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Microsoft’s security tracker has recorded CVE‑2025‑64658, a newly assigned elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability tied to Windows File Explorer / the Windows Shell; the public details describe a race condition (CWE‑362) in the Shell that can allow an authorized local user to escalate privileges...

Microsoft’s admission that a servicing regression broke core Windows 11 shell functionality in certain provisioning scenarios crystallizes a slow‑burn crisis for the operating system: a July 2025 cumulative update (represented in Microsoft’s advisory by KB5062553) introduced a timing‑dependent...

Maester arrived as a simple idea with a practical purpose: treat cloud configuration like code and test it continuously so Microsoft 365 and Entra administrators stop discovering broken security only after an incident exposes the gap. Background Cloud configuration drift is a persistent...

Google’s experimental Windows app aims to remove the friction of switching windows to look something up — a floating, Spotlight‑like search bar you summon with Alt + Space that can search local files, installed apps, Google Drive, and the web, and that folds in Google Lens and the company’s AI...

When I first started using the command line on Windows, the Command Prompt felt like a utility drawer: useful for a handful of quick tasks but cramped, inflexible, and increasingly outclassed by modern tooling — which is precisely why switching to Windows Terminal has become a practical...

ExplorerPatcher’s latest release finally restores several long-broken customizations for Windows 11 24H2 and includes a practical — if controversial — workaround that lets the utility avoid the upgrade safeguard that Microsoft introduced for 24H2 builds. The update, published as release...

Microsoft has quietly begun to fix one of Windows 11’s most persistent frictions: the sudden, blinding white dialogs that have long broken the illusion of a system-wide Dark Mode. Recent Insider preview builds include dark-themed file-operation dialogs — copy/move progress windows, delete...

After two decades on Windows and a few months of serious Linux testing, one thing stands out: desktop environments are the feature I wish Windows would borrow wholesale — a modular, swappable shell model that turns the platform into a true creative canvas rather than a single locked-in UI. rview...

Hey, I've noticed that since a few days ago my previously working Open Shell and Lightshot have stopped registering the Windows button or the Print screen, respectively. I can still open both by pressing the buttons with a mouse but the keyboard commands don't register. The Windows-button...

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Really, I do! I only just upgraded to Windows 21H2 (from (21H1) less than two weeks ago. Over the years, Microsoft's OS iterations have been becoming progressively worse. I know many people complained about W8.1; I have no idea why. I continue to use the professional version on my original...

Hi, I'm running Win 10pro with Classic shell 4.3.1. I do a lot of diverse research and keep 150+ windows open in Firefox. This makes it difficult to find a particular subject in the taskbar when I have to go back and forth between them (each Firefox window tab is "titled" with the subject of...

Hi, A friend (who has installed win10 onto his win xp PC and is using classic shell but struggling with the new experience of 10) was following my simple steps to download a screenshare exe file and see if it showed malware as I am seeing in Virustotal.com, Firstly he set the download file...

All of my UWP Apps are missing including Microsoft Store. I checked AppReadiness and it contains nothing. Program Files\WindowsApps does not exist too. Even creating that folder disappears immediately. I have tried every methods on the web and it didn't work. I just bought my laptop yesterday...

I have a script in my system. I want to run this script on the remote system which has SSH connection.

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...

Hi There ! I would like to have some help with Classic Shell for Skinning the Start Menu ! Here what I need : I would like to hide or disable this popup description that show my real name on the user picture and on the username in the Start Menu ! (Here what I want to hide on this two...

Hi Guys I am posting another link that will take you to the 'nightly' repository'. Here you will find the absolute latest builds. You can download by right clicking on the link and 'save as' or left click as you would any .exe file. Download Open Shell 4.4.131: Link Removed I could not edit...

How to customize the holographic shell just like customize Win10 Start Menu? How to adjust the Tile's sequence and size? How to add new Tile ? ... Is there or will there be any spec or guidance for holographic shell customization?