Questions tagged [default-settings]
Settings or values automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention.
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How to get Notepad’s Open dialog box to show every file in a folder by default, instead of only “.txt” files?
I am on Windows 11, and I use Notepad for programming in Python. Whenever I have a notepad open and want to open another .py file (Ctrl+O), I get the following screen:
But there are multiple .py ...
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location of settings option for archiving infrequently used apps option
I recently made the mistake of choosing the archive option for infrequently used apps.
BIG MISTAKE. So I need a location for the setting feature to deselect the archiving of infrequently used apps ...
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MS Word/document defaults not working
We have a user that has been set up with a fresh Image, Office, OneDrive, etc all pre-installed. This same image has been pushed out across the site, with little to no issues.
However in this ...
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Show Control Panel "printer page" in Windows 11 and up (not "Printers & scanners" settings page)
In Windows 11 (currently 23H2), how do I show the printer page from the (old) Control Panel and not from the (new) Windows settings? In earlier Windows 11 versions control printers used to open the ...
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How do I change the default printer in Windows 11?
In Windows 11 23H2 (version 10.0.22631.5472), choosing “Devices and Printer” in the Control Panel opens the new settings from "Windows Settings" called “Printers & scanners” settings ...
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Slack app always opens Google Chrome instead of default browser
I'm working on a newly installed computer, and I'm trying to set it up with Slack, as well as both Firefox and Chrome. I want to have Firefox as my default browser, and have Chrome as a secondary ...
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How can I repair a situation where I accidentally deleted "transcoding options" profile when streaming in VLC?
I accidentally deleted one of the "transcoding options" profiles when streaming in VLC.
I was able to restore the profiles by checking Delete Preferences and Cache while uninstalling and ...
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How to set up a default Word environment?
I usually begin each Word doc (whether a new or existing doc) the same way:
Open Navigator (viz., find toolbar) on the left side, with "Results" for displayed output, and narrowed ...
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What are the 'sometimes surprising results' that Notepad++ saves us from by disabling backwards regex search?
Out of the box, searching backwards in a document doesn't work in regular expression mode. Nppp explains in a dialog box that the capability is disabled due to unintuitive behavior:
By default, ...
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Why doesn't ALT+F12 work in PyCharm?
I was recently programming in PyCharm, when I tried to open the Terminal. According to the JetBrains official documentation, the default key bind for this should be ALT + F12. When I tried this, ...
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I'm looking for a way to fix Windows 11 without a full reinstall. In Windows 11, the installed voice packages in settings are showing up as 0mb
I'm looking for a way to fix my Window's 11 install as 2 of my voice packages aren't working properly. I've googled lots, asked Chat GPT and tried everything I know so far.
Is there is a way to fix ...
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How to dump values from chrome://flags/ to a file to compare settings between two Chrome versions [duplicate]
I have Google Chrome production and beta versions loaded on my laptop. In order to troubleshoot some issue on a web application using https protocol, that would get a resource from a URL using http ...
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How to set Default apps in Windows Settings by cmdline
How do you set the Default apps in system Setting by cmdline/script:
I'm not asking how to set a file-extension-association, that will not AFAIK change the "Default apps" in system Settings ...
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How can I add a different email client as a default app on Windows 10?
I ask because right now, only the basic "Email" app and some browsers are available but there's only the option to look for more apps on the Windows store. I want to use Mailspring as my ...
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Windows keeps changing the default format of my audio devices
I have an audio interface (M-Audio M-Track Duo), and windows keeps changing the "Speakers" and "Line 1/2" default format to 32bit.
Is there a way to keep windows from changing the ...
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