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Restore Missing “Extract All” Option to Zip Right-Click Menu

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When you right-click on a .zip file (Compressed Folder) and click “Extract All”, it extracts the contents of the .zip file to a folder, and automatically opens the folder. Extract All option may be missing because of incorrect .zip file association setting, especially after installing and uninstalling a 3rd party archive utility.

This article tells you how to get back the Extract All option to the right-click menu for Zip files.Read more

How to Rename Quick Access Shortcuts in Windows 10 File Explorer

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Quick access is a handy feature in Windows 10 that lets you pin your frequently used folders. But it has its drawbacks. One of the biggest hindrances is that Quick access doesn’t let you rename the pinned items. There are situations especially in a production environment where you want to rename links in the Quick access without changing the name of the target folder.

This article tells you how to change the name of pinned Quick access shortcuts/folders.Read more

How to Remove Invalid Entries from Task Manager Startup tab

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Managing startup entries was possible using the System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe), in Windows 7 and earlier. This functionality is now provided by the Task Manager in Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11, which features a new “Startup” tab that lists all auto-start entries in the system.

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How to Customize the Quick Access icon in Windows 10 or 11

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Quick access is a Windows 10 feature that shows you the list of frequently accessed folders and recent files. Also, under the Quick access section in the File Explorer navigation pane, you can pin your favorite folders.

This post tells you how to change the Quick Access icon from the default slanted blue star icon (in Windows 10) or yellow star (in Windows 11 v21H2 and earlier) to something else of your choice.Read more

Remove Open PowerShell window here from Right-Click Menu in Windows 10

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With the Windows 10 Creators Update, the context menu option “Open command window here” is hidden by default, and is replaced by the “Open PowerShell window here” entry.

Not just that. PowerShell replaces Command Prompt in the Win+X (Power User) menu as well. In an earlier post, we saw how to get Command prompt option back in the right-click menu.Read more

Enable NumLock on the Login Screen and Lock Screen by default

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If your user account password includes numbers, every time you need to enable the NumLock key in order to type in the password using the numeric keypad. You can, with a simple registry edit, make Windows always enable NumLock on the login screen (as well as the lock screen) at every startup. The registry edit works in any version of Windows, including Windows 10.Read more

Fix: Run Command History Not Saved in Windows 10 or 11

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The Run dialog in Windows stores the commands, folder paths, and website addresses you typed. The entries are saved to the registry and persist until you manually clear them.

Cause

If the Run dialog (Winkey + R) doesn’t retain the recently used command history (a.k.a. MRU entries), it can be due to the following reasons:

  1. The “Show most used apps” option is disabled in the Start menu settings.
  2. The ClearRecentDocsOnExit registry value is set to 1.
  3. The user recently cleared the Quick Access history. Doing so erases the Run command history, as well.

This article tells you how to fix the problem in Windows 10 and 11.Read more