Questions tagged [popups]
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Mystery daily Explorer popup window trying to view my my boot partition
Something is mounting my boot partition (the 100MB partition with the Windows boot loader) as drive I: and opening it in Windows Explorer, leaving an Access denied error popup. It happens every day. I ...
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Annoying popup in Windows 11. How do I get rid of it?
My desktop PC is using Windows 11.
Starting a few days back, every 15 minutes or so I get the following annoying popup:
Which fades away after a few seconds. I cannot click or right-click on it.
I ...
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Automatically closing ('OK'-ing) a Windows Script Host dialogue box from a batch script
I have an incredibly annoying problem where my Win 10 license keeps randomly deactivating for no reason. Sometimes it lasts weeks without doing it but recently it seems to be doing it every other day. ...
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Batch (or some other file) to have scheduled in Task Scheduler for a popup that leads to a website
I am trying to create a batch file (or some other file) to show a pop up reminder with a yes/no option that I can get set up to run at a designated time in task scheduler. This will be planned to run ...
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The "No new notifications" notification happens even after I turn off notifications in Windows 11. How to turn it off?
I have turned off notifications in Windows 11.
However, I still get the "No new notifications" popup when my mouse is near the right bottom corner.
Occasionally, this is on top of the ...
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How do I block this MS Edge pop-up dialog on browser close?
Microsoft Edge of late has begun repeatedly showing me this pop-up dialog almost every time I try to close its window after a browsing session (cannot predict or figure out what causes it not to show ...
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Keep on getting weird, random "Install failed" messages on Windows 10
I keep on getting weird messages saying it can't install something from my temp folder.
I have zero idea what could be causing it.
Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 22H2
Installed on 8/1/2021
OS ...
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How to stop window 10 pop-up behaviour (from right-corner bar) "Can't install updates" pop-up
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The "Can't install updates" pop-up scheduled "when PC started up" behaviour is uncontrollable. No normal selective toggle button in "setting" related to this ...
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Disable windows error box on specific apps
How can I disable Windows Error box from popping up?
We have machines that get the pop up box saying something went wrong,
I don't want to turn off Windows Error Service tho, just want to disable ...
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Is this a virus? C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\FyNtEw.exe
Rfter updating my computer Windows 11 & restarted the system, the following warning popups again and again:
"Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your computer?"
(CMD logo ...
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How can a popup window be created in Chrome right after startup, without any website already open?
Recently, when I open up Chrome browser, an annoying scamming site called "stoprobot.site" will pop up for no apparent reason.
AFAIK popups should always be initiated by some website that's ...
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Clicking on Chrome-generated pop-ups doesn't work most of the time. Why?
Clicking on Chrome-generated pop-ups such as the one shown in the screenshot below doesn't work most of the time: the mouse click is ignored. Why? If I hit ENTER it works fine.
I use Chrome on ...
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How to stop pop-up sound in Excel
I'm working with Excel almost everyday. I have to search for data in the cells, and when that data is not present I see a pop-up message.
The pop-up come with an annoying 'ping' sound. How can I ...
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How can I know what app/software is launching a Virtual key?
My Right Click Menu (Context Menu) keeps randomly popping up in my Windows 10.
Even if I don't do anything. I have tried all possible solutions. Nothing helps.
It starts right after installing ...
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Windows 10: Can't get Rid of Malware Popups Notifications Spoofing Antivirus [duplicate]
I'm using Windows 10 Home, and I'm this popup, that keeps coming up at random times, at least hourly:
And, just a few minutes ago, this:
I have disabled all popups in Internet Options.
I ran ...
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