asleep or turned off
I bought my Lenovo PC a couple of years ago. It used to fast charge my Galaxy S10 whenever I plugged it in via USB3.1 och USB C. Now it only does that if i plug my phone in while the PC is in sleep ...
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ssh localhost, getting permission denied (password). (Windows 11)
I am trying to ssh into my windows 11 machine from my mac but continue getting a Permission denied, please try again. After a couple of failed attempts I get username@localhost: Permission denied (...
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Prevent meatballs menu from hiding explorer menu items
When a Windows 11 explorer window becomes too small to display all items in the menu/top bar, it hides overflowing items in a meatballs menu.
But when there's ample space to show more or even all of ...
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Fastest way in Windows 11 to open the "Add Manually" link to add a printer
I'm on a campus with around 40 published printers. We populate default printers for our staff, but if they want to print to an unusual place we'd like them to be able to pick the printer on their own.
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The colors on KMPlayer are a bit off in comparision to mpv
Okay so watching a 4k video downloaded from YT and played on mpv and KMPlayer side by side and colors are slightly off on KM. Any fixes?
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Search box in Windows 11 emoji panel does not work
The Windows 11 emoji panel/picker/keyboard (opened by Win + . or Win + ;) contains a search field, but it does not work. You can see the text cursor in this screenshot, but it is not blinking even ...
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I have an issue with printing paths from environment variables in windows 11
So I tried to install javabridge for a project that I have with Weka. By doing this I discovered that I can not print the paths from environment variables when I tried to create a CLASSPATH and ...
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Edit button grayed out for "Launch and Activation permissions" in DCOM Config -> Properties -> Security -> Customize
So my Windows 11 computer is currently randomly rebooting. Following the instructions at https://www.windowscentral.com/how-find-reason-pc-shutdown-no-reason-windows-10 I traced it back to this:
The ...
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How do i debug the cause of a system crash if i know exactly when the crash is going to occur?
I have an ASUS TUF A17(2022) laptop running windows 11 pro with everything up to date. I have a weird windows crash issue where bluetooth stops working first and if i click on any settings or menus ...
