I am trying to list all of the programs currently on my Windows 8.1 machine. I believe recently installed software is preventing windows from booting up. I have access to the command line and I have been trying to use the wmic product GET Name to see what I can uninstall from the command line. I read that you have to enable the WMI support tools in Management & Monitoring Tools, but I don't have access to that. Does anyone know if I can enable that from the command line so I can figure out why I am ultimately getting a EDIT:0x000021a error on start up.
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This is not a full list (wmic). This is only products installed with Windows Installer. There is no feature for everything.
However as I said in my previous post nearly everything is listed in the registry.
So to see it in a command prompt
reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /s
Also your error code seems invalid. There is no 27a windows error or 0xc000027a NT Status code. It seems wrong for a COM containing NTSTatus 0xd000027a or COM with Windows error 0x8007027a.
Clean Booting
Each of the three steps turns of programs, services, and drivers in increasing amounts. Thus narrowing down the possible culprits.
Clean Boot
Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Run and type
msconfig
Then go to the Startup tab. Untick everything. Then go to the Services tab. Tick Hide All Microsoft Services and untick everything that's left.
Reboot. If this solves your problem reenable ½ of the services/startup items until you find which one.
Advanced Clean Boot
If the above doesn't help.
Download Autoruns from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
Start the program by right clicking and choosing Run As Administrator and click Options menu - Filter Options and tick Hide Microsoft entries and clear Include Empty Locations. Untick everything left.
Reboot. If this solves your problem reenable ½ of the items until you find which one.
Safe Mode
If the above doesn't help.
Use Safe Mode with Networking if you need internet access.
Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Run and type
msconfig
Then go to the Boot tab and click Safe Boot (also tick Network if needed). Reboot. Come back here and untick Safe Boot to return to normal mode.
or
If your computer has a single operating system installed, repeatedly press the F8 key as your computer restarts. You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you will need to try again. [From Start - Help and Support]
Startup Repair
If your computer has a single operating system installed, repeatedly press the F8 key as your computer restarts. You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, you will need to try again. [From Start - Help and Support].
On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Repair your computer, and then press ENTER.
Select Startup Repair.
Startup repair makes a log file. See C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt.
To access if Windows won't start, on the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to highlight Repair your computer, and then press ENTER.
Select Command Prompt.
Type
type C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt |more
Also type explorer in your command prompt and see what happens.
My Explorer fixes listsways of using windows without the graphical shell.
To See if a Fix is Available
In Control Panel (and select Classic view in the left hand pane) choose Problem Reports and Solutions (type problem in Start's search box), go to Problem History, right click your error and choose Check For Solution.
You may also right click and choose Details for more info. Post those details here. The Fault Module Name is the important information.
If the problem affects Control Panel press Winkey + R and type wercon (or type it in a command prompt).
Close Explorer and Start a Command Prompt
Close any Explorer windows
Start - All Programs - Accessories - Right click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator.
Click Start. Ctrl + Shift + Right click a blank spot (just above the power buttons is one place) then Exit Explorer.
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete then Task Manager.
Check all explorer processes are closed. On the Process tab select explorer and right click and choose End Process, repeat if more than one explorer in the list.
Then to restart explorer after trying each of the following
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and choose Task Manager
In Task Manager click the File menu then New Task (Run) and type explorer
If You Can't Start Explorer at All
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and choose Task Manager
On the Process tab click Show Processes From All Users to elevate to Administrator
In Task Manager click the File menu then New Task (Run) and type cmd
Other things you can try typing
Explorer
Explorer c:\
Explorer /e,c:\
wercon
control
iexplore
rstrui
If you can't start a folder window use the Browse button in the New Task dialog. Remember you need to right click and choose Open rather than double clicking.
Related
So, a game I play for some bizarre reason causes the language selector to show up on my taskbar every single time I run it after a reboot. My PC is English (UK) and the game adds English (US).
Once I remove it the first time, it stays removed until reboot. Is there a way I can do it via CMD so I can just have a batch run after I run the game?
To be specific, I am looking for how to do:
R-click Taskbar > Properties > Taskbar > Customize... > Turn System Icons on or off > Input Indicator > Off
via a direct command line, I don't want to make a script to automate the clicks.
