wants to open this application. Disable This Site is trying to open this application prompt in Edge The above-mentioned erroneous behavior seems to be of the same kind one observes when ‘switching apps’ and appears every time an external protocol is invoked. So, the user is prompted for confirmation. Do the following to disable it in Microsoft Edge: Open the Windows Registry Editor. For this, press Win+R in combination and in the ‘Run’ dialog box that appears, type ‘regedit’ and press ‘Enter’....

Diskpart has encountered an error, The parameter is incorrect The “Diskpart has encountered an error: The parameter is incorrect” error may occur due to several reasons, like virus or malware infection, faulty hardware, power surge, etc. When you disconnect an external hard drive from your computer, it is recommended to use the Safely Remove Hardware feature. But some of us don’t care about it and disconnect the external storage device without using the Safely Remove Hardware feature....

Fast forward to the future, and right now the movie industry is probably the only entity that is still pushing 3D in a big way. This is probably done due to increased revenue and to discourage pirates because a recorded 3D movie doesn’t look good. The question is, then, can consumers create their own 3D content with pictures? The answer to that is yes. There’s no need to purchase an expensive tool, just take a look at Picolay as an alternative....

Enable .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.5 in Windows 11 These are the steps you need to enable .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 in Windows 11: After this, you have to follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process. Alternatively, you can open Run by Win + R, type “optionalfeatures“, and click Ok. This way, you can skip the first 4 steps. This is how you enable the desired framework on your Windows 11 computer....

VSEncryptor will encrypt Files or Text easily Most of the popular encryption algorithms are available here in this freeware. The algorithms include AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, RC2, RC4, DES, Triple DES, Blowfish, Twofish, Serpent, Camellia, Skipjack, CAST-256, MARS, RC5, RC6, IDEA, SEED, SHACAL-2, XTEA and GOST. To begin with, you need to specify the file or text that needs to be encrypted/decrypted. After that, you need to specify the path where the encrypted/decrypted file should be stored....

Encrypting File System (EFS) The key used for these kinds of symmetric encryption is called as File Encryption Key (or FEK). This FEK is in return encrypted with a public or a private key algorithm like RSA and stored with the file. The main positive aspect of using two different algorithms is that the speed of encrypting those files. And these increase in speeds of encrypting files helps the users to effectively encrypt large chunks of data....

End a meeting in Microsoft Surface Hub If each office location is equipped with a Microsoft Surface Hub, the device enables active participation of co-workers regardless of geographic location. When the objective is complete, you can choose to end your meeting and save changes while using Surface Hub. To do so, you’ll have to take 2 actions, When you choose to end your meeting, the Surface Hub – Snaps the connection if you’re projecting to your Surface Hub from a device in the room....

Error 0x80246017, There were problems installing some updates, but we’ll try again later. We couldn’t install some updates using the account you’re signed in with. Try signing in with another account. We couldn’t install some updates using the account you’re signed in with One of these suggestions is sure to help you resolve Windows Update error 0x80246017. I had faced this error, and using Windows Update Assistant fixed it for me....

This is a type of Network error that usually occurs when there is a temporary mismatch between the requested control and the state of the service to be controlled. The service may be in a state of start-pending, stop-pending, stopped or already used by another user which causes this error message. While this error may occur during any Windows operation, some of the most common occurrences to have troubled the users include,...

The requested value cannot be determined The error usually occurs when trying to copy the whole DCIM folder by drag and drop to your laptop or when there are many files in one folder. What helps is to connect your mobile device to your PC, then press WinKey+E key combination to open File Explorer. On the navigation pane on the left, click This PC, then drag and drop every single folder from within the DCIM folder on your iPhone or Android phone over to Windows 10....

What causes Event ID 2545? Event 2545: Microsoft-Windows-DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics occurs due to problems with the MDM server and missing sections or logs. However, corrupted files and system data are also known to cause this error. Fix Event 2545, Microsoft-Windows-DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics If the Event 2545, Microsoft-Windows-DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics keeps troubling you on your windows computer, follow these suggestions to resolve the issue: Now let us see these in detail. 1] Run or Roll back Windows Update First, update Windows manually and see if this helps....

Fix Excel Out of Memory error Here is the list of errors that can show up under this situation: Excel cannot complete this task with available resources. Choose less data or close other applications.Out of MemoryNot enough System Resources to Display CompletelyThere isn’t enough memory to complete this action. Try using less data or closing other applications. To increase memory availability, consider: Using a 64-bit version of Microsoft Excel. Adding memory to your device....

Excel Online is not working and won’t open files Sometimes, Excel Online may not work as expected and won’t open files. In such cases, you may get error messages, such as ‘Couldn’t Open the Workbook‘, or ‘Request Was Taking Too Long‘. Excel may fail to open your file if you or someone you’ve shared the file with has left it in idle mode for more than 6 hours, or if the file is too large or complicated to be handled by Excel Online....

Failed to open the Group Policy Object on this computer The message was surprising because I had not changed anything that could have resulted in the error message. When I navigated to C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy, it had all the policies intact, but the Group Policy Editor wasn’t working. So here is what I did to resolve the issue. Make sure that your user account has Admin privileges. There is one more way to fix this....

Why is .NET Runtime Optimization Service using a high CPU? The major reasons for the .NET Runtime Optimization Service to use a high CPU on your PC is if the related process mscorsvw.exe is precompiling .NET assemblies in the background and once it’s done, it will go away. The other potential causes could be: .NET Runtime Optimization running slowConflicting program or malware running on your PCCorrupt .NET Runtime Optimization...

Let us now go to the troubleshooting guide to resolve the issue. Fix Microsoft Store Error Code 0x00000194 If you encounter 0x00000194 Microsoft Store Error Code, check if there is a Windows Update available, and download them. In case the issue is caused by a bug, your best bet is to fix it by installing an update that will get rid of the bug. In case, updating doesn’t work, try the following solutions, suggestions, and workarounds to resolve the issue....

Fix Cannot open file as archive error in 7-Zip 7-Zip is an excellent open-source file archiver. It can compress files within archives and read and write many other archive formats like ZIP, WIM, and GZIP. Sometimes, due to internet interruptions during file download or other problems, it may fail to open the file as an archive. Try these suggestions to fix the problem. The zip file format is one of the most popular forms of data storage....

Fix Boot Camp Assistant problems on Mac While using these suggestions, make sure you have enough permission on the user account for any needed modification. Make sure both macOS and the Windows installation files are at the latest version. 1] Boot Camp Assistant might stop responding, or installation failed At times, Boot Camp will not work, and it will stop while making a copy of Windows 10 installation files. In this case, you can do much, but se Option-Command-Escape (Esc) to force the app to quit....

Fix Compile error in hidden module in Excel or Word This error occurs when the code is incompatible with the version or architecture of this application. For instance, if code in a document targets 32-bit Microsoft Office applications but it is attempting to run on 64-bit Office, then this error can occur. Says Microsoft. Try the following suggestions to fix the issue: Let us look at these ways in more detail....

A Corrupted Content Error appeared for a lot of users who are trying to access Gmail on the Firefox browser. They are unable to access the Gmail webpage instead they were served a Corrupted Content error. They see the following message exactly. Corrupted Content Error The site at https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/#inbox has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the data transmission was detected....