Windows comes with many built-in drivers for various hardware. When you connect a device to your computer, Windows will automatically install drivers from the driver store. If a suitable driver is unavailable in the store, you can use the vendor-supplied device driver or let Windows download the device driver automatically from the Microsoft Update servers.Read more
Utilities
Can’t Access Documents, Pictures, Music After Uninstalling DropBox
When you access a user shell folder such as Pictures, Documents, or Music after uninstalling a cloud sync software, the following error may occur: Location is not available C:\Users\Ramesh\Music is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted, and then try again. … Read more
Register Thunderbird Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs
Mozilla® Thunderbird is a freeware email client that has lots of features, including quick message search, customizable views, support for IMAP/POP, RSS support, etc. Mozilla Thunderbird®, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app.
PortableApps.com is a popular portable software solution allowing you to take your favorite software with you. A fully open source and free platform, it works from any synced cloud folder (DropBox, Google Drive, Box, etc), from your local PC on an internal or external drive, or on any portable storage device (USB flash drive, memory card, portable hard drive, etc) moved between PCs.
The portable version of Mozilla Thunderbird lets you store your email and address book on a removable drive so that you can take the data with you wherever you go.
In this article, we’ll see how to add or remove Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition to Default Apps/Default Programs in Windows.
Register Opera Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows
Opera, Portable Edition is the popular Opera web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app. It’s packaged in a portable browser version that you can always have at hand on a USB drive. The advantage of using the portable app is that you can take your bookmarks, browsing history, extensions, and saved passwords with you.
This article covers a VBScript that can register Opera Portable Edition with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows Vista through Windows 10/11.
How to Fix .JAR (Executable Jar File) File Association in Windows
Jar (Java ARchive) or “executable Jar file” is executed by Java Runtime Environment (javaw.exe) program. On Windows, the Java Runtime Environment’s setup will register a default association for Jar files so that double-clicking a Jar file on the desktop will automatically run it with “javaw.exe -jar” command-line argument.Read more
Autoruns: KnownDlls wow64cpu, wowarmhw, xtajit, wow64, wow64win Missing
The Sysinternals Autoruns utility may highlight some entries in yellow, indicating to the user that some files (referenced in the KnownDLL registry key) are missing from the system. The file names are below:
- C:\Windows\Syswow64\wow64cpu.dll (
_wow64cpu) - C:\Windows\System32\wowarmhw.dll (
_wowarmhw) - C:\Windows\Syswow64\wowarmhw.dll (
_wowarmhw) - C:\Windows\System32\xtajit.dll (
_xtajit) - C:\Windows\Syswow64\xtajit.dll (
_xtajit) - C:\WINDOWS\Syswow64\wow64.dll (
wow64) - C:\WINDOWS\Syswow64\wow64win.dll (
wow64win)
Fix for Malwarebytes Error “Unable to connect the Service”
When you try to open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) software on your Windows computer, you may receive the following error:
Unable to start Unable to connect the Service
If you attempt to start the “Malwarebytes Service” (MBAMService) service via Services MMC (services.msc), the following error may occur:
Windows could not start the Malwarebytes Service service on Local Computer. Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start.
Additionally, when you check the dependencies of any service in the Services MMC, the following error is shown:
Service Dependencies Win32: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
The above errors occur if the “Windows Management Instrumentation” (WinMgmt) service is not running.Read more
[Fix] StartupCheckLibrary.dll and Winscomrssrv.dll Error at Startup
When you log in to your Windows computer, the following error message windows may pop up:
RunDLL There was a problem starting StartupCheckLibrary.dll The specified module could not be found.
Windows cannot find GPEDIT.MSC in Windows 10/11 Home Edition
The Local Group Policy Editor (GPEDIT.MSC) is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in used to configure and modify Group Policy settings within Group Policy Objects. This tool is available only on Windows 10/11 Professional Edition and higher.Read more