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How do you navigate to (not search for) Control Panel?
I just discovered that there's a bunch of settings that you can't access no matter how much digging you do in Settings. Why? Because they're in "Control Panel." So if you don't happen to know to search for "control panel" somewhere,…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
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Problems using keyboard on korean
I have downloaded the korean keyboard on windows 11, but whenever the taskbar is not visible the keyboard switches back to roman keyboard, how do I fix this?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-03T15:46:58.8866667+00:00
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christian mølsted
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commented 2025-08-12T16:20:13.9266667+00:00
christian mølsted
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I cannot get pics downloaded to my laptop from email.
When I try to save a pic, from my email, to my laptop, I get a message that says "Select eh encoding that makes your documents readable. Text encoding: Windows default, MS-DOS, Other Encoding." It then gives a screen with a bunch of squares,…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-10T16:02:02.8433333+00:00
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Laurel Willis
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commented 2025-08-12T14:15:20.77+00:00
Laurel Willis
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Are DeNoise plugins available for Win11 Home
Any denoise plug-ins [or such] for my audio output - work audio can come to me with extreme background noise - I'm on a Win11Home Laptop?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-12T09:07:39.46+00:00
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Cathy Bromley
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answered 2025-08-12T12:56:23.6033333+00:00
Cathy Bromley
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Question About Boot-Up Warning Bypassed
I have my computer, monitor and printer plugged into a power strip. Every time I turned on the power to the strip, my Dell Inspiron computer immediately started up WITHOUT my having to press the power button on the computer. .. I would receive a warning…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-07-23T17:14:32.2966667+00:00
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Sam999_984
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answered 2025-08-12T12:28:32.8833333+00:00
Sam999_984
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wifi connectivity issue
I'm using samsung galaxy book 5 pro with Intel core ultra 7 gen 2. I have a problem with wifi. when i boot the laptop, it automatically connect with wifi and can able to see the connection in the taskbar. but when i open windows 11 settings and it shows…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-11T07:00:53.3866667+00:00
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RV Sivakumar
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edited an answer 2025-08-12T07:24:46.4866667+00:00
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Clary-N
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Setting Always for Combine taskbar buttons and hide labels doesn't stay set
Running Windows 11. Within Taskbar Settings, under Taskbar behaviors, for the option Combine taskbar buttons and hide labels I want the behavior to be Always. I set it to this and it works as expected. However it won't be long before it doesn't. When…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
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Microsoft ALWAYS denies they change your settings at update.
Microsoft claims they do NOT change your settings at update, but EVERY TIME I get an update, all my settings are changed to refer to Microsoft products. All my default apps are also changed to Microsoft products ( unless Microsoft doesn't make a product…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
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display settings not loading
my display settings wont load when i click on them, this is the only settings tab that has this problem
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-06T04:49:33.2533333+00:00
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Cody SS
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commented 2025-08-11T20:37:24.1166667+00:00
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Damian Shrinivas
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NOTIFICATIONS ON SCREEN ARE TOO BRIEF
HOW DO I INCREASE THE TIME LENGTH THAT NOTIFICATIONS STAY ON SCREEN? NOTIFICATIONS ONLY REMAIN IN VIEW ON SCREEN FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. SOMETIMES I AM SO INTO WHAT I AM DOING AT THE TIME I DON'T HEAR THE SOUND THEY MAKE. WINDOWS 11 PRO.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-09T23:16:46.82+00:00
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Larry Conway
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answered 2025-08-11T18:45:00.4433333+00:00
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Neil D
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How to prevent outside apps from making invasive changes to other programs.
A malware known as "Yahoo:" attacked my copy of Chrome - turning off the sound. I would like to know whether you have a reliable software component that can stop this kind of occurrence. It is important to me. Allowing a program called…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-09T20:22:29.0866667+00:00
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Richard Katz
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answered 2025-08-11T08:33:41.0066667+00:00
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Kim2-N
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How do I remove Gallery from Windows 11 File explorer.
I don't like or use Gallery in windows explorer and would like to remove it. I'm not very familiar with the registry and am a little intimidated by it. Could someone help me? Thank you
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-01-10T17:22:15.7333333+00:00
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Raphael Fruge
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edited an answer 2025-08-11T06:15:17.79+00:00
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Xin
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Windows 11 moving files/shortcuts on the desktop...
Hi all, I'm hoping someone from the Windows dev or support team can finally help me figure this out because it's been driving me crazy. The Issue: Every time I save a new file to my desktop (via a browser download, screenshot, or drag-and-drop), Windows…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-07-28T22:46:29.0866667+00:00
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Krystyna Lynn
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commented 2025-08-10T23:11:58.88+00:00
Krystyna Lynn
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Is there a fix for hidden toolbar fault
A toolbar is already hidden on this side of your screen. You can have only one auto-hide toolbar per side. Has anyone found a fix for this fault. I have tried every fix I can find on the web and none have worked. I have one monitor and like to keep the…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
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Cannot set default browser
In Settings, I try to change my default browser. Both Brave and Edge don't have an option to 'Make {browser name} your default browser'. I have tried sfc /scannow, dism, reset all apps to defaults. What should I do to fully fix this? I don't want to…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
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I can't turn on my location service because it's greyed out.
I recently upgraded my Windows 11 to the most recent version. When I restarted my laptop, everything was working except that I kept getting the message that location services had been turned off. When I went to the settings, the option to turn location…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-07T19:59:04.0666667+00:00
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Richard Hibbert
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edited a comment 2025-08-09T19:29:57.49+00:00
Richard Hibbert
5
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how to enable "Stereo Mix" (Loopback Recording) as an input in Sound Control Panel (Realtek driver)
how do i enable "Stereo Mix" (Loopback Recording) as an input device in Sound Control Panel (Realtek 6.0.9354.1 driver). Windows 10 allowed same, but Windows 11 seems to include only "Microphone Array / Realtek Audio". Disabled…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-09T00:15:56.0233333+00:00
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Steve Ericksen
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answered 2025-08-10T23:07:34.9366667+00:00
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JosephT71
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why are in box deleted
Why do my safe senders e-mail go to deleted area not the inbox Thank You TIMMY 2 TOES
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
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Help, I have multiple VC ++ versions installed and cannot uninstall.
Greetings, I was wondering if anyone could help me with Visual C ++. I accidentally installed wrong versions and cannot get my system to uninstall them. I have Windows 11 64 bit, and have x86 versions in conjunction with 64-bit. Every time I go to…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-10T02:12:55.1+00:00
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Andrew Baker
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answered 2025-08-10T02:54:59.5566667+00:00
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John DeV
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touch keyboard closes when typing in emoji search. None of the supposed answers shown seem to work.
touch keyboard closes when typing in first letter in emoji search.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
8,132 questions
asked 2025-08-10T02:25:33.8533333+00:00
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Jonnof
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answered 2025-08-10T03:03:15.4233333+00:00
Marc Vernon
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