Unanswered Questions
23,029 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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CTRL+C isn't working as interrupt in command prompt
When I run a command and I wanna to stop it via CTRL+C in CMD or PowerShell nothing happens.
If these shells are run with Administrator group CTRL+C is working fine. Yes I have UAC enabled.
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Which Bluetooth Stack supports APT-X on Windows 7
I'm thinking about buying wireless desktop speakers for ease of use with different audio sources (Notebooks, Mobile Phone etc.). For higher audio quality over the standard A2DP protocol there are ...
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Hide Menu by Default in Adobe Reader
Is there a way to make Adobe Reader 10 not display the menu bar (File, etc.) initially, when opening files? Even when you disable it in View>Show/Hide>Menu Bar or with F9, the next time you open ...
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Share MacBook webcam with PC over Remote Desktop
I have a desktop PC in an office with a webcam attached. Normally when I'm in the office I use this for meetings, etc.
I would like to connect to this PC remotely via RDP, but from my MacBook. One ...
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Convert Linux symlinks to Windows symlinks
I've noticed that Linux symlinks don't work in Windows, and vice-versa. Is there any way to convert Linux symlinks to Windows symlinks? Specifically, I want to convert relative Linux symlinks to ...
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How to display ALT+TAB on both monitors?
I added a monitor to my laptop but whenever I do Alt + Tab on my computer it only shows the running applications on the laptop but not on my extra monitor.
Is there a workaround for this?
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How to stop Windows Alarms (Clock) app from asking access permissions on startup without saying yes or signing in?
Sometime this year, the Windows Clock App that comes with Windows 10/11 asks for permissions every time on startup:
Let this app access your info? Windows Alarms needs your
permission to: Read your ...
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How to get the true textual verbose "No GUI boot + OS boot information" working again in Windows 10?
I find myself frequently needing much more information at Windows 10 startup than what we can seem to coax out of it now. It used to be possible to go into msconfig and select some options to get the ...
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„Windows Background.wav“ played by taskhostw.exe when certain programs are opened
OS: Windows 10 Home 1909 x64, OS build 18363.752
Whenever I open the Control Panel, Windows Background.wav plays once the window has appeared.
It also occurs1 for E1 mod:
upon opening Firefox
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Multi-column Taskbar When It's on Left/Right in Windows
When the Windows Taskbar is at bottom/top (horizontal) it can be multi-row, but when you put it on left/right side of screen (vertical), it only has one column (row!).
Is there a way to have two ...
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Get a list of user profiles on machine local and domain
Is there a way, either by PowerShell, batch, C# to get a list of all the profiles currently on the local machine. I need to collect a list of profiles and show whether they are local users, or domain ...
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How does Windows decide whether to use Deflate or Deflate64 for zipping files?
I am observing issues when trying to unzip files from C#. These files were created with the built-in zip feature of Windows Explorer (in Windows 8.1 x64).
The issues are based on the fact that ...
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Run software as admin user, but in the current user context
Here is my situation: I have a single software that demands admin rights. That software needs to be run by commom users. Right-clicking and "Run as administrator" does not do the trick, therefore I ...
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Set default volume for new apps in Windows 10 mixer
My headphones (HyperX Cloud 2) are normally way too loud for most apps with any volume above 10%. However, I want certain apps such as Teamspeak to be 50%. The problem is new apps default to the max/...
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Why don't device and app sound mixers match?
My question is specified in the title, to be more exact I would like to show this particular screenshot of the sound mixer:
As you can see here, the volume of the IE reached the maximum level, but ...
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