Thursday, August 24, 2017

How to group or un-group icons on Windows 10 Start ?

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This is a short post to discuss how to group or un-group programs in Windows Start screen. But before we get there, if you have a new Windows 10 computer, then you might have observed that there are lots of stock programs preinstalled and occupying space on the Windows 10 Start screen. Let's first see how to remove some of those program icons and keep only what we need. And then, we shall see how to group icons and un-group icons.
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Friday, February 24, 2017

Workaround for Windows Explorer crashing frequently

Fix: How to solve Windows Explorer frequent crashes in Windows 10
If the Windows Explorer on your Windows computer is crashing frequently, you may check a few solutions that might work for you in this previous post - Fix: How to solve Windows Explorer frequent crashes in Windows 10 ?

If none of the solutions work, then you may apply this workaround, that is to launch folder Windows in separate process so that even if Windows Explorer crashed, the folder windows already open stays as it is.
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Monday, February 6, 2017

How to export Facebook events and sync it with Google Calendar and Windows Calendar?


How to export Facebook events and sync it with Google Calendar and Windows Calendar?

In this post we will see how to export Facebook Events and sync it with Google calendar and also with Windows calendar. But why Google Calendar? Why not sync it directly with Windows Calendar if that is the intent? Because by default, Windows Calendar allows us to add only the following email accounts - Microsoft Account, Outlook.com, Exchange, Google, iCloud, and Internet Email such as Yahoo. It does not include Facebook here.

Why take the trouble? Can't I simply login to Facebook and check? The need and reasons may vary from person to person but this may be handy if you are using Windows Calendar most of the time on your Windows computer to manage your events and reminders etc. It may also be useful to see all events, added to Windows Calendar and Facebook events in one single Calendar to assist in planning your activities and tasks.
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