Why MS have decided to screw with the way executables are run baffles me, so much for standards. Just give us a damn .exe and in ONE location to work with!

@OP - have you checked the properties of...

In that case it must be a combination of multiple flags, the others I do not know. If I toggle the consent flag and restart SearchUI.exe I can break and fix search at will so that flag is certainly...

Just got *12... borked my search, can't get it back.

MS have failed at search since 1995, how hard can it really be? :mad:

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AUTOMERGED - SOMETIME LATER...

A day or so later...

I'm not sure if there's a more elegant way but I wouldn't use a temp file.

If you create an empty file with the settings you like and save that as (for example) 'template.rtf' you can create a...

Double extension only?


ren *.tst.tst *.


Will rename everything with a "tst.tst" extension (which isn't really an extension) to *.tst

Can be adapted to remove any number of "extensions"....

I assume you don't have 'exit' anywhere in your batch file?

Rather than playing with 'pause' - if you want to see the output...


Open a command window as admin
Run the batch file manually
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BTW, it's <ALT+PRTSC> and not <CTRL+ALT+PRTSC> to capture the uppermost window.

The short answer is no. A fail-over cluster won't give you a single compute pool which is what you're asking for, it just gives you standby nodes.

It can be done with Windows Server if your apps...

No ^ he doesn't need to disable the lock screen.

I think the OP is looking at it wrong, the welcome screen is a loading screen whilst the desktop is being loaded... the alternative is a blank...

And nobody mentions Kodi?

If you're used to Plex, Kodi can give you a comparable experience.

FWIW there's also an undocumented "feature" - Spotlight updates will be disabled if your network connection is set to 'metered' which you can check in Network Settings.

Actually you can keep Spotlight AND remove the messages by enabling 'Secure Login' which requires CTRL+ALT+DEL (or another secure hardware combination). Also turn off the option Edwin shows above.
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Yes, you can but it's unnecessarily convoluted.

1. Create a shortcut to gpedit.msc - rename it to 'Group Policy Editor Snapin' (or whatever you want)
2. Move that shortcut to...