{"id":29693,"date":"2017-04-11T23:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29693"},"modified":"2020-03-05T22:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:55:03","slug":"common-windows-problems-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/common-windows-problems-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"10+ Common Windows Problems & How to Fix Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who uses Windows<\/a> can face a number of major and minor issues that come with it. The minor ones leave you annoyed, and negatively affect your productivity<\/a>. The major ones, however, may crash your programs and can make you restart the system altogether<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been using Windows for quite a long time now and during this time I\u2019ve faced many major and minor problems. However, what I\u2019ve concluded is that you can resolve most of these issue easily on your own<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In this post, I\u2019d like to share with you, on the base of my experiences, some of the most common Windows problem and how you can resolve them<\/strong> easily yourself. So, take a look at the following, and who knows, some day these tips might actually come in handy.<\/p>\n

Drives not showing in File Explorer<\/h2>\n

In the File Explorer, there is a chance that one or more drives may simply vanish<\/strong> without any trace. If it happens to you, right-click any empty space and select \"Refresh\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If this doesn\u2019t fix it then chances are that you may have hidden them. Double-click on \"Hard Disk Drives\"<\/strong> option at the top and your drives should show up. You can also restart the PC<\/strong> and see if that fixes the problem.<\/p>\n

If nothing works for you, then press Windows<\/span> + R<\/span> keys and type \"compmgmt.msc<\/strong>\" in the Run<\/em> dialog to open \"Computer Management\"<\/strong> window. Click on \"Disk Management\"<\/strong> in the left panel to open up all your drives.<\/p>\n

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Here right-click on the missing drive(s)<\/strong> and select \"Change drive letter and paths\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Now click on \"Change\"<\/strong> and select a different drive letter on the next page. This should show the drives again in the file explorer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Search field missing from Start Menu<\/h2>\n

Sometimes a program may disable the search field in your Windows Start Menu<\/strong> and make it inaccessible. If the search field is missing in the start menu, then you can easily turn it back on.<\/p>\n

Go to \"Control Panel\" <\/strong>from the start menu and click on \"Uninstall a Program\" <\/strong>under \"Programs<\/strong>\" option.<\/p>\n

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Here click on \"Turn Windows features on or off\" <\/strong>button in the left panel. \"Windows Features<\/strong>\" window will open up from where you can check the box next to \"Windows Search\"<\/strong> and click on \"OK\" <\/strong>to save the changes.<\/p>\n

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You will be prompted to restart the PC<\/strong>, confirm the prompt and search should be restored when the PC restarts.<\/p>\n

File doesn\u2019t open up in default program<\/h2>\n

It can be really annoying when you double click on a file and it doesn\u2019t open up in your desired program<\/strong>. Many programs change the default program for files at the time of installation, so there is a chance that your desired program for opening a specific file type may get switched as well. Thankfully, it\u2019s really easy to change the default program for any file type in Windows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Right-click on the file<\/strong> and hover mouse cursor over \"Open with\" <\/strong>option. From the side menu, click on \"Choose default program\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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From the list of programs, select the program you would like to set as default program<\/strong> for that specific file type and make sure \"Always use the selected program\"<\/strong> option is checked. Your selected program will now always be used to open the selected file type.<\/p>\n

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Windows keep going into Sleep Mode<\/h2>\n

By default, Windows is set to go to sleep after specific idle time<\/strong>. This even happens if something is processing in the PC (excluding media player). If you are not comfortable with this, then it can be easily adjusted from the power options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n