Ramesh

Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a ten-time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award in Windows Desktop Experience (Windows Shell), from 2003 to 2012. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

How To Disable Taskbar Thumbnail Preview in Windows 10 & Earlier

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Windows does not have a GUI option to disable the taskbar thumbnail preview feature. I’ve experimented with the registry setting TaskbarNoThumbnail and its equivalent GPO Turn off taskbar thumbnails. That setting seems to apply only to Windows Vista and has no effect in Windows 7 and higher. You can, however, disable the taskbar thumbnail feature … Read more

Fix Error “Documents.library-ms is no longer working” in Windows 7

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When you double-click a library to view the contents, the following error may occur. “<libraryname>.library-ms” is no longer working. For example, the following error may occur when opening Documents library “Documents.library-ms” is no longer working. This library can be safely deleted from your computer. Folders that have been included will not be affected. Similarly when … Read more

Fix for Event Log Service Startup Error 1079

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When you start the Event Viewer, the following error message may be shown. Event Log service is unavailable. Verify that the service is running. Any attempts to start the Event Log service results in the following error: Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer. Error 1079: The account specified for … Read more

Updating Microsoft Security Essentials Using Command-Line

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Microsoft Security Essentials includes a command-line utility which can be used to update the virus/malware definitions, initiate a scan, undo a recent definition update and perform other tasks. To know how to use the command-line utility, open a Command Prompt window (CMD.EXE) and execute the following command: “%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCmdRun.exe” /?   Command Description -? … Read more

How to Enable Quick Edit Mode in the Command Prompt by Default

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You can use the mouse to copy Command Prompt text to the clipboard by enabling the Quick Edit option in Command Prompt shortcut properties. What if you don’t use a desktop shortcut to open Command Prompt, and rather run cmd.exe directly? Here is a registry edit which enables Quick Edit option by default for Command Prompt. This works regardless of the methods you use to open the Command Prompt window.

This article was written for older Windows versions. Quick Edit is enabled by default in latest versions of Windows, such as Windows 10.

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[Fix] Recycle Bin Icon Does Not Refresh Correctly

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When you use a custom icon (.ico) file to customize the Recycle Bin Empty & Full icons manually or via a desktop theme, the Recycle Bin icon may not update or refresh correctly when emptying the Recycle Bin or when you add items to it. In some cases, the issue may occur even if you’re using the Windows default icons for the Recycle Bin.

There are two variations of the problem:

  • When using the Windows default icons for the Recycle Bin, Recycle Bin would either be stuck on the empty icon or the full icon, but the icon updates correctly when you press the F5 button on the keyboard.
  • Another variation is that the Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically only when using custom icon files for Recycle Bin (Full) and Recycle Bin (Empty).

This post mentions the solution for the Recycle Bin icon refresh problem for all versions of Windows, including Windows 10/11.Read more