Questions tagged [default-settings]
Settings or values automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention.
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Unable to set Brave browser as default browser in Windows 10
Brave is a new web browser from Brendan Eich (the inventor of the JavaScript programming language). I installed it yesterday on my Windows 10 (Enterprise edition, 64-bit) PC and want to set it as the ...
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Can not change default explorer sorting option
Like the title says: I am not able to change the default sorting option in windows explorer. At the moment folders and files are sorted by date modified, but I'd like to change this to sorted by name. ...
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Changing Windows' default system directory on installation
Long story short: I'm writing a shim for running custom privileged scripts with Windows' native shell. To test that, I'd like to have a set of custom-forged installations, one of which would involve ...
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How to change boot settings correctly?
I have a hard drive with system and sometimes I want to boot from an USB flash drive.
How to change settings of booting correctly so that:
Boot from hard drive if there no flash drive.
Boot from ...
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Can't set Windows Terminal as default because it is not detected in the list of terminals
I am running Windows 11 stable version on my Lenovo S340 since upgrading from Windows 10.
I looked in the settings of Windows Terminal to set it as the default application, but the list of terminal ...
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Set file manager view for Save As... dialog in Windows 10
How can I PERMANENTLY set the file manager default view for the Save As... dialog in Windows 10. I know how to change views in the regular file manager, but the dialogs do not seem to be affected by ...
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Windows 10 Disable Animations via regedit/script
Is there a way to turn off the "Play animations in Windows" setting via command line (batch/vbs/reg commands, etc.)? Normally, you have to navigate to PC Settings > Ease of Access > Other Options and ...
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Windows Explorer view settings for a particular subtree
From the "Folder Option" menu in Windows Explorer, I changed the default view for all folders to be Large Icons. As far as it goes, I am happy with it.
What I want to do now is, selectively use "...
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Why does windows not let me to uninstall some apps? [duplicate]
I'm running Windows 10. I've found that uninstall button is grayed out for some apps at Start > Settings > System > Apps & features. Which means I can't uninstall such apps. For example here is a ...
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Default permissions for "Program Files" folder?
I modified the default permissions of "Program files" and now some things aren't working (Windows Mail isn't opening)
What are the default permissions of "Program files" so that I can reset it?
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Where is the registry location for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable Drive"
Where is the registry location, presumably under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, as the setting is user specific, for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable drive" option?
The user has the option ...
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How can I set my default Download folder to be my ftp server? (Linux)
I have a Linux Ubuntu laptop on which I download a lot of movies and I want it to transfer movies that have finished downloading to my ftp server. I tried doing it like this:
xdg-user-dirs-update --...
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How to enable various Fiddler's settings by default?
When launching Fidder, various options are always disabled.
How can these option be enabled by default?
For example, "Disable Caching":
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How do I stop eps files automatically converting to PDFs?
a while ago I think I may have inadvertently changed a setting and now I'm finding all my eps files have converted to PDFs. This happens with new files too, even if I download or re-save. Could anyone ...
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How to direct email hyperlink to Outlook/Office 10
I've been asking Windows 10's Ask me anything and searching without much luck. I am using Firefox, and when presented with an email hyperlink, a box pops up asking me to use an email client I don't ...
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