Questions tagged [windows]
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HDD Randomly Disconnects After 10-20 Minutes — How to Fix or Recover Data
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st2000lm007-1r8174 HDD 2T
ACER nitro 5 laptop
I’m having an issue with my HDD where it randomly disappears after 10-20 minutes of use. It becomes inaccessible until I restart my system, at ...
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Microphones Not Detected on ThinkPad Running Windows 11 - Possible Driver Issue?
I have a ThinkPad X1 Carbon running Windows 11 Pro. I'm facing issues with the microphones built into my Sony WH-1000XM3 and Sony WF-1000XM4. Windows doesn't detect the microphones on either of these ...
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Backtick key needs to be pressed twice to type a backtick character on Windows 11 with NZ Aotearoa Keyboard
There appear to be hundreds of these questions already and I do feel bad for writing another, but I have not found any solution for Windows 11. It seems all the solutions for older versions of Windows ...
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Run an application as administrator on system startup without user intervention
I need to configure a Windows machine to run an application with administrative privileges each time the system starts, without prompting the user for elevation.
I understand that normally, the Task ...
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List all WireGuard Connections via CLI
I have several Windows users that use WireGuard. However, some of the configs are no longer needed. I'm trying to clean them up but I cannot see them via the CLI. If the user is connected to one ...
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Unzipping a file with a very long file name
Windows 11 home.
I have a .zip file that has a file inside with the path (relative to the top of the .zip file) SitePlansTemp\FATR2023TE4W1F0052UG\Poly{[6-[(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)amino]-1,3,5-...
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How to open the photo used by windows photos in start menu?
When in Windows 10 I click Start, in Start Menu Windows shows Photos application gadget with one on the photos taken randomly from my collection. When I click it, it opens the Photos application with ...
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Can't cast from Windows 11 - device is visible, but says "couldn't connect" and "your device doesn't support Miracast" (it does)
On a new Lenovo Legion 16IRX8 running Windows 11 23H2, with up-to-date drivers for BIOS, Intel Graphics, and wireless adapter, I cannot cast media to my TV. Opening the Cast menu (Win+K) shows the tv ...
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How to connect 20 plus external hard drives to a computer?
Long story short is I am a photographer and over 20 years did it the wrong way. I have 20-25 external hard drives which include about 8 internal drives slotted into 4 docking stations. I have files on ...
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SQL Server install failure - possible registry issue?
I've tried to install SQL Server on a Windows 10 system about 5 times in the past few days, and every time I'm getting the same error message. "Trying to increment registrykey 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\...
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NMAP says host is down, but it's not
When running nmap -A -vvv 192.168.0.141 from host A I get the following result:
Note: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try -Pn
But running ping 192.168.0.141 is ...
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How Spoof GPU in Windows 10
i have intel hd 520 and want to spoof it to hd620 or uhd 620 (have the same hardware as 520 but with diffrent name ) since the dx12 isnt working proberly in the drivers of hd 520 and works better in ...
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No panes in CMD and PowerShell in Windows 11 Pro
I updated my PC from Win 10 to Win 11. It looks like CMD and PowerShell still do not have the multiple panes feature. I checked and the version is the exact same as on my other PC that does have that ...
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PC freezes for a second when clicking on volume/wifi/battery menu windows 11
When I click on the Sound, Wi-Fi and Battery menu (bottom right of the screen) the screen freezes for a second or two the first time I log into Windows or when it is clicked for the first time in a ...
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Games laggy- How to disable shared gpu?
I have a setup with 5600G on a Gigabyte motherboard (b550m ds3h ac, Windows 10) and recently attached a discrete card.
When I play some goes it is laggy sometimes and later when I checked the task ...
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Why doesn’t option in context menu for .JS files appear as expected?
In Windows 10 registry I've added a new key in Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.js\shell\Run in Node.js\command and changed the variable to C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe "%1&...
