Don't upgrade to Windows 10... thats my recommendation.

Once you've done your fine tuning, disabled the stuff you don't care about, turned off bloaty services, etc... you realize that Windows 10...

On most folders it's "expand". However, on sub folders of the "downloads" folder, the "expand" option is greyed out.

That doesnt make a difference.

So "This PC" has a series of folders: Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, etc...

I have my preferences to "Open each folder in the same window". For most folders, this works exactly as it...

Unfortunately that's not the same thing. That is for programming a restart time for updates you know about when you click install updates. What I'm talking about are random restarts, without having...

So I'm a programmer. Sometimes I take breaks, go to my couch and watch TV for about an hour. However, I still have documents open on my computer. My monitors turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity....

What if I want to do the reverse? This tutorial removes individual drive sections, but leaves them in "This PC"... I would prefer to move all the drives to individual sections, and remove them from...

Same issue here.

I would uninstall and try the new Visual Studio 2015 Community... its FANTASTIC.

Got it!


Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_2015.722.24.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxMetadata\AppxBundleManifest.xml"

Nope. Still no ideas.

Anyone got any ideas?

Actually, I found a regedit on StackExchange that allows me to bring back Photo Viewer:

How to bring back Photo Viewer in Windows 10? - Super User

Nope. Still only shows metro apps for me.

So I ran the following in my PowerShell:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

This has made Windows 10 SOOOOOOOOOOOO much better. My question is, what if someday I want to restore...

Uhh... no. That still leaves Cortana running in the background... which is the ENTIRE purpose of this thread.

I really liked the Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 7... The photo viewer built into Windows 10 is terrible.

Anyone know any good replacements? Something light weight.

Wait... I got it. I had to take ownership of the directory... it wouldnt let me take ownership of the EXE.

Doesnt seem to work. Ran the reg, didnt add Take Ownership context menu.

Hmm... it wont let me delete/rename SearchUI.exe because of a permission error. How do I get permission to rename the file?

No. Seriously... She's Clippy.

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Yes, I am.

BTW, where is security essentials in windows 10? How do I run a virus scan?

None of the applications listed in your Most used menu are applications YOU installed. They are all windows pre-installed.

No Photoshop, no Notepad++, no WinSCP, no GOOGLE CHROME.

I managed to see the notification this time... It says "Turn on Virus protection".

However, if I go into Security and Maintenance, virus protection is already on. How can I get this notification...

So I've gotten fed up enough with the terrible windows search system.

I went into services.msc and disabled the windows search service; then restarted my computer.

However, "Cortana" is still...