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Enable or Disable "Do you want to close all tabs" in Windows Terminal
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Windows Terminal Do you want to close all tabs confirmation dialog for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts. When you close Windows Terminal with more than one tab open, a Do you want to close all tabs confirmation dialog will appear to ensure you'd like to close all your tabs...
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Change Theme in Notepad app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the Notepad app theme to light mode, dark mode, or use system setting for your account in Windows 11. Notepad is a fast and simple text editor that can be used to view, edit, and search through plain text documents instantly. You can select to use a light, dark, or system setting app theme for Notepad. Here's How: 1 Open Notepad. 2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button. (see screenshot below) 3 In Settings, click/tap on App theme to expand it open. (see screenshot below) 4 You can now select (dot) Light, Dark, or Use system setting (default) for what you want. (see screenshots below) If you select Use system setting, then the Notepad app theme will vary depending on if you selected...
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Change Font in Notepad app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the default font in Notepad for your account in Windows 11. Notepad is a fast and simple text editor that can be used to view, edit, and search through plain text documents instantly. You can change the family, style, and size of font to be used for all text in Notepad by default. Here's How: 1 Open Notepad. 2 Perform one of the following actions: (see screenshots below) Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button. Click/tap on Edit on the menu bar, and click/tap on Font. 3 In Settings, click/tap on Font to expand it open. (see screenshot below) 4 You can now select the Family, Style, and Size of font you want used by default. You will see a preview of your font changes at the bottom...
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Open Emoji Panel in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to open the Emoji Panel in Windows 11. An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text. Windows 11 includes 3D Fluent emoji you can use from the Emoji Panel. Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810, Microsoft is adding support for Emoji 15.1. Windows supports Unicode symbol-like shapes for family groupings. But Windows will keep using people for them. Also, you can choose the right or left facing direction for some people emoji. References: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/11/22/express-yourself-with-new-emoji-now-available-in-windows-11/ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-keyboard-tips-and-tricks-588e0b72-0fff-6d3f-aeee-6e5116097942...
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Clear and Reset Thumbnail Cache in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset the thumbnail cache for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows keeps a copy of all your picture, video, and document thumbnails in a cache so they can be reused to quickly display when you open a folder instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each time. The thumbnail cache can sometimes become corrupted causing thumbnails to display incorrectly or distorted. When this happens, the thumbnail cache needs to be deleted to reset it and automatically recreate as needed. The thumbnail cache .db files for each user is located in the hidden folder below. %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer (C:\Users\{user-name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer)...
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Change Sound Output Volume Level in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the volume level for apps and sound output devices for your account in Windows 11. If the volume level from your sound output device is too low or high, you can easily adjust the volume level to what you want on demand in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, Microsoft is introducing a new enhanced volume mixer into Quick Settings. The updated audio quick settings experience brings a modern volume mixer that allows for quick customization of audio on a per-app basis, with additional control to swap devices on the fly. Microsoft also added a new keyboard shortcut (WIN + CTRL + V) to bring you directly to the volume mixer for faster control of the...
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Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Spatial Sound in Windows 11. Spatial sound is an enhanced immersive audio experience that simulates a realistic environment where sounds can flow around you, including overhead, in three-dimensional (3D) virtual space. Spatial sound provides an enhanced atmosphere which traditional surround sound formats cannot. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/coreaudio/spatial-sound Option One: Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Settings Option Two: Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Control Panel Option Three: Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Quick Settings Volume Mixer EXAMPLE: Tooltip on volume icon to tell you when you’re using spatial sound The spatial sound...
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Change Power Button Action in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the default action to take when pressing the power button in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The power button action setting lets users specify the default action to take when the system hardware power button on the PC is pressed. Users can specify one of the following actions to take: Do Nothing = No action is taken when the power button is pressed. Sleep = The system enters sleep when the power button is pressed. This is usually the default setting for laptops and tablets. Hibernate = The system enters hibernate when the power button is pressed. Shut Down = The system shuts down when the power button is pressed. This is usually the default setting for desktops. Turn off the display = All...
System
Open Command Prompt at Boot in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to open an elevated command prompt at boot in Windows 11. The Command shell is an entry point for typing commands in the Command Prompt console window. By typing commands at the command prompt, you can perform tasks on your computer without using the Windows GUI. If you are troubleshooting or unable to open a command prompt from within Windows 11, you can open a command prompt at boot to use instead. Option One: Open Command Prompt at Boot using Windows 11 Installation Media Option Two: Open Command Prompt at Boot from Advanced Startup Open Command Prompt at Boot using Windows 11 Installation Media 1 Boot from your Windows 11 installation USB, or ISO file if in a virtual machine. 2 Do step 3...
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Enable or Disable Visual Search Context Menu in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Visual Search context menu in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. Visual Search lets you quickly explore more related content about entities in an image in Microsoft Edge. You can hover on an image in Microsoft Edge to see the hover menu that offers convenient, contextual options for Visual Search and to discover, save, and explore content while browsing. You...
Browsers and Mail
Enable or Disable Visual Search Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Visual Search hover menu in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features. Visual Search lets you quickly explore more related content about entities in an image in Microsoft Edge. You can hover on an image in Microsoft Edge to see the hover menu that offers convenient, contextual options for Visual Search and to discover, save, and explore content while browsing. You...
Browsers and Mail
Change UAC Behavior for Standard Users in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the User Account Control (UAC) prompt behavior only for standard users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, Windows prompts for consent or prompts for credentials of a valid local administrator account before starting a program or task that requires a full administrator access token. The UAC prompt mitigates malicious software running under elevated credentials without the user or administrator being aware of its activity. The User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users security policy setting determines the behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users. You can select one of the UAC prompt behaviors below to be used for...
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