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    Windows 7 Black Screen of Death, Windows Explorer Failed, Safe Mode Boot freezes at Classpnp.sys, please help.

    Hi everyone, The other day while I was using my pc the windows explorer program suddenly stopped working. I rebooted my computer, and received the black screen of death upon log in (only the cursor works). I am able to open task manager, but attempting to open any other window through task...
  2. Windows 10 Working on it

    I am having a strange problem with my PC. On power up the audio turns on full blast. Then when I try to access any files in Windows Explorer I get "Working on it" message and this never goes away. Then when I shut down the pc via shutdown menu it never powers down the pc. Windows update gets...
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    Windows 10 Windows explorer is crashing over and over

    Whenever I try to open windows explorer, after about 5 seconds the window freezes up and so does the taskbar, until I restart windows explorer in task manager. This happens every time I open it and now I can't use windows explorer. Also, I think this happened on a day when I took apart my...
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    Windows 7 recycle bin problems

    Hello, When I double click the recycle bin, it is opened by Windows Media Centre. There I cannot get a proper list and delete folders or empty it. Why can I not open it with Windows explorer, like anything else and then just delete things? Please advise. Thanks, Rob
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 boot problem + freezing after power outage

    At first the power went out and the computer wouldn't boot, and kept trying to repair it but couldn't. Eventually booted it in safe mode and it froze after a minute or two, requiring a hard reset. When I restarted it, it was able to normal boot but continued to freeze after a few minutes and...
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    Error on one of four drives, cannot format or read

    I'm having weird problems with a small SSD drive, F: (120GB). C:\Users\Administrator>chkdsk f: The type of the file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives. Server management shows F: drive as healthy status, yet I was unable to create a text file in that drive in...
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    Windows 10 How can I create a shortcut to restart Windows Explorer

    Because I keep getting the Taskbar refusing to autohide I wanted to have a shortcut to Windows Explorer on the desktop so that I could just restart it with one click, instead of going into Task Manager. Is this possible? Thanks.
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    Windows 8 Please help with suspected malware issue "http://127.0.0.1:8080/proxy.pac"

    Hi all. I am really hoping someone here can help me with a rather annoying issue i am currently experiencing. For some time now my windows explorer has not worked and would simple tell me "this page cannot be displayed". I have tried everything to try and fix this but have not been able to as of...
  9. Windows 10 Resetting Metro style application

    This tutorial will help you reset any metro style application, this includes Cortana and Microsoft Edge Open Windows Explorer (Windows Key + e) Navigate to C:\Users\<username>\Appdata\Local\Packages Shortcut: Type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages in the address bar The folders should be in the format...
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    CD stopped reading files

    Suddenly my two cd roms stopped reading and displaying the files on any cd inserted. Windows recognizes and displays the title of the cd inserted in the navigation column of explorer, but when I click to display contents in details pane the drives just keep spinning and nothing is displayed. If...
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    Windows 10 Bluetooth pairing to phone

    I managed to bluetooth pair my Envy laptop and Windows 8.1 Lumia 535 phone but I'm now looking for an entry for the phone in Windows Eplorer (or Powerdesk) so that I move files around. Although they show as being paired I can't do anything with them. I've also used a USB cable but that won't...
  12. Windows 10 Windows Explorer will not read drives or files, and constantly says "Working on it"

    This is the worst operating system ever and I am so frustrated! I don't want to revert... I just want it to work. Regardless of whether I want to view a file on the c drive, or look at an external drive.. when I try to open File Explorer to view ANYTHING, it just says 'working on it' and looks...
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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 7 Auto-Apply prompt rule to ALL files when target file already exist?

    I sometimes copy/move multiple files + folders within WinExplorer by Drag&Drop to another folder where these files & folder already exist (as an older version with the same name). Then always a popup prompt appears aksing me if I want to - replace the old existing files - cancel the operation -...
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    Windows 7 "system cannot find the path specified" trying to run a .cmd from DOS

    Hi. I'm using Win7 Enterprise. I opened a DOS window as Administrator and I navigated to a directory with two files in it - someFile.cmd file and a someFile.jar file. I typed this on the command line: someFile.cmd and I get, "The system cannot find the path specified". When I type...
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    Windows 7 Unable to find software for the selected file: [username]

    whenever i startup my computer, I am greeted with a File Association Helper message reading: Unable to find software for the selected file. File name: Jonah (my user name on this computer) I have also been having issues with Windows Explorer and wonder if they may be connected in some way. thank you
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    Windows 7 Windows magic - I have no idea what else call this

    I am logged in as Bill (an admin user). I tried to create a new txt doc in an install folder far down under Program Files (x86). My only rt clk option is new folder. I opened another txt file in that folder with Ultraedit (my default editor) and saved it as NOTES.txt in that folder. Now I can...
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    Windows 7 Expand favorites by default

    Hi guys, I wondered if anyone knew a way to have the Favorites tree in Windows Explorer expand by default when opening a new window? This used to be the case but one day for some reason it changed and now it is collapsed by default and it's really annoying! Expanding the Computer or Libraries...
  19. Windows 7 My Pictures Don't Show Up In Library

    My pictures, which should be located at "C:\Users\Jake\My Pictures" don't show up in library. I tried adding it to the library manually, but every time I do that and close the window showing which folders are included, and I click on pictures, they don't show up. Instead it shows this folder...
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    Windows 7 How to change "OpenWith" user preference settings from cmdline?

    As you know some file may be opened by multiple installed programs. Assume I have 3 picture viewers installed for viewing *.jpg files. Currently the default program for opening these *.jpg is "aaa.exe" In the future I want to let the *.jpg open (by double clicking in Windows Explorer) by a...