Windows Notes

Clear Thumbnails

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
del /f /s /q /a %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_*.db

Installed Software

Gets a list of the software installed on the computer, both 32 and 64 bit. Saves the output to the file C:\Users\Public\Documents\Software.txt

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize > C:\users\public\Documents\Software.txt

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize >> C:\users\public\Documents\Software.txt

Robocopy commands

robocopy /MIR D:\tmbg\Albums I:\TMBG
robocopy /MIR M: T: /XD John-Music /XD "$RECYCLE.BIN" "System Volume Information" "John-Music" /r:0

Fix Windows 11 Systray

Running explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9} will display the old systray config screen so you can turn on the option to always show all icons.

Windows UUID Denial-Of-Service

Someone on Cohost figured out that the reason their taskbar was locking up is because their HiSense TV was rapidly generating UUIDs for, I guess, UPNP. Windows would rightly interpret that as a new device and update the device manager tree which locks up the taskbar (and other components).

I haven't personally run into the issue, but to fix it on the Windows PC you have check if HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\DeviceAssociationService\State\Store has hundreds/thousands of entries in it and delete them. And then blow up the TV.


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