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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Star Menu

    How do you remove items from the start menu/all apps? Thanks for any help. I didn't find anything searching.
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    Windows 10 How to Restore Default Desktop Icons and Start Menu Size After Windows 10 Upgrade

    I upgraded my laptop to windows 10 and was quite happy with it until my desktop icons disappeared and the tiles that you saw when clicking on the start button that were small suddenly became big like windows 8 and took over the whole screen! How can I get it back to when it first installed?
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    Windows 10 loaded w10 10240

    Loaded it on my spare 500gb HD, took ages & had to do it twice from the 7gb usb stick. The swiping to the right does not work. Any other way to get whatever is in there? Do you think Classic Shell will work onw10? The dropdown menu from the Start Button seems fully active. Cntrl. panel I had...
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    Windows 10 No Start Menu Tab

    When I right click my Taskbar and select Properties, I have Taskbar, Navigation and Toolbars Tabs, but there is no Start Menu Tab. I can't customize my Start Menu. Isn't there supposed to be a Start Menu Tab? Thanks
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    Windows 10 Can't Back Out of Cortana in Start Menu - Solved

    Hello, Windows Forum! Having a bit of an issue with 10 that maybe somebody else has solved. I opened my start menu and started removing the pre-installed apps to personalize it, like I'd done with 8, and came across the Cortana button. I clicked it out of curiosity and after a while it...
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    Windows 10 Start List problems

    The situation is I can't add any item to the "start list', which is the list on the left of the start icons. As far as I've read, it's supposed to be as easy as dragging an icon, but it can't be done I get an "x" when I reach the destination at the left. Strange also, is that in my context menu...
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    Windows 10 Just installed, but my start button and search bar do not work

    what do i do?? I have two user accounts on my computer and the other users start menu works just fine. Mine however (the administrator account) does not work / respond at all. When i click the start button i see a little blue loading wheel appear for a split second and then nothing happens and...
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    Windows 7 Program doesn't show

    A friend's computer appears to have Filemaker on it (much to our surprise) but it doesn't show in the list of programs in the start menu or in 'Uninstall programs. Why is this and how can I get it to do so? I have found the exe file and put an icon on the desktop.
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    No Start Menu and App Sync for Windows 10

    Microsoft has confirmed that these features from Windows 8/8.1 will not be available in Windows 10 when it is released. read more Continue reading...
  10. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Version 10240 some issues...

    Hi I have some new issues with version 10240. One is that many of the Apps either won't open or open and close immediately. This isn't true of all of them but it is for Mail, People, Calendar and the Store. All of these worked in the previous builds. Weather, Getting started and several...
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    VIDEO Defrag: Windows 10, Microsoft Edge, Wi-Fi Channels and more... | The Defrag Show

    Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...
  12. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Version 10162 on slow ring!

    Hi I was surprised that CCleaner popped up saying that I had a lot of material to remove since I had run it last night. A quick check showed that I had a new "Windows.Old" folder. I went to Windows update and sure enough version 10162 was ready to install. I never realised that it created the...
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    Windows 7 Refresh User Pinned Folder

    I've been looking around and can't seem to get a straight answer for this... I wrote a VB script that creates a shortcut in %\AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu and the shortcut works just fine from the folder in Explorer. However, it never gets pinned to...
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    Windows 7 Most applications are opening in Vim

    Starting this morning, my Windows 7 is opening most applications in Vim (Vim is my editor of choice). The following is an itemized list of this bizarre behavior. From Start menu, most applications display the Vim icon (screen shot below). From Start menu, most applications open in Vim...
  15. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Ver. 10130, Apps from all apps list only open if I click "Open as Administrator?

    Hi I'm going to take these issues on one at a time as I come to them. The first is that I found that none of my programs open from the all apps list unless I right click on them and select "Open as Administrator"? I only have one account on my computer, it's my Microsoft account and it's set...
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    Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10130 for PCs

    Hi everyone, We have a new build for PCs releasing today to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring – Build 10130. As I mentioned with the last build, from here onward you are going to see a lot of tuning, tweaking, stabilizing, and polishing which means fewer big feature changes from build to build...
  17. bochane

    Windows 10 3D Builder app

    A new app? Maybe and for now a misterious one, click on it and it disappears from the startmenu - and that is the only thing I can do with it. And the directory windowsapp, I am unable to open it. Why? Henk
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    Windows 8 How can I make a one key batch file to open the start menu

    Hello, does anyone know if you can make a batch file to open the start menu with one key. Ever since I up graded to win 8.1 the win key stopped working Thx
  19. Paul Simpson

    Windows 10 TP Build 10122

    People app and Music preview app not opening on this build is there any fixes out there yet? The people app opens then closes in about 2 seconds. the Music preview app dose nothing at all when clicked on. Tried un-pinning and re-pinning to start but just the same. If these apps don't work...
  20. Orphydian

    Windows 10 Pls join us to give the right feedback for Windows 10

    If you want a complete and unified modern UI for the next Windows pls. join to give the right feedback for Windows 10 in order to become the modern OS we wanted. Our main scope would be to assure that Microsoft understands we want to get an unified and complete modern looking UI, more...
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