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I swapped out Windows 11’s built‑in desktop shell for an open‑source alternative and, for a subset of workflows, the change felt like moving to a different operating system running on top of Windows rather than merely re‑skinning it. Background / Overview Windows exposes a surprisingly low‑level...

Microsoft’s renewed push to make Windows a deeply agentic, multimodal platform—paired with ambitious Copilot investments—has quietly rewritten the conditions that once made a Microsoft-branded phone an improbable gamble; taken together, those shifts make the idea of a “new Windows phone” not...

Windows 11 hides a surprisingly practical productivity trick behind a single folder name: the so‑called God Mode folder — a Master Control Panel view that gathers hundreds of system settings and administrative tools into one browsable container and can dramatically speed up troubleshooting and...

Microsoft is testing a new continuity trick in Windows 11 that lets you pick up certain Android activities on your PC—starting with Spotify—via a taskbar alert that says “Resume from your phone” and a one‑click “Continue on this PC” action. The rollout has begun for Windows Insiders in the Dev...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.5761 (KB5064093) to the Beta Channel for Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2, continuing a pattern of incremental, tightly staged updates that blend UI polish, targeted bug fixes, and guarded rollouts of AI-driven experiences...

A recently disclosed vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-49679, has been found in the Windows Shell component of Microsoft Windows. This flaw arises from a numeric truncation error, which can be exploited by an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges on the affected system...

Windows customization has long been both a playground and battleground for enthusiasts and productivity purists alike. With every iteration of Microsoft’s flagship operating system, the look and feel of the interface become a microcosm for the broader debate between style and substance. Windows...

Paying for software customization on Windows was once considered an extravagance, reserved for the most ardent power users or enterprises obsessed with workflow optimization. Yet, as Microsoft’s design decisions in Windows 11 have polarized opinion and left many yearning for function and...

The ongoing battle to secure Windows never stops, and the latest entry in this war of attrition is CVE-2025-27729—a use-after-free vulnerability in Windows Shell that allows an unauthorized local attacker to execute code. While many may consider the Windows Shell as merely the graphical...

CVE-2024-43552: Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – What You Need to Know On October 8, 2024, Microsoft published information regarding a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-43552. This particular flaw lies within the Windows Shell and carries significant...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17083 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17083 Font Settings and Fonts in the Microsoft Store Fonts are an important asset for your visual...

Visual Studio 2017 15.4 introduced the new Windows Application Packaging project to help you modernizing your application by using the new Windows 10 App Deployment Stack. We talked about it in our previous post: Visual Studio 2017 Update 4 makes it easy to modernize your app and make it store...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17046 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17046 Microsoft Edge Improvements Form Fill for Address fields: Microsoft Edge can now save and...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16362 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring who have opted in to Skip Ahead only. Insiders who joined Skip Ahead will continue to receive builds from the RS_PRERELEASE branch which has transitioned to RS4...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16288 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring only (not Skip Ahead). As we mentioned previously, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now on...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16273 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Skip Ahead. Flighting Update for PC We have some updates for Windows Insiders on how we’ll be releasing new builds going forward for the next couple of...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to release Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16237 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring! Upcoming Bug Bash We’re really excited to do our 2nd (and final) Bug Bash for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update! The Bug Bash will start at 12am...

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When I create a file (or a script creates a file) in the windows command shell, I am unable to edit it from notepad++, ultraedit etc. I am logged in as Don (which is an administrator account). And files and folders created in windows Explorer have owner 'Don'. When I launch the Windows...