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When you install a Store app package by double-clicking on the package or by running the Add-AppxPackage cmdlet in PowerShell, the package is installed for the current user only.
This article tells you how to install or provision a Store app package for all user accounts that exist on the computer and for future user accounts.Read more
After updating to Windows 11, version 24H2, you may see the following error message:
Error in C:\WINDOWS\system32\PcaSvc.dll Missing entry: PcaWallpaperAppDetect
KB5034441 is a WinRE security update that patches the Winre.wim image. The Recovery partition needs 250 MB of free space for the KB5034441 update to install correctly.
Almost every Windows 10 user has been affected by the KB5034441 error 0x80070643. You can extend the Recovery partition using the diskpart command-line. However, end-users might find that command-line procedure complicated.
So, here’s a PowerShell script from Microsoft that automatically extends the Recovery partition by 250 MB.Read more
The Windows Recovery Environment is powered by the Winre.wim image, usually located in the Recovery partition or, in some cases, in the OS partition itself.
You may have to back up your Winre.wim image in some situations, e.g., before or after servicing Winre.wim, or when you want to resize the Recovery partition.Read more
The Fonts folder in the classic Control Panel lets you uninstall font files easily. However, the font file may be in use in some cases and can’t be uninstalled via the Control Panel. You get the following error when doing so:Read more
When you try to install a cumulative update or a Feature on Demand component like .NET Framework 3.5, one of the following errors may occur:
Error 0x800F081F Error 0x800f0831
Summary: In this article, we’ll learn how to repair the VCLibs UWPDesktop 14.0.33728.0 x64 modules. The procedure is similar to the VCLibs x64 14.0.33519.0 “Bad Image” error fix we saw in an earlier article.
When you launch Notepad, Store, Paint, Photos, or any other Store app on a Windows 11 system, the “Bad Image” error may occur.Read more
When you create a desktop shortcut to a folder, the folder shortcut thumbnail icon reflects what was in the folder it points to at creation. Later, when you add or remove files to the target folder, the folder thumbnails get updated dynamically, but the folder shortcut thumbnails remain the same. Even pressing F5 does not refresh the folder shortcut thumbs.
As you may have known, you can refresh the folder shortcut thumbnails by clearing and rebuilding the thumbnail cache. But here’s a simpler script solution to refresh the folder shortcut thumbnails without rebuilding the thumbnails cache.Read more
When you run the Bcdboot command to copy boot files to the EFI system partition, the following error may occur:
Failure when initializing library system volume.
