This category contains posts about Microsoft’s latest Operating System – Windows 10.Windows 10’s always been interesting, as every new major update will usually include additional features.
When you install apps in the Microsoft Store, the error code 0x80073D0A may appear.
App installation failed with error message: error 0x80073D0A: Failed to install package <package name> because the firewall service is not running. Ensure that the firewall service is enabled and started. (0x80073d0a)
When you install a cumulative update, it may fail with the error code 0xe0000100.
The error code 0xe0000100 (“ERROR_WRONG_INF_STYLE”) denotes, “The style of the INF is different than what was requested.” The cumulative update most likely encountered one or more blank or corrupt INFs when servicing the driver packages.Read more
After uninstalling Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Virtual Machine Platform using OptionalFeatures.exe, the “Linux” icon may remain in the Desktop and File Explorer navigation pane.Read more
If Task Manager shows COM Surrogate occupying high CPU or memory usage, it’s most likely a miner. It’s a fake COM Surrogate process whose name might be DlIHost.exe (DLIHOST.EXE) instead of DllHost.exe.Read more
When you create a Windows 10 or 11 USB setup disk using the Media Creation Tool, the USB stick is formatted as NTFS. However, if your system is somewhat old and doesn’t have a BIOS update, it may not boot from the NTFS-formatted USB stick when the boot mode is UEFI (UEFI-only). We have seen issue on ASUS systems. This happens regardless of the secure boot setting in UEFI.Read more
After updating Paint 3D to version 6.2405.19017.0, Paint 3D may be missing in the Open With dialog and Default apps. The ms-paint: protocol now opens the standard Paint app instead of Paint 3D. Also, the Edit with Paint 3D context menu doesn’t work correctly or it launches the regular Paint app.Read more
When you right-click on a .mp4 file, click Properties, and click the Change button, iTunes may not be listed in the Open With dialog. It may not be listed in the Open With submenu as well.Read more
If the Phone Link app doesn’t open or work correctly, uninstall it using PowerShell and reinstall it. You may be wondering how to reinstall the “Phone Link” app (formerly “Your Phone”) if it is missing from Microsoft Store.Read more
When you open Settings → Apps → “Advanced app settings” in Windows 11 or Settings → Apps → Apps & Features in Windows 10, the “Choose where to get apps from” option may be missing.
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When you convert your MBR disk to GPT using MBR2GPT, the error “Too many MBR partitions found” may occur. Here’s the relevant info from the log:
Error ValidateLayout: Too many MBR partitions found, no room to create EFI system partition. Error Disk layout validation failed for disk 2