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how to open ms-settings:notifications pointing to my application's page?

this page https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/launch-settings-app#system explains how to use the the ms-settings URIs to open specific pages of the windows settings application. ...
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Alarms app not working (Windows 8.1)

I used the built-in Microsoft Alarms app regularly. Normally a small notification appears in the upper right and the alarm chimes. But recently it has stopped working. The notification does not ...
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Can Windows Push Notification Services (WNS) be disabled?

There is no push notification service listed in the services list. Presumably WNS is a core Windows component. Regular Microsoft-Windows-PushNotifications-Platform event log entries are being ...
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How to send notification to user on windows 8.1?

I want to make breaks during PC work. How to sent notification to user every 50 min on windows 8.1?
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How to disable drive toast notification (Scan and Fix Removable Disk)?

Windows 8 keeps popping up this toast notifications I tried to disable them by menu, group policy, stopped the shell hardware detection and set following registry keys: REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...
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How to reset the Windows Push Notification Platform?

For my user account, the Windows Push Notification Platform seems to be messed up. I have the following symptoms: In the Settings charm, Notifications is grayed out. The tool-tip is Turned off by ...
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Skype Desktop Win 8.1 Notifications Bubbles Broken?

I cant seem to get skype desktop on windows 8.1 to show bubbles for notifications like it did in previous windows versions. I have already set "Control Panel--->All Control Panel Items--->...
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Where is the file that notifies you when you have low battery?

Does anyone know where the file is located that displays the low battery warning on Windows 8? I've searched the entire system32 folder but I can't find it there, maybe it's part of another program? ...
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Is it possible to attach custom sources to the Windows 8 Notifications?

Using Windows 8.1 desktop, you may have notifications enabled in the top right of your screen, these can be enabled on incoming mail (Outlook), instant message (Skype) or appointment (Calendar). Is ...
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Missing toast notifications in Windows 8.1

I have clean-installed Windows 8.1 Pro a few days ago and decided to give some of the "modern" (or however they're called) apps a try. So I am using the app for e-mails and the Facebook app. They ...
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Windows 8.1 request to "Enter your most recent password"... Legitimate?

I have a desktop computer that I keep at a location that I rarely visit anymore, but still use occasionally. It has been sitting in Standby mode (or whatever it's called on Windows 8.x), but when I "...
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Battery alarms and notifications don't work in Windows 8

It's about some months that I have a strange problem with my laptop battery. In the past, whenever my laptop went about 10% of battery, my operating system Windows 8 showed a notification alarm to ...
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The Mail app only tells me about new messages if they arrive in my inbox

Update: With time, I believe I have better understood the problem. I cannot say for sure, but I believe that the Mail app will actually notify me instantly when I receive mail, BUT will only do so ...
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Windows 8 system sounds mutes all applications

I recently bought an new computer, windows 8. All works fine, except that ones in a while (randomly, this can happen after a few seconds - a few minutes), I get a device connected notification. This ...
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Keep "toast" notifications up until I close them?

I want the toast notifications to stay up until I: Hover over the toast Click on it (it currently closes after this) Click the X (also, currently closes after this) Basically, keep it open until I ...
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