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What if I don't want to have the Microsoft Store's help in installing Python? What if I want to install Python manually or by using Anaconda? I shouldn't have to remove python.exe and python3.exe, correct?

I was looking at App execution aliases (Settings > Apps > Advanced app settings > App execution aliases) on my new computer -- my first Windows 11 computer. Why are python.exe and python3.exe listed as App Installer? I assume that App Installer refers to installation of Microsoft Store / UWP...

Should I run that command in PowerShell or CommandPrompt (cmd)?

I'm running Windows 11 Enterprise, 23H2, 22631.3527 (64-bit). I wish to determine the location of an application on the start menu, namely, the "new" notepad, which has this icon: Once I have the application's location, I can create additional shortcuts to it. If I right-click the icon on the...

Interesting. I have no idea how that could have happened.

I'm running Windows 11 Enterprise, 23H2, 22631.3527 (64-bit). When I execute where.exe notepad.exe in Windows PowerShell, it returns locations of two notepad.exe files: C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe C:\Windows\notepad.exe These are both the "old" notepad, I think. What is the difference...

Would anyone be able to confirm that this tutorial ("Change Hover Time to Show Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows 11") works in 23H2 and/or 24H2? One of the users implied that the registry tweak -- which relies on modifying ExtendedUIHoverTime in the registry or adding ExtendedUIHoverTime to...

What's an elevated command prompt?

I'm curious whether the tutorial above works for 23H2.

I doubt a comprehensive resource (website, wiki, etc.) exists, but can anyone recommend resources that documents Windows 11 registry keys: what they do and what values they can have? I'm interested in speeding up animations in Windows 11, but there seems to be precious little information about...

I'd like to be able to implement some of these commands programmatically in a small script or something like that.

That's weird -- I don't see version 3.7.9 listed on the StartAllBack website. Does it really run on 24H2? Recently I saw videos on YouTube stating that Microsoft will start blocking customization apps, including StartAllBack, in new builds of 24H2. Here are a couple of examples of such reports...

I'm using a third-party application called Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Pro, which is helpful to me because I am physically disabled and have only limited use of my hands to use a computer mouse. This software's documentation gives some examples of how Windows Messages can be used to manipulate...

I'm new to Windows 11 (I'm currently running 23H2, 22631.3447); previously I used Windows 7. I used Run... msconfig and clicked the Services tab to take a look at what's running in the background. I see a huge list of services, the majority from Microsoft. Here's a sample of the long list...

Thanks for your help. Does this method export all registry hives or just specific ones?