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CCLeaner – I’ve used CCleaner for as long as I can remember. The drive and Registry cleaners are conservative, making it safer than many other apps available. It also comes with some great tools, including a startup manager. If you must clean your Registry, use CCleaner. CCleaner offers to back up your Registry before cleaning. That means that your Registry almost certainly has useless entries. This command takes drive C offline to scan the volume and fix any errors that found (equivalent to chkdsk /f). Currently, QuickBooks Desktop only supports Internet Explorer 11.0. Open the Windows Update window, click on...
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The store will support all kinds of apps, including those programming as PWA, UWP or Win32 formats. If you use your own commerce engine, you will not have to pay any revenue share to Microsoft at all. However, if you use Microsoft’s engine, you’ll have an 85/15 split for regular apps or 88/12 for games. On Windows 11, hovering over the minimize / maximize button gives you a choice of different snap layouts, based on your screen size. I have been on the Windows 11 Beta releases for over a month and I would like to emphasize some missing UI...
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You can use the Print Screen key to open Snip & Sketch to take screenshots on Windows 10, and here’s how to configure the option. Unfortunately, I can’t validate this guess since the problem doesn’t occur on my machine, anymore. Perhaps you could look into changing the registry value for ScreenshotIndex in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer. Try setting it higher than the highest numbered screenshot in your Pictures\Screenshots folder. I had this same issue on my Surface Pro 2, and brought it to a Microsoft Store to have them look at. When completed, you’ll load back into the same Windows environment where you...
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You need to fix your slow Internet connection or else the file could take hours to download. Internet speed plays a huge role in download time. Depending on your Internet connection, the download could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. On your PC, navigate to Settings, and then select Update and Security. Select Windows Update, and then select Check for updates. Apps and window borders—including the Start Menu and widget menu—will be semi-see-through, like a frosted-glass window. It’s a nice look and probably won’t have the same performance issues on lower-end hardware the last time Microsoft...
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