Fixed: There Is Not Enough Memory To Complete This Operation

Quite often, you may come across this error, “Not enough memory available to complete this operation. Quit one or more applications to increase available memory, and then try again“, or “There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation.” This is a common error and it can be mainly due to two reasons.

It’s either because the extended partition of your machine is limited that does not allow you to create a new partition even if there’s free space, or because the memory is not being used in the correct manner. Are you installing software and apps, and saving data files to the system drive? That’s one example that you are not using the memory properly and rather filling up the drive. This is when you notice the error.

So, how do you fix this error? Let’s find out.

 

Solution: Through System Properties

 

Step 1: Press the Window key + E together on your keyboard to open the File Explorer. In the File Explorer window, right-click on This PC shortcut on the left side of the screen. and select Properties.

 

 

Step 2: In the System Properties window, click on the Change settings option under Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings section.

 

 

Step 3: In the next window, click on the Advanced tab, and under the Performance section, click on the Settings button.

 

 

Step 4: Next, in the Performance Options window, click on the Advanced tab again, and under the Virtual memory section, click on Change.

 

 

Step 5: In the Virtual Memory window, uncheck the box next to Automatically manage paging file size for all devices. Now, click the radio button next to the Custom size section and the Initial size (MB) and Maximum size (MB) fields get active.

 

 

Step 6: Next, check the Total paging file size for all devices section below and check the Recommended size. Here’s it’s showing 1394 MB. Now, set the Initial size (MB) field under Custom size to 1394 as per the recommended size below. Also, set the Maximum size (MB) field to the same value, 1394.  Click the Set button, and press OK to save and exit.

 

 

That’s it, now restart your computer for the changes to be effective and you should not experience the Not Enough Memory error anymore.

Fix: Mail App Error Code 0x8000000b In Windows 10

Many of us prefer using mail apps on our Windows 10 PC instead of logging through web. While it’s pretty handy to use the apps, you may come across this error code – 0x8000000b when you are try to send an email.  So, when you press the Send button, your email tries to connect to the email server automatically for the server settings, but then the error pops up.

This error mainly arises due to syncing problem. Whether you prefer using a Gmail app or Yahoo Mail app, you will have to set them up first  in the Window 10 email app. And, then during the configuration, you may come across this error code – 0x8000000b.

But, fortunately, you can fix this error. Let’s see how.

 

Solution: Using The Mail App

 

Step 1: Click on the Start button on your desktop and type Mail in the search box. Click on the result to open Windows 10 Mail app.

 

 

Step 2: In the Mail app, click on the Add account option.

 

 

Step 3: In the Add an account window, scroll down and select Advanced setup.

 

 

Step 4: Next, under Advanced setup, select the Internet email option.

 

 

Step 5: Under Internet email account, enter the below details one by one:

• Enter your email address for the account which you want to add (here we added our gmail account – wearewriters2017@gmail.com).
• Write your Gmail Username (we named it wearewriters).
• Write your Gmail password.
• Create an Account name. It can be anything. We set it as Gmail.

 

 

Step 6: Continue with the below steps for Internet email account one by one:

• Keep the Send your message using this name field same as the Account name.
• In the Incoming email server, enter imap.gmail.com.
• Choose Account type as IMAP4 from the drop-down.
• Set the Outgoing (SMTP) email server field as smtp.gmail.com:465.

 

 

Step 7: Now, keep all the four options checked at the bottom as it is, and click on Sign in.

 

 

That’s it. Once you sign in this way, the error should not pop up anymore.

How To Allow Camera And Microphone in Google Chrome

If you prefer to use Google Chrome as your default browser, you may also want the websites you visit to have access to your machine’s camera and microphone. You may also want to access only specific websites and block a few from getting access to your Chrome’s microphone and camera.

So, yes, you can set up Google Chrome to allow websites to access your camera and microphone, and also for specific websites. You can also change the settings back as per your convenience. It’s very easy to set up and even block websites. Let’s see how.

 

Solution: Using Chrome Settings

 

Step 1: Open Google Chrome and click on the three vertical dots on the extreme upper right corner of the browser and click on Settings in the context menu.

 

 

Step 2: In the Settings window, scroll down and under Privacy and Settings section, go to Site Settings. Click on the arrow next to it to proceed to the next page.

 

 

Step 3: In the Site Settings window, scroll down and under the Permissions section go to Camera. Click the arrow next to it to proceed to the next window.

