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For questions about the Windows 10 October 2019 Update (Version 1909). Use [windows-10] for questions not specific to a particular release of Windows 10.

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How can I disable the “News and Interests” Widget on the Windows 10 Taskbar?

On Windows 10 version 1909 and newer releases, Microsoft has added a "News and Interests" widget on the Taskbar (see blogpost): How can I remove this Widget from the Taskbar?
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Why is there no network connectivity in Ubuntu using WSL 2 behind VPN?

Premise: I'm trying to run Ubuntu as a Windows 10 app using WSL. TL;DR problem: When Ubuntu uses WSL 2, network connectivity "disappears" when using company VPN. Trying to get Ubuntu 18.04 (...
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'Performance' tab of the task manager is frozen [duplicate]

The 'Performance' tab of the task manager is frozen in Windows 10 (V1909). I can select options to change the views of the graph but this screen is particularly frozen. It happened all of a sudden and ...
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Launch a batch script as shell instead of explorer in Windows 10

In Windows 10, the default shell is explorer.exe, giving you the taskbar, desktop icons and start menu. Since Windows 10 v1909, and possibly v1903, Microsoft has decided to use the hyper key (CTRL-...
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Error code 0x80070003 while upgrading windows 10 from 1809 to 1909

I have trouble upgrading my computer (Surface Pro 1 128GO, bought in 2014 on Windows 8.1 pro in Europe) from Windows 10 Pro 1809 to 1909. Windows Update always return the same error code (0x80070003)....
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How to uninstall TeamViewer, if there is no option for doing so?

tl;dr "Something" installed a TeamViewer on my brand new computer. How to get rid of it? There's no corresponding option in "Add/Remove Programs" list and there is neither "TeamViewer" group nor "...
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Stop Windows 10 from installing applications that I am using on another PC

I have just installed a fresh Windows 10 Pro on my old Acer PC. I have logged-in with my Microsoft account and after a few minutes of using it, I found a number of applications installed that I use on ...
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