If you put your Windows 10 PC to sleep, you might be surprised to find it in a running state later. There are many reasons behind this. One such reason can be scheduled tasks. Often, users forget to make sure that there aren't any scheduled tasks set to wake up the PC. There's see how to easily fix this.
Category: Windows 10
Pin a batch file to the Start menu or taskbar in Windows 10
Sometimes you need to pin a batch file to the Start menu or taskbar in Windows. Unfortunately, the operating system doesn't allow you to do it out of the box. "Pin to Start" and "Pin to taskbar" context menu commands are missing in the context menu of File Explorer in Windows 10. Here is a quick workaround which will allow you to achieve the goal.
Set Details, Content or List view for Desktop icons in Windows 10
Set Details, Content or List view for Desktop icons in Windows 10
Out-of-the-box, Windows 10 gives you only three sizes for Desktop icons: Large, Medium and Small. Although you can resize them using Ctrl+mouse wheel, you can't change them to any view like Explorer. In this article, we will see how to apply any Explorer view to Desktop icons.
Fix broken icons (reset icon cache) in Windows 10 without reboot
If icons in your Windows 10 File Explorer look strange or broken, your icon cache might have become corrupt. This issue is very common for all Windows versions. In this article we will see how to fix broken icons and reset the icon cache without reboot in Windows 10.
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14366 for Slow Ring insiders
Today, we came to know that Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14366 to Windows Insiders on the Slow Ring. It should be available via Windows Update. The official ISO images will be available soon as well.
How to make an updated ISO with Windows 7 SP2 Convenience Rollup so Windows Update works
Although Microsoft released a convenience rollup for Windows 7 which is like Service Pack 2, that includes most of the post-SP1 security updates, non-security updates and hotfixes by request, they gave no instructions on how to make Windows Update work properly after the rollup has been integrated using DISM. Let's see what you need to do to create up-to-date ISO of Windows 7 with updates up to April 2016 so Windows Update works after you install it.
Windows 10 build 14367 is out
Microsoft today released Windows 10 build 14367 for Fast Ring insiders. This build is available for PC and mobile devices. Windows 10 Build 14367 is from the Redstone branch which identifies itself as "version 1607". Let's see what's new in this build.
Connect to VPN in Windows 10 with one click [desktop shortcut]
In Windows 10, due to the new Settings app, you need to perform many clicks before you can connect to a VPN server. In Windows 7 or 8.1, you could create a shortcut to your VPN connection and connect to it with just one click. But Windows 10 does not allow you this. Here is a workaround.
Install large apps to another drive with Windows Store in Windows 10
Yet another interesting feature is spotted in the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The user will be able to pick a different drive to install large apps and save space on the system drive.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update is getting a standalone Refresh tool
Today, a standalone tool to Refresh Windows became available for Windows 10. Microsoft has released this tool to provide a simple and easy way to start fresh with a clean installation of Windows 10.
