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Cosmetic issues on WindowsForum.com cover minor visual or interface problems that do not affect core functionality. Recurring themes include tooltip misplacement on the Windows 11 taskbar, stubborn Quick Access entries in Windows 10, icon display glitches on the taskbar or login screen, and registry-related cosmetic errors in Windows 8.1. Users also discuss cosmetic condition when buying refurbished devices like the Surface RT, and forum software updates that fix cosmetic bugs with unicode characters in search results. These threads focus on non-critical annoyances that users seek to resolve for a cleaner experience.
  1. daden

    Windows 11 A very trivial "problem"...

    Howdy. I'm running Windows 11 Home, 22000.160 (beta), and I've noticed that the tooltips for the systray icons show up to the left of those icons in the "blank area" of the taskbar. But it only happens after I hover over the icons and make those tooltips show, then move the cursor to the left...
    • daden
    • Thread
    • beta bugs cosmetic issues feedback home edition icons taskbar tooltips user experience windows 11
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. R

    Windows 10 Can't remove old document folder located on removed server from Quick Access Menu in Windows

    In the past, on some of our client machines (Win 10 Pro, latest version), had their user account document folder relocated to the H: location in the home folder for their server side account. We now have changed that model, so that all document folders shall remain local on the local machines...
    • RichardN
    • Thread
    • cosmetic issues documents folder file management local storage menu quick access server removal tech support windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. davidhk129

    Windows 8 Windows Surface RT

    No idea where to post this. My apology if this is the wrong forum. I have been itching to buy a touch screen Windows operated tablet. My roadblock is budget. I have found this which kind of fits my budget....... Microsoft Surface Windows RT 10.6" Tablet 64GB P5T-00002 (Mfg. Refurbished)...
    • davidhk129
    • Thread
    • budget buying guide cosmetic issues device specifications internet access microsoft office 2013 operating system refurbished storage surface rt tablet technology touchscreen user advice wifi windows rt windows tablets windows upgrade
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. A

    Windows 8 "Add or Remove Programs" doesn´t work anymore (in Metro)

    Windows 8.1 Hi, I had an issue with the general user folder name, which was shown as "Alex_000". Although this was a cosmetic issue only, I wanted to change this to "Alex". I successfully managed this by changing about 50 entries in the registry (via regedit). So fine so good. Now I found...
    • Alleex
    • Thread
    • app management c drive cosmetic issues desktop error message error resolution metro orphaned links registry search issues software removal system apps tech support troubleshooting uninstall apps user folder windows 8.1 windows settings
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. Mike

    Search Engine Updates

    Fixed cosmetic issue with search results that have a title that contains unicode characters Better handling of non-standard latin characters (makes German, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian work without needing setting) Changed how delta indexes are threaded within distributed indexes Fixed issue...
    • Mike
    • Thread
    • character support cosmetic issues delta index distributed indexes fix handling indexing morphology post searching private messages search engine search results setting changes thread sorting unicode update user threads vbulletin view word stemming
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Forum Announcements
  6. M

    Windows 7 How to change Win7 Login icon size?

    Has anyone found a way to change the physical size of login screen icons? I have 2 users on my Win7 32bit main PC. The icons for Laura and Mario look tiny on my monitor (24" set to 1280x1024). If there was a way to set the monitor resolution for login screen to say 600x800, but have it...
    • mariomp
    • Thread
    • 32-bit cosmetic issues desktop display settings icon size resolution screen size windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. S

    Windows 7 Taskbar pinned icon disappearing/changing

    Hi all...I've been running the W7 release candidate for a couple of days and have had the pinned icon for Mozilla Thunderbird disappear several times; removing and reinstalling will bring it back, but it will disappear within a few minutes, leaving only the standard Windows "I don't know what...
    • snsmith
    • Thread
    • bugs cosmetic issues icons pinned icons start menu taskbar thunderbird troubleshooting user interface windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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