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how to fix windows + v not working on a windows asus vivobook

I've tried restarting my computer and the system and checking google but nothing seems to be working.

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-11-27T05:31:34.2733333+00:00
Valerie Collins 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-04T08:28:32.7866667+00:00
Gade Harika (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,870 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How to convert VB6 vbp file to a modern compiler

I have a VB6 application that needs to be upgraded to a newer version of VB, what is available to make the conversion?

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-12-01T23:07:44.8133333+00:00
Darcy Hourd 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-04T08:11:31.0933333+00:00
Susmitha T (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,630 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How to draw pineapple ring and output it as bitmap

This is pineapple ring I wanted to draw using VB code: Imagine the background color is black. Each segment must be same size. The line color can be same for practice purpose. The final image have to output to bitmap file. For those who have no idea how…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
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asked 2025-11-24T17:49:27.3533333+00:00
Danny 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-12-02T13:01:56.6833333+00:00
Varsha Dundigalla(INFOSYS LIMITED) 3,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Image Zooming in VB.NET with previously drawn graphics.

I'm using VB.NET to make a zoomable PictureBox using the Scroll Wheel. This code works fine when zooming in a static image. There is already an image inside the PictureBox (From…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2021-02-06T01:21:48.83+00:00
blinkor12 101 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-26T23:40:33.0266667+00:00
Pascua, Arvin [IT/MX/MXL] 0 Reputation points
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Expression in RDLC row group to sort on other field

Hi Gurus, I have a rdlc report that has a group on one of the fields. I pass a parameter to the report which is used to specify sorting on another field but keeping the current grouping. Under Group Properties> Sorting I entered the following…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-09T15:07:44.3766667+00:00
Hugh Self Taught 106 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-24T14:51:32.87+00:00
Varsha Dundigalla(INFOSYS LIMITED) 3,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What is the correct way to add files to the Resources of a VB.net project

I have been having trouble getting wave files into the resources of this project. I tried to add the wave files by right clicking on 'Resources' in the Solution Explorer and selecting 'Add' and 'Existing Item' That added the files to the Resources list…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-11-23T12:25:22.6766667+00:00
Cynolycus 285 Reputation points
accepted 2025-11-24T09:55:50.3933333+00:00
Cynolycus 285 Reputation points
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When creating an Outlook email through VBA in Excel, this now results in error 287; more specifically on getting a string value from .HTMLbody. This problem now appears when we moved to the 365 version. Any thoughts?

The goal is to create an email, using the contents of an Excel sheet. The email should contain the Outlook signature (text and pictures) of the user that is working with the Excel sheet at that time (that can vary). So first the signature is supposed to…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-17T17:08:55.49+00:00
Gerard_Logistic 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-21T10:23:43.67+00:00
Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,115 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do you use true transparency in .Net (VB)?

I have been trying to make a program in VB where several images need to be overlapped and dragged around the screen, I have tried using a PictureBox and a panel. However, when using a PNG with transparency, it does not seem to work correctly. It simply…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2023-05-08T10:53:45.71+00:00
Zac Mckraken 25 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-11-21T09:38:36.42+00:00
Castorix31 91,396 Reputation points
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VBA: Saving Excel file does not work on Mac, if the destination is in local OneDrive folder

Summary: writing Excel workbook fails, if the destination is under OneDrive, only on Mac, and only if the destination file does not already exist. I have a test routine that reads and writes Excel files (see the end of the post). The source and…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-18T14:36:50.9366667+00:00
Eugene Z 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-20T05:36:31.15+00:00
Susmitha T (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,630 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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VBA vs OneDrive: is it possible to use "Copy Link"s to work with files/folders?

