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Windows 10 Start Menu Search Indexing Fields (Filename only? Apparently not!)
So here's a question that I haven't been able to find the answer to anywhere:
What field(s) does Windows 10 use to index files by whenever performing a start menu search? The obvious answer would be ...
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Edge taskbar pinned shortcut is not in a standard location
I'm on Windows 10. According to this answer the standard location for taskbar pinned shortcuts is %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar. I indeed can find all my ...
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Shortcut for address path in Windows
How do I create a shortcut for a path address which I can then use in Windows File Explorer's address bar?
Rather than navigate through the filesystem structure every time, I want to do this:
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Why does Internet Explorer shortcut(desktop shortcut) launch 3 processes?
One of our legacy application is tied to IE. We created a desktop shortcut for it on user's workstation. Now when this shortcut launches the app, we see 3 windows processes launched instead of 2!!! ...
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Shortcuts with command line arguments blocked with IE error - These files can't be opened
My local shortcuts (.lnk files) do not execute if the shortcut has any command-line arguments
On freshly-installed 64-Bit Windows 8
Shortcut worked fine on Windows 7 32-Bit
It depends where the ...
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Running a Cygwin Program from a Windows Shortcut
I am attempting to set up my Windows 10 laptop with a few Linux programs using Cygwin and I'm not having much success.
My goal is to have shortcuts in my start menu that act just like native ...
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How to change shortcut links priority in Windows File Explorer?
How can I change shortcut links priority in left side of Windows File Explorer (like Favorite, Library, Computer)?
For example, by default Favorite link is top of all other links. So how can I change ...
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How to restore Start menu shortcuts in Windows 8.1
Now I can't even get to the Desktop in 8.1 without pressing +D. I also can't get to the Store, OneDrive, or Camera. How can I restore these shortcuts?
If you need more details about how they were ...
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C:\ hidden but can still be accessed via a shortcut
I currently have C: hidden through an Active Directory group policy.
The students have worked out that they can bring a short cut of their C: from home and when they run it they can see and access ...
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'All Programs' Shortcuts are missing
Using Windows 7, when I go to Start -> All Programs I can see the full structure and all of the shortcuts, but when I click on one, nothing happens. I navigated to:
C:\Users\myusername\AppData\...
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How to open the Quota Entries list for a given drive from a shortcut or command line?
Is it possible to open the Quota Entries list for a given drive from a shortcut or the command line in Windows? And if so, how?
I'm not talking about managing quota entries from the command line (...
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windows shortcut opening chrome and go to existing tab
is there a shortcut/combo to open a specific chrome tab directly from windows?
This tab is opened in Chrome in background, I'd like to go to this specific tab by a windows shortcut - possible?
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Run exe with parameters by default
I'd like to run my browser (Vivaldi) with the --silent-debugger-extension-api parameter by default, which I know is possible via a shortcut or batch file. But I want it to run this way for every ...
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Can I hide specific network shares from sidebar in Windows Explorer?
I have a number of network drives mapped and other network locations added to Windows Explorer so I can have quick access to other network shares for backups and whatnot. I also added some FTP ...
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Windows make a %shortcut% like %APPDATA%
%APPDATA% (case insensitive) auto expands in windows explorer and the start menu to C:\Users\username\AppData. Is there a way to create one of these variables to point to wherever I want? Is it safe ...
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