The Old New Thing

How do I save the results of a file search in Explorer? Not the query itself, but the results

December 25, 2018 Dec 25, 2018 12/25/18

Raymond Chen

Copy them to the clipboard.

How come Explorer reports higher disk space used on my volume than my third party disk space tool?

December 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 12/18/18

Raymond Chen

It's probably in a place your tool can't see.

Why doesn’t my lock screen image change after I replace the image file?

December 11, 2018 Dec 11, 2018 12/11/18

Raymond Chen

It got captured when it was set.

After reporting a non-responsive program to Windows Error Reporting, why does the process spawn a suspended child process?

October 18, 2018 Oct 18, 2018 10/18/18

Raymond Chen

That's just a ghost, a shadow of the original.

Why does Windows ask me to pick a program with which to open a file, even when I already specified which program I want to use to open the file?

October 16, 2018 Oct 16, 2018 10/16/18

Raymond Chen

It's just double-checking after the situation has changed.

All sorts of bad things happen when we disable the Task Scheduler service, is that bad?

October 2, 2018 Oct 2, 2018 10/2/18

Raymond Chen

Well, it sure doesn't sound good.

How do I prevent my program’s temporary documents from appearing in Search?

September 25, 2018 Sep 25, 2018 09/25/18

Raymond Chen

Put them in the right place.

Why is regsvr32 exiting with code 3?

September 21, 2018 Sep 21, 2018 09/21/18

Raymond Chen

Coming up with theories and ways to test those theories.

What is this vmmem program that is using up all my CPU and memory?

July 17, 2018 Jul 17, 2018 07/17/18

Raymond Chen

That's where your virtual machine resource usage goes.

How do I change the password of another user without having to sign in as them?

July 10, 2018 Jul 10, 2018 07/10/18

Raymond Chen

You can do it from the password change screen.