 

 

Step 4: Next, turn the slider on ,next to Ask before accessing (recommended) option. Turning this off will block the access to camera for the websites.

 

 

Step 5: Now, go back to the Site Settings page, scroll down to select Sound and click the arrow next to it to proceed to the next page.

 

 

Step 6: In the next page, turn the slider on next to the Allow sites to play sound (recommended) option. Turning this off will block the access to sound for the websites.

 

 

Step 7: Return to the Site Settings page, scroll up and select Microphone. Click the arrow next to it to proceed to the next page.

 

 

Step 8: Now, from the drop-down, select the appropriate microphone. You can test all the available options to find out which one works best and select that one. For instance, here we selected the 1st option  which is the Default-Microphone (2- High Definition Audio Device).

 

 

Step 9: Next, turn the slider on next to the Ask before accessing (recommended) option. Turning this off will block the access to microphone for the websites.

 

 

That’s about it, and your Google Chrome can now access the camera and microphone for all websites.

Fix VLC Crash Reporting Error ” Media Player Just Crashed” Error

VLC Media Player is undoubtedly one of the favorites for those who love to play audio and video files very often. However, the player is also prone to some crashes and errors, and one of which is “Ooops: VLC media player just crashed“. This is a common error and so, you may experience this any random time, for any random file (audio/video).

Crashes can be alarming, but there’s not much to worry, since most of them can be fixed easily and so does this error. Let’s see how.

 

Solution: Using Tools and Preferences

 

Step 1: Open your VLC media player and click on Tools on the top of the window. Then, click open the Preferences option from the context menu.

 

 

Step 2: In the Simple Preferences window, click on Input/Codecs on the top and then go to the Hardware-accelerated decoding option. Here, click on the drop-down and set it to Automatic. Click on the Save button at the bottom.

 

 

Step 3: Now, again go to Tools and click on Preferences as shown in the Step 1. In the Simple Preferences window, click on the Video option on the top. Now, go to the Output option and set the field to OpenGL video output. Click on the Save button to save the changes and exit.

 

 

That’s all. You are done with the change in settings and now, you should be able to play your favorite audios and videos without the error showing up.

Fix: Steam Api Dll Missing Error In Windows 10

Steam spi dll is a known error experienced for gamers who prefer playing games from Steam, which is a leading game provider online. Steam features an online library of games and to play these games it has to communicate with steam_api.dll. This is when you notice the error.

The steam_api.dll files usually get changed while playing a game and this changed file is picked up by an antivirus software as a virus threat and subsequently stores it for quarantine. This can happen either when you have been installing a game on the computer or it got caught as a virus in the anti-virus scan. Besides, the error can also appear on licensed games.

However, thankfully, this error can be fixed/ Let’s see how.

 

Solution: By Downloading steam_api.dll

 

Step 1: Open Google and search for steam_api.dll download and click on the 1st result.

 

 

Step 2: Now that you are on the download page, scroll down to the download section where you will see a list of downloads. We selected the 1st one for 32-bit architecture. This download is also fit for 64-bit architecture. Click on the Download link.

 

 

Step 3: Once downloaded, click on the download to Open File. It will take you directly to the saved location in the File Explorer.

 

 

Step 4: Now, press the Windows key + E to open File Explorer. In the File Explorer window, click on the View tab on the top and below that click on Options on the right.

 

 

Step 5: In the Folder Options dialog box, click on the View tab and under Advanced settings, go to the Hidden file and folders section. Under this see if the Show hidden files, folders, or drivers is selected. If not select the radio button next to it, click Apply and OK to save the changes and exit.

 

 

Step 6: Now, click on This PC. On the right side of the pane, double-click on the C drive [OS (C:)]. 

 

 

Step 7: Next, scroll down and double-click on Windows.

 

Step 8: Now, if your computer is a 64-bit version, scroll down and double-click on System32. If it’s a 32-bit version, double-click on SysWOW64. Here we double-clicked on System32 since our machine is a 64-bit version.

 

 

Step 9: Now, copy steam_api.dll from the Downloads folder to the System32 folder.

 

 

 

Step 10:  Next, click on the Continue button in the prompt to continue with the copying process.

 

 

That’s it. The steam_api.dll is saved in the System32 folder and now, you should not encounter the error again while trying to play a Steam game.

