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The search bar in windows explorer is greyed out and I can't type anyting in it. In Task Manager there is no Search task. Perhaps that is the reason. HJow do I get the Search task back?

Hello all, Since a week ago my File Share server has been slow to open the "root" folder. Opening a folder via the path in the explorer is immediate. Anyone with this problem? This only happens with Windows 10, when I try to access File Share through a Windows Server, it's immediate/normal...

Hello Windows Insiders, We are testing a new process for delivering new feature improvements to our customers outside of major Windows 10 feature updates. Through the Windows Feature Experience Pack, we can improve certain features and experiences that are now developed independently of the OS...

BACKGROUND. I have a lot of academic articles in pdf format on my PC. I would like to rate them from one star to five star to better remember them. QUESTION. Explorer has a star rating that I can use on a sound file, but the option is not available om pdf files. Any work-around solution...

When I open a second Explorer window, it's positioned virtually on top of the currently open window. Usually, when I do this it's so I can drag and drop objects from one to the other. The Explorer window placement means I have to move it aside in order to expose both Explorer window contents. Is...

Can't get the datemodified: trick to work in my windows explorer. It doesn't show the promised calendar, parameters such as "thisweek" give nothing. Is WIndows 10 a bunch of crap? Never had this and a hundred other problems with 7 but it seems we're forced to use this OS or migrate to Linux...

* Thumbnails only partially display on internal data drive (G drive). This does not affect thumbnails on OS drive (C drive), where OS was recently reinstalled. Thumbnails display properly on C drive. * Both C and G drive are mounted internally in Windows 10 desktop. Problem is only on G drive...

Hello, I've been getting a bunch of these BSODs for a very long time. It's been fairly frustrating to try and figure out what's been happening since the PC hangs long before it manages to dump any sort of meaningful logs as to why the BSODs occur. I've only had one exception where it actually...

Hello. It's been a while since I've been experiencing various problems. I have a Lenovo Y50-70, a respectable laptop. i7, 12GB, GTX 680M and 1TB HDD. I state that I have dual boot in Clover with OSX. It's been a while since I feel it very very slow. It takes about 2 and a half minutes to get...

This appears when we right-click on a file. However, this right-click often takes too much time. I googled and found out Fix for Very Slow or Hang When Right Click On a File or Folder • Raymond.CC. It says I need to use ShellExView, which would allow me to delete some things that appear here...

Hello! I have tuned Windows 10.1909 x64 Pro with many extensions. I found problem with using cut, copy and paste by shortcuts Ctrl+X/C/V. Still is possible to cut, copy and paste only by context menu. But - not in whole OS - mainly in Explorer and file dialogs and some applications. Really I'm...

Hello. Why do the same disks appear in the Windows Explorer twice and how do I fix this? See the picture. Fjelljegeren

I'm not very familiar with Mp3 editing tools, but I want to copy, en masse, all the values in my Mp3s' Contributing artists field to the Album artist field. I know that I can do this through Explorer in each file's properties, but I have a lot of files to do. Ideally, something like a...

In old Win7 users could place a shortcut on TaskBar then open Properties of this shortcut, go to "Shortcut" tab and enter %windir%\explorer.exe /n,/e,D:\data This opens (when clicked) Windows Explorer and mark and expands directory D:\data\ Unfortunately this does not work any more in Win10...

Hello, I've got many photos to sort on a HDD in numerous folders. I found a software to recursively generate all preview thumbnails. When done, the cache is almost 2go. But when I restart my computer, more than half of the cache is deleted so I have to regenerate the cache once again. I know...

I accidentally used a theme which I really wanted in my windows 8 pc, but since I reverted it back to normal...My taskbar, metro apps, systen ui, and file explorer has messed up. -When using a metro app, UI freezes and no longer works (app switcher, charms, taskbar) requires crtl+alt+del and...

installed June 11 update to win 10 1903 and on reboot it hung at windows explorer personal settings not working. Tried 3 times then reverted back to pre-update to get back up. Anyone else have this?

On my systems, Windows Explorer is pinned to the taskbar at position 2. This enables the key sequence <Win> 2 to open the Explorer. I have several folders pinned to Explorer. This allows for the key sequence <Win><Alt> 2, then m to open the Explorer on the pinned folder named "Metrics."...

Win 10 1809 Somehow my libraries are all over the place. My main query is how to sort out my libraries please. I tried using their properties and location but the location I choose is rejected. I tried an option I found to restore libraries to default but that didn't work. The problem is...

How can I put the FORMAT command in the Explorer context menu. I would like to right click on CD drive listed in explorer and select FORMAT from the list that appears. Thanks for and assistance in advance. larryo