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Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device Currently In Use

Last Updated on: August 2, 2023 by Ramesh

USB devices, including external USB hard drives, are meant to be hot-pluggable — you can plug or unplug them when Windows is running. However, some processes may have a lock on the files in your external hard disk and won’t release them that easily. This prevents you from ejecting the drive typically using the Safely remove hardware icon.

You may get the following error when ejecting a USB drive from the computer:

Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device

This device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device, and then try again.

[Fix] Windows cannot find Winword.exe or Excel.exe — Can’t open Any Program

Last Updated on: December 23, 2022 by Ramesh

When you open Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc, nothing may happen (except for the screen flash) if you double-click the program shortcut. If you open the Office program’s folder and double-click the executable (e.g., winword.exe, excel.exe, powerpnt.exe, outlook.exe) directly, the following error(s) occur: Windows cannot find ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE’. Make sure … Read more

Can’t Print Adobe PDF Documents from Browser in Windows 10 2004

Last Updated on: August 8, 2023 by Ramesh

pdf print problem windows 10 2004 browser

Adobe Acrobat reader adds the web browser plugin using which you can view PDFs in a web browser. After installing the Windows 10 2004 update, you may be unable to print PDF files from the web browser/frame, especially when using Internet Explorer. The print dialog box doesn’t open and nothing happens if you issue the Print command from the browser.

However, you can save the PDF file locally and open/print using Adobe Acrobat Reader without any issues.

This seems to be a bug in Windows 10 2004. Until Microsoft or Adobe issues a fix for this issue, you may disable Protected Mode in Adobe Reader as a workaround.Read more

How to Batch Convert Excel Sheets into PDF Files

Last Updated on: April 18, 2025 by Ramesh

Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets are commonly used to store financial data and prepare invoices. Often, you may need to convert the .xls or .xlsx files to .pdf format especially if you’re sending out invoices to your clients.

Microsoft Excel has a built-in option using which you can save your workbook, active sheet, or selected cells to a PDF file. This can be accomplished using the Save as… dropdown box.

By clicking on the More options… link, you can configure the page range, and the item to export (entire workbook, active sheet, etc) to PDF.

Another option would be to use the Microsoft Print to PDF driver in Windows 10 to output the .xls or .xlsx file to a .pdf document. For this, you’d use the Print option (instead of Save as) to print the document to PDF.

Pre-Windows 10 systems don’t have the Microsoft Print to PDF driver. As an alternative. you can use the free CutePDF Writer or Foxit PDF Printer (part of Foxit PDF Reader software.)

Bulk conversion of Excel sheets to PDF

However, if you have hundreds of invoices (in .xls or .xlsx format) that you need to batch/bulk convert the files into PDF, the above options are not ideal and take a long time.

There are plenty of online portals that can bulk convert Excel sheets to PDF documents quickly without charging any fee. However, if your Excel sheets are confidential and you don’t want any intermediary portal or service to access them, then you may use the Excel to PDF offline conversion methods discussed in this article.

Fortunately, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel lets you automate the above task using scripting. This article tells you how to batch convert multiple Excel sheets into PDF files quickly.Read more

[Fix] Script Error C:\Windows\system32 Maintenance.vbs at Startup

Last Updated on: August 2, 2023 by Ramesh

Whenever you start your computer, the following error may popup:

Windows Script Host
Script: C:\WINDOWS\system32\Maintenance.vbs
Line: 10
Char: 2
Error: Type mismatch ‘CInt’
Code: 800A000D
Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error

However, you may find no reference to this file in MSConfig or the Task Manager Startup tab. You may be wondering how to prevent this error message dialog from appearing at startup.Read more

How to Download YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Videos Easily

Last Updated on: August 8, 2023 by Ramesh

There are plenty of free online portals that help you download YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter embedded videos. These portals process the inputted video URL and make multiple resolutions of the video available for download.

However, if you want to avoid the online video download portals and wish to download YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter videos from your computer directly (without an intermediary), this post is for you.

Remove “Share with Skype” from Right-click Menu in Windows 10

Last Updated on: August 2, 2023 by Ramesh

Windows 10 2004 adds the Share with Skype context menu option for all files. If you’re a person who likes to clean up the clutter and removes unused context menu items, this article is for you.

Note that third-party tools like ShellExView (v2.01) don’t seem to list this context menu item, as it’s added by a modern or UWP Microsoft Store app. Let’s see how to remove the Share with Skype right-click menu option manually in Windows 10.Read more

How to Create Recovery Drive in Windows 10

Last Updated on: August 2, 2023 by Ramesh

If your current Windows 10 installation gets corrupted, you’ll be able to use the recovery drive to reinstall Windows 10 — restoring the same build and version of Windows 10 you were using, along with the installed drivers and preinstalled customizations.

For this, you’ll need to have created a USB recovery drive beforehand — when your system was healthy. Recovery Drive can also be useful if you’ve replaced your hard drive and want to install Windows 10 on it.

Restoring from Windows 10 USB recovery drive is equivalent to using the Remove Everything option in Refresh/Reset this PC in the Windows 10 settings. The recovery drive is an alternative if Windows doesn’t boot.Read more

How to Clear or Flush Google Chrome DNS Cache

Last Updated on: August 2, 2023 by Ramesh

Domain Name System (DNS) is the address book of the Internet. Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources.

Windows caches the DNS records for a considerable time. This cache can be cleared by running the command ipconfig /flushdns. Other than this, your web browser like Google Chrome maintains a separate DNS cache mechanism.

Why do you need to clear the browser DNS cache?

System administrators often find times where they need to redirect the domains by editing the host file, in order to override any DNS records for a domain name. However, every time you want to change a hostname to a different IP, you needed to close the browser before the change will take effect. This can get tedious if you have too many browser tabs or windows open.
When doing web development or other work that requires changing the web hosting IP in the HOSTS file for testing purposes, you needed to restart the web browser every time for the new host to IP mappings to take effect.

However, with Google Chrome, you can clear the internal DNS cache without closing and reopening the browser. This post tells you how to clear the internal DNS cache of the Google Chrome browser without restarting Google Chrome.

[Fix] Youtube-dl Error MSVCR100.dll not found in Windows

Last Updated on: August 2, 2023 by Ramesh

youtube-dl error msvcr100.dll 32-bit syswow64

Youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube or other sites. When you run the software on some computers, you may receive the following error:

youtube-dl.exe – System Error

The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCR100.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.

Let’s see how to fix the msvcr100.dll missing error.Read more