Why won’t Ueli find anything?
I have been a subscriber to Computeractive for many years, but this is the first I have asked for your advice. I downloaded the Ueli launcher utility ( www.snipca.com/36726) after reading Ryan Sutton’s tip (‘Turn on Control Panel to include in searches’ Issue 597, page 42). The search bar duly appears when I press Alt+space bar. However, when I type a search, such as ‘Notes’, and press Enter nothing happens. Any idea what the problem might be?
We’re not sure. Pressing Enter in Ueli will have an effect only if the tool finds a match. The list of search results is actually dynamic, meaning it’s refined automatically as you type. If you type quickly without ever looking up then you might not even notice this. If your completed input results in no match then Ueli will display a ‘No search results found message’.
Now, for your specific example – ‘Notes’ – there isn’t actually any app in Windows that would match this (Microsoft’s freebie note-taking tool is actually called Notepad). However, we don’t suppose you tried just one search term and then gave up.
Rather, we’d guess that Ueli isn’t set up to index items that you might want to find. Ryan alluded to this in his own message to us, saying he couldn’t find any Control Panel item. The solution for you will be very similar, but you might need to experiment with which plug-ins are switched on or off.
First, right-click the Ueli icon in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar, then choose Settings. Next, in the left-hand navigation pane, under the Plugins heading work through all the items marked with a red dot. These items are currently not within Ueli’s search scope. Click one and then, in the righthand pane, click the red Off button so it becomes a green On button (see screenshot above right). We’d advise doing this for Control Panel, File Browser and Shortcuts at the very least, but to be honest, the more the merrier – because if you leave something Off, Ueli won’t be able to find anything in that category.
Why can’t I download Colorize Images?
I tried to download the Colorize Images app you recommended for Android in Issue 598’s ‘Phone and Tablet Tips’ (page 45). However, the tool would not download to my PC. In the Help section it states this will not work on computers – only on phones. Is this true? If so, can you recommend one for a pensioner like me who still uses a PC?
Yes, Android apps are designed for Android phones and tablets only, and will not run on a Windows 10 PC. There are convoluted ways to get Android apps to run in an emulator within Windows but very few people will derive any practical benefit from doing this.
Besides, in almost all cases there’ll be an equivalent app or web service for PCS that’ll do the same – if not a better – job. For your specific needs, there are plenty of free colouriser tools online you can use. We like the simplicity of Playback.fm ( www.snipca.com/37591). Click the Upload Photo button, choose a black-and-white image from your PC, then click Open. Wait a few moments while the tool does its job, then click the Download Color Photo button (see screenshot above) to grab the colourised version.
Why can’t I delete Edge?
I’m a subscriber and have been since almost the beginning, and enjoy your excellent magazine. In Issue 599’s ‘Remove All Windows Junk’ Cover Feature you show how to remove Microsoft Edge permanently. I have followed your instructions, but after pressing Enter I’m told the system cannot find the path specified. Is there a misprint or have I done something wrong?
We’ve checked and there was no misprint, so yes – we’d guess you’re doing something wrong. That something is probably a typing error, as it’s not always easy to follow commands that, because of the width of the magazine’s columns, go over more than one line. That’s particularly true when the command includes multiple spaces, as this one does.
To try to avoid this common problem we did explain how to copy and paste the correct full path from File Explorer’s address bar. To recap, the full command you need to type into the Command Prompt window (including all spaces) is cd C:\program Files (x86)\microsoft\ Edge\application.
To help, we’ve put this on a Pastebin page at www.snipca.com/37590. You can simply copy (press Ctrl+c) it from there, then paste (Ctrl+v) it straight into your Command Prompt window.