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“Failed to open the file” Error in Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch App

Last Updated on: September 7, 2022 by Ramesh

When you use the Snipping Tool to screenshot the screen or a window, the snip may be copied to the clipboard but the Snipping Tool can’t open the image. The following error appears after taking a screenshot: Snipping Tool Failed to open the file. On Windows 10, the Snip & Sketch tool may throw the … Read more

How to Remove “Learn about this picture” Desktop Icon in Windows 11

Last Updated on: May 22, 2024 by Ramesh

When you select the “Windows Spotlight” option as the desktop background in the Personalize settings page, Windows 11 adds a desktop icon named “Learn about this picture.” The “Learn about this picture” is a shell folder (special icon) that, when double-clicked, opens the Bing Images search results page for the current desktop spotlight wallpaper.
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Error 0x80070643 Installing KB5007651 (Update for Windows Security platform)

Published on: June 17, 2022 by Ramesh

Windows 11 users are seeing the error 0x80070643 (“Fatal error during installation”) when installing KB5007651 (Update for Windows Security platform) via Windows Update. Here’s the error message verbatim: Updates failed Update for Windows Security platform – KB5007651 (Version 1.0.2109.27002) Install error – 0x80070643 [Fix] Error 0x80070643 Installing KB5007651 Many users have indicated that the following … Read more

Restore Missing Windows Update (wuauserv) Service in Windows 10/11

Last Updated on: August 2, 2023 by Ramesh

The Windows Update service (wuauserv) enables the detection, download, and installation of updates for Windows and other programs. If this service is disabled, users of this computer will not be able to use Windows Update or its automatic updating feature, and programs will not be able to use the Windows Update Agent (WUA) API.Read more

Restore Missing BITS Service in Windows 10/11

Last Updated on: August 9, 2023 by Ramesh

The Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service transfers files in the background using idle network bandwidth. If the service is disabled, then any applications that depend on BITS, such as Windows Update, will be unable to automatically download programs and other information.

If the BITS service is missing in the Services MMC console in Windows 10/11, use the registry fix in this article to restore it.Read more

Copy Detailed File Info to Clipboard via Right-Click Menu

Published on: June 7, 2022 by Ramesh

copy file information, version, product via right-click menu

The Details tab in the Properties sheet shows the file version, product name, copyright, and other details. However, Windows doesn’t let you copy the information to the clipboard.

In this article let’s see how to copy the file info to the clipboard using PowerShell. You can also incorporate the command to the right-click menu if desired.Read more

Remove “Edit with Clipchamp” from the Right-click Menu

Last Updated on: August 8, 2022 by Ramesh

Clipchamp is a video creation and editing suite from Microsoft. This software is available via the Microsoft Store. This app will be installed as an inbox app in the upcoming builds of Windows 11. Note that this app is pre-installed in Windows 11 Insider build 22581.1 and higher.

Clipchamp installation would add the “Edit with Clipchamp” item in the context menu of image and video files. Notably, the “Edit with Clipchamp” and “Share with Skype” context menu entries are also shown in the Windows 11 fast context menu.

There are some bugs in the Clipchamp context menu. If you open the classic context menu by clicking “Show more options,” you may see that the “Print” command (or “Set as desktop background”) is the default option. This means that double-clicking on image files will open the Print dialog or set the image file as the desktop background.

The above bug could be simulated in the current version (v2.3.0.0) of Clipchamp.

See also: Troubleshoot Shell extension issues in Windows.

Also, the Clipchamp context menu removes the “Enqueue in Winamp” context menu option. A Winamp user reported this:

After installing the latest Beta release build of Windows 11, the Enqueue in Winamp option has disappeared from the right-click menu for media files. In Winamp, I tried unchecking “Show Winamp actions in folder context menus” and then re-enabling it, but I can’t seem to bring it back. I use this feature on a daily basis, so it’d be terrible to lose it. Anyone has any ideas on how I can get it to show back up?

Just figured it out. It replaced “Enqueue in Winamp” with “Edit with Clipchamp”, a new video editing program Microsoft just added in the Beta update. I went to add/remove programs and uninstalled Clipchamp, and my enqueue option returned.

If you wish to remove the “Edit with Clipchamp” context menu entry, you can do it using a simple registry edit.

Image Appears in Windows Search Box; How to Remove it?

Last Updated on: September 1, 2022 by Ramesh

Microsoft recently introduced the Search Highlights feature in Windows 10 and 11. Search Highlights is designed to help Windows users discover more information and related content. Search highlights present noteworthy, informative, and interesting information about what’s special about each day—like holidays, anniversaries, and other moments in time both globally and in your region.Read more

Fix for Duplicate Desktop Icons in Windows

Published on: May 29, 2022 by Ramesh

Every time when you place a file or a shortcut on your Desktop, you may get 2 identical icons. If one icon is deleted, the other icon will also be removed if you refresh the Desktop. The path for both icons would be the same. You may be wondering what causes the display of duplicate desktop icons in Windows.

Cause

This problem is caused by inadvertently dragging the desktop folder about in the person’s profile folder or All Users. Or, the user may have incorrectly changed the “User Shell Folders” registry value.

The Desktop is composed of two folders, one is the current user’s Desktop, and the other is the “All Users” (a.k.a, Public) Desktop. The Desktop is a special folder that displays the icons from both these locations.

Duplicate desktop icons issue occurs if both are set to the same folder. For instance, if the current user “Desktop” and All users’ “Desktop” paths (in the registry) are pointing to the same folder (e.g., %USERPROFILE%\Desktop), the Windows shell enumerates the items twice and displays the same set of icons twice on the desktop.Read more

Windows Search not Finding Text Inside PDFs in Windows 11

Last Updated on: July 31, 2022 by Ramesh

Many Windows 11 users have reported a Windows Search issue wherein the PDF content search in File Explorer does not fetch anything. When you do a search in File Explorer, the results for other documents (e.g., Word, Excel, etc.) are discovered but not PDF files.

Even if you use the content: or contents: search operator (e.g., contents:contoso) in File Explorer to search for file content, the search results may be empty.

This post tells you how to fix PDF search indexing (file content search) issues, especially in Windows 11. The instructions apply to all versions of Windows.Read more