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When I use my mouse within some applications to perform a text-based Paste operation, the contents of the clipboard do not get copied into the desired location¹; before posting this I verified A) that the clipboard does have the data that's supposed to be there, and B) that the Paste operation...

I dont know if I am posting in the correct section, but I've been trying to figure out a way to insert a picture into a word document and I have not figured out a way to do this. Further clarifying, starting from Word, I would like to launch the camera app from it, snap a picture, and have...

The following is how the desktop short looks like. I seem to recall I saw a different one some time ago. Does everyone have the same shortcut?

I've never been good at using keyboard shortcuts, but I decided that it would be convenient to be able to launch certain programs by this method. I Googled and found a number of returns that give instructions on how to create custom key strokes for this purpose, like this...

Assume I am playing a video or an mp3. Yes, I know how to turn off audio inside audio speaker controls. But I don't want to fiddle around with menus and dialogs. Instead I want to handle it as easy as possible with ONE (DOUBLE)CLICK. I can imagine that there is a utility whose shortcut...

The Control Panel used to be listed on the bottom left tray (is that called the Start menu?) but now I cannot locate the Control Panel at all. How do I get to it, and is it possible to make a shortcut for it to get to it quickly?

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Hi Because I don't have Windows Updates set to install automatically I get the message to open Windows Update and install new updates every day, sometimes several times a day. Getting to Windows Update is more round about in Windows 8 than is was in 7, which had a button on the start menu...

I have added a shortcut to "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo" and it shows up in the folder but not on the right-click SendTo menu. My original shortcut was not working so I deleted it and added it back. Other ideas? Couldn't delete post so editing to say that I tried...

I am running Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro virtual machine. On a PC I can open Windows Explorer and select certain files within a folder with Ctrl-Click. Does anyone know the equivalent keyboard shortcut on a MacBook Pro? Thank you, Jonart

I am looking for a Windows 7 script (perhaps in vbs) or another mechanism that will copy the target of a shortcut to a new folder. If the shortcut points to a single file, copy the file to the new folder If the shortcut points to a folder, copy that folder to the new folder If the shortcut...

I have a Windows 7 machine with a new install maybe 2 months old. I create a shortcut either by right clicking the folder and sending a shortcut to the desktop or by manually creating one. The shortcut works fine when you just click on it, but when you go to open a document in Word 2010 and try...

Hey guys, so i'm having this problem: Link Removed See that blank icon with no description? I can't erase neither find out how to clear it. It is there since i uninstalled toshiba music place, but somehow the name of the icon disappeared also. How can I erase that icon? Thank you for your time

I probably have a silly problem, but I can't find a way out after hours of google. I have a folder with pictures. I moved some of them to a different folder and replaced them with a shortcut to the new location. The newly created shortcut works perfectly but its icon is the icon of the refered...

This is getting very silly now. Have a look at the page detail that arrives in my browser when I go to my home page and to the shorcut that is on my home pageLink RemovedLink Removed

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first of all, thanks for all those who have aided me in getting to my virtual pc xp mode now please, a couple of NEW queries: query 1 I have installed a 16 bit DOS based application in the C: of the virtual XP Mode (it is a DOS based application, so there is no installing procedure) An icon...

[Solved][Oblytile/Modern tile maker] tiles being display as "Run" tiles being deisplay as "Run" icons and not creating the Shortcut .LNK file inside the StartMenu folder but in USER/Appdata/local/microsoft/windows/Aplication shortcuts oblytile can be found here...

Taipei, February 4th – Linpus, a leader in the field of open source software in the consumer space, announced the release of a new application for Windows 8. Linpus, one of the most successful open source vendors in the notebook and consumer device market, has recently added Android and Windows...

Hi, I'm wondering how to make a batch file so that I can launch the ipconfig /all command right off my desktop. I know how to get to the command prompt and running, but I want to just put a shortcut and/or write a batch file with just a click. I can get the command prompt up. I open a new...