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Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
I got brave yesterday and updated from 1803 to 1909 (8 hours to
finish). So far everything seems to work mostly as before. I had to set VirtualBox to open as administrator, reset folder view, etc. Here is the first question: After the final reboot the update process reported that Spybot S&D was "not compatible with this version of Windows" and had been removed. However it was not removed. The icon was there, and when I tried it, it seems to work just fine. Any comments on this? Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop icons. How do I remove this again? -dan z- -- Protect your civil rights! Let the politicians know how you feel. Join or donate to the NRA today! http://membership.nrahq.org/default....ignid=XR014887 Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars. |
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Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
On 08/12/2019 14:35, slate_leeper wrote:
Here is the first question: After the final reboot the update process reported that Spybot S&D was "not compatible with this version of Windows" and had been removed. However it was not removed. The icon was there, and when I tried it, it seems to work just fine. Any comments on this? I had been of the understanding that S&D was not compatible with W10 but the site says that it is compatible, so I just installed it (V 2.7) and it seems to be working OK. Quess WinUpdate just didn't know how to handle S&D, suggest reinstalling it to be safe. |
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Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
On 12/8/2019 7:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote:
Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop icons. How do I remove this again? See https://www.windowscentral.com/how-g...ows-windows-10 Or download and use Winaerotweaker at https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836 But I recommend that you do not do this. The arrow serves a useful purpose: identifying a shortcut and differentiating one from other types of files. Get rid of the arrows and you run the risk of someday deleting an important file, thinking it was just a shortcut. -- Ken |
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Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 09:50:52 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On 12/8/2019 7:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote: Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop icons. How do I remove this again? See https://www.windowscentral.com/how-g...ows-windows-10 Or download and use Winaerotweaker at https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836 But I recommend that you do not do this. The arrow serves a useful purpose: identifying a shortcut and differentiating one from other types of files. Get rid of the arrows and you run the risk of someday deleting an important file, thinking it was just a shortcut. Thanks, Ken. I have decided to follow your advice. Windows used to prompt about deleting a file vs. a shortcut, but it appears that no longer happens. The arrow does annoy my somewhat OCD mind, however.... -dan z- -- Protect your civil rights! Let the politicians know how you feel. Join or donate to the NRA today! http://membership.nrahq.org/default....ignid=XR014887 Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars. |
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Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
On 12/9/2019 6:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote:
On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 09:50:52 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: On 12/8/2019 7:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote: Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop icons. How do I remove this again? See https://www.windowscentral.com/how-g...ows-windows-10 Or download and use Winaerotweaker at https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836 But I recommend that you do not do this. The arrow serves a useful purpose: identifying a shortcut and differentiating one from other types of files. Get rid of the arrows and you run the risk of someday deleting an important file, thinking it was just a shortcut. Thanks, Ken. I have decided to follow your advice. Windows used to prompt about deleting a file vs. a shortcut, but it appears that no longer happens. The arrow does annoy my somewhat OCD mind, however.... You're welcome. Glad to help. -- Ken |
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Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 15:59:17 +0000, Patrick
wrote: On 08/12/2019 14:35, slate_leeper wrote: Here is the first question: After the final reboot the update process reported that Spybot S&D was "not compatible with this version of Windows" and had been removed. However it was not removed. The icon was there, and when I tried it, it seems to work just fine. Any comments on this? I had been of the understanding that S&D was not compatible with W10 but the site says that it is compatible, so I just installed it (V 2.7) and it seems to be working OK. Quess WinUpdate just didn't know how to handle S&D, suggest reinstalling it to be safe. I had a program like that. PGP desktop always worked under Windows 10, but major upgrades to Windows 10 would refuse to install if PGP was installed. I had to uninstall PGP, do the upgrade, and then reinstall PGP. That worked every time, but I never figured out why. I now use VeraCrypt instead of 10-year-old PGP, so the problem is solved. |
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