random technical notes

1. From the Windows 8 Start Screen, search for ‘Show or hide common icons on the desktop’

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1. Alternatively, right-click on the desktop in the bottom-left corner to show the small menu which includes Control Panel. From there, click Appearance and Personalisation, then Personalisation. Finally, click Change desktop icons on the left.
2. Even if the box next to Network is unticked, click it to enable it, then disable it again. (If it’s ticked to start with, untick it).

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Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator and execute following command:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml

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