When the user right-clicks on a file, clicks “Open with”, and selects the option Choose another app in the Open with dialog or menu, nothing may happen. Or the Explorer shell crashes and restarts when accessing the Open With menu.
Windows 10
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.
How to Empty the Recycle Bin In a Single Click in Windows 10?
When using your Windows 10 computer in Tablet mode, to clear the Recycle Bin you either have to switch off Tablet mode, or open File Explorer and browse the Recycle Bin folder in order to empty it. This post tells you how to create a shortcut to clear the Recycle Bin in a single click or tap, using PowerShell.Read more
How to Regain Lost Admin Rights in Windows 10 or 11
Summary: This article tells you how to restore your user account’s lost administrator rights and privileges in Windows 10 and 11.
If your user account has lost admin rights, you may also have inadvertently set yourself a “Standard User” via Account Settings or incorrectly configured the Local Security Policy or user account group membership. In some cases, malware could be the root cause.Read more
How to Delete All Your Microsoft Edge Favorites?
This post tells you how to delete all the bookmarks or favorites in the Microsoft Edge web browser.
Instructions for Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser
In the new Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser, here is how to delete your entire bookmarks/favorites:
Method 1:
- Open Microsoft Edge
- Click on the “Settings and More” icon (the icon showing three dots), click Favorites, Manage Favorites.
(Alternatively, you can launch the addressedge://favorites/
directly to open the Manage Favorites dialog.) - Click on an item in the right panel to set the focus on it.
- Press Ctrl+A keys to select all bookmarks.
- Click on the Delete button that appears above.
Method 2:
- Open Microsoft Edge and open the following link:
edge://version/
- Note down the Profile path. For example, it may be something like:
C:\Users\ramesh\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default
- Close all instances of Microsoft Edge
- Open the profile path in File Explorer
- Delete or rename the file named
Bookmarks
. This file contains your entire favorites.
This removes all the bookmarks (for that particular profile) in Microsoft Edge Chromium.
Instructions for the old Microsoft Edge browser
The old Microsoft Edge browser doesn’t provide an option to bulk delete favorites, but you can clear all your favorites by deleting the spartan.edb
file in Edge’s store folder for your user profile. Here is how to do that.Read more
Windows 10 Start Menu User Folders Do Not Open When Clicked
When you click Start and click on a shortcut to your personal folders such as Documents, Downloads, Pictures or Music, nothing may happen. This problem occurs if the shortcuts in the Start Menu Places folder are missing or have been tampered with. The shortcuts in Start Menu Places are common to all user accounts, and not meant to be modified by users.
(Update: Information in this article doesn’t apply to Windows 10 v1809 and higher. Start Menu Places folder is no longer used in v1809 and up.)
Restore Missing Media Feature Pack/WMP in Windows 10 and 11
After buying a brand new Windows 10 or 11 computer, double-clicking a video file opens it in Films & TV (or Movies & TV), and the Windows Media Player shortcut is nowhere to be seen. This makes one wonder if Windows Media Player has been removed in Windows 10 and 11. Windows Media Player very much exists in Windows 10 and Windows 11.Read more
How to Remove Old Lock Screen Images From Settings Page in Windows 10?
When you open the Lock Screen Settings page, it shows the thumbnail images of last five lock screen images used. This post tells you how to remove old lock screen picture thumbnails from the history.Read more
Google Chrome Start Screen Tile Icon Large (Fix)
Based on the fix posted at Krusted.com for the Google Chrome tile icon size issue in the Windows 10 Start screen, I wrote a small VBScript to automate the process. This script might come in handy as you need to repeat the fix again every time after updating Google Chrome.Read more
How to Set User Environment Variable Using Setx
You probably know how to add or remove environment variables using GUI in Windows. It can be done by launching sysdm.cpl → Advanced → Environment Variables. Alternatively, one can run the following command in the Run dialog to launch the Environment Variables dialog directly: rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables (To set per-system environment variables, the above command needs … Read more