Windows 10

PaladinTom wrote:
stupidhaiku wrote:

Does anyone know how to force W10 to not recognize a folder as media/music? It has decided that my downloads folder is music, which means I am no longer able to sort by modified date.

Right-click the folder, select 'Properties' and then the 'Customize' tab. This setting notoriously resets though - at least it always did for previous versions of Windows for me. Deleting and recreating the folder sometimes does the trick too.

In details view you can also right-click the column headers and add/remove any columns you want.

Left the thread open, and got some screenshots before refreshing and seeing PaladinTom had answered it 30 minutes earlier. Still, screenshots!

Two options:

1. You can simply re-add the desired sortable column. Just right-click anywhere in the column field.

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2. Right-click the folder in question and go to Properties. Then hit Customize. "Optimize this folder for" will change the folder to a specific template.

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Thanks for the replies! The folder has now mysteriously returned to its previous state, but I'll keep those in mind.

This might have been asked already in this thread, sorry if its a repeat, but is anyone else having issues getting the Win10 search to search on your secondary drives? I've checked that the drive is indexed and it refuses to search for anything unless I am looking for something on my C:.

Anyone on insider preview 14915 and having issues with the Xbox One wireless dongle? Mine stopped working after the latest insider preview.

I'm having issues since the anniversary update. Each time I startup, there's a pretty good change that my PC will freeze shortly after boot. The mouse still works, but the system doesn't accept any input at all. Only solution is a hard reset. If it doesn't freeze within about the first 30 seconds, then it'll run fine forever. I was hopeful when I saw that MS just released a patch for an anniversary update freezing issue, but it hasn't fixed my install.

Pretty much impossible to diagnose the issue as there are no indications of any issues in any logs. It's frustrating, but then I don't really restart very often, so I can sorta live with it...

Serengeti wrote:

I'm having issues since the anniversary update. Each time I startup, there's a pretty good change that my PC will freeze shortly after boot. The mouse still works, but the system doesn't accept any input at all. Only solution is a hard reset. If it doesn't freeze within about the first 30 seconds, then it'll run fine forever. I was hopeful when I saw that MS just released a patch for an anniversary update freezing issue, but it hasn't fixed my install.

Pretty much impossible to diagnose the issue as there are no indications of any issues in any logs. It's frustrating, but then I don't really restart very often, so I can sorta live with it...

It sounds like it is having trouble always initializing something. I have found that USB devices can cause this so it might be worth a try to unplug all USB devices, other than the keyboard and mouse, and see what happens.

Well crap, just now it froze after running fine for a few hours. Guess I'll plan some time next week to do a clean install :-/

Serengeti wrote:

Well crap, just now it froze after running fine for a few hours. Guess I'll plan some time next week to do a clean install :-/

Grr. Clean install, not a repair, on a reformatted SSD - all USB devices unplugged except KB/M - still getting the freezing. I'm very hesitant to blame this on anything other than the anniversary update - my system was rock solid with no crashes or freezes in at least a few months, then the day I installed the update these freezes being and occur approximately 80% of the time I fire up the PC.

I guess if I manage a good start I should just leave my PC on all the time, or maybe use sleep mode instead of a full shutdown.

Anyone have any advice on diagnosing the freeze? There are no errors in any of my log files apart from "the previous shutdown was unexpected". It's not a crash, so no memory dumps. Doesn't seem to coincide with any particular action on my part. Is there a 3rd party tool that could maybe be useful?

I just realized that the built-in Windows calendar (in 2016!) can't subscribe to html or ics calendars.

Good gravy Microsoft! Just... why? Why is iOS and Android the only places I can easily view ALL of my calendars in one place? Say what you want about "apps" but there isn't even a web site that can do what these "limited" mobile os's can do.

I swear I am 9/10ths of the way to going all iOS for everything - except games of course. Sheesh.

/rant

PaladinTom wrote:

I swear I am 9/10ths of the way to going all iOS for everything - except games of course. Sheesh.

I went 10/10ths for everything except games eleven years ago. And even at that, half my Steam library has Mac versions.

I just got the "Anniversary Update". When I fired up my computer to play WoW last night, I had a lovely Windows Update to contend with that was installing at about 1% per minute. I was able to get most of the way through Journey (beautiful, lovely game, btw) before it finished.

Thanks Win10 for the huge update with no forewarning!

chixor7 wrote:

I just got the "Anniversary Update". When I fired up my computer to play WoW last night, I had a lovely Windows Update to contend with that was installing at about 1% per minute. I was able to get most of the way through Journey (beautiful, lovely game, btw) before it finished.

Thanks Win10 for the huge update with no forewarning!

You can defer updates I believe so you don't get them installed automagically.

Serengeti wrote:
Serengeti wrote:

Well crap, just now it froze after running fine for a few hours. Guess I'll plan some time next week to do a clean install :-/

Grr. Clean install, not a repair, on a reformatted SSD - all USB devices unplugged except KB/M - still getting the freezing. I'm very hesitant to blame this on anything other than the anniversary update - my system was rock solid with no crashes or freezes in at least a few months, then the day I installed the update these freezes being and occur approximately 80% of the time I fire up the PC.

I guess if I manage a good start I should just leave my PC on all the time, or maybe use sleep mode instead of a full shutdown.