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Why won't my batch file execute this REN line? Is it because of the % in the command? [duplicate]
I am using a CMD batch file to rename hundreds of files with the REN command, but this one file with a "%" in the name is being skipped:
REN "40% @ thesuper.ogg" "ZXS 40% @ ...
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Is there a simple way to fully change user id name in Windows 11 so it doesn't contain a space in it?
With Windows 11 I have a local account user with a user name that contains a space. For example, user name John Doe.
The space has caused issues in the past with some software, and is causing me more ...
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In Windows 11, why does Task Manager and Process Explorer disagree about resource usage?
In Windows 11, Task Manager and Process Explorer disagree about resource usage. I have noticed this on multiple devices.
Windows Task Manager tends to report higher CPU load and lower Memory pressure, ...
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My HP laptop doesn't detect RAM
The BIOS of my HP laptop (Victus 16) suddenly stopped detecting a RAM of two RAMs. I checked on CPU-Z, but both rams are detected.
I've tried:
Running Windows Memory Diagnostics tool. It says there ...
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One-liner PowerShell command to search entire Windows registry for a keyword
I'm trying to search the entire Windows registry for a specific keyword using PowerShell. I've tried various commands, but they either throw errors or run indefinitely without returning results. I ...
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How to uninstall WSL from Windows 10 [duplicate]
So basically I installed WSL from PowerShell using wsl --install command. After I didn't need use for it, I uninstalled Ubuntu from the apps and feature in settings. When I restarted my pc, the ...
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Windows Server 2019 Essentials Error Code 0xc0000185
I have been dealing with an issue with Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Essential. A fresh install an losing all the files etc. on the drive is not preferred.
As a summary, the server became unusable and ...
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How to change the ip address of "Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter"
I am looking at the network adapters in Control Panel -> Network & Sharing -> on the left, there is a "Change adapter settings".
I selected the network adapter that I wanted to ...
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Unable to run a for loop with Findstr in a batch script
I have below batch script, which basically looks for CurrMonth in the file and set the the third token to the month
when i do findstr /c:"CurrMonth" %SPOOL_FILE% , it get the result as below
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Why does Windows (and most OSes that I know of) require different file names in the same directory? [closed]
Is it simply so the user doesn't get confused? or is there more to it in the background?
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How to trigger the "Refresh" printer entry in Windows Explorer via CLI
I want to trigger the "Refresh"-entry in the shell:printersfolder in Windows Explorer using the CLI (CMD or Powershell). Is there a way?
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zen 4 ok but zen 5 causes usb/audio issues? [closed]
ok I have two computers.. AM5 DDR5, one has a 8600g and one has a 9700x
my setup uses USB Audio speakers (Kali Audio LP-UNF) attached via USB.
Both have windows 11 with all windows updates.
with the ...
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Is there a way to modify an app shortcut from a different application (msix installation)? [closed]
I have an application that I am trying make use msix package(s). One of my requirements is that one of my test-sites, multiple versions of package should be available so an erronous update can be ...
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Why are Average CPU Usage, Average Memory Footprint and Average Load Time marked as N/A in Chrome's discards database?
I read in chrome://discards/database:
Why are Average CPU Usage, Average Memory Footprint and Average Load Time marked as N/A in Chrome's discards database?
I use Chrome on Windows 10.
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How can I disable mobile hotspot in Windows 10 for all users except 1 or 2 users?
I want to enable mobile hotspots for a shared computer for only specific users.
I want a certain user to be able to use it while others have it disabled. I know a way to disable this with Group Policy ...
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How to install and run an UWP app in Windows without internet?
I have been working as an IT admin in an air-gapped environment (where internet is disabled). I used to know that you can sideload microsoft store apps using .appx, .appxbundle, .msixbundle packages ...
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Can system variables reference user variables?
What it says on the tin.
I want a system variable %dl% = %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
for Jon: %dl% = C:\Users\Jon\Downloads
for Ann: %dl% = C:\Users\Ann\Downloads
and so forth.
Will that work, or do I ...
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Why is one specific picture from snipping tool becoming pixelated/compressed when pasted into WordPad?
