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Windows Exporer directory context menu with “Find with Notepad+++”

Notepad++ has a “Find in Files” functionality where one is able to find some string in particular files or all files in selected folder. I’d like to have a Windows Explorer folder/directory context menu (right click on a folder/directory) like “Find with Notepad++” where when I click on it the Notepad++ opens with Find in Files with this folder/directory already selected.

In the windows registry, what values are stored in microphone’s (or any hardware’s) LastUsedTimeStart key?

For example, checking the microphone usage in Discord, my key ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionCapabilityAccessManagerConsentStoremicrophoneNonPackagedC:#Users#MyName#AppData#Local#Discord#app-1.0.9152#Discord.exeLastUsedTimeStart has the value 133665343051866208 and was updated just a few minutes ago (current unix timestamp 1722060933). That number is way too big to be seconds, and it starts with 13 instead of 17, so it’s not related to epoc time. What does that number represent, then, so that I can make use of it?

Some keys created under HKEY_CURRENT_USER do not receive ACL for the current user

I’ve banged my head against this case for the past few weeks, but couldn’t find any explanation – my application creates keys under HKCUSoftware[app_name][inner_app_key], but I’ve received a number of reports from the field that sometimes [inner_app_key] loses the ACL for the user who’s the owner of this HKCU hive and is inaccessible. You end up with the situation where e.g.: