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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How do you remove a default program association for file types in Windows 7?
I somehow have set the default file type association for a file type in Windows 7. It doesn't appear to be possible to delete it from the "Change the file type associated with a file extension" ...
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What is the conventional install location for applications in Linux?
I'm currently installing NetBeans, and the default install directory is /home/thomasowens/netbeans-6.8. I'm not a fan of that location, so I'm looking at /etc, /bin, /usr/bin, and /sbin. Does Linux ...
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What is the default username and password for SonarQube?
What is the default username and password for a fresh installation of SonarQube? Or how do you create a user?
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notepad++: How to reset all the setting to default ones?
I change settings a lot. Now, I think I've played with Notepad++ too much. Now how can I reset the settings ?
btw, I don't want to uninstall, then install again. that's not so "superuser"-ish, right?
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Windows 10 won't accept Firefox as the default browser
I have recently upgraded my Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 and basically everything seems to be working fine.
Except for the fact that Win10 won't get Firefox as the default browser in the system...
It ...
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Windows 10 wipes out all my settings on every login
Suddenly my Windows 10 is doing something really weird. Every time I login I see a "Preparing Windows" message, and once I'm in, I see that all my settings are gone. By that I mean:
Desktop picture ...
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Windows “Open With” application not appearing as an option
For some reason lately I've experienced this issue with trying to set a default application for an extension. The most common ways are the following:
Right Click > Open With > Choose Default Program ...
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Make function keys behave as normal on a Lenovo laptop [duplicate]
How can I make buttons F1, ..., F12 behave as normal on Windows 10 and as buttons specifically for my laptop when pressing Fn+F...? By buttons which are specific for my laptop I mean volume buttons, ...
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How to set gpg2 as default implementation of gpg on debian?
My debian installation came with gpg 1.4.12, while I would like to be running 2.0.19.
The former comes in the package gnupg and the latter gnupg2. They can coexist peacefully as far as I know, but I ...
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Why are the default options for Windows Firewall exceptions to allow on public but not on private networks?
I get the following dialog whenever Windows Firewall (on Win7 SP1) catches a new program trying to get network access:
Why does it allow public by default but not private? Isn't public the less ...
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How to change the default editor for PNG files from MS Paint to paint.net in Windows 10?
I have paint.net installed in my Windows 10 Pro. When I right-click a PNG file in the Windows Explorer, I see the Edit command. However, it opens the Windows Paint app, and I'd like to change it to ...
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How to make date YYYY-MM-DD (ISO-8601) the default in Excel?
In Excel how can I make the ISO8601 date format, yyyy-mm-dd, the default? Windows locale is English(CA) or English(US). We're using Excel 2013, though a generic answer for as many versions as possible ...
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Default save extension is "Normal Text" but Notepad++ is saving without an extension
When I try to save a file, the default extension is All types (*.*). It basically saves it without an extension, for example, just new 1 instead of new 1.txt.
“Default language” option in Settings → ...
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Sublime Text 3 - Quick Add/Find Match behavior
Suppose I'm working with a file In Sublime Text 3 that contains multiple occurrences of a single character variable, c, which I want to rename to another name.
When I select one instance of that ...
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Why don't I have a "Make Google Chrome the default browser" button in my Chrome settings?
My Chrome settings says "Google Chrome is not currently your default browser." But there's no button that allows me to set Chrome as the default browser:
Running Windows 7 x64. Absolutely baffled. ...
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Deleting user defaults under Mac OS X 10.10.3
Since a short time (I (guess* since Mac OS X 10.10.2) I was able to clear my settings under NSUserDefaults via
defaults delete ~/Library/Preference/<my app>.plist
But all of a sudden it does ...
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How Do I Set Another Program as JPG Default in Windows 11
My computer was recently upgraded to Windows 11 and my default program for JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg) was changed from my preferred program of JPEGView to Photos (Windows default app). Photos takes a while to ...
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Sublime Text 2 opens last opened files from last session
Whenever I open Sublime Text 2 on Fedora, it used to restore the last session.
But now in Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and it's not opening the window from the last session. What setting do I need to ...
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How to configure TortoiseHg workbench to show latest changes by default?
When I start the TortoiseHg Workbench,
nearly always I want to see what changed since the last commit.
So I wait for it to start up, then
double-click the repository in the far left "repository ...
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What are the common router default DHCP IP address ranges?
I'm trying to find out what the default DHCP ranges are for common routers. Does anyone know?
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How to make Select Tool mode default instead of Hand Tool in PDF-XChange Viewer?
I am always using PDF-XChange Viewer for PDF viewing, which works great for me. One issue that bothers me a lot is that, by default, it will be in Hand Tool (second button checked in the following ...
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Firefox setting to allow Web Notifications to stay open longer (or indefinitely)
By default, Firefox displays Web Notifications for about half a minute before automatically hiding them.
Is there a way to increase the amount of time that they are displayed before auto-hiding them?
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How can I keep a Windows registry key constant?
Is there a way to lock a system registry key from being changed? Or to somehow keep it constant?
In Windows 7, I'm trying to prevent a system registry key from being automatically changed any time a ...
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Windows 10 removed the option to "Set this program as default"
Recently, my Windows 10 installation has changed. When I want to set defaults by app, the interface went from this:
To this:
The new way only allows me to click Manage and then manually select the ...
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I want to replace the default Windows 10 calculator with CalcTape.exe in the registry. How?
I want to replace the default Windows 10 calculator with CalcTape.exe in the registry. How and where would I find this in the Windows 10 registry editor? :-)
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How to change the default document viewer in ranger?
How do I change the default document viewer in the file-manager "ranger"?
By pressing [R] it is only possible to choose how to open the document for this one time, but the choice will not be safed. E....
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Outlook Doesn't Display my default calendar view
Need help with my Outlook default calendar view. Outlook does not display my calendar by defaut.
It displays my historical list of meetings but not my daily/weekly calendar. Please have a look at it ...
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Permanently and globally stop openoffice calc from autocorrecting dates/time
When I type "15:45" or "21/12" openoffice Calc changes it to "15:45:00" and "21-12-2011".
How do I disable this globally and permanently?
I know you can use "Format cell..." and then select text, but ...
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How to change LibreOffice default text encoding?
I want to change the default text encoding used by LibreOffice when saving a document as a Text document. Where can I find this setting?
I want it to be UTF-8 WITHOUT the BOM, which I believe is ...
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Change Default Sorting Order of 'dir' Command in Windows
By default, Windows' dir command sorts files and directories alphabetically without grouping. The result is files and directories appear interleaved with one another. Sample output:
F:\Dev Kits>...
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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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Permanently swap Powerpoint presenter view and slide show
I have a dual monitor setup where my main monitor is monitor #2.
Whenever I start a Powerpoint slideshow, the slideshow itself appears on monitor #1, and on monitor #2 I get a "presenter view&...
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In Windows 7, how do I make Sound Scheme changes for all users?
On a Windows 7 machine, I would like to make changes to a Sound Scheme and have them affect all users on that machine.
I've found that if I log in as a user without administrative privileges, I can ...
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Where do I put a settings file for Brave Browser?
I use Debian Linux in a VM.
When I create the VM, I install all of the applications/packages I use (I install them with sudo apt install), and then I copy a folder containing configuration/settings ...
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Is there a way to change the default drag and drop action in macOS to file/folder move, instead of copy?
The drag and drop default in macOS Mojave (10.14.3) appears to be to copy and not move. Is there a way to change the default drag and drop action to file/folder move, instead of copy?
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How can I control the default volume of an application in Windows
Is there a way to assign a default volume to an application when it starts?
I work from home, and I use a conference tool to talk to people in the office. Every time I start it, it defaults to ...
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