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  1. Windows 11 April 2025 Update: Fixes for File Explorer and More

    Windows 11 24H2’s April 2025 update is set to deliver a bundle of fixes that many users have been eagerly waiting for. Among the most celebrated improvements is the remedy for the long-standing File Explorer menu bug—a seemingly minor UI glitch that has had a surprisingly disruptive impact on...
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    • 2-in-1 device april 2025 update april update bsod bug fixes controlled rollout file explorer file explorer fixes wake from sleep windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 7 Westclox Automation or What Task Scheduler?

    After only 35 yrs in the general purpose OS business, MS cannot devise a reliable "wake from sleep" scheduler. The task scheduler can shut down, or sleep, but not awake with any hope of reliability. The BIOS can set a base "power management" start-up, but it is insensitive to refinements in...
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    • alarm automation battery bios computer wake device management freeware macos power management reliability remote access software issues system settings task scheduler troubleshooting usb user experience wake from sleep windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 7 Can you open a file automatically when coming out of sleep mode?

    Windows 7 Startup folder allows you to open a file when starting the computer, but I seldom shut off my computer. Instead, I would like a file to open every time I put in the password to bring it out of sleep mode. Is that possible?
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    • auto open file opening password sleep mode startup folder user experience wake from sleep windows 7 windows settings
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Scheduled Task: Wake from sleep, run task and return to sleep. Possible?

    I have a Win7 Ultrabook. I'm using Areca backup software to backup my personal data. I created a Scheduled Task to run my backup weekly. I set it so that it would wake from sleep to run the task. But I'm having trouble finding a setting to tell it to return to sleep if it woke itself up. Is...
    • doni49
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    • areca backup automation backup batch file sleep mode task scheduler ultrabook wake from sleep windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Software

  5. Windows 7 Catch 22: System Restore and CHKDSK

    Really fun things happen if your laptop falls off the bed while you're asleep. In Windows, I can no longer log off/reboot/shut down normally (Linux, however, is fine). Also, if I put my laptop to sleep in Windows, it will inexplicably refuse to wake up (again, Linux can wake up just fine...
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    • boot issues chkdsk corruption disk issues error message file system installation laptop issues malfunction performance reboot recovery shutdown issues sleep issues system restore troubleshooting unresponsive wake from sleep windows update
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support