I can paste all kind of things into a WordPad doc from snipping tool, but one picture in particular is massively compressed and looks horrible. It happens to be a picture of handwritten text. What is ...
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64 bit operating windows computer downloading ffmpeg
Im having trouble downloading ffmpeg to my computer, I need to download version 4.2.2. I need to download this to use ImpactControlCenter in order to video record using my balluf blueFOX3 camera. This ...
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What does dirty mean in Chrome's discards database?
I read in chrome://discards/database:
What does dirty mean?
I use Chrome on Windows 10.
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Clean Install on SSD while the HDD is still plug in
I want to do a clean install on my SSD. Currently, I have Windows 11 both on my SSD and HDD. But, I boot from the SSD now.
I read that you must unplug your hard drive first before doing a clean ...
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Ctrl+Shift+Right to select the word only (no whitespace)
It drives me crazy trying to select whole words without whitespace. Ctrl+Shift+Left, when at the end of a word, will select the full word. But Ctrl+Shift+Right, at the beginning of a word, will select ...
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Avast shows 6 launchers in the startup
Avast Antivirus on a freshly-built Windows PC shows one launcher in the startup (Task Manager > Startup Programs).
But on my older laptop, it shows 6 launchers in the startup – see image attached. ...
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PC will turn on but crash as soon as it gets to Windows/GRUB/OpenCore after installing a new ram
Today almost 12 hours ago I upgraded my pc ram after that I tried to boot, it passed the Intel Screen but as soon as the windows logo appeared weird color lines and screen flickering appears then ...
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l2TP/IPSec VPN not working on Windows 11 even after troubleshooting
I've recently encountered issues trying to set up a personal l2TP/IPsec w/ PSK VPN on my Windows 11 laptop. I always get "Error 809 - The network connection between your computer and your VPN ...
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Booting from a VHD with Windows 2000 made from Virtualbox on a Windows 7 Laptop?
I installed Windows 2000 on Virtualbox. Is it possible to extract the contents of the VHD to another drive(all folders and all files) and use easybcd or bcdedit to add Win2k as a option in the ...
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Why doesn’t exFAT flash drive work on Windows 11, but does on Windows 10?
I had had a 64GB USB flash drive formatted as a live bootable USB, then was done and formatted it with exFAT from a Linux (Kubuntu Noble) computer using mkfs.exfat. I want to use it to share (large) ...
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Windows Registry context menu item not showing
I want to add a command to the context menu of .png files.
I opened the Registry Editor, went to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell, added My Command\command under shell. It looks like this:
If ...
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Powershell Script to Extract Windows Product Key
I found this pair of functions to extract the Windows product key:
function Get-WindowsProductKey {
function Get-OSDigitalID($Key) {
$KeyOffset = 52
$isWin8 = [Int]($Key[66] / 6)...
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How can I get back old context menu for Windows 11 right click? Tried 4 different methods and none seem to work
Windows 11 version is 23H2 22631.4037.
Tried adding reg add exe command from Microsoft.com
Tried Winaero Tweaker.
Tried PowerShell.
Tried adding manually by typing.
None of the the methods above is ...
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Unable to delete several keyboard layouts [duplicate]
I have Windows 11 Pro with five keyboard layouts:
I want to remove the last two of them. They are not displayed in the list of available languages:
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They are also not ...
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Windows 11 won’t open any programmes soon after login
I recently switched from a faulty i14900k to AMD 7800x3d, replacing the motherboard of course. I didn’t want to get into issues with Intel/AMD driver incompatibility etc. so I used a USB with windows ...
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Use %~nx1 in Breakout to File
I am trying to create a log file that only uses the file name and extension, I am able to get this in addition to the full path using %1, but using %~nx1 causes a crash. I even tried setting my own ...
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Zeroing deleted files / empty HDD space on Windows [duplicate]
I have done a bit of research into how recover deleted file tools work on NTFS under Windows. By deletion, I mean deletion while omitting the recycling bin. What I am trying to achieve is the ...
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