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Chrome – Silently Deploying an Extension using the Registry

July 3, 2021 by Geeks Hangout

I needed to silently deploy a Chrome extension and force it enabled. Normally when needing to push out or otherwise manage Chrome settings I would use the Google Chrome ADMX templates to define some Group Policy Objects. For example I …

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File Explorer – Windows can’t find \\Server\Share. Check the spelling and try again

August 27, 2021June 27, 2017 by Geeks Hangout
Windows can't find \\Server\Share. Check the spelling and try again

Problem: One of my Windows 10 Pro clients recently had a weird issue I could ping servers, RDP to them but I couldn’t map a drive or browse using a UNC path. I would get the message Windows can’t find \\Server\Share. …

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Changing a Services “Path to executable” in the registry

December 20, 2015August 21, 2012 by Geeks Hangout

Changing a Services “Path to executable” in the registry If you ever need to change the executable a Windows service points to it can be done easily in the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[Name of Service] To change the location of the exe …

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