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What happens if it is disabled? I have a perfectly working Acronis backup image of the entire drive, so do I need WRE at all? I love it that I can simply go back to all my updates, apps, and preferences reinstalled with my image. I am using Windows 10.

Hello, first post here... Is it possible to run Windows 10's Explorer in Windows 11 ? I really don't like the new Explorer in Windows 11...

I need software like Todoist or Microsoft To Do that 1) I can buy and not rent, and 2) I don't have to have an existing account with someone to use (like Microsoft To Do will only work with a Microsoft account). I just want an app I can buy once and not have it tied to an email account. I've...

hello I want to have three accounts on my Windows / PC 1-secondary 2-primary 3-Administrator No authority on the first and second accounts, only users according to my own preferences The third account must be an admin and have full authority Thank you for your help to explain or have a video

My wife uses an old Windows 8 computer, mostly for browsing, and came to me the other day complaining that she was having issues. Internet Explorer would start and display her normal Favorites Bar contents, but then apparently was being re-directed and displaying a ton of favorites she did not...

In Windows 10 v21H2 I disabled in Settings--->Personalization---->START - Show recently added apps=Off and - Show recently opened items in Jump List an Start=Off But when I go to folders - C:\Users\tob\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\ and -...

Windows 21h2 22000652 When I update manually then run compatibility there a fix re: bits. If I leave it on auto and run compatibility it is fine. Is this typical? You can have one or the other but not both, it appears. I would rather run it manually more often than automatically does less...

Since I had to register and it deleted my posts, like seriously? You guys can't code that in so it remembers what you were doing? Every single other forum in the friggin world can, but Microsoft, which is supposed to be the top minds, nope, they can't handle it. Work on that guys. Anyway, to...

I must continually click "accept/sign in" for evry site I want to visit (email, newspaper etc. Even when I get a notice that my preference has been stored. Not a big issue but a bit annoying, Any ideas how I can fix this?

How to make GoogleDriveBackUpSync Status Window and Status Bar floating around on the Desktop all time freely. Any Way to export the rea-time sync status to an external display windows, s o as to monitor Sync Progress all time?!? 1* GoogleDriveBackUpSync Status Window and Status Bar should be...

Windows 10 Home. I don't store my files in the Documents folder. How can I set OneDrive to open other folders on my hard drive?

I used to have things set up so that if I wanted to mail a page link from, say, FIrefox, Windows would prompt me to choose a mailing program and then I could set an addressee and send email. I don't remember what I had to do to set that up but I'm hesitant to do it again because of Windows'...

When I look at the auto-start list then I found an entry for edge browser "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=service /prefetch8 Furthermore "Meet Now" icon appears in Systray. How can I disable auto-start of the two programs? Is it necessary to uninstall...

Hi, Thunar file manager on Ubuntu 20.04 shows no time frame where you list files in any given folder, is there a way to make it show this or is there a better file manager I could use that does? Thanks in advance.

I Have Windows 7.... I DON'T Want Windows 10..... Is Windows 8 a Good Choice?

I would like to save all my word, excel, etc files locally and not to the onedrive/cloud. I have set the default saving location on the local versions of word and Excel, but when I am using 365 it only shows the onedrive as a default location, there doesn't seem to be any other choices? Part...

Is anyone having issues with Samsung smart switch and outlook 2016. When I go to smart switch preferences and click on update both I get many duplicates and in some cases triplicated and quadruplicates. They are both set to first name first. I have deleted all the contacts in the phone and then...

I deleted Onedrive (or at least I thought I did) but now when I save a file to Documents it still goes to c: users/kgash/onedrive/documents instead of c:/users/kgash/documents. How can I change this behaviour. I no longer have onedrive.exe on my system. Thank you.

I have a fresh install of Win10Pro. However, when I look at File Explorer, there is no Quick Access Link for "Downloads" and there is also no "Downloads entry under the "This PC" section. The "This PC" entry will not allow me to add a new Folder either as it redirects to network. When I use...

Win 10 v1902(2) updated ok this morning and snip shortcut "Win logo + shift + S" not working. Gives rapid flashing between 2 yellow pop ups, keyboards Eng UK and Eng US. I only have Eng UK in preferred language. Also the delivery of key stroke to printed letter is wrong with @ should be ", #...