If the Photos app does not start or causes an error and the reset and repair method hasn’t helped, you can uninstall and reinstall the app using PowerShell. Here are the steps for Windows 10 and 11.Read more
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How to Enable PowerShell (.PS1) Script Text Previews in Explorer Preview Pane?
By default File Explorer Preview pane displays text previews for .reg, .bat and .cmd file types, but not for .ps1 (PowerShell scripts). Here is a registry edit that enables text preview for .ps1 file type in File Explorer Preview pane.Read more
OneDrive Does Not Start After Running a Privacy Tool in Windows 10
When you double-click the OneDrive shortcut or run the OneDrive.exe executable directly, the application doesn’t open and no OneDrive icon is shown in the Notification area.Read more
How to Open Excel Hyperlinks (to Folders) Without Showing the Navigation Pane in Explorer
When you click on a hyperlink in Excel that points to a folder location, it always opens the folder with navigation pane enabled, even if the user has disabled the navigation pane. This is because Excel invokes the "explore" verb instead of “open”, when launching a hyperlink to a folder. To prevent the navigation pane from being shown when clicking a hyperlink in Excel, use the steps:Read more
Cascading Menu and File Explorer Jump Lists Issue in Windows 10
When you implement Cascading Menus in File Folders (Directory) using the SubCommands or ExtendedSubCommands registry keys in Windows 10, an interesting thing happens. The last item in your Cascading menu gets executed when you right-click Pinned File Explorer shortcut in the Taskbar, and click on a folder in the Jump List, instead of a folder window opening.Read more
How to Selectively Delete System Restore Points
The System Restore user interface doesn’t have an option to remove individual restore points. But, it’s possible to remove Restore Points selectively using the Vssadmin command-line, PowerShell, or by writing a program that makes use of the SRRemoveRestorePoint API in Windows Vista through Windows 10.
This article explains the two methods to delete individual restore points in Windows.
How to Clean Boot Windows Using Autoruns?
This post explains how to clean boot Windows using the Autoruns utility from Microsoft. Clean boot is nothing but starting Windows without 3rd party services and startup programs. This procedure is done to find out the which program, service or a module is causing a specific problem in Windows. Once you narrow down the offending program or module, remove the program, and enable all other items that you’ve disabled earlier, to come out from clean boot to normal state.Read more
How to Reset Taskbar Settings to Windows Defaults
Corruption of Taskbar settings can cause it not to retain your customizations, such as auto-hide, icon size, or toolbar preferences. Also, in some situations, the taskbar may not be docked to a particular position. This post has a script that quickly resets the taskbar configuration for your user account to defaults.Read more
How to Fix the Gap that Appears at the Bottom of Taskbar Icons?
If an extra padding space or gap appears underneath the Taskbar icons, even when the Taskbar is in single row (default width), this has to do with the icon size for the custom toolbar in the Taskbar. This image better illustrates this.Read more
Date/Time (Clock) Missing in Taskbar in Windows 10. How to Add it Back?
The Date/Time or the tray clock is shown by default in the Notification area. If it’s missing suddenly, here is how to add it back: Right-click notifications area in the Taskbar and click “Customize notifications icons” Click Turn system icons on or off Enable the Clock toggle button Taskbar fonts turned black and the clock … Read more