51 Brilliant Windows 10 Tips and Tricks So far

So, Without any more useless info, here goes the list of secret windows 10 tricks for you.

Also Read : 101 Best Hidden Computer Tricks you don’t know yet

You can open My computer By pressing Windows key + E

Use new Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts

Though Windows 10 is the upgraded version of Windows, a lot of keyboard shortcuts have been retained from the previous version, but certain new shortcuts which are specific to Windows 10 features are added.

1. Windows + A: Brings up the Action Center
2. Windows + C: Brings up cortana
3. Windows + I: Brings up the settings menu
4. Windows + Ctrl + D: Adds new Desktop
5. Windows + Ctrl + left arrow/right arrow: Switch between Desktops

 

Find out which app is eating up more space with windows 10 storage sense

Press windows key + PrintScreen , and screenshots will be automatically gets saved in your PC

The screenshot of your current open windows which you are viewing in your monitor gets automatically saved in pictures/screenshots folder once you hit windows key and Printscreen key together.

Hide folder Completely By Command Prompt

In order to hide a folder, first of all browse to the location in which the folder is residing.

Now, do a shift + Right Click and click on open command prompt window here.

Now, In command prompt (CMD) type this command

attrib +s +h "Folder name"

As soo as you hit enter , your folder will be hidden. Now, no one can see this hidden folder , just by checking show hidden folder and files in windows PC.

To show the folder, open CMD as mentioned above and type given below command

attrib -s -h "ItemName"

Disable access to USB ports, so that no one can steal data through USB from your PC

Do You want to protect your data so that no one can take it  out from your PC via a pen drive, Then here are steps to block usb ports. You can reenable whenever you want.

1. In search box search RUN. You can also press windows key + r.
2. Now, type regedit in it to open registry editor.
3. Once it browse to the follwoing location given in next step
4. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbstor
5. In the right area, double click on Start.
6. In the Value Data box, change the value to 4.
7. Finally Click on OK.
8. Close Registry Editor and restart your PC.
9. To re-enable access to your USB ports, enter 3 in the Value Data box in Step 6.

To open 3rd item on Taskbar just press Windows key + 3 and so on …

To Highlight and focus on Taskbar items use Windows key + T

 

Also if you middle click on any taskbar icon, it will open a fresh window of it

Pressing Windows + Arrow keys maximizes or minimizes videos

Window+UP = Maximize window

Window+DOWN = Minimize window

Window+LEFT = Set the window to the left half of your screen

Window+RIGHT = Set the window to the right half of your screen

Spy on your Child’s Online activity. Get detailed email report every week of his visited websites

For this create a child account on your windows PC. Go to your Microsoft account and make sure its turned on.

 

Record your screen By pressing Windows key + G and starting game bar

Your Windows 10 calculator can do a lot more than simple calculation

 

Read web pages distractions free with Reading View in Microsoft Edge

If you want to get rid of any annoying advertisements or unwanted recommendations, use “Reading View” option.

Share A Web Link Or Web Screenshot in Microsoft edge

Use Edge Browser Note Taking Feature to annotate to web pages

Get email Notification with sound in Windows 10 Details

 

To quickly change the case (upper case / lower / sentence case ) of text in Microsoft Word, select the phrase, then hit Shift + F3.

To declutter Start Menu Just go to Settings->Personalization->Start and uncheck everything

To remove password login , just search netplwiz in windows 10 taskbar

Now, disable the checkbox saying user must enter a username and password.

You can create an alarm or use stop watch. Just search alarm in windows 10 taskbar search

To Disable spying in windows 10, just turn off everything in privacy settings

Press windows key + i and go to settings control panel. Once there, click on privacy.

 

Now go on each and every item in the left panel and turn off each and everything, unless it is utmost important to you.

Just save your Powerpoint presentation in .PPS instead of .PPT, your file automatically  starts in slideshow mode Once you open it.

 

If you save an Excel file as an .XLSB , it will compress the size by upto 75%

 

In Microsoft Excel, to highlight the whole column (vertical), use Control + Spacebar , and to  highlight the whole row (horizontal) use Shift + Spacebar .

 

Double Click on top left of any open window to close it.

Redirect any folder to another folder

You can change downloads, My document or any other default windows folder to another location with this hack. Just, right click on the desired folder and click on Properties, then choose location. Now change the folder location to any other folder.

