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  1. Thread: gaining access to apps in WindowsApps folder by yky378
    Forum: User Accounts and Family Safety
    Replies 2 Views 947

    gaining access to apps in WindowsApps folder

    I installed some apps and they were saved in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps. Now, I need to run these apps in another account which is a member of administrators. Although I was able to create...
  2. Thread: administrator can't write to C:\ by yky378
    Forum: User Accounts and Family Safety
    Replies 4 Views 1,774

    administrator can't write to C:\

    I was trying to save a batch file to C:\. Windows said I didn't have permission to do so. I was an administrator (groups->administrators) and the properties of C:\ showed that I had the full control....
  3. Thread: batch file help: parentheses by yky378
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 4 Views 2,455

    Thanks for the help. I got the batch file to...

    Thanks for the help. I got the batch file to work. Here it is:


    REM This script first deletes the file C:DELETE-ALL-4-NEW.txt, if it exists
    REM It then proceeds to read from...
  4. Thread: batch file help: parentheses by yky378
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 4 Views 2,455

    batch file help: parentheses

    I have the following batch commands to extract and compare the last character of strings in a file:

    @for /f "tokens=1 delims=;" %%A in ( C:\test.txt) do set d=%%A
    @echo %d%
    @echo %d:~-1%
    @set...
  5. Thread: DISM phase 5 duration 0.00 milliseconds by yky378
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 4 Views 1,023

    Thanks for the link. Now that most people...

    Thanks for the link.
    Now that most people update online. Not too many people have ISO in hand anymore. To do an offline checking, the first thing would be to download the ISO of the correct...
  6. Thread: DISM phase 5 duration 0.00 milliseconds by yky378
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 4 Views 1,023

    DISM phase 5 duration 0.00 milliseconds

    I am running Windows 10 ver. 19042.1348. Because monthly running of "sfc /scannow" usually finds errors, I decided to do a more thorough job. I ran the following commends:

    Sfc /scannow
    Dism...
  7. Replies 3 Views 4,423

    Thanks for the reply. So, I just disregard the...

    Thanks for the reply. So, I just disregard the message about online and offline repair?
  8. Replies 3 Views 4,423

    SFC scan result - need online or offline repair?

    I finished an "SFC /scannow" scan and got the following message. My question is if the corrupt files have been repaired, why does the message mention online and offline repairs? Are there corrupted...
  9. Thread: revert to Windows 19041 from 20H2, possible? how? by yky378
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 8 Views 2,418

    Thank you for the reply. I tried the "delete user...

    Thank you for the reply. I tried the "delete user profile" method in post #62 and it worked. My old profile was 14.5 GB in size. I had backup files in the download and documents folders before...
  10. Thread: revert to Windows 19041 from 20H2, possible? how? by yky378
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 8 Views 2,418

    revert to Windows 19041 from 20H2, possible? how?

    Without my permission, Windows 10 spontaneously updated to 20H2 two days ago. Anyway to revert to the previous version, which I believe is 19041 or whatever the latest version before 20H2?

    Two...
  11. Thread: How to locate this suspicious program? by yky378
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 5 Views 5,276

    Oh! Thanks. I was clicking at the blank column...

    Oh! Thanks. I was clicking at the blank column header. No wonder nothing happened.

    Thanks to all who helped me.
  12. Thread: How to locate this suspicious program? by yky378
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 5 Views 5,276

    Mine only has the first four. It doesn't have the...

    Mine only has the first four. It doesn't have the last one - command line.

    I'm running 1909 18363.900
  13. Thread: How to locate this suspicious program? by yky378
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 5 Views 5,276

    How to locate this suspicious program?

    I found a suspicious program under Task Manager/Startup. Its name is "Program"; its icon is a rectangle with a folded upper right hand corner, just like that of a generic .txt file except there is no...
  14. Replies 9 Views 2,148

    HDTune reported one bad sector. Health status are...

    HDTune reported one bad sector. Health status are all OK. Chkdsk /scan reported no problems.

    - - - Updated - - -

    I have been thinking of doing that for a while but there is something I need to...
  15. Replies 9 Views 2,148

    Thanks. I think there are many things wrong with...

    Thanks. I think there are many things wrong with my Windows 10. Win+X key combination does nothing, so is right-clicking on Start. The only way to shut off my computer gracefully is hitting...
  16. Replies 9 Views 2,148

    The folder System Tools doesn't exist in either...

    The folder System Tools doesn't exist in either folder. Now, I wonder where my Task Manager shortcut comes from. I also checked the corresponding folder of another user, thinking maybe I could copy...
  17. Replies 9 Views 2,148

    only one item under windows system, no Control Panel, no Run, etc.

    When I click on Start/Windows System, there is only one item under it, the Task Manager, while numerous pictures found on the net show that there should be other items such as Command Prompt, File...
  18. Thread: Is this disk dead? by yky378
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 6 Views 1,250

    Just checked the time zone setting. It is set...

    Just checked the time zone setting. It is set correctly.

    As far as disk management goes, it's not that complicated. Disk 3 has three logical volumes, H, I, and J, all healthy. That, however,...
  19. Thread: Is this disk dead? by yky378
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 6 Views 1,250

    The disk is no longer under warranty. I had tried...

    The disk is no longer under warranty. I had tried the disk on two different computers. Both couldn't recognize it.

    The disk made a weak sound. It sounded like the disk was trying to start spinning...
  20. Thread: Is this disk dead? by yky378
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 6 Views 1,250

    Is this disk dead?

    I have a Seagate SRD00F1 1Tb external drive. Diskpart doesn't see it, disk management of Windows 10 doesn't see it, EaseUS doesn't see it. Is this disk dead?

    This happened when a power outage hit...
  21. Thread: permission for network users by yky378
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 2 Views 1,438

    I don't think it's the batch files that are the...

    I don't think it's the batch files that are the culprit. I can open files on B, I can edit files on B, but I cannot save the edited files on B. Error message says I don't have the permission to save...
  22. Thread: permission for network users by yky378
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 2 Views 1,438

    permission for network users

    I have a laptop (A) which connects to a PC (B) via LAN. B is a backup computer. I have batch files that copy files from A to B all the time.

    Last week, I reinstalled Windows 10 built 1903 on B as...
  23. Thread: local account/Microsoft account by yky378
    Forum: User Accounts and Family Safety
    Replies 6 Views 3,387

    Thanks for the replies. I clicked on the Retry...

    Thanks for the replies. I clicked on the Retry button and it started to download updates.

    I had done that before posting the original article. It did not work at that time. After posting the...
  24. Thread: local account/Microsoft account by yky378
    Forum: User Accounts and Family Safety
    Replies 6 Views 3,387

    Thank you for the quick reply. The following...

    Thank you for the quick reply.

    The following is what was shown on my update screen. What account was Windows talking about? Obviously, I must have logged in a account (the default Administrator...
  25. Thread: getting updates without logging a Microsoft account by yky378
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 2 Views 7,463

    Thank you for the quick reply. The following...

    Thank you for the quick reply.

    The following is what was shown on my update screen. What account was Windows talking about? Obviously, I must have logged in a account (the default Administrator...
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