For questions about the Windows 10 March 2019 Update (Version 1903). Use [windows-10] for questions not specific to a particular release of Windows 10.
Questions tagged [windows-10-v1903]
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Remote Desktop intermittently freezing
I use a Windows 10 machine remotely at work. Both the local and remote machine are in the same ISP network (not same local network, but same ISP). I've been using it like that for almost a year now and I had never experienced absolutely any…
andre_ss6
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IrfanView replaced my Settings' and Your Phone's icon
I have nearly brand new Windows 10 1903. A day after installing it from scratch, I have installed Irfan View as well. Another day later I have realised that it has (?) replaced my Settings' icon:
Things that I tried so far:
Reset the icon cache…
trejder
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Remote Desktop Forgets Multi Monitor Configuration
By default, I RDP from my personal PC to my work laptop, in order to make use of all my monitors without needing to resort to a KVM.
On my old laptop, it would remember the position of windows between RDP sessions, provided that I had not logged…
Obsidian Phoenix
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After Windows update 1903 Sticky Notes opens in different windows
I have a small problem with Sticky Notes 3.6.73.0 app on Windows 10.
Before 1903 Update everything was OK (all notes were in a single window). But after installing the update each note opens in new window.
How can I fix it to open new notes in a…
entithat
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Force Chrome on PC to display pages in English
tl;dr: Nearly 100% of my Windows and Chrome is in English and yet Chrome keeps displaying me Polish (my native, but not used by me in IT) version of pages. How can I prevent that?
I have Windows 10 1903, quite clean (installed a week a go), with…
trejder
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Windows Task automatically wakes my computer, but doesn't put it back to sleep after
My computer wakes itself up every day (presumably to do updates) which is fine by me, but it heats up my room by a considerable amount, and I rather not shut down, especially because it will automatically update in sleep mode. My only issue is that…
CHRIS C
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How to change the default setting of the Shut Down Windows dialog (Alt-F4)?
After a recent Windows update, the default option (when I press Alt-F4) in the Shut Down Windows dialog in Windows 10 has changed on my laptop:
The default option is now Switch user. Previously it was what I wanted: Shut down.
How can I restore…
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How can I toggle Bluetooth on and off via a shortcut on Windows 10 1903
I would like to emulated with a shortcut the process of 1) opening the Action Center and 2) clicking on the bluetooth icon.
My solution was to use AHK to map a keyboard shortcut to running a .bat, which contains the script suggested in this…
MagTun
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VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED on launching macOS in VirtualBox in Win 10 1903
I'm trying to launch virtual machine from VirtualBox(6.0.14-133895 with extension pack) on Windows 64bit 10 Pro version 1903 18362.476 and frustratingly get the following error:
Call to WHvSetupPartition failed: ERROR_SUCCESS (Last=0xc000000d/87)…
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Windows Spotlight: Lockscreen image does not change
Can't reproduce but since last few weeks, Windows Spotlight has been stuck on the same image. It used to work, but it's gone for a while now, not sure what I've done to break it.
Here's what I've tried:
Resetting and re-registering Windows…
Shimmy Weitzhandler
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WSL: QT application fails to start
I have compiled a simple QT Quick application (using Ruby-Qml, but I don't think this matters) on Ubuntu (18.04) via WSL on Windows 10 v1903 and get the following error when launching with Xming.
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting…
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Windows Defender Application Control prevents Windows to boot after second restart (signed policy)
Hy everyone!
I want to lock down some Windows 10 Terminals so that they can only run approved Software but keep the possibility to update this software.
My plan was to make use of the new Feature of Windows 10 1903 that allows the use of Multiple CI…
gotti
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Get rid of Paint 3D-related mess from Windows 10
I have uninstalled Paint 3D the usual way:
And I have even repeated this attempt by using elevated Power Shell:
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.MSPaint | Remove-AppxPackage
But the junk added with Paint 3D to my system is left over. In context…
trejder
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Unable to create print job: 0x00000bbb
after the Windows 10 Feature Update 1903 we've got at least 2 PCs (different printer manufactures and connection types) with this error:
Unable to create print job: 0x00000bbb
PrinterA
Model: HP CLJ 400 (Laser Printer only)
Connection: Shared…
ETSI
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My PC isn't updating from 1803 to 1903
I cannot seem to update, and using the Windows 10 Update Assistant reports that Windows is installed in an unsupported directory, and it cannot proceed to update without clearing all of my data (PC specs are below).
I tried clearing the Windows…
GameGlitz
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