More detailed step-by step instructions (I understand as I have a grandma at 73 who's an avid computer user but frequently runs into scary problems): Open the Network Diagnostic Information link that Neemobeer provided to you. It is another forum thread and the first post has an attached file...
If you had Chrome installed before but you just weren't using it, possibly it decided to silently auto-update in the background one day. Another possibility is what BBJ mentioned, some other application installer or updater that offers Chrome as a bundle somehow installed it. If you decide to...
Thank you both for your time. I don't think this is a bug, but a deliberate feature removal, still I understand M$ as I guess not many people use Start full screen since the 8 fiasco. For the time being I will leave things as they are, as I don't have time to mess with tweaking Windows further...
Possibly. Also, I took a look into the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), where you can often find useful settings that have been removed from Windows or are deemed too complex for the mainstream user. Guess what, under User Configuration/Administrative templates/Start Menu and Taskbar you...
I did not find it by accessing the Start menu, I found it by changing the settings related to the Start in the Settings app (SystemSettings.exe). You can reproduce my investigation: 1. Open System Settings (e. g. the "new" Metro settings), go to Personalization/Start 2. Start procmon.exe and add...
Nope, I detest the new stuff, so I only have a local account and I removed all metro apps in PowerShell with Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage, which also got rid of the store. I closed all running processes I could, left open only SystemSettings.exe, then fired up procmon and toggled the...
Okay, I did the same, monitored SystemSettings.exe with procmon and figured out that the setting is stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CloudStore\Store\Cache\DefaultAccount\$$windows.data.unifiedtile.startglobalproperties\Current After googling for...
Hello, thanks for your advice. I am confident that is not the case, as even though my laptop is a few years old now, a year ago I replaced my hard drive with an SSD. Furthermore, before installing Windows yesterday, I securely erased the drive with a linux live CD, effectively wiping the drive...
Hello all! I just freshly installed the 1703 Creators Update. I would like to use Start in full screen, where the All Apps View is shown first (not the default pinned Start tiles view). I know this was possible to set up in 8.1 and in 10 RTM, but now with the gradual "metroization" of settings...