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Fixing a neighbors pc who's husband reciently passed. Currently it reboots a second or 2 after the blue windows logo appears. Alternates between attempting auto repair and no text. So now I can not even get into the refresh option and she has no install media besides the restore partition. I...

Please help! how do I access a Windows folder that has the following name 'Start Menu' ? I tried using cd Start Menu however its not working instead I get an error See image below. thanks in advance.

Hi I need to assign an ip address automatically in wifi network of my windows pc to connect different wireless . but my PC is assigning constant default gateway even a change my network setting to DHCP. it make me to delete the default gateway manually each and every time when i need to...

Hi, Platform is AMD RX-421 CPU with 4GB DRAM. Our customer build Windows PE 32-bit image in USB drive, next boot AMD platform by this WinPE USB drive. However they get BSOD error when calling shutdown command. (WinPE command : wpeutil shutdown). If we test shutdown command in Windows PE 64-bit...

Hello. I'd like to run a application with other user name (on console) I used runas /user:test cmd and execute in the new console: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-remote -P But this is a bit .. how I can say it... to much work ^^ I would like create a link on desktop, who...

As announced in the May 2018 issue of MSDN Magazine, the latest Windows update introduces support for Console UWP apps. We’re also introducing support for UWP apps to get broader access to the file-system than was previously possible. In fact, it was during the design and development phases of...

Today’s web developers face more challenges than ever before. New frameworks spring up left and right. The number of devices capable of running the web multiply by the day. And we strive as creators to enable an inclusive and trustworthy world where fundamentals like accessibility, privacy...

I'll keep this brief because Windows has wasted a fair portion of my life for various reasons. Is there no utility that cuts through the stupidity of not being able to TURN OFF "Read-only" folders and files contained within MY file system FORCING them to STAY write-able? I ask about a utility...

So I'm having trouble finding and installing updates, and that has led me to an issue with DISM while trying to fix it. When i run DISM, "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" it returns an error:87 the Cleanup-Image option is unknown. I can run "Dism /online /Cleanup-Image /?" and it will...

Hi I have a batch file command set up in a folder on my PC of which creates a new subfolder fine but what im trying to do is to be able to auto run that batch file when I click on the folder icon on the desktop. What I need to do then if poss for a message box or something come up to tell me...

I need to simulate an application using 8.3 format, as shown in the attached image How do I enable it? (The print is from another Windows 7) I did not find it

Hi, I installed openSSH for Windows and the Linux subsystem on my computer and I would like to access the Linux bash from another computer. When I use ssh to access the computer I get the Windows command prompt then when I type bash I get Error: 0x80070005 Press any key to continue... It seems...

Assume I connect from my Win7 computer to the router which in turn is connected to the Internet provider servers. Now the inhouse LAN assigns the IP4s depending of the local DHCP-server. Ok. But I am NOT interested in these IP4s but on the public IP4 address which is assigned to the router...

It seems to me that the well known command sfc /scannow ..... appends all logmessages to a possibly already existing CBS.LOG file rather than create a new logfile. Is this correct? So if I want to have a fresh logfile just with the results from the last sfc run I have to manually delete the...

Assume a hard disk contains a possibly (partially) corrupted Windows 7. I boot now a ToolsCD or USB flash drive with Windows 10. When I open now a CmdPrompt and enter sfc /scannow /offwindir=C:\Windows /offbootdir=C:\ then I cannot do this since the local, active, running WinOS is different...

Hello, I am trying to open a file [FILE] with a program [PROGRAM]. I have a shortcut of those two on my desktop. When i drag and drop [FILE] on top of [PROGRAM], it works as expected, meaning that [FILE] gets openend correctly by using [PROGRAM] to open it (Similarly to how you would drop a...

To keep the story short (and avoid embarrassment to myself)... I have a file (.exe) to which everyone supposedly has full permissions, except that with explorer I cannot delete it, copy it, or move it. I can take ownership of it, but the same situation still exists. I **know** (because there...

Assume I have a huge directory tree with lots of files and folders. Some of them belong to (simplified) user "karl" (or unknown user "S-1-5-21-107808153") others not. When I execute now a command like takeown /f * /a /r /d y then ALL files+folders get the "Administrators" account as owner. I...

Hi, I'd to make my cmd open as an administrator by default. I know I can hit Win+X->'a', but I want to open the admin-cmd anywhere. Normally I open cmd in a folder either by: 1. Typing 'cmd' into Windows Explorer url bar [preferred method] 2. shift+right-click -> open cmd as administrator So...

Assume I boot Win10 from an USB flash drive on various computers. The max possible resolution differs from computer to computer. I could always manually fiddle through the menus and set the current max.possible resolution manually. But this is uncomfortable. Is there a utility or cmdline...