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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.
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
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
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
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
By default, when you drag a folder and drop it in Taskbar, the folder is added to the File Explorer Jump list, and not as a separate item. To Pin a folder as a separate item in the Taskbar, use these steps.Read more
When you open Default apps and select a default program for Web browser, Email or any other item, the Choose an app dialog pops up but nothing happens when you select an item from the list. Here is a small video clip that explains the problem.Read more
Summary: The “Rip Music” tab in Windows Media Player Options dialog shows up an empty location, and the Change button doesn’t work. User is unable to change or set the default Rip folder location.
When the folder that was last set as the default Rip location is missing, Windows Media Player sets your Music folder (as fallback) for the Rip location. So, if the Music folder is inaccessible for some reasons, (say the user moved the Music folder to a removable drive, and the removable drive-letter has changed or the drive is disconnected or inaccessible), the Rip location would show up empty and the Change button remain stuck.Read more
A well-written application does proper error handling, notifying the user in detail about the error it countered and how to go about fixing it, rather than failing silently or throwing up an obscure error code and quitting. This post tells you how to trace "Access Denied" events for file and registry activities occurring in the system, using Process Monitor.Read more
Summary: “Pin to Taskbar” option is missing when you right-click on a .exe file or its shortcut on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer. The issue occurs due to the Taskbar policies applied on the computer using the local group policy editor or the registry. For example, TaskbarNoPinnedList Policy is one such policy that hides the “Pin to Taskbar” context menu option.Read more