How to start Windows System Apps from commandline

I was trying to add the edge browser to my RocketDock-bar I still use and had to find out that the system apps seem to use a quite differnt approach to start than normal applications do. Simply linking direktly to the “MicrosoftEdge.exe” does not fire up a visible instance of it, so there must the… Continue reading How to start Windows System Apps from commandline

The movement to rid the world of the Flash Player plugin

Flash Player is dead. Its time has passed. It’s buggy. It crashes a lot. It requires constant security updates. It doesn’t work on most mobile devices. It’s a fossil, left over from the era of closed standards and unilateral corporate control of web technology. Websites that rely on Flash present a completely inconsistent (and often… Continue reading The movement to rid the world of the Flash Player plugin

adobe download manager – white screen of death – a solution

Recently the adobe download manager that is used for updates like the flashplayer browserplugin, doesn’t work here any more. All that is displayed is a blank white screen just like this here: Unfortunately there is no public link to full “admin downloads” visible on adobe’s flashplayer website. I had to dig for quite a while… Continue reading adobe download manager – white screen of death – a solution