Questions tagged [action-center]
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View past notifications in Windows 10 and 11?
New with Windows 10 seems to be the Notification Area. Now, I've seen a few notifications (in the Action Center). The problem is that I haven't understood any of them (actively using computers for 30 years now), and once I click them they are gone.…
Maarten Bodewes
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Windows 10 New Snip & Sketch Tool notification missing
When I installed the latest Windows 10 update I really liked the new screenshot / clipping tool that you can access with WIN+SHIFT+S.
Then after some time each time I use it the snipped picture gets copied to my clipboard, but the notification is…
TheMixy
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Notifications won't open when I click on them on Windows 10
I get my notifications on my Action Center on Windows 10.
When I click on them to get to their website to actually read the notification, it just disappears and it won't take me to the website.
How do I fix this?
Lisa Bell
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Remove Outlook from the Windows 10 Action Center
Windows 10 Action Center lights up whenever I receive a new Outlook mail.
Problem: I get new mails all the time, so the Action Center icon is (almost) constantly lit. Clicking on it to "clear" it is a nuisance, and I'm afraid that I might miss…
Heinzi
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Windows 10 Action Center completely Missing
I recently installed Windows 10 Enterprise activated it and updated it.
I find it really annoying because I got no Action Center (or Notification Center) at all. I have seen lots of videos there is a small notification or bubble like icon that shows…
bijay135
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What does the this Windows 10 Action Center tray icon overlay indicate, exactly?
Here is a screenshot, containing the icon (the one in the middle, presumably describing a text note, with what looks as a stop sign at lower right corner of it):
I cannot find explanation on what is being communicated to me here? Most of the time…
Armen Michaeli
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Windows: Completely remove Action Center icon
Personally, the Action Center in Windows (that annoying white flag in the notification area, always telling you to repent and change the way you administrate your system) is one of the things I ever felt the biggest hate for.
It can be set to be…
Jeffrey Lebowski
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Never-ending "maintenance in progress"
My desktop PC (used primarily for development) has recently been telling me (via Action Center) that it needs to perform "maintenance". I allow it to do so, and hours later (I left it running overnight a couple of times) it is still reporting…
Richard Ev
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Suppress "Windows Defender Antivirus did not find any threats..." notification on Windows 10
Every once in a while the little nofication balloon icon in my system tray is highlighted, which tells me something needs my attention. When I open the "Action Center", I just get a message saying that Windows Defender did not find threats.
When I…
vertigoelectric
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Windows Action Center notification icon says Backup in Progress when no backup is occurring
How can I get Windows Action Center's little flag in the notification area to stop saying "Backup In Progress" on Windows 8? It's driving me nuts. I disabled the Windows Backup service completely and turned off File Recovery. Nothing that I can tell…
allquixotic
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Is it possible to adjust Windows 10 notification click area
For a long time, I have been frustrated with Windows 10 notification popups.
It seems that when the popup is showing, the area that it consumes is in fact larger than the notification itself. This means if you try to click on something behind the…
Eds
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Move action center to the left side of screen?
I'm using a desktop setup with the taskbar on left side. Since I mostly use the track-pad on the laptop, it is rather inconvenient to work with the action center popping up on the right side every time i click the action center icon.
It would be…
Raknos13
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How can I completely dismiss a pop-up notification (instead of sending it to the action center)?
So in Windows 10 (currently on Enterprise 21H2 because this is a company computer), notifications appear as a pop-up. If I want to interact with the notifications, I can do that by clicking on the notification directly or on one of the actions that…
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Windows 10 Action Center only appears when a new notification occurs
The Action Center on my Windows 10 installation (1709) is really acting weird:
Whenever I click on the Action Center icon in the taskbar or press Win+A nothing happens. However if seconds or minutes later a new notification occurs the action center…
Robert
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Show notifications in action center setting not working for Slack
On Windows 10, in Settings > Notifications & Actions I have notifications turned on for Slack. If I click on Slack it takes me to more notification settings for Slack. On that screen I have Show notification banners set to On and Show…
jinglesthula
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