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Windows 11 %USERNAME% still truncated
I understand that some find this problem negligible, but it really bothers me. I have not known this phenomenon before either.
It's about the problem known to some that since Windows 10(?) Microsoft ...
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create a single task user in windows
I have a program that I want to run automatically whenever a specific user logs in to their Windows account.
Additionally, I only want my program to run and nothing else, like the desktop or Windows ...
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How can I know who's using an RDP connection?
Two years ago, I was working in a dreadful company. There, all my colleagues were using RDP connections and in order to know if a connection was available, I needed to ask them. So I have asked this ...
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How can I delete Microsoft Account (formerly Windows Live ID) automatically?
I'm looking for a way to delete accounts I've previously logged in with automatically with a script. I'm having trouble searching for the cache location of them. I've looked in multiple different ...
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Locked files in Windows.old Documents folder, how to grant permissions?
FINAL EDIT:
All came down to EFS encryption, I had no certificates, private keys or anything, thankfully, windows.old had the AppData folder, where I could get the files needed to follow the guide on ...
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Is there any way to edit 'refresh' entry from desktop context menu?
I have searched through all context menu entries in windows registry editor (in places like HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell) but was not able to find anything linking to the 'refresh' ...
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How do I install Linux as a third OS alongside Windows 7 and Windows 10?
I currently have dual-boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10, although I'm not sure they boot correctly.
If I previously booted Windows 7, the next boot I get a black & white, DOS-looking boot menu. ...
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Chrome giving error https://superuser.com/ not secure
wherever I try to access https://superuser.com/ chrome gives me an error that
Your connection is not private.
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from superuser.com (for example, ...
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Batch rename files w/ leading zeros and variations in filename [closed]
I have a set of files:
foo_1_somestring.txt
foo_2_adifferentstring.txt
....
foo_124_anotherstring.txt
I want to batch rename them to:
foo_001_somestring.txt
foo_002_adifferentstring.txt
....
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Force all programs to use the full OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog interfaces instead of FolderBrowserDialog when opening/saving files?
Here's a question I don't think has been asked before.
Background: I hate the FolderBrowserDialog GUI component with a fiery passion. You know, the useless little folder tree view dialog which some ...
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Windows 10 not booting, even though data is intact, how to recover
I currently have 3 physical disks on my windows home computer. They accumulated over the years. Each time there was an issue with boot, I got a new disk and installed a new windows.
So the situation ...
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Is it possible to open encrypted files from the last windows?
I have just updated my windows version form 7 to 10.But the problem is I had some encrypted files in the last windows(7) and now I can't access them in the new windows.I would really appreciated if ...
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Is it possible to create an entire windows enviroment on an external hardrive? [duplicate]
I have dual booted Windows and Linux before and I am aware virtual environments exist, however I was curious recently. If I have a 1 tb 'wd elements' external hard drive, could I download and install ...
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Invalid Registry while updating windows 7 to windows 10
I was updating my pc from windows 7 to windows 10 after downloading and installing windows 10 then it was downloading updates like in 25%-28% it showed a error saying many things but I remembered one ...
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Triple-boot Ubuntu with existing dual boot Window 7 and 10
I would like to install Ubuntu alongside my existing dual boot Windows 7 and Windows 10.
During installation of the Ubuntu "trial" it recognized Windows 10 but no mention of Windows 7. This ...
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Can I tell if a Windows 7 machine is licensed for Windows 10?
I have serveral Windows 7 machines I need to dispose of, some of these machines were brought with Windows 10 Pro pre installed. Someone then decided to downgrade these machines to Windows 7 and not ...
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Disable Windows 10 Update End of Service Spam notification?
I've been trying to disable windows 10 updates through traditional means by creating registry entries and editing gpolicy but to no avail. I restart yet I keep getting this end of service update ...
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How to lock remote windows (7 and 10) computers
I'm trying to lock all computers in my house - I checked the psshutdown option with the -l flag, but although the shutdown is working, the lock isn't working at all - it's writing that the machine is ...
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Why does a software which should be installed in AppData keep getting installed in program files(x86), is there a Windows configuration, to do so?
There is a custom built Excel plugin which is getting installed inside C:\Users\username\AppData\Local folder. That is the correct spot.
But for some users it getting installed inside Program Files(...
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Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 10 on a second partition
I have a machine with two partitions. One has Windows 7. The other (larger) is empty.
I understand those with Windows 7 SP1 can upgrade to Windows 10 for free.
I would like to keep my Windows 7 ...
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Upgrading to Windows 10 without USB from Pirated Windows 7
I had to install Windows 7 on my machine for some reason and now I want to get back to Windows 10. Unfortunately, I don't have windows 7 license the one I'm using is pirated. And the new windows 10, I ...
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how can i rename php files by incrementing the last number?
i want to rename files like this
one-piece-espanol-latino - copia (1).php
one-piece-espanol-latino - copia (2).php
one-piece-espanol-latino - copia (3).php
and 274 more...
to this in a batch
one-piece-...
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Can't connect this network , but USB 2.0 Wifi adapter connects
I have problem with my Notebook's wifi. First of when i power on my notebook it starts without wifi connected. So despite It shows all wifi around modem when i type password to connect my home network ...
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Switch between dual boot systems
I'm configuring a PC with Windows 10 and Windows 7 dual boot. This PC is shared among some users that some of them need Windows 10 and some of them need Windows 7.
The users are not expert and having ...
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Does removing a drive letter prevent Windows Defender from scanning the drive?
I have one drive which is split into two partitions. One partition has Windows 10 installed and another has Windows 7. Does removing a drive letter trought Disk Management in Windows 10, of Windows 7 ...
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Windows 7 and 10 dual boot from separate drives. Can not install Win10 on selected drive
I have desktop PC (with 3 normal SATA hard drives, each with multiple partitions).
Windows 7 64 are already installed on one partition of one of the drives, in MBR mode.
I want to install Windows 10 (...
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Upgrading from windows 7 to 10 makes my pc turn off on high load
Yesterday I updated my version of windows from my old 7 installation to windows 10 home edition via a clean install. Since then I've mainly been busy installing the programs I need for the various ...
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Is there a correlation between windows versions and driver version numbers, and could that help in identifying old drivers?
what is the meaning behind the numbering of driver version numbers - I see a correlation e.g. many starting with the number 10?
for example running this command to list drivers Get-WmiObject ...
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Select multiple files individually in explorer
To my knowledge, I know 3 ways of selecting files in explorer.
Assume a folder with 10 files. Now,
I can select one individual file by single-clicking it.
I can also drag the cursor using mouse to ...
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Looking for a way to run batch file on Windows Restart
I have a batch script that I want to run every time the system restarts.
Currently, I placed the batch script in
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
But that does not serves ...
