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    "Hidden gems" to improve our Windows experience Windows Help

    February 23, 2022

    "Hidden gems" to improve our Windows experience Windows Help

    "Hidden gems" to improve our Windows experience

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:51 PM PST

    Hello,

    I recently discovered Winget and it was a improve of 100% in my experience using Windows and I thought in make this post so everyone can share that utility, tool or anything that improved their Windows experience .

    I start:

    • Winget: A package manager (yes, like the GNU/Linux distributions) to install, upgrade and remove software using the CLI.
      • Is fantastic that recognizes the 90% of the software already installed in the system and it let's you to manage it with a few commands. A dream come true, sadly it has some issues in a few pieces of software like AMD Drives.
    • AutoHotkey: Open source tool to define hotkeys for mouse and keys. It's very powerful and let you to make some shortcuts. For example:
      • Win + N: To open a Notepad window or active the window if is already running.
      • Sadly this tool requires a bit of knowledge of programming but sure you can get some help in their subreddit.
    • MPC-HC: A simple media player, it has a lot of codecs out of the box and their performance is a lot better that VLC.
      • I know that VLC is a fantastic software but at least in my case and in all my equipment it never worked fine with high quality videos. So, if you have the same problem, give a shot to MPC-HC and be happy.
    • PowerToys: A Microsoft tool that contains a lot of utilities to improve the experience. The most relevant (for me) are:
      • Color Picker: Press Win + Shift + C and it allows to pick a color from any currently running application. Fantastic tool for designers or frontend developers.
      • PowerToys Run: A Windows version of the Apple's Spotlight

    I hope that this post helps you to find some utilities to improve your experience in Windows. Share your favorite tools :)

    P.S. Sorry for my english I'm not a native speaker hahaha

    Edit 1. Fix typos

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    Why is there so many arrows in my taskbar?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:21 AM PST

    Does Windows 11 have an option for sub-folder content preview from the main folder icon?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:04 AM PST

    Most up to date browser for Windows Vista in 2022?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 06:38 PM PST

    I am currently using MyPal, Is there anything more current that still supports windows vista in 2022?

    submitted by /u/aulikevan05
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    Problems with Windows folder

    Posted: 23 Feb 2022 12:25 AM PST

    Ho, I have this problema with a folder in Windows in apposta, the folder call Microsoft refence. And a file exe run in task manager and use a lot a of CPU. I delete the folder but It appears sometimes. In the folder there Is a file exe call alanx.exe. What Is that?

    submitted by /u/Paolo_P88
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    Music player for albums inside single .flac file.

    Posted: 23 Feb 2022 06:04 AM PST

    Right now I'm playing Travelling Willbury's album with vlc, but it only displays as 36 minute long song. Which player would allow me to see and play tracks separately?

    submitted by /u/Atwillim
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    My Windows collection so far.

    Posted: 23 Feb 2022 05:59 AM PST

    Hello! This is my Windows collection so far. Pic here

    Suggestions to add to my collection are welcome.

    submitted by /u/xX420MCplayerXx
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    Why has my color changed from white to lime green?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 11:58 AM PST

    Windows 7 was simply beautiful

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 03:41 PM PST

    Any one know why this happens??

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:44 AM PST

    Make Vivaldi 100% Open Source

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:43 PM PST

    Why is my Google Chrome start icon pin shaded?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 01:51 AM PST

    Windows Services for UNIX/Interix Patches and bundles

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 05:16 PM PST

    Does anyone have copies of 

    KB913030, KB929141, KB942312

    for WSFU 3.5?

    Also, any chance someone has the bundles from https://web.archive.org/web/20110227001550/http://www.suacommunity.com/SUA.aspx saved? Thanks.

    submitted by /u/CSGOPirate
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    Windows Vista Ultimate DreamScene — Start

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 02:56 PM PST

    a windows me desktop from 2003

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 07:59 AM PST

    Windows Secrity

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 03:51 PM PST

    Hello!

    I have a Windows 11 laptop and the third-party pre-installed antivirus software has expired 2 weeks ago. Is it necessary to subscribe into a third-party antivirus software or Windows Security is enough?

