Recent content by AndreyT

In other words, the whole issue was ostensibly caused by mere "corrupted Windows Search database". (I presume this was confirmed by rebuilding the database, which fixed the issues, right?) No evidence of any ties to any "corrupted links" was ever found? No wonder Audrey (sic!) missed that...

Ther real question here is how the OP managed to end up with duplicates in search results as a consequence of "corrupted links". What is the mechanism here? A typical link corruption scenario usually results in a dead link, i.e. a link that leads to nowhere. It does not cause duplication of...

`C:\Users\All Users` is normally a symlink, not a junction.

"Microsoft Print to PDF" is known to spool the "printing" process, i.e. relegate the "printing" duties to some low-priority background task. The latter might take its sweet time to generate the file. While the background task is working, the target file is seen as having size 0. This sometime...

What is your question intended to be about? The whole PSU, i.e. "power brick", together with the mains cable? Or just the power cable, i.e. from the brick to the outlet?

What "searches" are you talking about specifically? Are you using the built-in Windows Search capabilities? Or are you performing searches using some sort of third-party tool?

It appears that you are describing PowerToys functionality. If so, you can open PowerToys settings and disable these modules. ALT+SPACE is "PowerToys Run". Double click of CTRL key is "Find My Mouse". Alternatively, you can assign different keyboard shortcuts for these modules.

This means that your File Explorer icons are grouped in the taskbar. What if you [temporarily] disable grouping of taskbar icons? Does the problematic behavior still persist?

"Will not open" is a nonsensical combination of words. It has no meaning. What does your "will not open" mean precisely? You can't access the flash drive at all? You have no access to/permission to open specific files? The files are accessible but programs complain about invalid file format...

No, it isn't. It is simply different versions of the same icon for different sizes. They all are stored together. The smaller icon is just an arrow. The larger version is a folder with an arrow. The list in "Change Icon" dialog uses the smaller version, which is why you just see an arrow. But...

Funny, the bug has been there since Windows 10 at least. This is Windows 10 22H2: Yeah... Just checked. None of my Windows 11 Pro (24H2) machines display this line of tiles at the top of "System > About". Meanwhile my Windows 10 Pro machine does have it. Apparently, this Windows 10 feature...

It is not clear, whether this was intended to be a question or a poll... The question part is slam-dunk: yes, you should user (sic!) a regular user account for normal everyday use of the computer and have a separate admin account dedicated to admin tasks. Having separate accounts is just...

This functionality is already present in the built-in Windows 11 "Snipping Tool", which is different from the downloadable Snipping Tool. (This happens to be an extra source of confusion in topics like that, since both are officially referred to as "Snipping Tool"). The built-in snip-and-paste...

Huh? My question is obviously a request for clarification: what exactly the OP is doing to arrive at their results. As asked, the question is basically meaningless, since the OP hasn't described what they are doing besides/after pressing the "Print Screen" button. And the "Print Screen" button...

How exactly do you "take a screenshot with Print Screen"? Describe the full sequence of steps from the beginning to the end.