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How can I reload a command prompt after modifying an environment variable in Windows 11?
I'm working with a Windows 11 command prompt. While doing that, I need to define or modify an environment variable.
In order for that environment variable to be taken into account, I need to restart ...
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How does a power user get Windows File Explorer to auto-refresh a folder view?
I am using Windows 11.
With the home laptop, when I download files using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, the folder view of Windows File Explorer updates with the name and details of just the new ...
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Synchronization Issues - Microsoft Excel & Microsoft OneDrive
I'm trying to figure out why my Macros-Enabled Workbook faces several synchronization issues when accessed by more than one person via a OneDrive share link. This file is located on my organization ...
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Chrome - refresh to anchor instead of last scroll position
On up-to-date Chrome (128.0.6613.85) and MacOS (14.6.1) w/ ARM, refreshing a chrome tab (whether it be normal, hard, or empty cache and hard) reloads the page to the same location as before the ...
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Excel refresh to import external data
I have a lot Excel files containing external data connections to a local database. I have sql queries to extract data. Since few weeks refresh is not working sometimes to one user.
I discovered what ...
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What is the correct way of debugging which installed app is causing Windows Explorer and Desktop to refresh frequently?
Windows 10 Single language, 22h2, 64-bit, build 19045.4598 (up to date), i7-11800H.
For some reason I can't pinpoint yet, Windows Explorer and Desktop are constantly refreshing. On Windows Explorer, ...
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Thunderbird does not update imap folders anymore take 2
I came to this site, because the issue I am having is exactly the same as the issue posted in this thread that was apparently never resolved. There is a comment that claims the issue was resolved in ...
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What does Windows' refresh right click context menu command do?
The title should be self explanatory enough.
This "refresh" has existed since before Windows XP days.
What does it do exactly?
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Thunderbird does not update imap folders anymore
How can you tell Thunderbird to reload the imap folder list?
I would assume, that any email client would refresh the imap folders every time mails are fetched, since it cannot know which folders ...
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Harddisk need refresh. Myth or Fact? [duplicate]
People said that harddisk need to be refreshed to prevent bit rot by format the drive, then recopy the files back.
I have external hard disk, and use it as backup purpose once in two weeks. Am I need ...
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Is it possible to make the F5 key always preform a hard refresh in browsers?
Are there browser configuration settings or other ways to make a single press of the F5 key preform a hard refresh of the currently loaded page? Ordinarily hard refresh is achieved via pressing Ctrl+...
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Break data link of map charts in Excel
I have an Excel file with map charts to monitor wildfires from a national database. I create maps of e.g. number of fires per administrative region, for different years. I insert the map for say 2019 ...
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How to refresh (speed up) a Windows PC without rebooting?
I notice slow response of my PC in the afternoon or evening, when it has been heavily loaded during the day. In my case, the heavy loading does not mean particularly high CPU usage, but using a dozen ...
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Stop Firefox from asking users if they want to "Refresh" their profile
Firefox occasionally suggests that a "Refresh" might improve performance. We had a naive user press that button and wipe out a significant amount of customisation. Part of what resulted is ...
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Is there a way to make chrome load the previous website from cache instead of reloading it?
In other words, is there a way to stop chrome from reloading the previous website on visit? I often click on a link, stay there for 10 and then hit the "back" button, which RELOADS the ...
