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explorer.exe freezing when right clicking desktop with 2 monitors
Since I added a second monitor to my computer, when right clicking the desktop and trying to bring the context menu, the desktop and all other explorer.exe windows will freeze for ~5 seconds before ...
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Windows explorer is in an infinite crash loop after installing a MS Store App
I'm running Windows 11 23H2.
I installed this AutoHotKey port from the MS store:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nq8q8j78637?hl=en-gb&gl=US/
Immediately after installing, my windows explorer ...
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Enable Sort by Date Modified for all Win 10 Picture Folders
Is it possible to modify the registry or something to make Sort by Date Modified available as a default option for sorting image folders across everything in Windows?
I can enable it one by one folder ...
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Fairly new computer, windows 10 pro, not able to open cmd in a specific path by typing cmd in the address bar of file explorer
I used to be able to do this on my laptop. But now I have a desktop and when I try this, it just shows C:\>
instead of being in the path I want it to be in. I have no idea how to fix this or where ...
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Sorting Windows Explorer's file checkboxes output
I'm writing a rough .cmd batch to do an operation with a few files (4 or 5) in Windows. I want to mark the desired files in Explorer's checkboxes, and drag-and-drop them to the batch file, that will ...
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How to right click mouse without focusing an item underneath cursor in File Explorer window?
I want to achieve that even if there is an item underneath cursor.
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How to stop windows file transfer consuming all network bandwidth
When I initiate any file transfer from my laptop, over wifi, to my network drive, immediately all other network traffic is interrupted until the file transfer is complete.
For example, if I am ...
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How to get Windows always prompt an "open with" dialog?
As said, I want my Windows to always send me to "Open With" dialog, when I try to open a file.
There is a similar XPosed module for Android, named Kill Domain Verification, but it's working ...
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How to Display "Keywords" Property in Windows File Explorer's Details View Columns?
Following this post, I have a PowerShell script that uses ExifTool to add metadata to PDF files. Specifically, it adds a tag to a PDF's "Keywords" property. The script is available here on ...
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windows 10 - strange explorer folder behavior based on folder name
I don't even know what to call this, but
If I create a folder in a specific path ~/sync/dev
The title bar changes and becomes white when entering this folder:
entering dev
outside of dev
I don't know ...
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Windows explorer does not show tooltips on hover for files/folders
This happens on both Windows 11 and Windows 10 (I've got two computers with the same problem). For some reason, Windows explorer will not show any tooltips when hovering over files/folders in explorer ...
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How can I change the " - Shortcut" suffix on shortcuts in Explorer Win11
Now shortcuts has " - Shortcut" as a suffix.
I'd like to change it. I'd also like to put it in front.
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When copying 10ks of files, rarely a copy is larger and zero filled to the next block
I have an issue that sometimes occurs when copying data from SD/CF cards to internal drives, but also manifests when backing up a large archive of photos to external drives. Files are copied using ...
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Windows' File Explorer "Map Network Drive" generates an HTTP OPTIONS request that is unauthorized
We are developing a WebDAV server in Java that we would like to serve a Windows' File Explorer client. I can run the following curl command that gives a good response:
>curl -i -X OPTIONS http://...
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Unable to access FTP using Windows Explorer [closed]
I've set up an FTP site on an AWS EC2 Windows Server 2022 using IIS. I can successfully connect using FileZilla, and can read and write using that connection.
However, when attempting to access it ...
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In Windows, how do I retrieve the data of which folders I most use?
Windows tracks which folders I use then displays the most used one in Quick Access beneath the pinned items.
How do I retrieve this data?
1508457, 1072785, 885073 do not address this.
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Alt + D Not Working In Windows 11 File Explorer
In Windows 10, I frequently use Alt + D to quickly highlight the path to the current folder in Windows File Explorer so it can quickly be copied. It's the same shortcut that can be used to highlight ...
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Change the format when renaming multiple files?
In Windows 10/11 File Explorer is it possible to change the format when renaming multiple files?
When renaming multiple files, the result is something like this:
MyFile (1).jpg
MyFile (2).jpg
MyFile (...
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The source window should remain active after dropping an item in another window
I have two windows opened in Windows 10. Whenever I drag a file from one window to another, the window where I drop the item is active.
But I would like to keep the window from which I dragged the ...
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Is there a relatively simple way to create a "view" of a Windows folder?
The "view" is borrowed from DBMS, as in a subset by certain criteria.
I'm trying to copy about 200k files (in a few levels of folders) from one cloud storage provider (mounted as a Windows ...
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File Explorer CD/DVD default action: disable "install or run program from your media"
When inserting a CD/DVD medium, I already disabled autoplay from within Settings / Devices / Autoplay first and, then, from within Control Panel / Autoplay which is more complete. However, even with ...
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How to remove Home Gallery from Windows 11 Explorer
I want this section removed from Windows 11 Explorer:
The registry method to remove the key on [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace_41040327] did ...
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How to change file type labels in Explorer using 3rd-party-programs or hacks inside Windows
I want to do this experiment: Change the file type label to something else.
Example:
Lets say there is a "APK" file on the computer. Instead of the file type column saying "APK File&...
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Is explorer.exe always in the "C:\Windows\" folder?
I'm writing a program that needs to find explorer.exe, but I don't know if it's always in the same folder or not.
I know on all modern versions of Windows you can find explorer.exe in the C:\Windows\ ...
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Windows Explorer only in one instance
Is it possible to configure the Windows Explorer to only open in one instance? Sometimes the Explorer is already open and after I download something and then open the download location from the ...
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How to search for underscores to select file duplicates, whilst leaving out original files that may have underscores in them?
