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Clear Recent Files history Using Script in Windows 10

Last Updated on: June 9, 2021 by Ramesh

Did you notice that in Windows it takes exactly half a dozen mouse clicks to clear the recent items history? This post has a VBScript to clear the recent documents history in a single click in Windows 10 and earlier. Clear Recent Files history in Windows In Windows 10, here is the procedure to clear … Read more

List Running Processes And Their Creation Times

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

The Windows Task Manager does not list the creation time and date of running processes. To get this info, you may use one of these methods.Read more

How to Save and Restore Desktop Icon Layout Automatically in Windows

Last Updated on: July 24, 2022 by Ramesh

When testing various display resolutions or after completing a remote desktop session, the desktop icons may go out of order. Another case is that when you accidentally use the Ctrl+ Scroll button (mouse) on your desktop, the Desktop icon size changes. But reverting to the original icon size may not restore the custom icon positions on your desktop. You can quickly undo the icon rearrangement by terminating explorer.exe forcefully, but that works only in certain circumstances.

In this article, we’ll see how to automatically save and restore desktop icons layout using different methods in Windows.Read more

How to Launch a Vbscript in Elevated Mode (Run as Administrator)

Last Updated on: April 22, 2019 by Ramesh

With the introduction of User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista, you usually open an elevated Command Prompt in order to run batch files and scripts that need administrative privileges. Applications can make use of manifest files (using the RequireAdministrator flag) to automatically run elevated.

For scripts, this article provides you some neat little tricks using which you can automatically elevate using the ShellExecute “runas” parameter.

(See also How to Automatically Elevate a Batch file to Run it as Administrator? for another auto-elevation method.)Read more

Unspecified error when adding a link to Favorites in Windows 7

Last Updated on: May 31, 2021 by Ramesh

After reading the post Folder Redirection for Favorites on the Same Machine at the IE Team blog, I relocated my Favorites folder to a different drive. After the relocation, when I tried to add a URL to Favorites, I received the following error:Read more

How to Clear Customize Notifications (Taskbar Corner Overflow) Icons

Last Updated on: May 6, 2023 by Ramesh

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Over time, many invalid or obsolete taskbar notification icons may appear on the “Customize notifications” or the “Select which icons appear on the Taskbar” page with duplicate, invalid or missing icons.Read more