On your Windows 10 computer, when you create a System Restore point (say, “R1”), install Microsoft updates and then attempt to do a rollback to the “R1” state, the STOP error 0xc000021a appears on the screen and the computer doesn’t open your desktop.Read more
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Error 0xC1900101 Installing Windows 10 Feature Update
When you install a Windows 10 feature update (eg., v1809 on a computer running v1803) via Windows Update, the error 0xC1900101 occurs and the installation fails.
Register Google Chrome Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs
A long time back, I made a simple program that will register Mozilla Firefox Portable with Default Programs or Default Apps in Windows. Many users asked if a tool can be made for other portable browsers, such as Opera, Chrome, etc.,
This post has a VBScript that will register or unregister Google Chrome Portable (from PortableApps.com) with Default Apps in a single click. After registering, you can set Chrome Portable as the default browser via Default Apps.Read more
Fix: Photos error “Package could not be registered”
When you double-click an image file (e.g., .jpg, .png, .gif files) with the Photos app set as the default program on your Windows 10 computer, error Package could not be registered may pop up.
This post has instructions on how to fix the problem.Read more
Folders not refreshing automatically in Windows 10
In File Explorer or on the desktop, when you create, delete, rename, or move a file or folder, the folder view does not refresh automatically to reflect the action. To see the changes, the user must press the F5 button on the keyboard, or right-click on the desktop or folder background and choose Refresh. Let’s … Read more
How to Use Windows Spotlight as Desktop Wallpaper Slideshow
The Windows Spotlight brings fresh wallpaper images for your lock screen daily. The wallpapers are stored in the Assets folder wherein the older wallpaper images will be purged automatically as the new set of images get downloaded. We saw how to save the lock screen wallpapers using various methods, including a scripting method. This post … Read more
How to Extract Links from a Webpage in Windows
You may need to extract the links (URLs) in a webpage for different purposes — eg., internet research, web development, security assessments, or webpage testing. This article tells you how to extract links from a webpage or HTML document in Windows.Read more
How to Delete Images or Pages from a PDF File
We have numerous freeware PDF document viewers but not many freeware PDF writer tools are available. Sometimes, you may want to remove specific pages from a PDF document or remove images from a particular page in a PDF file completely to keep the file size low. Many online portals provide the PDF editing and merging features you’re looking for. But if you need an offline tool (for privacy concerns) to remove images or delete pages from a PDF document, this article has the info you’re looking for.Read more
How to Delete Empty files (0 byte) in Windows?
Some applications create empty 0-byte files in their data folders and fail to clear them up. Over time, if you see many zero-byte files in a folder hierarchy, here are some methods to find all those 0-byte files and delete them.
How to use .REG files (Registration Entries) in Windows?
Many of the articles in this site contain links to .reg (Registration entries) and .vbs (VBScript) files. In some articles, I post the contents of .reg file so that users can make one themselves. This article explains how to create and run .reg files in Windows. Create and apply a .reg file For example, the … Read more