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Google Chrome
Chrome with and without apps icon on bookmarks bar

Add Missing Apps Icon back to Chrome Bookmarks bar

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Chrome with and without apps icon on bookmarks bar

Recently Google has enabled redesigned New Tab Page for Chrome by adding its logo and search bar at center. Thumbnails for most visited sites fetched from your history appears below search bar. And Apps shortcut which takes you to Chrome://apps […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome
Chrome downgrade extension error

Fix Chrome’s ‘Attempted to downgrade extension’ Error

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Chrome downgrade extension error

When you try to install an extension from your computer (not from Chrome Web Store) by dragging and dropping onto Chrome extensions page you may get ‘Attempted to downgrade extension’ error, let us see how to overcome this error and […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
How to
AdobeARM.exe process

You can disable AdobeARM.exe but not the reader_sl.exe, Why?

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
AdobeARM.exe process

When you install Adobe Reader XI in your computer two processes related to it AdobeARM.exe and reader_sl.exe are automatically set to run at startup, you can notice them running under Processes tab in Task Manager. Let us see more details […]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
Firefox
The bookmarks and system will not be functional

Fix Firefox’s Error ‘The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because ..’

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
The bookmarks and system will not be functional

When you open Firefox it may show error below navigation toolbar with the message’ The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of Firefox’s files is in use by another application. Some security software can cause this […]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
WinRAR install error

Fix ‘Cannot create WinRAR.exe’, Error ‘Some files Could not be created..’

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
WinRAR install error

When you try to install WinRAR on your computer you can’t and you can notice program setup  can’t create WinRAR.exe while extracting files and thus shows Error ‘Some files could not be created. Please close all applications, reboot Windows and […]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Firefox
Firefox.exe System Error pgort100.DLL missing

Fix: Firefox.exe – System Error “The Program can’t start because pgort100.DLL is missing ..”

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox.exe System Error pgort100.DLL missing

When you try to start Firefox from its shortcut on desktop or on Start Menu you can get Firefox.exe – System Error dialog with message “The program can’t start because pgort100.DLL is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program […]

Posted in: Firefox, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

Fix: ‘There was a problem with the Google Earth Plugin..’

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

You can explore Google Earth in three ways: on Desktop, Web and Mobile. You can install it’s application on Windows, Mac and Linux, on Web browsers- Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer- you can install Google Earth plug-in, on Android and […]

Posted in: Google Chrome, Troubleshooting
How to
Script Error in Foxit Reader

How to Fix Foxit Reader’s Script Error in Windows 8.1

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Script Error in Foxit Reader

When you launch Foxit Reader, by default it shows start page and advertisements on startup unless you’ve disabled them in Preferences, if you try to open Foxit PDF Reader in recently released Windows 8.1 you can get script error saying […]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
How to
Google Earth Plugin

How to Remove Google Earth Plugin?

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Google Earth Plugin

Unless you install Google Earth Plugin only you won’t notice it in installed Programs list in  Control Panel, but if you also install Google Earth application in your computer then you can notice Google Earth uninstall option but not for […]

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Ask toolbar installed in Chrome

Java Installed Ask toolbar and TBNotifier.exe can be easily Removed

December 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Ask toolbar installed in Chrome

During the install of Java if you don’t pay attention Ask toolbar bundled by Oracle will be added to Chrome and Ask will be set as default search provider in Google browser. You can notice TBNotifier.exe process with description Ask […]

Posted in: Troubleshooting
Security
CCleaner Startup section

Avast Prevents CCleaner from Managing Windows Startup Items

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
CCleaner Startup section

CCleaner has the ability to enable, delete or disable startup programs (including of browsers) in Windows, some Avast users on 64-bit Windows 7 getting ‘access denied’ errors whey trying to do those things even though they’re logged in and running […]

Posted in: Security, Troubleshooting
How to
LiveUpdate folder

How to disable IObit’s LiveUpdate.exe Process?

November 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
LiveUpdate folder

When you install any one of IObit programs such as Advanced SystemCare, Uninstaller and other LiveUpdate component -IObit product updater that-checks periodically for program updates and notifies you when available – gets installed and registers itself in Windows as a […]

Posted in: How to, Troubleshooting
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