Recent content by eulenfalter

Hello, - FYI, it was ChatGPT that came up with the idea of using vbs to hide the windows - I asked it how to do that. - Today I told ChatGPT that vbs will no longer be available, and it gave me a relatively short powershell alternative. I am not going to post it because ChatGPT tends to propose...

indeed, thank you. it says: oct 2023: "VBScript VBScript is deprecated. In future releases of Windows, VBScript will be available as a feature on demand before its removal from the operating system. For more information, see Resources for deprecated features." It's interesting that...

Hello! Thank you all for thinking of and developing solutions! I was able to use some rudimentary makeshift construction (as I can't code, just mess with scripts and beg ChatGPT to come up with solutions (which do work half of the time). What I'm about to write now will hurt the eyes of anybody...

https://resource.dopus.com/t/check-for-presence-of-removable-drive/47267/5 here you may find something that actually works.

Hello, I'd like to be informed (either immediately or with a delay of at max 10 minutes) if drive H: is not available/connected. ChatGPT said I should schedule this .bat file in Task scheduler, but I have no clue if this is safe or has issues: @echo off set DriveLetter=H: set...

Thank you very much for your kindly-written reply. In my case, there are dozens of files that are all around 50 MB -- all installation files, renamed to tmp. But there are also more wct.... files of smaller sizes (considerably smaller).

Hello, there are >2GB of WCTxxxx.tmp in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp ; Win 11 Pro (ARM), up-to-date release version (no beta). Renaming to .exe reveals they seem to be old OneDrive updates. They are not being deleted when performing temp cleanup via windows settings. 1. Does...

Hello, I navigated to the start menu folder in Explorer and added a link to a text file. It shows up in start menu (i.e., windows icon on task bar), and I can pin it there, so it will be visible as soon as I press the start button. However, sooner or later (perhaps after a restart), the pinned...

The solution is that in Parallels, one needs to check the option "optimize keyboard for games" (!). However they claim that might come with other issues (key combinations), so I will have to research the downsides. It IS a paralells issue, not a Win 11 or ARM issue. Thank you for your help.

Thank you all. This was very helpful for troubleshooting. If I find the culprit, I will post, I promise.

Hello, thank you a lot for helping! My question is exclusively about the popup that shows next to the cursor. For example, when you drag (but not yet release), a popup next to the moving cursor will be telling you what action is about to happen when you release (for example: COPY). When you...

Hello, when doing drap&drop operation in File Explorer, an info tip will occur at the mouse pointer e.g. when you drag a file from c: to an external drive on the folder tree on the left, indicating that it will be copied. Modifier keys (ctrl/alt/shift) allow the modification of a drag and drop...

Thanks a lot for pointing to that app (zentimo). It is somewhat on the expensive side, yes.

Hello, when I save-eject a USB flash drive, Windows device manager will show a yellow warning sign and in the device's info box, it will say that in order to make the device show up again, I need to remove it and reinsert it. Let's say somebody is using remote desktop and then ejected a drive...

Hello, I just noticed that if I open LOTS of windows of the same app, there will not longer be a horizontal row of screenshots previewing them, but a vertical list, when I click on the program's taskbar icon. Is there a way to enforce that list even if there are just a few windows, e.g. via...