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Dell Latitude 7275 Touchscreen reactivation [closed]
I have a ‘Dell Latitude 7275’ and deactivated the touchscreen 1-2 years ago, but I can't remember how. I am currently trying to reactivate the touchscreen, but all the options I have tried so far have ...
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In the windows registry, what values are stored in microphone's (or any hardware's) LastUsedTimeStart key?
For example, checking the microphone usage in Discord, my key Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\microphone\NonPackaged\C:#Users#...
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Patching windows compatibility settings to an .exe directly or through binary DLL, without the .SDB database?
In the windows compatibility administrator I have the following behaviors added from a database:
Is it possible to apply these windows compatibility patches directly to a .exe, or even by loading a ....
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How to programatically find if Windows Hello Facial Recognition is enabled
I'm seeking some advice on how to programmatically determine if Windows Hello Face Recognition is enabled.
I initially thought this could be done easily via the registry. However, I haven't found the ...
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How to edit NTUSER.DAT files it insert a new registry key for that user to prevent Microsoft Teams reinstallation?
I am creating a script to insert a registry key PreventInstallationFromMsi in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Teams. I am doing this because my environment doesn’t want teams to install on ...
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Remove "set as desktop background" in Explorer Context Menu (works with below method) but still shows under (Show more options)
When you right click on a .avci, .avcs, .avif, .avifs, .bmp, .dib, .gif, .heic, .heics, .heif, .heifs, .hif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, or .wdp image file, you can use the Set as ...
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Python winreg is updating SOMETHING, but not the Windows registry
I am using winreg to read, write, and change the Windows registry. My program flips a lot of different settings to fix things that annoy me about the windows defaults. When I run it, it seems to work. ...
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RegQueryInfoKey and RegEnumKeyEx fails to get the correct number of subkeys
I have used RegQueryInfoKey and later RegEnumKeyEx in a function to enumerate through all the subkeys in a registry key, but this does not seem to work as the number of keys I am getting is not ...
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Looking for a way to set up GitAhead with automatic dark/light mode
Since there is no inbuild theme switcher (there are only two options "Default" and "Dark"), I was wondering if there is another way to get it switch automatically. I use it a lot ...
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how to convert windows filetime 64bit hex to date and time?
i have this reg_binary (5D-07-BB-CB-60-1F-D7-01) value of the shutdowntime from the registry how to convert it to this format (DDMMYYYY HH:MM:SS)? enter image description here
is there a simple way to ...
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how to add a expandable option to the windows context menu in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
i am trying to make an option in the context menu something like this
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so that when you hover over it it has multiple options.
i tryed searching on google but only thing that comes up is how to ...
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Chrome not recognizing custom policies set for an extension
I am trying to add a custom policy that I can read from my chrome extension. But for some reason chrome isn't even recognizing the policy as being set. When I go to chrome://policy/ nothing is being ...
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How to block/allow USB storage devices using C#?
I need to enable/disable the USB storage devices on the Windows machine programmatically. But I want to disable/enable it in real-time as well, I mean let's say if a USB storage device is connected to ...
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What is the equivalent powershell to this reg add with null value? [duplicate]
I'm trying to disable the annoying context menu in windows explorer using powershell.
The solution is supposedly using the following:
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-...
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How to rearrange the list order of system tray icons on Win11?
After Win11 22H2, it is no longer possible to use TB-BUTTONCOUNT to obtain any information about the system tray. Microsoft has rewritten the taskbar UI using Xaml. I tried to find a new solution, and ...
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