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Old menu bar appears in File Explorer in Windows 10 or 11
When you open File Explorer in Windows 10 or 11, the old menu bar containing the File, Edit, View, and Tools menu options may appear.
The menu bar may appear with a white background and doesn’t look good in dark mode. And there is no GUI option to hide the old menu bar. Previously there was a setting (“Always show menus”) in the Folder Options dialog, but it has been removed in the recent builds.Read more
How to Get Back WordPad in Windows 11 24H2 and higher
WordPad is deprecated and has been removed in Windows 11 24H2. This article tells you how to restore WordPad to Windows 11 24H2 and higher.Read more
Clicking “Add to Favorites” Causes Error “The parameter is incorrect”
When you right-click on file and click “Add to Favorites” on a Windows 11 system, the following error may appear.
The parameter is incorrect.
How to Uninstall and Reinstall MSPaint in Windows 10
If Microsoft Paint is missing in your Windows 10 computer, you can reinstall it using Windows Features or DISM.
Note that the information in this article doesn’t work in Windows 11. It’s because Windows 11 ships with the Store version of Paint.
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How to Block the Windows 11 (24H2) Feature Update
If you’re using Windows 10 or an earlier version of Windows 11, such as 23H2, you can block the Windows 11 24H2 Feature update from being offered or installed automatically via Windows Update.
Windows 10 22H2 is supported till October 2025, and Windows 11 23H2 till November 2025. Until then, you can defer the latest feature update (24H2) if you don’t need it now.
To block the 24H2 update, you can use the “ProductVersion”, “TargetReleaseVersion”, and “TargetReleaseVersionInfo” registry values or the equivalent Group Policy setting.Read more
0xC000007B Error Launching the Hatred Game
When you launch the Hatred game (Hatred-Win64-Shipping.exe), the error code 0xC000007B may appear.
The error code, 0xC000007B, as mentioned in this Epic Games 0xC000007B article, occurs due to mismatched DirectX or VC++ runtime DLLs.Read more
Windows 11 24H2 ISO (26100.1742) SHA256 Checksum
This page lists the SHA256 hashes for the Windows 11 24H2 (Build 26100.1742) ISOs downloaded from Microsoft. The following list was published by Microsoft.Read more
Error 0xc1900201 When Updating to Windows 11 24H2
When you attempt to upgrade to the latest feature update (e.g., Windows 11 24H2). the following error may occur:
This PC doesn't currently meet Windows 11 system requirements. We couldn't update system reserved partition.
The error code 0xc1900201 – 0x40008 or 0xc1900200 – 0x20008 will be logged in the setupact.log.Read more
Year Missing in Taskbar Tray Clock in Windows 11
After updating your Windows 11 system, you may notice the notification bell missing in the tray area. Also, the year may be missing in the tray clock.