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In this article I'll explain a simple way to fix the "Filename too long" error when using Git on Windows, which can be especially frustrating when it works fine on other platforms like macOS.

My Windows 11 machine decided to go belly up just before Christmas, so I got to have some fun reinstalling Windows from scratch.

Ever thought Azure CLI was your reliable sidekick on Windows? Ha! You'd think so, until "Decryption failed: Key not valid for use in specified state" hits you out of nowhere.

Ever tried editing a file on your ReFS Dev Drive only to get "This media is write-protected" or "unexpected error code 19"?

Are you like me - a frustrated power user on Windows, reluctantly looking into experimenting with the ultimate smoothbrain of Operating Systems - Mac OS?

Let me open up with a few hot takes: Operating System should be an enabler - infrastructure, that doesn't get in the way. Version control should also be an enabler - and at best, a force multiplier.

This article explains how to remove a virtual Dev Drive (DevDrive.vhdx), after it's stuck on your machine. Dev Drives are separate drives in Windows, that are optimized for Developer workloads. Mostly installing npm packages, that is.

This article explains how to uninstall Skype for Business when it's not visible in your Control Panel, Settings, Installed apps or Programs and features.

This article shows a few benchmarks I have run on the performance improvement that Dev Drive offers, using a real-life project I am (well, was) working on some time ago.

This article explains one possible fix to a problem you might have with Microsoft's "Phone Link" app. Namely, the app might disappear and refuse to come back.

This article explains a quick fix to a very topical issue: Copilot app suddenly becoming hostile to you due to your work credentials, and incredibly, carrying that grudge on and on, even after you've signed out of your work account (as per the bots d...

... because of course it is! Ah well, winget is a great idea with a decent implementation, suffering from an unstable platform it's built on.

This article explains how to fix sudden and surprising synchronization problem(s) in OneNote, that first surfaces as search (the one you open with CTRL+E, not the unified/M365-wide top bar search) not finding any results from the page content, even i...

This article explains another situation where you might run into a " The file names would be too long for the destination folder.

This article explains where NetSpot Wifi Heatmap software stores its project files. These files contain all of your measurements, pictures, and other files associated with your heatmaps.

This article explains why having a local (non-AD) user account with administrator user rights on Windows is a must. I know, I know - this is horrible design from security perspective.

Well this one was a doozy. My Start Menu stopped working. And that wasn't nice as I kind of need that. Anyway. Found a couple of ways to try and fix this. One even worked. Wrote them down for your reference (and mine, to be honest). Find them below.

A'ight, it's a clickbait title, but it's also almost true. See, if you're like me, you're also sick and tired of Windows shoving Edge and Bing down your throat every time you search for something on your PC or click a system link?

Since I ran into this annoying little issue again, I thought it might be a good time to document it for the next person who needs to google it on their phone, after frantically clicking every single button they have on their mouse, only to realize th...

Well, this was kind of a dumb one. Search in Outlook suddenly stopped working completely. And I don't mean the normal "Outlook Search can't find anything" -kind of issues, I mean it literally found zero results with any search terms.

This article explains one simple fix to all your text appearing wonky, with jagged and somehow oddly fuzzy edges in Windows.

This article explains (one way) how to re-enable Bluetooth on your Windows laptop, in case Windows has just forgotten you have a Bluetooth adapter in your pc. Which would be weird because I don't think any pcs ship without, anymore.

This article explains how to make your Microsoft Store (the app distribution channel on Windows - the one that's supposed to distribute apps reliably and keep them up-to-date) work after it has suddenly stopped updating or installing any apps with a ...

This article shows you how to set a window size for a MAUI app on Windows.