Duplicate Folders in “This PC” but no names

I got this issue where I have duplicate ‘Downloads’,’Music’,’Videos’,’Pictures’, and ‘Documents’ folders. The weird thing is that the other folders don’t have names but they have the same icons. They are causing some applications like Windows 10 Recorder in Xbox application to not work. Duplicate folders: Xbox DVR recorder issue: I tried to find the … Read more

Kinect v1 keeps disconnecting on Windows 10

I have an xbox360 kinect v1. I want to use it for motion capture. I installed everything. Drivers, software. I tried some motion capture. It worked for 20 seconds and then it disconnected. It kept disconnecting and reconnectiong without stopping. I restart my PC, reinstalled drivers, software. Nothing worked. What to do? 🙁 My USB … Read more

Install universal Windows 10 apps to specific folder on a drive or remove app shortcuts from start menu WITHOUT removing the app

In Windows 10 currently you can specify a drive to install all new apps to and it puts them all in a hidden or protected folder (i believe Program Files/Windows Apps) usually i have no issue with this but since using game pass i’d like to store my games on the hard drive i specifically … Read more

Disable Xbox 360 controller in UWP apps like windows store and start menu

Windows has implemented tools for developers under the UWP (Universal Windows Platform) that steal button inputs from Xbox controllers (i.e. button inputs will be mapped to custom functions in specific apps) with no system-wide way to disable this. The implementation of UWP is half-baked and intermittent across the windows 10 operating system. This presents a … Read more

How to re-enable Miracast in the latest Windows 10 which I see in Game Bar

About 8 months ago, I posted a question asking how to use Miracast in Windows 10. The answer was with my hardware(because it’s too new to have the Miracast, Miracast was only supported in the older devices) I wouldn’t be able to do Mira Cast. However, today with the latest Windows 10, I saw the … Read more

Nintendo Switch Pro Controller not detected on new Windows 10 installs

I have two Windows 10 laptops on which I use my Nintendo Switch Pro controllers to play non-steam games like Genshin Impact using BetterJoyForCemu. The controllers are connected via the original Nintendo supplied USB cables. I just bought a new Asus TUF gaming A15 laptop. The laptop uses Windows 10 Home build 19042. When I … Read more