You can copy the following two lines into Notepad, save them as HideLang.reg and merge it into the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF\LangBar]
"ShowStatus"=dword:00000003
You'll need to log off then log back on or reboot the computer for this change to take effect.
I installed windows 10 on my computer.
Every time I restart my computer, my all new files disappear
and my desktop is empty!!!
Is it a bug or setting issues?
How can I restore my files back
Thanks in advance!
You somehow corrupted your explorer.exe or changed a registry setting :
If you corrupted explorer.exe, best bet is to do a repair or system restore.
To check if explorer.exe is set to your shell:
Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up task manager. Click File>Run new Task.
Type REGEDIT, click ok.
Click the plus sign (navigate through) entries:
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
-SOFTWARE
-MICROSOFT
-WINDOWS NT
-CurrentVersion
Click the folder WINLOGON
in the box to your right, find the entry Shell.
If the data correspondig to it is not Explorer.exe, double click Shell and modify it to Explorer.exe.
Close the registry,
Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up Task Manager.
File>New Task. Type explorer,
click ok.
I think something is gone wrong by the installation. You can look for the files in C:/users/"you username"/desktop if they arent show there you can try other users in the /user/ directory. Maybe you have a bit of luck and the files are stored by the wrong user by some weird reason.
In the most cases the best solution is to reinstal Windows 10. I think it is faster than looking for an solution. (when you havent install a lot of software)
How you can restore your windows (clean instal) it is explained in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzTNjs8k15Q
Make sure you have an backup from your data ;-)
(sorry for bad english, iam from holland ;-) )
yes it looks like the installation process has not been taken place properly without any interruptions.
The most convenient solution in my experience is:-
1.search locally 'recovery options'through windows 10 search icon on the left bottom corner
2.click "get started" button under "reset my pc".
3.select the option "keep my files".
then once you are safely back in windows 7, again start the process of updating to windows 10 in a fresh manner WITH the pc plugged in to power and with a stable internet connection.
I pinned Notepad2-mod to the taskbar. When I click the pinned shortcut, it opens a new instance but doesn't stack in place. It begins a new stack. Additional clicks will utilize the second stack. This can probably best be explained via screenshot:
The oddest part is it used to stack on the taskbar shortcut if I started it by clicking on it or using WIN+num, but if I started Notepad2-mod by right-clicking on a file and using "open with notepad2-mod" it would stack in a new stack. Now, they all stack in a new stack (not on the taskbar-pinned shortcut).
Both the "open with notepad2-mod" registry shortcut and the taskbar-pinned shortcut run the same executable.
Ultimately, I'd like them all to stack in the same place, on top of the taskbar-pinned icon.
1) What did I do to persuade it to behave like this?
2) How can I convince it to all stack on the pinned icon?
Edit:
I just noticed in the Task Manager that when I double click a .txt file I'm running a version of this binary named Notepad2.exe and when I click on the icon on the Taskbar I'm running a copy of this same binary named notepad.exe. I must have done that to fool Windows 7 into thinking it was using vanilla Notepad. I thought changing this might fix it, but it did not. They still stack on a different portion of the Taskbar. They even respond to keyboard shortcuts like Start Button+Number for the slot where they do actually stack.
Thanks to the this link, this issue is fixed. Go read his site for a better answer than mine, but, in case his site ever goes away, here are the relevant snippets:
Notepad2 windows are now assigned to a custom AppUserModelID, that's why multiple icons may appear if Notepad2.exe is directly pinned to the taskbar. To fix this, open a Notepad2 window first, and then pin it to the taskbar from the Notepad2 taskbar button context menu.
Note that if you have followed the rest of his instructions on the page and set it up to redirect notepad.exe to notepad2.exe, you actually have to start up Notepad2.exe directly, then right click on the taskbar instance and click "Pin to Taskbar".
Now that I did that, all my Notepad2 instances stack in the same place on the taskbar!
Note that the author of Notepad2 says that you have to add code in your application to handle this.
Some reference documentation.
Assuming that your OS is Windows 7
1. Check the settings of your task bar IE. right click the task bar and click properties # the properties menu there is a drop down list it should say "Stack & hide-labels" if not set it to that setting.
