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Google Chrome (MacOS) - Command+A does not select all in address bar
I had the exact same problem in Chrome on macOS and found via this issue that it was related to a Chrome extension I had installed called mymind. I had the extension shortcut set to Ctrl-A. I ...
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Where does Chrome store the URLs for web apps (desktop shortcuts that open in a new window)?
So, one and a half years later, I finally found the answer to this question:
The URLs are stored in the profile folder, in Sync Data\LevelDB. On Windows, that would be %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\...
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Why does my Windows shortcut have a target location of "7" in the properties?
You have PowerShell 7 installed and this shortcut is, first, a shortcut to your PowerShell 7 executable.
On my computer, most shortcuts to programs have a Target Location of "application", a ...
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Why doesn't Ctrl+Alt+5 (insert € symbol) work?
Install Powertoys for Windows and add this shortcut in the keyboard manager
right alt + 5 -> Send Text: €
This way nothing else about how your keyboard works will change.
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Directly open the "Set the time and date" dialog in Windows
You may add a button in the Windows 11 taskbar to display the clock with seconds of timedate.cpl (below are the steps):
Steps to add the clock on the taskbar:
In Windows Explorer, go to C:\Windows\...
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Prevent program installations on Windows 11 creating shortcuts on desktop
Shortcuts are mostly are created in [C:\Users\Public\Desktop] by various setup routines.
It's easy to scheduled delete .LNK files in that folder.
If you don't use that folder, setting security to read ...
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Windows 11 - how to quickly start something from desktop without minimizing opened windows?
Solution 1:
Minimize, launch, restore. This isn't minimizing one at a time - it minimizes everything on the desktop
Type Windows+M to minimize everything on the desktop
Launch your application
Type ...
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Why do Windows 10 / Windows 11 copied/pasted shortcuts not appear, but newly created ones do?
The first thing to understand (which you already noticed) is that the Start Menu will try to avoid showing two entries to the same program.
And it seems that behind the scenes, many automatically ...
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I can't insert long paths in the "Target" box in Windows 11 shortcut properties (might consider using vbs or batch)
cmd.exe /C "PING.EXE 127.0.0.1 -n 60 -w 1000 > NUL && "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Discord\Update.exe --processStart Discord.exe""
In the shortcut properties, tell it ...
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts to minimize or maximize a window in macOS?
Keyboard Shortcut for full-screen:
Hold Command (Cmd) and Control (Ctrl) then press F
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