Microsoft’s Edge browser s reportedly crashing when users type into the address bar. According to The Verge, “the issues appear to have affected Edge users who have selected Google as the default search engine.”
Are you seeing Edge crash when trying to type into the address bar? The team is looking into it! In the meantime, as a workaround, please turn off Search Suggestions here: edge://settings/search. We’ll follow up once we have more!
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) July 30, 2020
The Verge tested this and it solves the problem if Google is set as the default search engine.
Deleted an Important Document by Mistake? Microsoft’s New File Recovery Tool Might Help
Microsoft has quietly launched a new utility service – Windows File Recovery for Windows 10. While this service may be an important boon for users who have been struggling for years to use an application to quickly and efficiently recover permanently deleted files, it comes with a rather large catch.
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The entire utility, Windows File Recovery, as of right now runs only on the Window’s Command shell, and it’s only available from the Microsoft Store.
Windows File Recovery – 3 Operation Modes
- Default Mode:
This mode uses the Master File Table (MFT), a database in which information about every file and directory on your PC’s NT File System is stored (NTFS), to locale lost files on the drives.
The NTFS is the system with which Windows computers use to store and retrieve data at the user’s command. Default mode works well when the MFT and file segments are present.
- Segment Mode:
This mode does not require the MFT but still needs segments to locate data.
Segments are summaries of file information that NTFS stores in the MFT. Information such as name, date, size, type, and the cluster/allocation unit index of certain files.
- Signature Mode:
This mode, probably the most casual-friendly but also least powerful, only requires that the data that is being looked for is present somewhere on the drives. Signature Mode searches for specific file types.
The problem is that this mode doesn’t work with small files. To recover a file on an external storage device, such as a USB drive, you can only use Signature mode.