If that does not work then you can try dragging the file that will not stack to the regular notepad and pin-it to the list in the stack-able tab.
aside from all of that, when you pin a application to the task bar even if it was edited and saved before it was pinned, it will always open a new instance of the application.
also you can make a simple batch file to start the application
#echo off
rem you will want to set the directory using the DIR command
start "your program's name here"
rem you can use the pause>nul command to check if it worked.
Hope this helps.
I had this problem with Internet Explorer because I had created a short cut and pinned that to the Task Bar. Then all new instances would stack on a separate icon. I unpinned the shortcut, then navigated to the IE executable, right clicked and selected "Pin to Task Bar". After I did that, all new instances stacked on top of the original pinned IE icon.
I'm attempting to restrict IE8 to no toolbars, no anything.
I'm working with Kiosk mode, in Windows XP Home edition.
I have some XP pro computers set up properly with this already, using Group Edit and Windows Steady State.
However, I have been unable to set it up the same way on both XP pro and XP home:
On XP pro, whenever a new window is opened via link, it opens in a small window with no toolbars. In XP home, when a new window is opened via link, it opens a standard browser window, with all the toolbars still there.
I know I can disable the toolbars somehow in the registry, but I have not been able to find where; All the information online that I have seen has not sent me to any existing registry location.
Anyone Help?
As far as I am aware, you can start IE in kiosk mode from the cmd line - by running iexplore -k followed by the web address you want to open. If the registry values that you need to use to lock down the browser aren't there, you can just create them.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
Create them as DWORD values - with a value of 1 enforcing the policy.
NoBrowserClose (disables closing the browser window)
NoBrowserContextMenu (disables right-click context menu)
NoFileOpen (disables use of Ctrl-O or Ctrl-L to launch an arbitrary URL)
NoOpenInNewWnd (disables opening a link in a new window via Ctrl-N or Shift-click)
These should pretty much cover all of the normal ways a user could circumvent kiosk mode.
In addition to the above, there are also:
AlwaysPromptWhenDownload - Always prompt user when downloading files.
NoBrowserBars - Disable changes to browsers bars.
NoBrowserClose - Disable the option of closing Internet Explorer.
NoBrowserContextMenu - Disable right-click context menu.
NoBrowserOptions - Disable the Tools > Internet Options menu.
NoBrowserSaveAs - Disable the ability to Save As.
NoFavorites - Disable the Favorites.
NoFileNew - Disable the File > New command.
NoFileOpen - Disable the File > Open command.
NoFindFiles - Disable the Find Files command.
NoNavButtons - Disables the Forward and Back navigation buttons
NoOpeninNewWnd - Disable Open in New Window option.
NoPrinting - Remove Print and Print Preview from the File menu.
NoSelectDownloadDir - Disable the option of selecting a download directory.
NoTheaterMode - Disable the Full Screen view option.
NoViewSource - Disable the ability to view the page source HTML.
RestGoMenu - Remove Mail and News menu item.
Is it possible to write a script to see which processes/programs are sending/receiving data over the internet in Windows XP? I have full administrator rights and I want to find a way to monitor data exchange on my machine without installing any additional software.
Step One: Windows XP
Open up the Run box by pressing the Windows key and R at the same time.
Put in CMD and press OK. The command prompt window will open up:
Step Two
In your open Command Prompt window, enter the following:
netstat -b 5 > activity.txt
and hit enter. (Note: to paste something into Command Prompt, you'll need to right click and click paste.)
If you forgot to run the prompt as an administrator (like I did in the screenshots above), just redo step one You can tell when it's running as administrator because instead of saying C:\Users\Username it says C:\Windows\system32.
If you've pasted the code right, a blinking cursor will... blink.
After a few minutes, press Ctrl+C. That'll stop the command.
Now type in command prompt activity.txt to open the log:
When you press Enter, your default text editor-probably Notepad-will open:
Now, scroll through the lists. You'll see that it's mostly your browser-but some times, there are programs like Google Talk's webcam program installed that call home even when you aren't using them.
Now that you've found any and all culprits that are programs accessing the internet (with and without your knowledge), you can either close them from the Task Manager or even uninstall them.