I don't know if it's useful to keep posting here or not. The best solution has probably already been fully discussed, but, for anyone who may be interested, the original problem is related to some...

Paul Black

Thanks for the comments and information.

As noted above I did use Revo Uninstaller despite my reservations because it seemed to be the only thing that worked.

After successful...

I have no idea why I was apparently one of the few who had to do this, but I finally got it working by doing everything suggested here.

I had never used Revo Uninstaller and had the idea that...

I agree. I'm still trying things. No luck yet.

Thanks for that. I'll experiment some more.

What do you consider the latest OpenShell? 4.4.160 o4 4.4.169?

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Thanks for that also. It seems like there must be...

We know it works in Win 10 21H1, but do you have experience of it working in Win 10 21H1 with the 2021-08 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems (KB5005033) installed?
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I've been using OpenShell 4.4.160 since last October. Because I get the same symptoms after installing the August Windows Updates on Windows 10 Home, I've uninstalled OpenShell and installed...

For as long as I can remember, I've had a power plan that turns off the monitor ten minutes of inactivity and puts the system to sleep after thirty minutes. Recently the system stopped sleeping. ...

Thanks for the replies. I'm just glad to know I'm not alone. I didn't actually "roll back". I restored a backup made before installing 1903. I can do the same with a backup made after installing...

I upgraded(?) to 1903 (Home), but went back to 1809 because Apps in Settings didn't work. Clicking Apps caused the entire Settings window to close.

Anyone else seen this?

Maybe I wasn't clear in my last post. My original post starting this thread was stupid. The fact that I have 8 GB of RAM is completely irrelevant to an issue that involves disk space.

Duh! I can hardly believe I did this. I do have 8 GB ... of RAM. 1 TB disk.

Thanks for the answers, but, as the saying goes, NEVER MIND.

I've read that after the April (May?) update, Windows10 will reserve 7 GB of storage for installing updates. Can this possibly be true? I only have 8 GB.

As can be deduced from the above, start windowsdefender: will open the GUI, but if there is any way to pass parameters, I don't know what it is.

That, of coures, worked. Thanks and also for the link to the more general information on URIs.

Prior to Windows 10 1809, I used the command C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe to open the Windows Defender GUI. In 1809, that file doesn't exist. Does anyone know a command to open the...

Probably.



I agree, though, at the moment, I'm having trouble getting cleanmgr to run correctly, but that's another subject.

For whatever it's worth, I think I know what caused my problem in the first place. Manually cleaning up C:\Windows\Temp to save space seems to cause the problem, probably due to deleting...

That will work. Thanks.

I don't want to change it. I just want to be able to programmatically determine what it is.

Is there some place in the registry that identifies the default browser?

I've already found HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet, but that continues to contain FIREFOX.EXE even...

Thanks for this excellent suggestion. I tried it and the result seems to be even better than my restored backup of a few months ago. As far as I can tell, this has completely fixed my problem with...

OK, thanks. That might have worked, but I finally solved the issue by restoring a backup from a few months ago which left a limited number of things to re-install or re-customize.

There don't appear to be any pending print files corrupt or otherwise.

I've reinstalled the printer driver a few times to no avail.

I'm pretty well convinced it's a Windows problem which can be...

Unfortunately, I don't see any of those options.

I think I originally installed the driver from a CD that came with the printer and I think multiple copy printing used to work, but I'm not...

Thanks for the thought, but it doesn't help.