VBA Word "Documents.Open" and "Document.SaveAs2" works with local files; but when OneDrive is present - they can also work with network path,…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-18T14:10:11.63+00:00
Eugene Z 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-20T05:01:28.17+00:00
Susmitha T (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,630 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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VBA: Word Application.WindowSize event does not work on Mac

I have implemented Word Application.WindowSize event, according to…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-18T14:50:18.08+00:00
Eugene Z 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-19T14:20:30.2633333+00:00
Varsha Dundigalla(INFOSYS LIMITED) 3,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Conflict in official documents

Hi Here mentioned: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/desktop/winforms/high-dpi-support-in-windows-forms?view=netframeworkdesktop-4.8 In previous versions of the .NET Framework, you used the manifest to add high DPI support. This approach is no…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-16T19:36:50.1533333+00:00
StewartBW 1,905 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-19T14:10:35.84+00:00
Varsha Dundigalla(INFOSYS LIMITED) 3,725 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Why is a VB Project Running 3x Slower on Windows Server 2019 Compared to Windows Server 2008 R2?

I have a 64bit project, created using VS2022 and VB, which used to run on a Windows 2008 R2 server accessing a database on a different server. The project is now moving to run on a Windows 2019 Standard server, accessing that same database on the…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-05T15:02:55.19+00:00
Rob Birney 21 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-19T03:37:32.3233333+00:00
Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,115 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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I can successfully connect to smtp.office365.com with OAuth and browse a mailbox but when I go to send mail I get a "Blocked" error

I can give the code to a colleague and he can run it and it works fine from his machine in India. I receive the colleague's email test fine to an outside mail server, which is a GoDaddy hosted email machine. But, when I try to run it I get this error…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-05-30T03:36:53.65+00:00
utiladmin 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-18T07:24:08.19+00:00
Omkara Varshitha Kunapalli (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,985 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How to save a worksheet as pdf into a SharePoint list and include the metadata at the same time

I have written vba that saves the current worksheet in excel as a pdf to a SharePoint document list. I would like to save the metadata for the list at the same time. The metadata exists in named cells in the excel worksheet. This is the vb code I am…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-04T05:03:42.1233333+00:00
Maria Z 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-18T06:52:15.3433333+00:00
Adiba Khan 1,440 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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VB Anonymous Delegate

Hi My app has a new item when seen in IL DASM: VB$AnonymousDelegate_0 The older builds didn't have this; how can I find which code caused this entry to be added inside assembly that is shown in IL DASM? Thanks :)

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-09T14:02:01.5733333+00:00
StewartBW 1,905 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-18T05:31:44.8+00:00
Susmitha T (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,630 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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VBA: Copy and Paste with a TextBox do not work on Mac

VBA for Word; but there is no coding involved. Create a UserForm. Add a TextBox. Run it. On Windows - you can Copy and Paste to/from the TextBox - vs the Clipboard. On MacOS - you cannot. (at least, it never worked for me - please post if it works for…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-17T13:28:21.35+00:00
Eugene Z 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-17T02:42:25.23+00:00
Omkara Varshitha Kunapalli (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,985 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How do i install a click-once application from the browser

For many years I have been developing and updating an application in VB.Net using 'click-once' in VS. I have only been able to install it using FireFox. Recently (since about a week ago) I have been unable to install or upgrade the application. There…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-12T05:19:50.35+00:00
Harry Meadows 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-17T02:36:39.92+00:00
Omkara Varshitha Kunapalli (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,985 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How do I specify two different providerNames in VB project

I am using VS2022 and VB. I have a Windows Forms project that currently uses providerName=System.Data.sqlclient. I want to gradually move away from sqlclient to odbc, and my idea is to do it one Windows Form at a time as I will be able to Import the…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-06-02T08:27:05.14+00:00
Torquinian 21 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-17T02:35:42.5266667+00:00
Omkara Varshitha Kunapalli (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,985 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Developer Tenant blocked (AADSTS5000225) – Request new sandbox or unlink old tenant

Hello, my previous Microsoft 365 Developer Program tenant has been deactivated and shows error AADSTS5000225 when signing in. The “Set up E5 Developer Subscription” button no longer appears in my dashboard. Could you please unlink or reset my old tenant…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB
An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.
2,910 questions
asked 2025-10-16T22:28:09.9466667+00:00
Andreas Flik 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-29T11:37:22.7566667+00:00
Gade Harika (INFOSYS LIMITED) 1,870 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff