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How to Disable Shell Extensions to Stop Explorer Restarting

If File Explorer keeps restarting, crashing, or freezing on its own, a misbehaving shell extensio...

Git Merge Unrelated Histories with Conflicts: How to Resolve

You try to merge two git branches and get an error like fatal: refusing to merge unrelated ...

Windows Update Service Not Running in Windows 11: Fix It
If Windows Update won't start and you see an error like "Windows Update service is not ru...

Fix Missing Taskbar Icons After Uninstalling a Program
You uninstall a program, and suddenly some taskbar icons disappear—even for apps you didn't r...

Fix 'git pull failed index.lock file exists' Error
When running git pull, you may see an error like:
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Fix Windows Search Index Exclude Folder Not Working
If you've added a folder to the exclusion list in Windows Search indexing options but files f...


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