 

View Expanded Send to Menu by pressing shift while right clicking on any file

 

Just search these hidden tools in windows 10 search box. I bet you don’t know half of them

• Reliability Monitor : With this single tool you can view your PC problems history.
• Resource Monitor : Analyze your system performance
• Performance Monitor : Use it to find resource eating culprit processes
• netplwiz : Opens the Advanced User Accounts window.
• lusrmgr.msc : Opens the Local Users and Groups Manager.
• gpedit.msc : Group Policy Editor.
• mrt : This tool helps you in cleaning some of the most popular malicious software from your Windows computer.
• ncpa.cpl : To access all your Network Adapters, you can use this Run command.
• powercfg.cpl : Power Options.
• appwiz.cpl : Access the Programs and Features window to uninstall your installed programs.
• devmgmt.msc : Windows Device Manager to manage all your hardware devices.
• sysdm.cpl : Access the System Properties window.
• firewall.cpl : Manage or configure your Windows firewall.
• wuapp : Check, manage and configure all your Windows update settings.

 

Just search Problem steps recorder in the search box. Use it to record your screen activity with steps for contacting support.

Just run cipher /w:driveletter:\foldername in Command prompt to ensure permanent deletion of deleted files in that folder

Most people do not know that when they delete files on their windows PC, they do not get deleted fully. They can be recovered easily with data recovery programs. So if you are giving your laptop for a fix to a service provider, make sure to run this program to overwrite free space, to ensure deletion of your sensitive file.

For example you have a sensitive file in a folder named pics in D drive. then run the given below command to ensure permanent deletion of files.

cipher /w:D:\pics

If you want to overwrite entire free space in entire D drive, just run cipher /w:D.

You can also Open start Menu by Pressing Ctrl + Esc

 

You can create a Keyboard shortcut for opening any application

Just right click on the application shortcut and click on properties. Now, put the desired shortcut in the field as shown in the image.

You can use Your notepad as a Diary with automatic time stamps

Just write .LOG at the top of your Notepad file in Capital letters. Now whenever you will open it and write your entries, time and date will be automatically get printed along with it.

You can Transform any folder into recycle Bin. Just rename the folder as Your Folder name.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

You can Cut / Copy and paste here. All the files in the original recyle bin will also be reflected here.

Create a Shortcut on your Dekstop to lock the screen

Just right click on desktop anywhere and create a shortcut. Now put rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation in the location. Now whenever you will double click on it, your PC will get locked instantly.

Rename Multiple Files at Once

Just select all files in a folder and press F2 key. Now rename the single file and all your files will be renamed with extensions (1), (2) and so on appended with it.

Watch and Enjoy star wars movie right there in your CMD window

Just run telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl. in your CMD.

Note: – Before that you have to enable Telnet in your PC. Search Turn windows feature on or off in your search box. Click on the Turn windows feature on or off.

Now, enable telnet.

Now,  Open Command Prompt and enter telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl. and press enter.

Now, enjoy the movie. Just for fun.

 

You can change any Windows OS password without knowing current password

Just open command prompt as admin and Run the command net user. This will show you the list of usernames. Now run net user user_name new_password . The password will straightaway get changed. Details.

Change item in the send to menu

Just open run command and enter shell:sendto in it. Now go and paste the shortcut of the item you want to include in the send to menu.

 

Create run command for any program of your wish

Just create the shortcut of the program and paste the shortcut in System32 folder. Now, just type the shortcut name in run box and it will open instantly.

Run Systeminfo in your command prompt and see all useful info of your PC

 

Force Kill any program instantly, For e.g. to kill firefox run taskkill /f /im firefox.exe in run box

 

If you want to run a program as administrator Just Press CTRL + Shift + Right Click

Do a right Click while keeping CTRL +Shift Key pressed The run as administrator will be there in the context menu.

Pressing Shift + Right Click will give an option to open command prompt window there

For example if you have to enter a folder path in Command prompt, then just go to the respective folder and do a shift + Right click there and open command prompt window here option will be seen.

Open God Mode in Windows 10 and access all settings at one place

Most of you may know this, just create a folder named God.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and access god mode by opening that created folder.

Enable Item Checkboxes to easily select and delete files

In file explorer, just click view and check item checkboxes

Restrict PC usage of an account on your Windows PC

For restricting PC usage timings of an account on your windows PC, just open command prompt ad admin and enter code given below.

net user username /Sa-Su,7pm-8pm

Block Particular websites on your PC

Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc on your computer. Now, Copy the file to your desktop, open it with a notepad editor and add two lines in the bottom of the file.