I have a bunch of files that have duplicated, with an "_1", "_2" etc added to the end. I know I can do a search to show everything with _1, but there are some files that also have ...
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Windows Explorer Not Responding But Crashes or Restarts (Windows 11)
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Whenever Windows Explorer is opened, it freezes and shows the "App Not Responding" dialog. Then it crashes or shows the contents of the folder I clicked and freezes afterwards.
I ...
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Is it possible to replace the Windows shell with Steam to launch to Big Picture faster, and have Explorer.exe load after Steam launches automatically?
I have a Steam Deck which I dual-booted to Windows. I'm trying to accomplish a facsimile to "game mode" on Steam OS.
I want to boot to big picture automatically/extremely quickly so it ...
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File explorer, Google Chrome and Google Drive autopin on startup. How to remove autopinning?
I have a little problem with my computer. Everytime I start it, it autopins these three applications to the taskbar. I don't mind Chrome and File Explorer but I don't want to have Google Drive there. ...
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Problems in Adding File Types to 'New' Context Menu in File Explorer using regedit
Issue with Adding File Types to 'New' Context Menu in File Explorer
I'm encountering difficulties adding certain file types to the 'New' option in the right-click context menu in File Explorer. If ...
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Windows file explorer keeps asking to open a file instead of going to address
Win 10 x64
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I open Windows file explorer and enter the folder destintion in the address bar. It then highights the inputted address, deletes it & restores the current destination & ...
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Change the DISPLAY NAME (not the path) of a Business OneDrive folder in Windows File Explorer
For context: I am transgender and OneDrive for my university is showing my birth name ("deadname"), and I'd like to change it to either show my chosen name, or no name at all, just locally ...
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How to force Windows file explorer to display files that have invalid names?
I was searching journals on a research topic. I eventually got to some old exotic site containing a zip file which according to the description contained multiple documents. However when I unzipped it ...
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Windows 11 Explorer folder names not centered in medium icon view
In Windows 11 22H2, build 22621.2861, my explorer folder names are not centered when the folder view is set to medium (the default). If I change the folder view to large the folder names appear ...
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Windows 10 Explorer is very slow when first opened/used
Windows 10 Explorer is very slow when first used after reboot.
For instance copy/paste or move a file lasts a minute.
Right click mouse (to call context menu) - a minute.
But only first time. If I do ...
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How to quickly locate a file named "666.mp3" with keyboard in Windows Explorer?
If you start typing in an Explorer window without focusing on a text box, Explorer will move the highlight to the file with a matching prefix name. I rely on this very much as it does not require me ...
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Search videos by exact length under Windows File Explorer?
is there a way to search videos by exact length under the Windows File Explorer? (i.e. length:00:31:42)
There is a command "length:" but it only supports values like "Very Short, Short, ...
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Finding folders on PC with fewer than five files inside [closed]
Is it possible to find folders that contain fewer than five files inside?
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Is it possible for a file to occupy a fraction of a byte?
I connected my GoPro on my laptop running Windows 10. I browse its files via Windows Explorer. I selected all files in a folder, click on Properties, and I see that the number of bytes is a float, not ...
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Exclude a subfolder from symlink?
I have a folder I want to symlink (note that this doesn't have to be a symlink specifically, a junction or similar also works) somewhere. In that folder, there are a couple of subfolders and a bunch ...
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Windows Explorer - Using icons (not thumbnails) for specific files
How can I force Windows to use icons (not preview thumbnails) only for specific file types?
For example, I want to use an icon for all PPTX files, but a preview thumbnail for all PNG files.
The ...
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Remove "Start back up" in File Explorer new Windows 11 update
Since the new update that rolled out a few weeks ago, I have this "Start back up" message in my File Explorer:
It has been suggested to exit onedrive but I still want to use onedrive, I ...
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Is it possible to make a Windows program's browse dialogue (not just explorer windows), default to quick access shortcuts?
In windows, there's a folder option that lets you change the default behavior of the left pane, to default to either "This PC" or "Quick Access".
The problem I have is, this doesn'...
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Remove "AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition" from Windows Explorer context menu
When I right click inside a folder in Windows Explorer, there is an option called "AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition":
(This option only appears when I right click on an empty space inside ...
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File explorer does not automatically refresh changes when connected to WSL file system
On Windows 11 with WSL 2 installed, if I open the WSL file system in Windows File Explorer by using the provided \\wsl.localhost UNC path, I am able to browse all my files on the WSL file system.
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Windows 11 path too long issue persists after regedit
I followed the recommended steps to solve the path too long issue on Windows 11 (Insider Preview v23H2, b25951.1010); nevertheless, the problem persists, as I still get error path too long when ...
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Windows 10 Explorer no longer starting
I've been having 2 issues with Windows 10 for a few weeks:
The Security Center is not able to start and keeps terminating unexpectedly
The Windows Defender Quarantine folder has 700MB of files that ...
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Windows Double Click Detection (UseDoubleClickTimer)
In Windows there is a way to enable single click mode for Explorer
For ages there used to be a registry setting
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\UseDoubleClickTimer
I ...
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Unexpected behavior of Windows 11, when creating or renaming a folder, delayed browser response time
I have an HP gaming 16 laptop with windows 11 home, the hardware is not so bad core i5 of 10th generation, 16 gb of ram and a HDD accompanied by intel optane.
HDD and Optane is around 95% healt by ...
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How to sort by extension instead of type in Windows Explorer?
I use Google Chrome to open svg and pdf files but Windows Explorer sorts them as the same type:
Can I somehow sort by extension instead? (.svg, .pdf)
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