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  1. CVE-2025-64658: Windows Shell Race Condition Elevates Privilege

    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...

  2. Windows 11 Provisioning Regression Impacts Start Menu and Settings in 24H2 Updates

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  3. Maester: Treat Cloud Configuration as Code with Automated Microsoft 365 Tests

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  4. Google Labs Windows App: Floating Spotlight Search with Lens & AI

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  5. Windows Terminal: Boost Productivity with Tabs, Panes, and WSL

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  6. ExplorerPatcher 22631.5335.68.2 Restores 24H2 Compatibility, SWS, and Rounded-Corner Fix

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  7. Windows 11 Dark Mode Expands to File Dialogs in Preview Builds

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  8. Why Windows Needs Modular Desktop Environments for True UI Freedom

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Open Shell and Lightshot don't register Windows-button or Print Screen button

    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...

  10. VIDEO Russia Ukraine conflict: Shelling halts evacuation as Zelenskyy makes historic address

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  11. VIDEO War in Ukraine: Sky travels to nuclear plant shelled by Russians

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    Windows 11 I just wanna say a heartfelt "Thank you!" to all for revealing W11's "gotchas". Not gonna upgrade for now.

    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...
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    Windows 10 sort taskbar to show running programs alphabetically

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Win10 PC programs and Features pane lost all programs just shows Msoft OneDrive !

    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...
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    • app list chrome computer issues control panel download settings exe files features installation malware onedrive programs reboot screenleap settings shell troubleshooting uninstall user experience virustotal windows 10
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  15. Windows 10 All UWP Apps are missing

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Run Local Script On Remote System via SSH

    I have a script in my system. I want to run this script on the remote system which has SSH connection.
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    Windows 10 Removing things that appear after right-clicking a file

    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...

  18. Need Help for Skin Start Menu Classic Shell [Windows 10]

    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...

  19. Open Shell (new name for Classic Shell) & release 4.4.131 - Download link to repo

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 10 How to customize Holographic Shell?

    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?