Anyone have any advice on diagnosing the freeze? There are no errors in any of my log files apart from "the previous shutdown was unexpected". It's not a crash, so no memory dumps. Doesn't seem to coincide with any particular action on my part. Is there a 3rd party tool that could maybe be useful?

I'm pretty sure I'm fixed. I had ordered a new internal USB3 card, and while installing that I took the opportunity to reseat everything connected to my mobo. I also downloaded SlimDrivers which found some new audio and new chipset drivers for me, which I installed. Not sure which change made the difference, but I've been stable for 3 days so fingers crossed!

I had a weird issues after the Anniversary update that seems to have been fixed by a patch this week. I have 16GB of memory and SSD drives. I may have some virtual memory on one of my spinning drives, I can't remember for sure but assume I do based on the below behavior.

I was getting drive thrashing and slow response when switching between programs and even Chrome tabs unlike anything I'd ever seen on this machine before. I'd rebooted a couple of times last week (rare), and it hadn't fixed it, but I hadn't had time to really diagnose it to see what was going on.

Whatever patch I got this week fixed that, and it's back to rarely if ever hitting that HD for VM.

Weird.

The Anniversary Update is nuking all stored Wifi profiles on our Dell Latitudes. FUN!
Luckily I've started backing up SSIDs when I transfer people to a new system, so I was able to bring back a lot of the various district networks without staff needing to queue up for local tech support.
mkdir c:\wifi
cd c:\wifi
netsh wlan export profile key=clear
then once the folder is transferred to the new machine just navigate to the same folder and
forfiles /M *.xml /C "cmd /c netsh wlan add profile @path

MannishBoy wrote:

I had a weird issues after the Anniversary update that seems to have been fixed by a patch this week.

Well hell, maybe that's what fixed my issue.

The latest update keeps freezing at 25% installed. Yeehaw!

I want to know why major updates almost feel like mini-installs. ("Your files are right where you left them." Yeah, they'd better be.)

It wasn't all that long ago MS said someday we'd never even have to reboot for updates. How'd we get here?

PaladinTom wrote:

I want to know why major updates almost feel like mini-installs. ("Your files are right where you left them." Yeah, they'd better be.)

It wasn't all that long ago MS said someday we'd never even have to reboot for updates. How'd we get here?

Exactly. That's what really grinds mu gears about the Anniversary Update update last night.

Mantid wrote:

The latest update keeps freezing at 25% installed. Yeehaw!

This might sound dumb, but have you tried unplugging anything USB? Recently when my computer tried to update it would hang and give me a spinning circle every time, but once I unplugged my mouse, Xbox controller, microphone, etc. it loaded right up.

How'd we get here?

They fired their entire QA department.

Seriously, they did. Microsoft, as a corporation, has decided that they don't need dedicated testing teams anymore.

So, no more testing of updates, plus forcing them down the public's collective throat, like it or not... that's bound to result in Many Happy Customers.

Also stuck at 25%. Unplugged all the USB and it makes no difference.

Mine finally installed. Don't know what did it, it just suddenly installed correctly.

Now I can't seem to get the One Drive folders out of the "Quick Access" and the "This PC" on Explorer's Navigation Pane. The latter is particularly annoying since it replaces my local "Pictures" folder.

It should just require a right-click and Un-pin. Or re-pin of the right one.

Yeah, it should work for Quick Access, but it doesn't work for that one folder.

The "This PC" ones aren't pinned, they are the default directories for "Documents", "Downloads", "Music", etc. You should be able to just go to properties and set a new default location for them, but I just get an error when I try to do that.

Need to migrate to an SSD. I reckon I probably should do it as a clean install but I'm worried about losing save game state from my Steam library. I'd clone it directly over but there's something weird with my current setup in as much as I think I have the bootloader on an old flakey drive and everything else on the other one.

Maybe I clone and then boot off a windows 10 usb to repair the bootloader. That might be an idea.

Most of your stuff should be in the Steam cloud, but I don't trust it. Run Gamesave Manager to back up all your saves and restore them as you need to.

The one time I didn't keep my saves archived I lost my end game Witcher 3 save. :'(

Maq wrote:

Need to migrate to an SSD. I reckon I probably should do it as a clean install but I'm worried about losing save game state from my Steam library. I'd clone it directly over but there's something weird with my current setup in as much as I think I have the bootloader on an old flakey drive and everything else on the other one.

Maybe I clone and then boot off a windows 10 usb to repair the bootloader. That might be an idea.

Remember, you also have to correctly align the partitions. Some cloning applications will do this automatically but the last time I checked they were the non-free ones.

Ugh, this new Windows 10 update is the worst. The lock screen suggested to me "Tap to try music by Drake". Is there any way to turn that garbage off? It didn't help that when I logged in the computer froze right away and I had to restart.

Edit: Okay, I turned off "Get fun facts, tips, and more from Windows and Cortana on your lock screen". It was nice before because they did have facts about some of the photos. I do love how that setting is phrased.

They need to change it to "Get fun facts, tips, and ads from Windows and Cortana on your lock screen"

As soon as I had the anniversary update installed I looked up how to disable Cortana and all that other "enhanced user experience" garbage. Sorry I don't remember where I found the info, but it should be relatively easy to find. Mostly just obscure settings, with a registry change or two for good measure. The good news is that it is possible to make Windows less obnoxious.