Info How to Award Best Answers/Mark question as solved

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This post is replaced with - https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/how-to-mark-posts-as-solved-award-best-answer.3803582/


The means by which a Best Answer is awarded has changed since we moved from old forums to this brave new world.

If you are the thread opener, you have a choice in the top left corner of each post that looks like a Trophy. That awards the Best Answer

example:

If you are a reader, not the op of the thread, you can assist in choosing the Best Answer by using the up and down arrows on posts you agree should or shouldn't be the best answer. Once a post receives 5 up votes it automatically becomes the Best Answer and is locked as such after 30 days.

Like does not = a Best Answer. It goes towards its own trophy but will not award a Best Answer on its own.

Note: DIscussion threads and posts in Community section of forum may not have trophies attached to them.

Due to an error in the software, the forums allows you to award the solution to yourself. Please don't as its actually against the rules and you should reward the people who tried to help you.

 

[Colif]

4 years later its changed again.
With the new updated forum software, the button for choosing a solution is now on the right side of a post under the up/down vote area

and it looks like this once solved