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After following a recent thread, I got a distinct impression that many users are not fully aware that the modern screen can be customised, and is, for all normal use, a graphical Start menu. Progams can be added, removed and arranged, with appropriate heading names. I realise that users have, in...

I built a pc last friday, and i have only one issue. I have Windows 8.1 64-bit, and when im trying to type something my keyboard starts to open programs. I think they are windows key shortcuts. But anyway my windows key isnt stuck because it works no problem with other computer. Please help with...

I have an issue, i have just started a Windows 7 Migration Project and i was originally brought in to do GPO, now i have bene asked to do something else and i am a little stuck. Basically we still run Windows XP on most of our machines but will start migrating over to 7 soon. We run a batch...

I have these problem and I am not quite sure to understand how do delete short cut. Close By: power Icon Called Desktop: Shows allot software Installed How can I delete short cut, please? I can post Image if needed to. Thank you for you help squirt

On my sony VAIO duo 11 windows 8, I have a virus that makes everything a "shortcut" especially on my flash drives. The problem is, I want to reinstall windows from the recovery partition that's on the HDD. However, every time I try to copy the recovery partition onto a flash drive, it copies...

Pressing Win+Q under Windows 8.0 and Windows 8.1 Preview on my desktop PC and laptop displayed the app search screen. Under Window 8.1 RTM Win+Q shows only the Search charm which is identical to pressing Win+S. Is this the case after you upgraded, too? The same happened on my laptop for about...

I was playing videogames and everything was ok. But the next time i log onto my computer everything from my desktop is gone, but the recicling bin. I cant acces the downloads folder, libraries is empty, and the documents folder is missing. When i open my computer is saids...

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I am not sure where this problem is coming from. I have never seen this before with a shortcut. Is it a problem with VIM, Rocket Dock or Windows? The reason I ask if it could be VIM is because it is the only shortcuts that have this problem.

Hi I was messing around with how to use Agent Ransack to search and then add files to Dropbox. I wanted to make a test folder to try the process on so I didn't have to delete them afterwards, and I found that I don't know any way to add a folder to the Send to option on the right click menu...

Media Player will play a song if I double-click a shortcut to the song (.mp3). However, if I create a number of shortcuts in a directory and highlight them all, right-click and choose 'Add to Windows Media Player list' only one of the songs on the list plays. I want them all to play! Of...

Hello all, I recently installed a fresh copy of Win7 64 on a new PC. The way I have my system set up is that I have separate partitions for OS, Program Files, and Data (C: D: E: respectively). After installing the OS and partitioning the drive I went into RegEdit to change my ProgramFilesPath...

Hie Everyone, May this article find useful to you all . This thread is about short keys of windows -8 . good article with useful information Link Removed check this link which makes you easy in using windows 8 . Go through it :):):) .

hi, is it possible tagging any type of files instead of photo & docs on Windows 8? i want my shortcut have some tags to be organized Link Removed

Whenever I do CTRL + Z CTRL + P CTRL + C CTRL + R etc It barley works. What I usually do is hold CTRL and press the key. I end up having to press it like 5 - 15 times then it gets back to normal for a while, then goes back to me having to do that. I installed no new programs or nothing It...

Some icons no matter where they are located don't display there actual picture but a white paper instead. Most of the time it only happens if I put it in a folder. Link Removed And sometimes even on the desktop. Link Removed I would really not like to have to set the icon up manually...

Hello..............Can anyone help? I am using windows 7, only today, when I click on a shortcut on my screen it only opens very small in the left hand top corner, this happens for all shortcuts from desktop. I am sure there is a solution but I can't remember Thanks in advance Bob

Using Windows 8 Pro I want to create an empty folder on my desktop so I can add shortcuts to websites I visit often, when I create an empty folder on the desktop is has File Explorer in it when I open it on the desktop, I would like to create one that resembles or works like an empty folder in...

Hi Everybody, Just a thought, All of my desktop icons have the usual arrow identifying the icon as a shortcut. Link Removed Since I already know these are shortcuts, I wonder if there is any way to remove that arrow from all of the icons? If anyone can give me direction to do that, it would...

You guys probbaly heard of oblytile the custom tile maker for win 8. It has an option to convert shortcuts to tiles but its not detecting most of my shortcuts.I know you can manually choose the program path but it doesnt work when different shortcuts share the same .exe . For example the...