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It would appear that some Win 10 users are having issues with update KB3020114. Microsoft have posted an official solution on the Windows Insider Hub: ref: Insider Hub found on Windows 10 Tech Preview

Hi, I use windows 7 64bit. I want to add "xdelete" to context menu of windows explorer. What is xdelete? Its function is exactly the same as preexisting delete menu, So that if I select some files or folders and click them with right mouse button and press X, it will say "are you sure you want...

Hi, I've got a Seagate 2TB external drive for backup. When I backup files and click on the drive it just says 'this folder is empty'. However, if i search for a file or directory it appears. I did read something to the effect that Windows 7 fails to show the files if a drive is very large but I...

Greetings everyone. Recently I've noticed that I'm having an issue that explorer.exe crashes when I right click inside "My PC" to be specific here:

Anyone know what this is about? I get this Error message then my Win Explorer stops working. then eventually BSOD. Afterwards windows wont boot. A friend mentioned to re-install disks, however I didn't get them with this computer. anyone? Thanks ZkingD Problem signature: Problem Event Name...

Hi Guys, I have heard good things about this forum so I thought I would join. Unfortunately I have been having a few issues over the last day or so. Basically evertime I open a folder in my internal back-up drivers it seems to intermittently boot me out and closes the window so I end back...

So for the past couple days I have been having problem with windows 7 and explorer, Images are icons and not thumbnails. I have the folder options checked to NOT show icons just thumbnails. Now I have NO thumbnail cache.db files, I deleted them with glary utilities since disk cleanup does not...

I never use the Recent folder that appears in Windows Explorer. I've removed other system folders, but how to remove the Recent folder seems to be a mystery. Please note: I'm not asking how to remove items from Recent folder. Rather, I want to delete the folder so it doesn't appear at all...

the hierarchy in widows explorer this pc -> c > users -> user -> <my files> BUT I can access my files with start -> guy -> <my files> My question: who is this USER whose workspace is same as mine? Why is it named USER? (and not, for example, guy) Thanks for your time

I am running Win7 64 bit Ultimate. I need to sort and separate volumes of files and directories by date only. Is there a program that will do this? Thanks for any direction you might provide. Link Removed

A friend (within the last month) purchased an ASUS and up until about a week ago had no issues. Now the computer is pretty much unusable for anything she needs it for. It is running windows 8.1. On startup everything appears fine. After going to the desktop and allowing the computer to finish...

Hello, let me first explain what functionality I want: In the Details view of Explorer, I want to navigate throgh the Filename column as if it was a text file. I want this because currently it takes THREE mouseclicks (selectFile, activate edit mode, positionClick) till I am where I want to be...

- System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP [ Guid] {9C205A39-1250-487D-ABD7-E831C6290539} EventID 219 Version 0 Level 3 Task 212 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x8000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2014-06-13T03:42:44.627618500Z EventRecordID 4519 Correlation - Execution [...

Under Windows 7 I setup a shortcut link in Taskbar to open WindowsExplorer with a pre-defined directory and auto-expand and mark that directory in left side tree view with the following command: %windir%\explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\data It works fine in Win 7. When I try to setup the same...

I bought a new laptop about two months ago and I've not had any problems with it. I've got windows 8 and very recently it's stopped connecting to the internet. I can connect to google chrome and go on any website but I cannot connect to internet explorer or any other things that need the...

Network overview shows the unit I do not want to recognize. When I look in Explorer "Network" I've got a new called "ONAL" and I do not know where came from. As shown in the image I get an empty list when I choose "Open in New Window" and an error if I try to "Connect to Remote Desktop" How...

About half an hour ago I got a random pop up saying windows explorer.exe has stopped working when I was typing in the start search bar, I was trying to type in cpu, but it froze before I could typed the u. I have norton antivirus and superantispyware so im positive it is not a virus. Its only...

Using Windows 8.1 on HP machine All updates up-to-date Hardware: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Explorer Folder Option selected: Single-click to open an item (point to select); Underline icon titles only when I point on them Display: Detail list (Ctrl + Shift + 6) No touch input Here's the...

OK so everytime at startup for the past three days, my desktop is blank with no taskbar. I have to open task manager and kill process "explorer.exe" and run it again. Is there any fix to this problem?

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