    I'm using my laptop for:

    1. Personal Use - browsing and personal transactions.
    2. Work - as accounting.

    I hope someone can give me a good advice.

    Thank you very much!

    submitted by /u/tagolilooooong
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    Disable Taskbar Pop-up with Autohide

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 03:26 PM PST

    When Autohide is turned on for the taskbar is there a way to disable the taskbar from popping up when you hover the mouse at the bottom of the screen. Autohide on windows is basically useless since the moment you go to resize a window at the bottom of the screen the taskbar says "Hello!" Just wondering if there were some registry tweaks on this, my current solution is to use a NIRCMD command with a hotkey to disable my taskbar entirely but I'd rather just disable the mouse hover popup feature.

    submitted by /u/Bjflow
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    How could I dualboot Windows 10 & XP?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:26 AM PST

    So recently, I bought a physical retail copy of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory & Ghost Recon. However, they do not work on Windows 10. I've been trying for the past couple of hours to install Windows XP on my second hard drive, but it won't let me. Any way to install XP again? (Other than having to use a VM)

    submitted by /u/Cabinet_Impressive
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    How do I make the calculator app close when I push the dedicated calculator button?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 01:48 PM PST

    I have a laptop with a dedicated calculator button which is great. Every time I press the button the calculator app pops up, even if there is already a calculator app open. I was wondering if there is a way to make it so it doesn't open up a new calculator but close the one already open.

    submitted by /u/24alex2
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    If Microsoft actually adds this to Regular Windows 11 then I may need to stop using Windows...

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 04:49 PM PST

    Better alternative to Outlook Calendar?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 12:56 PM PST

    (please forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong forum -- but google and reddit searches really haven't turned up anything)

    Is there a good windows alternative to Outlook's Calendar? (I don't need any outlook features in windows except calendar.)

    Outlook's calendar features drive me insane. It's astonishingly slow, it interfaces with iCloud poorly, its interface is inscrutable, and it forgets my default calendar displays about once a week. Every day I'm amazed at how terrible Outlook is. And it's ugly, too!

    I use Fantastical on my mac at home, and on my phone and on my watch. But it isn't available for Windows.

    Googling "Windows alternatives to outlook calendar" gives a list of outdated/broken/abandoned software links.

    Anybody out there using something better, or at least less terrible than Outlook for their calendar in Windows?

    submitted by /u/TheBigMaestro
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    The win10 (#️⃣+v) clipboard history is a great feature... buttt

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 12:41 PM PST

    Why does it have to paste itself wherever the insertion point is upon clicking? This feature would almost make me like win10 more than 7 if I could just click the one I wanted, and it move into the active clipboard without pasting it immediately. Instead, it forces itself to paste whenever you click, it still adds it to the clipboard, but why.. oh why.. does it have to paste itself upon click......

    Also if it didn't minimize itself whenever I click one, maybe it would be less bad, but it just seems like an idiotic implementation of a great feature.

    Maybe there is a way around this? If so please help, or share a workaround?

    Thanks

    submitted by /u/Accomplished-Salt696
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    So for a few days windows has been correcting my mispelled words

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 11:26 AM PST

    Any idea what is up with that? It never worked like that for me and now all of sudden it just corrects the words for me. It works even when I disable the function in settings

    submitted by /u/Kayordomus
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    [HELP] How make part of command return a string variable in Windows Batch?

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 09:05 AM PST

    I want to use the return strings from these commands as string variables in my script:

    systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"Registered Owner"

    However, without the preceding "OS Name:" and "Registered Owner:". How do I get the parts cut off?

    submitted by /u/3Domse3
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    Windows 11 contrast theme issue

    Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:55 AM PST

    Posted in Windows 11 but was immediately removed. IDK why. Anyway: I like the Dusk contrast theme in Windows 11, which makes everything display in a dark color with light blue ribbons. Its easy on the eyes. Helps reduce eye strain, but it makes working in excel very difficult for me. I'm wondering if there's some way to make MS Office programs like excel and Word display like they used to, with white background instead of this dark grey. Perhaps there is a way to override the contrast setting in Office, or maybe there's another way to approach this that I'm not aware of. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!

    submitted by /u/el_rey_del_riego
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