This article explains a quick fix to a very topical issue: Copilot app suddenly becoming hostile to you due to your work credentials, and incredibly, carrying that grudge on and on, even after you’ve signed out of your work account (as per the bots demands) and signed in with your…Continue reading Copilot app on Windows refusing to use your Personal account? Easy fix!
Level Up Your Teams Extensibility Game with Blazor – Session materials from Scottish Summit 2024
This article will contain links, materials, slides (should I get the permission to post them) and other stuff related to my session at Scottish Summit 2024. In case you stopped by my session – thanks! If you’re just visiting for any reason – make sure to check the slides out…Continue reading Level Up Your Teams Extensibility Game with Blazor – Session materials from Scottish Summit 2024
What do you get from a Microsoft Teams App template in Visual Studio?
This article explains briefly what the different Microsoft Teams App templates in Visual Studio are for and what capabilities do they come with. It’s a lot to wade through, but I hope this article is able to explain the basics. Background Lately, I’ve been playing around with Blazor and Teams…Continue reading What do you get from a Microsoft Teams App template in Visual Studio?
Intellisense not working for Fluent components in Blazor project? Easy fix!
This article explains a couple of easy fixes for an issue, where Visual Studio refuses to properly recognize the FluentUI components you might have used in your Blazor projects. Because apparently that can (kind of randomly) happen! Problem The screenshot below shows a sample from Microsoft’s basic Teams tab extension…Continue reading Intellisense not working for Fluent components in Blazor project? Easy fix!
winget is broken again.
… because of course it is! Ah well, winget is a great idea with a decent implementation, suffering from an unstable platform it’s built on. I’ve now seen it break down seemingly randomly 3 times – once it was one of the many reasons I had to reinstall Windows completely.…Continue reading winget is broken again.
How to fix PowerToys FancyZones in Windows 11?
This article explains how to fix an issue where FancyZones (from the fantastic Windows PowerToys toolset) fails to work because it conflicts with the built-in window management in Windows 11. I guess it’s too much to ask for a level of coordination here from Microsoft… Oh well. Anyway – I…Continue reading How to fix PowerToys FancyZones in Windows 11?
How to export the whole SSL (or TLS) certificate chain based on the original using PowerShell?
Every now and then, you run into a situation where you have a certificate for a website or service, but for one reason or another, you don’t have the whole chain. You’re missing some or all of the intermediaries, and even the root certificate, perhaps. This is something I run…Continue reading How to export the whole SSL (or TLS) certificate chain based on the original using PowerShell?
How to solve keyboard shortcuts not working in Google Chrome on Windows?
This article explains a fix to a puzzling issue I had with Google Chrome, where my keyboard shortcuts would seemingly randomly stop working and I’d need to click around (or change to another application with Alt+Tab) to get them working again. Luckily, the solution (or I guess it’s more like…Continue reading How to solve keyboard shortcuts not working in Google Chrome on Windows?
Search (and secretly, sync) broken in OneNote? A quick fix!
This article explains how to fix sudden and surprising synchronization problem(s) in OneNote, that first surfaces as search (the one you open with CTRL+E, not the unified/M365-wide top bar search) not finding any results from the page content, even if it might find some from the page or section titles.…Continue reading Search (and secretly, sync) broken in OneNote? A quick fix!
“Destination Path Too Long” when copying files in File Explorer? Easy workaround(s)!
This article explains another situation where you might run into a “The file names would be too long for the destination folder. You can shorten the file name and try again, or try a location that has a shorter path” error, and how to get around it. Don’t install “LongPathTool”,…Continue reading “Destination Path Too Long” when copying files in File Explorer? Easy workaround(s)!