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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Default MS Word to single page view
Remember the good old days when MS Word defaulted to single page view when you'd open a document? I do. I prefer that, because I want to focus on what I'm working on, not what's 30 lines away from ...
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How to reset trackpad settings of a Macbook Pro?
Is there any way to reset the trackpad settings (tracking speed, scrolling speed, etc) of a Macbook Pro laptop back to "factory default"?
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Prevent Discord From Updating Automatically
How do we prevent Discord from Updating Automatically on Linux (point in step by step)?
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How to always highlight playing track in Foobar2000 playlist in the Default UI?
In Foobar's default user interface, the current playing track is signaled only by a very discreet arrow - no bold, no highlight, no different color.
The only 'highlighting' happens by selecting ...
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How to make Handbrake save default audio settings?
I click on the "configure default..." button in the audio tab, I set it to the codec/bitrate that I prefer.
However, if I close and re-open Handbrake, these defaults are gone. If I open another file ...
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Gvim 7.4: how to save the default font setting? Any improvements from gvim 7.3?
As the following post demonstrates:
How to change the default font of gVim
on Windows 7 it is impossible to save the default Gvim font from the Gvim program.
Closing Gvim will cause it to completely ...
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How to reset Excel 2010 settings to Default?
Excel's cells are very small when at 100% zoom (see screenshot below):
I have searched Excel's menu but couldn't find anything relevant. I tried to install Microsoft Fixit but it said it wasn't ...
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What does the default /etc/profile on Mac OS X 10.8 look like?
Someone chump edited my /etc/profile file, and I want to revert it to the system default, because I have now realized that I would rather override whatever needs to be overridden using files in my ...
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Add Google as Default Search Provider for Windows 8.1 IE 11
I have been trying with no luck to use Google as the default search provider for IE11 on Windows 8.1
Currently I can only add Google Australia as an "Accelerator" however this does not provide the ...
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Use GitHub's Atom Text Editor as Default Text Editor in Windows
I think the title says it all. I downloaded Atom, which comes over as a zip file containing an executable, etc. When I right-click on a text file, source code file, etc, in Windows Explorer and select ...
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Set Default Browser Using Command Prompt on Windows 10
This command no longer works:
chrome.exe --make-default-browser
How can I change the default browser via command line in Windows 10
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Excel: Why doesn't "File->Save As" remember the last directory between sessions?
I have already read and implemented the answer in the following post.
Excel: why doesn't "File-> Save As" remember the last directory that you saved a file in
However I did not have ...
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How to granulate Chrome's zoom levels?
In Firefox I can do this:
as you can see whenever I ctrl and +, I zoom with my changed values, 115%, 120%, 125%, etc. in 5% steps. How can I do that in Chrome? I don't want to go from 110% to 125% ...
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how to change adobe reader default Page Display?
When I read a document in Adobe Reader, it's always in Two Page Scrolling.
So I want that to be the default Page Display setting.
Instead of Single Page View.
Path: View -> Page Display -> Two Page ...
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How can I set the default aspect ratio for videos in VLC?
When opening video files, sometimes the aspect ratio doesn't fit my TV and I see black bars either side:
How can I set the default aspect ratio to 16:9, so that I don't have to right-click and ...
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