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One semi-common way to bork Windows is to make all .exe files (i.e. programs) open with some program instead of launching as programs in their own right. People apparently do this with several program …

The community has spoken - all those questions have been closed as duplicates of How to repair a broken .EXE file association. That makes it, evidently, the authoritative dupe target for "I broke my E …

Questions where requests for documentation are incidental to the actual request are answerable in an objective fashion, can be well-suited for the Stack Exchange Q&A format, and are on-topic here prov …

You are free to use your votes as you please. If you don't like a question, downvote it (and maybe leave a comment explaining why). In this specific case, I'm not sure that flags are appropriate. I'm …

I don't see anything wrong with your question. It's possible that the downvoter thought it was not useful - the tooltip on the downvote button says "This question does not show any research effort; it …

Let's see what the downvote button's tooltip has to say about this: This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful If you ask a duplicate question without mentionin …

As the post DavidPostill linked to said, you should write answers that don't require extra information from the original poster. I like to use the form "this problem can be caused by thing because stu …

Duplicate questions aren't necessarily bad. As you pointed out, it's entirely possible that people who did some research in the first example wouldn't have found the dupe target. Duplicates can be val …

That's perfectly acceptable, as long is the question is about an actual problem or can have a definitive fact-based answer and is on-topic, you can ask it. If you bump into a problem that you think mi …

A search turns up only seven questions that mention the Bulk Rename Utility, and out of those, only two or three are actually about the tool. The BRU doesn't seem widespread or nuanced enough to merit …

The best way to ask that question would be something like this: Is there any technical significance to the default password of calvin on the Dell iDRAC? Depending on the site and voters' moods, …

There have always been bad questions, and now that you bring this up, I think we should be doing more in the user education department. First up, I'm not super enthusiastic about anonymous users bein …

Questions don't die when they get an accepted answer. Edits and new answers still bump them to the front page. It's definitely not unheard of for excellent new answers to be added to old answered ques …

It might not be a particularly great question - the idea behind it is a bit bizarre - but it's written fine, and is on-topic. Therefore, I don't see a reason to close it. You're free to vote up or dow …

If you desperately want to pass the audit (i.e. not use the Skip button), you can press the downvote arrow. That will immediately cause you to pass this. Alternatively, writing a comment and pressing …