{"id":4827,"date":"2009-11-27T00:45:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T19:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2022-06-22T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T09:04:14","slug":"repair-fix-windows-7-vista-problems-with-fixwin-utility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/repair-fix-windows-7-vista-problems-with-fixwin-utility","title":{"rendered":"Repair &amp; Fix Windows 7 &amp; Vista problems with FixWin Utility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are pleased to release a first-of-its-kind application for Windows 7 &amp; Vista: <strong>FixWin<\/strong>. FixWin\u00a0is a 529 KB freeware portable application to repair &amp; fix common Windows annoyances &amp; issues. <em>FixWin detects whether you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista installed and accordingly offers you the relevant fixes only.<\/em> <strong>Windows 8 <\/strong>users may want to download <a title=\"fixwin for windows 8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/fixwin-windows-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FixWin v2 for Windows 8<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/fixwin-windows-pc-repair-software\">FixWin 11<\/a> is the best PC Repair software or Windows repair tool! It has been updated to version 11 and is optimized to support Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating systems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> 19th March 2010. FixWin v 1.2 has been released which includes some minor bug fixes and UI changes. The download links mentioned below point to FixWin v 1.2 now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/fixwin.png\" alt=\"FixWin\" width=\"653\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/fixwin.png 653w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/fixwin-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/fixwin-399x283.png 399w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/fixwin-600x425.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While there were several tutorials and how-to&#8217;s already available on the Internet to deal with such annoyances, FixWin as a single utility was conceptualized, to fix some of the common annoyances which may be faced by a Windows user.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\">Does your Recycle Bin not refresh correctly? Or maybe you find that for some reason your right-click context menu has been disabled in Internet Explorer! Or perhaps things are not fine with your Windows Media Center and you need to flush &amp; rebuild the Windows Media Center database! Maybe you opted to be not-warned while deleting Sticky Notes and you now want the warning dialog box back! Or then perhaps, post a malware attack you find that your task manage or cmd or your Registry Editor has been disabled! Fixes for these and many more such common Windows problems are being offered here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The solutions to repair and fix 50 common Windows annoyances, issues &amp; problems have been categorized under 5 tabs, viz: Windows Explorer, Internet &amp; Connectivity, Windows Media, System Tools &amp; Misc Additional Fixes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>50 problems &#8230; 1 solution &#8230; FixWin is the Windows Doctor all have been waiting for!<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>To see the screen-shots showing the list of Windows fixes available, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/fixwin-screen-shots-showing-list-of-windows-fixes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to use this application:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. We first suggest that you run the <em>System File Checker Utility<\/em>. The button provided on the Welcome page, will &#8216;r<em>un sfc \/scannow<\/em>&#8216; and will check for and replace any corrupted Windows system files. It is expected to take anywhere from 5-10 minutes. If asked to, do a reboot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. Next, we insist that you create a <em>System Restore Point<\/em>. The provided button will create one, called<em> Safe Point<\/em>. We always recommend that you create one before making any changes to your system. Should you wish or need too, you can always go back to this Safe Point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. Having done that, apply at most <em>one fix at a time<\/em> and restart your computer. Please check if things are to your satisfaction; and if not, you have the option of restoring back immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read &amp; watch what <strong>Fox8Live News<\/strong> has to say about The Windows Club &amp; FixWin <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/read-watch-thewindowsclub-fixwin-review-on-fox8livenews\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloads\/FixWin.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/download1.gif\" alt=\"Download\" width=\"222\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloads\/FixWin.zip\">FixWin Utility v 1.2<\/a> has been developed by my MVP colleague Ramesh Kumar, for The Windows Club. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been tested on Windows 7 &amp; Vista, 32-bit, and 64-bit versions. However, FixWin may fail to run if you have modified Windows 7 or Vista Image using third-party apps like vLite, etc, as it may miss some core components required for FixWin to run and thus cause of failure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The solutions used in this utility have been primarily sourced from WinVistaClub, TheWindowsClub &amp; WindowsValley, and the remaining developed by him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fix Freezes or Crashes with these resources from TheWindowsClub:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Windows freezes crashes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/windows-hangs-freezes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10 freezes<\/a> | <a title=\"Windows Explorer freezes crashes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/windows-explorer-crashes-freezes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Explorer crashes <\/a>| <a title=\"Internet Explorer freezes crashes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/fix-internet-explorer-freezes-running-slow-security-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet Explorer freezing<\/a>| <a title=\"Chrome crashes freezes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/google-chrome-crashing-freezing-windows-computer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Chrome Browser crashes <\/a>| <a title=\"Firefox crashes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/firefox-freezes-crashes-hangs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla Firefox Browser freezing <\/a>| <a title=\"Computer freezes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/how-to-fix-random-computer-freezes-and-reboots-caused-due-to-hardware-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computer hardware freezes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to release a first-of-its-kind application for Windows 7 &amp; Vista: FixWin. 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