127.0.0.1      www.websitename.com

127.0.0.1      websitename.com

Now, save it and copy and paste it back to etc folder.

No, one can open the website, unless you remove these two lines again.

Disable USB Port in your windows PC, so that no one can steal data out

• Press windows key + r and type regedit in it.
• Now go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM – > CurrentControlSet – > Services -> UsbStor
• Now, change the value of start to 4.

Automatically shutdown windows after a desired time

Suppose you are watching a movie and do not know when you will fall asleep.

in this case just press windows key + r and type the code given below in run command box.

shutdown –s –t 600

Your PC will automatically shut down after 600 seconds, i.e. 10 minutes. you can change 600 to whatever time you wish your pc to shutdown.

Note:– To cancel this process just type shutdown -a.

View wifi password if you forgot it

Right click on wifi network connection icon in network connections.

 

Click on the option called Wireless Properties as shown in the image below.

Click on Show Characters box in order to get your current password.

You can create a keylogger for yourself with a simple script . Details

Create a Shortcut to shutdown your Desktop

Right click on your desktop and create a new shortcut paste Shutdown -s -t 00 in location of the drive field.

Save time and Go Directly to a particular settings in Windows 10. just copy and paste these in run command box

Press windows key + r to open run command and paste any one of the command given below to directly go to a particular windows 10 settings.

Battery Saver	ms-settings:batterysaver
Battery use	ms-settings:batterysaver-usagedetails
Battery Saver Settings	ms-settings:batterysaver-settings
Bluetooth	ms-settings:bluetooth
Colors	ms-settings:colors
Data Usage	ms-settings:datausage
Date and Time	ms-settings:dateandtime
Closed Captioning	ms-settings:easeofaccess-closedcaptioning
High Contrast	ms-settings:easeofaccess-highcontrast
Magnifier	ms-settings:easeofaccess-magnifier
Narrator	ms-settings:easeofaccess-narrator
Keyboard	ms-settings:easeofaccess-keyboard
Mouse	ms-settings:easeofaccess-mouse
Other Options (Ease of Access)	ms-settings:easeofaccess-otheroptions
Lockscreen	ms-settings:lockscreen
Offline maps	ms-settings:maps
Airplane mode	ms-settings:network-airplanemode
Proxy	ms-settings:network-proxy
VPN	ms-settings:network-vpn
Notifications & actions	ms-settings:notifications
Account info	ms-settings:privacy-accountinfo
Calendar	ms-settings:privacy-calendar
Contacts	ms-settings:privacy-contacts
Other Devices	ms-settings:privacy-customdevices
Feedback	ms-settings:privacy-feedback
Location	ms-settings:privacy-location
Messaging	ms-settings:privacy-messaging
Microphone	ms-settings:privacy-microphone
Motion	ms-settings:privacy-motion
Radios	ms-settings:privacy-radios
Speech, inking, & typing	ms-settings:privacy-speechtyping
Camera	ms-settings:privacy-webcam
Region & language	ms-settings:regionlanguage
Speech	ms-settings:speech
Windows Update	ms-settings:windowsupdate
Work access	ms-settings:workplace
Connected devices	ms-settings:connecteddevices
For developers	ms-settings:developers
Display	ms-settings:display
Mouse & touchpad	ms-settings:mousetouchpad
Cellular	ms-settings:network-cellular
Dial–up	ms-settings:network-dialup
DirectAccess	ms-settings:network-directaccess
Ethernet	ms-settings:network-ethernet
Mobile hotspot	ms-settings:network-mobilehotspot
Wi-Fi	ms-settings:network-wifi
Manage Wi-Fi Settings	ms-settings:network-wifisettings
Optional features	ms-settings:optionalfeatures
Family & other users	ms-settings:otherusers
Personalization	ms-settings:personalization
Backgrounds	ms-settings:personalization-background
Colors	ms-settings:personalization-colors
Start	ms-settings:personalization-start
Power & sleep	ms-settings:powersleep
Proximity	ms-settings:proximity
Display	ms-settings:screenrotation
Sign-in options	ms-settings:signinoptions
Storage Sense	ms-settings:storagesense
Themes	ms-settings:themes
Typing	ms-settings:typing
Tablet mode	ms-settings://tabletmode/
Privacy	ms-settings:privacy

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