Thanks for your useful advice - it's always good to know what isn't yet known. Wasn't there a famous and controversial American politician who said something along similar lines?

Thank you...

I use Onedrive cloud storage (v 2021, build 21.129.0627.0002, 64-bit) through MS 365 to store backups from my Windows 10 PC (v 21H1, build 19043.1110). Only in rare circumstances do I exit Onedrive...

Windows 10 x64 Pro, v1803, OS build 17134.165.
OS disk: WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0, basic internal SATA, 1Tb, 56% full.

I often find, for the first 15-30 minutes after startup, that the operating...

@Brink

Maybe it's as I suspect, that there is something within Windows 10 that's inhibiting or even blocking the expression of JumpListItems_Maximum, whether set in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER or...

My version of Windows 10 (now v 1803, Build 17134.165) has shown a maximum of 20 'Recent Files' in the Quick Access section of Explorer, ever since I started using it.

A year or so ago, I tried...

Useful information - thanks very much.

May you fare well, in this and the other world.

Ah! Thank you - brilliant.

Yes, I do have the GMXMail app installed, but as you mentioned, system files are normally hidden, even though I am in my own Administrators group, being the only user....

Today, shortly after startup, and before I had done any work myself, I noticed my Windows 10 system was running 'like a dog with one leg'. Task Mgr revealed a process running constantly at 48-50%...

Thanks for your suggestions. I'm gratified that I seem to be thinking along the right lines.

However, after posting the problem, I started reflecting on what might be doing this - disabling...

Windows 10 Pro x64, version 1709, OS build 16299.248).

I've been finding on startup recently that the Windows Search service (wsearch) has been disabled, with the result that search indexing...

Thanks Dalchina.
I opened the tutorial, and followed the simple option; start 'Store service', and run WSreset.exe to clear the cache.
That appeared to run successfully - no errors reported - but...

Thank you, Caledon Ken and Dalchina, for giving me your time to help me sort this out.

Following on from Ken's additional post about getting more out of the Windows troubleshooter functions, I...

Hi again Ken,

No joy with the troubleshooter functions, I'm afraid. In the section for troubleshooting, 3 of the 4 categories didn't look relevant - (old) Programs, Hardware and Sound, Network and...

Hi Ken,

Winver reports v 1607, OS build 14393.1480. From memory, I don't believe that has changed recently. I know that the Creator's update will be coming along soon, but it hasn't hit me yet....

Ever since I allowed a new set of Windows 10 updates to execute and restart a day or so ago, I have found that I can no longer use the search facility (Win-S), and search for specific items in...

I don't know, Phil. I will give it a try.

I too had difficulty getting File History to start. Like you, I found that the Backup settings page kept crashing when specifying a drive to use, and I wondered if it was worthwhile continuing. ...

A few seconds after I enter my login PIN on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit an error occurs, notified by the 'critical stop' sound.

This occurs while the screen is still showing the Windows logon page,...