Annoyances of Windows 10

Even more annoying than any Microsoft product ever released in the history of evil they bring you WINDOWS 10.

Disable Hibernate and Fast Startup

This is a problematic feature of Windows that should be disabled to avoid problems with your computer.

See: Disable Hybrid Sleep Mode in Windows

Get Rid of Dropbox Icon in Explorer Navigation Pane

You uninstalled Dropbox and a folder with Dropbox icon remains in Explorer. Microsoft did this because they are jerks. Removal procedure:

1. Hit "Windows-Key + R", type "regedit" and then "OK".
2. Go to the paths

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}\ShellFolder
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}\ShellFolder
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}\ShellFolder
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}\ShellFolder

1. Double click on "Attributes"
2. Change the value from f080004d to f090004d
3. Open Task Manager and kill every "explorer.exe"-process under "Details"
4. Restart "explorer.exe" with "File -> New Task"

1. Change the value 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}\System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree' to 0. This should hide the icon, but it still will come back since Dropbox automatically resets the value back to 1 after a restart.

2. To avoid the automatic resets, right click on the folder '{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}' in the left part and select 'Permissions...' and simply disallow the full access. As soon as you hit OK this should hide the folder's content in the registry, if you want to see the content again, re-allow the access (but this also allows Dropbox to reset the value and hence, to show the icon again).

source: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/How-does-one-remove-the-Dropbox-link-from-the-Navigation-Pane-om/td-p/93970/page/3

Windows 10 Sees Nothing in Network Neighborhood

Assuming you are on the same subnet, connected to the same network, and file sharing is enabled...

THERE IS A DOCUMENTED BUG IN WINDOWS 10. HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO TRY:

Disable firewall and the antivirus temporarily.

Make sure network discovery is turned on on the computer trying to see the other computers.

Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP

1. Hold Windows Key and Press R. Type ncpa.cpl and Click OK
2. Right-Click on the connection and choose Properties.
3. Click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Version 4" in the list.
4. Click Properties, and then click Advanced.
5. On the Advanced TCP/IP settings windows, go to "WINS" tab.
6. Under NetBIOS setting, click "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP", and then click OK.

• This solution specifically addresses Windows 10 machines trying to access Windows 7 machines.

Device Manager Eliminate 6to4 garbage

1. Go to Device Manager and expand Network Adapters.
2. Click view from top and select show hidden devices.
3. Look at the adapters, if you see a long list of 6to4 Adapter, right click on them and delete all of them except 1.
4. Once you have only 1 of these adapters left, reboot.

Restart Network Discovery Service

1. Open the services menu by clicking start and then typing 'services.msc' and pressing enter.
2. Re-start the "Function Discovery Resource Publication" service.

Restart Related Windows Services

1. Open the services menu by clicking start and then typing 'services.msc' and pressing enter.
2. Look for the following services in the list:
   1. DNS Client
   2. Function Discovery Provider Host
   3. Function Discovery Resource Publication
   4. Peer Networking Grouping
   5. HomeGroup Provider
   6. HomeGroup Listener
   7. SSDP Discovery
   8. UPnP Device Host
3. reset each of these settings FROM "Manual" TO "Automatic" one by one.
4. Right after doing each of those changes, restart each service.
5. You may have to go to each client, leave the workground and rejoin. Also restart.

Reset Networking

1. Open elevated command shell and execute "netcfg -d"
2. Reboot and reconfigure networking.