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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Context menu add new document.A normal installation of Libre Office from the msi should add 'Open Document text' to the new context menu. This is enabled by this...
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Skeptic Mike reacted to dalchina's post in the thread Solved Foldername differs between File Explorer and CMD with
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Hi, suggestions: (Without screenshots you will have people guessing and forced to generalise). A folder name may appear differently in... -
Skeptic Mike reacted to Helmut's post in the thread Any method for getting a genuine progress bar back? with
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Personalization Add or Remove "Explore background" Desktop Context Menu in Windows 11.Your screenshot shows the desktop icon "Learn about this picture". There is a tutorial which shows how to remove this: Add or Remove... -
Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Personalization Add or Remove "Explore background" Desktop Context Menu in Windows 11.Yes, I'm saying either action would undo the removal of SpotlightLearnMore. My post was trying to explain how and why my suggestion...
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Personalization Add or Remove "Explore background" Desktop Context Menu in Windows 11.There are two basic methods for removing a Shell based context menu item. Delete the entire verb, as this tutorial suggests or add a...
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Tutorial for understanding folder access?.If you look carefully at the "folders" you don't understand, you should notice the little green arrows on them. That shows they are...
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Lost "Edit in Notepad" menu item when I set the right-click menu to show all menu items."Edit in Notepad" is provided by the new winapp (AI enabled) version of notepad. Presumably you've tried reinstalling it? I'm not sure...
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SetObjectSecurity.exe which is described here: New & Updated Security Tools | Microsoft Community Hub is a powerful, and without great...
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Personalization Add or Remove "Explore background" Desktop Context Menu in Windows 11.If Shell keys weren’t writeable by Admins, then third party software couldn't add new context menu items.
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Personalization Add or Remove "Explore background" Desktop Context Menu in Windows 11.I tested it from an elevated powershell: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $null = New-PSDrive -Name 'HKCR' -PSProvider Registry -Root...
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Personalization Add or Remove "Explore background" Desktop Context Menu in Windows 11.I don't think that this will work unless you've already taken ownership of the key. However, this should work Set-ItemProperty -Path...
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Default Apps.To be offered as a choice the program has to be registered. Registration can be per user or per machine. Some 'portable' apps offer...
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Skeptic Mike replied to the thread General Add and Remove Quick Access Folders on Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 11.That's not the right value for attributes. The default (HKLM) value is 0xe8040004 so setting bit 0x00100000 which is what you should be... -
Skeptic Mike replied to the thread Personalization Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 11.All the methods I listed in Add or Remove Folders in File Explorer Navigation Pane in Windows 11 work for this case. So, if you don't...