Can't open Network Drive - Open With dialog is displayed
Issue
User double clicks on a network drive (mapped drive) and instead of Windows Explorer with drive content, Open With dialog is displayed.
If you click Browse and navigate to C:\Windows\explorer.exe network drive opens normally, but next time the same Open With dialog is displayed again.
Disconnecting and re-connecting network drive doesn't resolve the issue.
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SkyDrive Photos don't load
Issue
Photos saved in Microsoft SkyDrive never loads. Thumbnails folder view looks like this:
Trying to open individual pictures also doesn't work. SkyDrive displays "Still retrieving high-quality photo. We'll show it as soon as it arrives." But photo is never loaded.
Restore Internet Explorer tiles on Windows 8 Start Screen
There are two versions of Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 - good old desktop version and new immersive Metro / Modern UI version.
If you want to re-create tile to a desktop version of IE, and Start Screen search doesn't find it, navigate to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer. Right click on iexplore.exe and choose Pin to Start.
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Add icon to Chrome bookmark
Google Chrome by default uses normal website favicon when you add it to bookmarks. If website doesn't have favicon a default blank page icon will be displayed. This is also the case if you add a custom script as a bookmark (for example Plex It! JavaScript which adds videos to your Plex queue).
There is no easy way to add an icons for such bookmarks in Chrome. However, as usual there is a workaround. Following example will create Plex It! bookmark with default Plex icon.
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