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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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
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Use ViVeTool to Enable or Disable Hidden Features in Windows 11
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
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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
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
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.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.5015 (Beta 23H2), Microsoft is trying out a new experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panel in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar. With this new...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Visual Search context menu in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Visual Search is a feature in Microsoft Edge that lets you search for images on Bing.
Visual Search lets you quickly explore more related content about entities in an image.
Visual Search is available by default via image hover menu, context menu, and Alt+Shift+S keyboard shortcut.
You can turn on or off Show Visual Search in context menu if wanted.
EXAMPLE: Visual Search on context menu in Microsoft Edge
Here's How:
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Setting and more (Alt+F) 3 dots button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Perform an available...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Visual Search hover menu in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Visual Search is a feature in Microsoft Edge that lets you search for images on Bing.
Visual Search lets you quickly explore more related content about entities in an image.
Visual Search is available by default via image hover menu, context menu, and Alt+Shift+S keyboard shortcut.
You can turn on or off to Show hover menu on image hover, and add or remove sites to have the hover menu turned off for.
Option One: Turn On or Off Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge in Settings
Option Two: Turn Off Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge from Hover Menu
Option Three: Turn On or Off Hover Menu for Sites in...
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...
This tutorial will show how to add or remove the Network icon on the sign-in screens for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Network icon on the sign-in screen can allow users to change the network connectivity state of the computer without having to sign in to Windows.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Network icon on the sign-in screen.
Option One: Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen in Local Group Policy Editor
Option Two: Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen using REG file
EXAMPLE: Network icon on sign-in screen
Add or Remove Network Icon on Sign-in Screen in Local Group Policy Editor
The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10/11 Pro...
This tutorial will show you how to add Boot to Advanced Startup to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 11.
The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a companion operating system installed alongside Windows 11, typically in a separate partition, that can help with troubleshooting, recovery, or booting from external media, such as a USB stick.
Advanced startup enables you to perform these actions:
Start recovery (aka: Windows RE or WinRE), troubleshooting, and diagnostic tools.
Boot from a disk (ex: USB or DVD) or device (UEFI only)
Access the PC's UEFI firmware
Restore Windows from a system image
Choose default operating system to boot to on PC if multiple operating systems are installed
When you boot to advanced...
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