thx NavyLCDR - this old thread solved my desire for the plain dos-style screen vs the w10 graphical Blue - -
plus, it saves the 5-10 seconds that it takes to do the mini-reboot after the choice is...

I had this need, came looking - here's my fast combo - all keys very ergonomically friendly :

shift + home (refocus cursor on 'Computer') ... [for me = L pinky/R middle] ;

alt + F4 to close...

Thx < z > :)

As Yogi Berra might say, "Ya know, if you pay attention, you might learn something" .... so this morning I did, and I did!

tl;dr - secpol.msc (Local Security Policy > Local Policies > Security...

Hail Hail Samuria ! :thumbsup:

Man, it's been an intense 48 hrs of back and forth just to understand - test/implement - document
such an apparently simple solution --

"Just give fixed ip...

It's been a couple years since I needed to do this, & it was on Win7 --
seemed like I used "HomeGroups" or set up a local network - private IP addressing -
that let the machines talk to each...

all cable from 10 port switch -- 1 is w7 the rest are w10 - including main host

* Allow home network sharing - but selectively deny internet access to secondary computers

Searching for answers, I found threads for the inverse situation
(allow guest internet access but block...

Summary:

* regedit.exe & MMC respond to keyboard press [alt-space-n] to Minimize --
but NOT to that command bound to a mouse-click.

* regedit.exe & MMC -- DO respond to mouse-click ...

This thread caught my eye as I was about to post my own thread --

I do have some years of experience wrestling this [potentially] wonderful app ...

tldr: After checking back every year or so...

So I've just spent several interesting days experimenting and playing with creating menus.

Several apps proved quite useful in understanding context menu behaviors --

sometimes I used the app...

Thx Edwin -- this is also the knowledge I'm after, like --

"Where's the biggest lever?" Where can I get the most effective outputs w/ the least inputs?

I'm in the VM playing with Nir's Easy...

Ha! Just before bed last night, I came across this app -
and your suggestion was my exact thought of what to study next today -
what a great confirmation you suggest it! ;)

It was also...

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I'd appreciate if someone can explain the differences between these 2 reg locations --

HKCR\Directory\Background\shell vs HKCR\Directory\Shell

specifically as regards...

hey thx Bobby Phoenix -- I'll give this one a test later, too.

I hope to begin interacting-contributing to some of these open source extensions soon -
as soon as I understand enough coding to...

Marked as solved -- just now had occasion to go in and update + rename a couple of same-site-related
bkmks, and Neater Bookmarks did what I wanted - it stayed still 'til I was done! :chuckle:
...

No pencil icon ability to edit post? ok ...

re: Neater Bookmarks extension for Chrome --

The drop-down menu does stay open to allow multiple operations,
plus it does have a quick Search...

thx for your input @ Edwin --

but I'm not wanting to open any bookmark in a new tab -
(I already do that w/ middle click + Tab Activate) --

I want to be able to perform more than 1...

thx - I will check that out later tonite

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I've wondered about this for years - now I'm finally asking --

Does anyone know some key combination - or any other method -
that will force-hold a browser's bookmark-bar...

dalchina - Thanks so much for your time to provide this enlightenment! wow .....

And for the fact-based recommendation of Locate32 -- I'd meant to give it a trial some years ago.

Finally, I...

Thank you --

seems if I'm only going to use taskbar Search Box to quickly drill down for a config page
like in "SETTINGS", or to find a windows app I only occasionally might use,
then I...

Hello - lots of useful info in this older thread, yet I've still got some questions -
hopefully they'll complement what's here -- if not, kindly relocate as a new thread, thanks.

And kindly...

Hi - time to join after so long finding fantastic, clear solutions here.

Best to all !