No files displayed at root of W8 drive
I have just made a clean install of W8 Pro. Then I installed a couple of apps. I noticed that at the root of W8 drive there are only folders and no files shown such as bootmgr, BOOTNXT, etc. What could...
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Hi. I would like to select a specific photo to be used as the album cover picture in the Photos app (rather than the one automatically selected). Does anyone know how to do this? Cheers
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Have a clue why Win 8 from time to time insists upon creating a "cmd" item under this registry key... [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell] "cmd" then appears in File Explorer right-click...
View ArticleUnable to registrer "RICHTX32.OCX" and "MSWINSCK.OCX"!!!
Hello! I'm trying to registrer the .ocx's mentioned above. I first put the .ocx's in the windows/system32, and thereafter ran the regsvr32 command in cmd (as an administrator). I also tried to...
View ArticleOdd Issue with Needing to Restart Windows After Sleeping
So usually I'm the one with the answers but I can't seem to figure this one out. I have an Asus UX31A with WIndows 8 Enterprise VL. Helpdesk at work is useless so I'm turning to y'all. Every time I...
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Whether you like windows 8 or not, I believe the greatest disappointment is the App store. While windows 8 needs major improvement with usability features, which Windows Blue won't fix and let's forget...
View ArticleReplacing Win8 - won't boot from CD
Hello, I'm trying to help a friend who bought a Win8 PC, and it has already crashed on him. When booting, the PC instantly moves into 'preparing automatic recover', then 'diagnosing your PC', then a...
View ArticleWin 8 automatic updates interrupting work
Hi All - I'm new here and need some help, please. System Specs: Dell Inspiron 8 GB RAM 1TB HD Windows 8 Home Premium Office 365 I was in the middle of doing a presentation the other day and received a...
View ArticleLooking for a good duplicate file checker
Hi everyone, I recently had to replace my external hard drive and restore a backup to it from my main computer's hard drive. Although the backup was only a few weeks old, I had been moving around a lot...
View ArticleHow to view a PDF file and an Excel file on the screen?
How can I view a PDF file and an Excel file on the screen at the same same time? Every time I open a PDF file, everything shuts down, excel for the PDF. Whenever I click off the PFD, I see everything...
View ArticleStart Screen went blank after Sleep - Can't add icons
RE: Windows 8. Something strange happened. I put my computer in sleep mode, as I have done many times. But this time, after I brought it back on, my Start Screen was missing all the tiles. AND, I can't...
View Articlecryptui.dll exception error
Hello. Recently, I've noticed a few programs have been throwing up errors like this one Attachment 20135 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/f1/f2/20135-cryptui-dll-exception-error-capture.png)...
View ArticleRestoring default file association to .cur files
Hi I have accidently changed the default file association for cursor files. Can you recommend a solution please? I am running Windows 8 Steve C
View ArticlePicture size when scanning? Help appreciated!
Hello! I was scanning some papers with Scan in Windows 8, but when they were scanned and I viewed them in Scan the image was much larger than the original and I couldn't find any 'Original size' option...
View Articlewindows 8 , shutdown prompt ... disable ?
hello, im wanting to disable a shutdown prompt that appears with windows 8. ive installed a 'soluto' equivalent to a start menu, using their website and software, tweaks etc. for some reason I now get...
View ArticleSolved I deleted the "My Pictures" folder from my library
I accidentally deleted the entire My Pictures folder from my library. How do I get it back? I was trying to delete an album and it deleted the entire library of pictures. My photos are still in the...
View ArticleUnable to delete "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google" folder
and its 9.1GB in size! I uninstalled Chrome and deleted registry references of it as well(Google provides a reg file which removes traces) but I just can delete this folder. Any idea why? A restart...
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:cry: Hey guys i accidentally deleted my photos and videos...i'll try to search the recycle bin....but inside was empty how do i restore it back? i'll try system restore and many software but also...
View ArticleDual boot Win7/Win 8 - Drive letter issues
I have an SSD drive with 2 partitions on it. 1st partition has Win 7 on it as drive letter C. 2nd Partition has Win 8 on it as Drive letter W. At 1 point in time if I booted to Win 8 the drive letter...
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