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    Windows 10 Shared drive pops up an Explorer window every 20 minutes

    I shared two drives on my PC so I could play my media on my Raspberry Pi KODI box and one drive opens an Explorer window every 20 minutes on my PC. One drive I shared was F: which is a partition on an internal SATA drive, it never opens a window. The other was J: an external USB drive. The...
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    Windows 7 "Access is denied" ... but I own it...

    To keep the story short (and avoid embarrassment to myself)... I have a file (.exe) to which everyone supposedly has full permissions, except that with explorer I cannot delete it, copy it, or move it. I can take ownership of it, but the same situation still exists. I **know** (because there...
  3. Windows 8 Cannot delete file, "file is open in Windows Explorer"

    I use Windows 8.1 64-bit and sometimes I have attempted to use Internet Explorer 11. I'm the sole user and administrator on the computer. Under Windows Explorer, I tried to delete the file Windows Explorer gives a File In Use complaint According to Advanced Security Settings for...
  4. Windows 10 Problem with Creators upgrade control Panel and God Mode

    I just upgraded my PC and my laptop to the Windows 10 Creator's upgrade and after the upgrade I noticed that my laptop is having a minor issue. I know that with the update Microsoft has removed Control Panel from the START menu but it's still available by searching for it on your PC. On my...
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    Windows 7 Cannot move of copy pictures.

    Hi there! I'm having a problem with my picture files. I have hundreds of them in separate folders: holidays, family etc. The problem is is when I try to copy them or move to another folder, I keep getting the message: 'Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working.' Windows Explorer then shuts down...
  6. Desktop Bridge: Creators Update

    Overview The Creators Update is packed with new features for app developers and end users that are designed to delight developers who can offer their end users a rich experience. User transition & data migration Users are encouraged to download the store version of their desktop apps. If...
  7. Windows 10 Change Default Command Prompts to Admin

    Hi, I'd to make my cmd open as an administrator by default. I know I can hit Win+X->'a', but I want to open the admin-cmd anywhere. Normally I open cmd in a folder either by: 1. Typing 'cmd' into Windows Explorer url bar [preferred method] 2. shift+right-click -> open cmd as administrator So...
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    Windows 10 Frequent freezing

    Hey guys so I have Windows 10, and up until about two weeks ago my laptop was running just fine. The desktop will freeze and so will the taskbar on the bottom, I cant click on anything with the mouse. But I can use the windows key and windows key+x and use the arrow keys to navigate around. I...
  9. Windows 10 .iso association disappearing

    I've done my research, with absolutely no results. I've gone page to page, searching for answers, and I've come across nothing. Every solution is already applied to me, but the problem still persists. I seem to have lost association to all .iso's. Every one I have (20+) and any that I download...
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    Windows 7 Why are there 4 (!) RECYCLE BINs on my partition? Outer and Inner RecycleBins?

    After having disabled the option "protect my system folders) I had a look on my folders and found 4 (!) different RECYCLE BINs on my second, non-system partition D: Have a look at the attached snapshot of my WinExplorer view and the corresponding listing with "dir /a". Why are there so many...
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    Windows 10 Slow boot and start-up time

    Hello, I'm new here I just wanted to ask for some help and assistance over the issues I've faced with my laptop. Specs: Processor: Intel Core i5-6220U Ram: 8gb Graphics: Intel HD Graphics Here's my Diagnostic-Performance Events: Boot Performance Monitoring This application took longer than...
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    Windows 10 Excel 365 opens blank

    Could someone please advise me on what to do about Excel 365 opening a document blank when directly clicking on the document in windows explorer. One has to first open Excel and then browse to the document for it to open correctly. Sent from my iPhone using Windows Forums mobile app
  13. Windows 8 Windows 8 No Aero

    Hey everybody. I'm having some trouble with my Windows 8.1 appearance, I was just wondering if somebody could help me... Is there any free way to get the Windows 7 aero glass into Windows 8.1? The aero glass in Windows Explorer in Windows 7 looks like this: See how the outline of the program...
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    Windows 7 Recent computer issue

    Hello, From this monday my laptop becane a great pain in the butt. At first, windows explorer started freezing and crashing after 20 min of using the computer, i will either restart the computer or wait for explorer to restart( usually i have to restart it manually) this night i tried to scan...
  15. Windows 10 Missing folders and driver errors

    Hi. In the past few days I've been getting errors for my secondary (D:) Drive (HDD) from Windows. So, windows keeps telling me to restart my PC to fix drive errors. But when I restart, it does nothing, so I just ignored it because everything seemed fine... until recently... Ok, so about 2 days...
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    Windows 10 Rename multiple files in Windows explorer

    Is it possible to rename only part of a filename when multiple files are selected in Windows Explorer? I sometimes have hundreds of files to rename and I have to do them individually.
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    Windows 7 win7 search and download location issues

    Ive been using win7 for about 6 months now. Before that I was using xp for 15 years. Im having problems with: 1-Search; the status bar gets to 99% pretty fast, then it's literally hours before the search finishes. Why? 2-Ive been using firefox for over 10 years now. I always set it to...
  18. Windows 7 Control Panel Users different from Windows Explorer Users?

    At my age I'm not keen on climbing stairs, so I'm experimenting with transferring files from the PC laptop in the kitchen to/from the PC desktop upstairs. TeamViewer is working fine, and both machines are now in the same home group, for whatever that buys me. Both machines are Win7 SP1. Today I...
  19. Windows 7 Adjust timing of displayed video thumbnails?

    Greeting, all - When you have some videos in a folder and have the 'View' mode set to 'Large Icons', it shows a thumbnail preview about 5 seconds into the vid. Normally, this is fine when it comes to jogging your memory of what the vid is, but I've just gotten hold of some historical...
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    Windows 7 Disabling RecycleBin does NOT delete current existing content?

    Assume I have an external hard disk with one (backup) partition which is currently mounted as drive Q:\ Now I right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on my desktop, then select Properties--->Drive Q: and enable "Don't move files to the recycleBin. Remoive files immediately when deleted" Much to...