This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable to show flashing on taskbar apps for your account in Windows 11.
The icon of an app or service will flash orange/red with animation on the taskbar when attention is needed for it.
Usually, this happens when an app opens minimized or behind another window.
By default, the app icon on the taskbar will flash 7 times with an orange/red color, then stay highlighted to get your attention to click/tap on or open.
Option One: Enable or Disable Show Flashing on Taskbar Apps in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Show Flashing on Taskbar Apps using REG file
Option Three: Enable or Disable Show Flashing on Taskbar Apps in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Flashing app icon on taskbar...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to run the System File Checker (SFC) tool to repair missing, corrupted, and modified system files in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server ISO or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft.- Brink
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
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Clean Install Windows 11
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The NTFS file system volumes support file and folder compression on an individual file basis. The file compression algorithm used by the NTFS file system is Lempel-Ziv compression. This is a lossless compression algorithm, which means that no data is lost when compressing and decompressing the file, as opposed to lossy compression algorithms such as JPEG, where some data is lost each time data compression and decompression occur.
The Encrypted File System, or EFS, provides an additional level of security for files and folders. It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on...
This tutorial will you show to change the default action when typing into list view in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
In Windows, you can change the default action when typing into list view in File Explorer to either Automatically type into the Search Box or Select the typed Item in the view.
Automatically type into the Search Box - When you type in File Explorer in list view, it will automatically be typed into the Search Box to give search results from within the currently open folder or drive.
Select the typed Item in the view - This is the default setting. When you type in File Explorer in list view, it will automatically jump to and select the first file name in sort by order that begins with what...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing folder merge conflicts for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
If you copy or move a folder into a destination that already contains a folder with the exact same name, Windows will automatically replace the destination folder by default. If any files have the same names, you will still be asked if you want to replace those files with a file merge conflict dialog.
If you like, you can enable to show folder merge conflicts to confirm if you want to replace (merge) the destination folder instead of automatically by default.
Enabling or disabling folder merge conflicts will not affect file merge conflicts like below.
Option One: Enable or Disable Folder Merge...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable always use Last Active Click on the taskbar for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The taskbar is a horizontal bar at the bottom of your desktop in Windows 11 that shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store icons aligned to the center by default. The taskbar corner includes the notification area icons, Quick Settings (Win+A), and Notification Center (Win+N) with the clock and calendar.
When you have more than one window open for an app, you can hover over or click/tap on the app's icon on the taskbar to see thumbnail previews of the open windows to switch between them by default.
The Last Active Click feature...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off sync provider notifications in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
Sync provider notifications are designed to help you by providing quick, easy information and suggestions about things you can do or new features you can try to have a better experience with Windows 11.
It has been reported that sync provider notifications started showing up in Windows 11 build 22572.100.
Option One: Enable or Disable Sync Provider Notifications in File Explorer in Folder Options
Option Two: Enable or Disable Sync Provider Notifications in File Explorer using REG file
Option Three: Enable or Disable Sync Provider Notifications in File Explorer in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: sync provider...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Restore previous folder windows at logon" for your account in Windows 11.
You can have Windows automatically restore previous folder windows at sign in when you sign out, restart the computer, or shut down the computer.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.4580 (Beta) and build 27788.1000 (Canary), when “Restore previous folder windows at logon” is enabled in File Explorer, Windows will also now restore all the extra tabs which you previously had open in each File Explorer window. As part of this work, Microsoft has also updated the logic for the “Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in” setting via Settings > Accounts > Sign in options, so that...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing badges on taskbar apps for your account in Windows 11.
Badges will show on apps on the taskbar by default.
These badges are lightweight notifications that are contextual and specific to individual apps. For example, the Mail app's badge shows you the number of unseen emails (not unread). The Clock app’s badge will show you that you have an active alarm. The Weather app’s badge lets you know when there is a weather alert in the area.
Option One: Enable or Disable Show Badges on Taskbar Apps in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Show Badges on Taskbar Apps using REG file
Option Three: Enable or Disable Show Badges on Taskbar Apps in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Badges...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to quickly share the content from open app windows directly from the taskbar for your account in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22499, Microsoft added the ability to quickly share the content from open app windows directly from your taskbar to your meeting calls. This experience, also starting with Microsoft Teams, eliminates the need to flip back and forth across applications just to share or reshare a window. There are no interruptions to your meeting attendees or what they see on screen – share any open window during your call.
When you are in a meeting call through Microsoft Teams, simply hover over the apps running on your taskbar and you will see a new...
This tutorial will show you how to change the Start layout to show more pins or more recommendations for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
Starting in Windows 11 build 22509, you can right-click on Start to quickly access Start settings and choose the “More pins” or “More recommendations” layout option to show an extra row of either pins or recommendations, respectively.
You can now configure Start to show more pins or more recommendations based on your preference.
Option One: Change Start Layout to Show More Pins or More Recommendations in Settings
Option Two: Change Start Layout to Show More Pins or More Recommendations using REG file
Option Three...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable show snap groups on taskbar thumbnails, Alt+Tab, and Task View for your account in Windows 11.
The Snap windows feature in Windows allows you to automatically resize and arrange windows on your screen.
Windows 11 includes a new snap layouts feature that allows you to select how to snap the current window.
Just hover your mouse over a window’s maximize button to see available snap layouts, then click on a zone to snap the window. You’ll then be guided to snap windows to the rest of the zones within the layout with guided snap assist. For smaller screens, you’ll be offered a set of 4 snap layouts. You can also invoke the snap layouts flyout with the Win + Z keyboard shortcut.
Snap...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable title bar window shake for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Title bar window shake (aka: Aero Shake) allows you to grab a window's title bar and shake it to minimize all other windows. Shaking the title bar again will restore all the minimized windows.
Option One: Turn On or Off Title Bar Window Shake for Current User in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Title Bar Window Shake for Current User using REG file
Option Three: Turn On or Off Title Bar Window Shake for Current User in Registry Editor
Option Four: Enable or Disable Title Bar Window Shake for All Users using REG file
Turn On or Off Title Bar Window Shake for Current User in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I)...
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